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Kean University

In research, Kean University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,734 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,501 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,476 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,961
of 28,054 · #7,710 all time
Rank in United States
#557
of 4,192
Research works
2.5k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Kean University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #2,734 of 10,521 23.2%340 #3092
Social SciencesField #2,501 of 6,365 22.9%154 #2447
Physical SciencesDomain #5,476 of 12,888 20.7%189 #7995
Health SciencesDomain #6,632 of 11,982 16.2%89 #5843
MedicineField #5,907 of 10,443 16.0%64 #11728
Computer ScienceField #2,663 of 4,667 21.5%104 #3804
PsychologyField #1,514 of 2,181 23.5%61 #1798

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kean University sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#3,092 #2,734
  2. Social Sciences#2,447 #2,501
  3. Physical Sciences#7,995 #5,476
  4. Health Sciences#5,843 #6,632
  5. Medicine#11,728 #5,907
  6. Computer Science#3,804 #2,663
  7. Psychology#1,798 #1,514
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.22× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.98× its world share, 104 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.02× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.28× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 64 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.58× its world share, 31 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.97× its world share, 43 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.91× its world share, 42 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.93× its world share, 61 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 154 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kean University?

Ranked on the composite score, M. A. Hayat, Daehan Kwak and Jay Spaulding lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kean University.

  1. 1 M. A. Hayat United States · #67,475 worldwide 354 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Daehan Kwak United States · #76,410 worldwide 733 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Jay Spaulding United States · #98,751 worldwide 76 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Christopher M. Bellitto United States · #418,550 worldwide 18 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 David Bardell United States · #607,741 worldwide 38 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Jeffrey Glanz United States · #708,955 worldwide 39 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Melda N. Yildiz United States · #711,490 worldwide 1 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Barbara J. Walker United States · #933,688 worldwide 21 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Robert Fyne United States · #938,186 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Albert J. Mazurkiewicz United States · #976,498 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Kean University

Which keywords describe research at Kean University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Mental Health, Self-Regulation, Corporate Governance, Child Development, Firm Performance and Social Capital.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning45▲ 2.0×53 topics
  2. Deep Learning36▲ 1.55×51 topics
  3. Mental Health23▲ 2.3×28 topics
  4. Education21▲ 1.77×32 topics
  5. Corporate Governance18▲ 3.5×14 topics
  6. Neural Networks16▲ 1.57×19 topics
  7. Social Media16▲ 1.65×19 topics
  8. Social Capital14▲ 4.0×13 topics
  9. Child Development14▲ 4.9×7 topics
  10. Economic Growth13▲ 2.2×15 topics
  11. Big Data13▲ 2.1×15 topics
  12. Security13▲ 2.9×11 topics
  13. Depression12▲ 2.1×15 topics
  14. Identity12▲ 2.5×18 topics
  15. Self-Regulation12▲ 10×5 topics
  16. Gender12▲ 3.1×14 topics
  17. Well-being11▲ 4.4×10 topics
  18. Firm Performance11▲ 8.7×3 topics
  19. Monetary Policy11▲ 6.7×7 topics
  20. Resilience11▲ 3.4×10 topics
  21. Student Engagement11▲ 4.0×10 topics
  22. Coping Strategies10▲ 6.0×4 topics
  23. Academic Achievement10▲ 8.6×6 topics
  24. Emotion Regulation10▲ 4.6×9 topics
  25. Academic Performance8▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Internet Use7▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Early Childhood Education7▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Molecular Docking7▲ 8.1×1 topic
  29. Virtual Screening7▲ 11×1 topic
  30. Language Development7▲ 8.5×5 topics
  31. Evidence-Based Practice7▲ 7.6×5 topics
  32. Financial Constraints7▲ 9.2×2 topics
  33. Financial Reporting7▲ 8.3×4 topics
  34. Learning Analytics7▲ 7.9×2 topics
  35. School Engagement7▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Student-Teacher Relationships7▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Investor Protection6▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Ownership Structure6▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Career Development6▲ 8.0×5 topics
  40. Market Efficiency6▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Kean University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Early Childhood Education and Development, Corporate Finance and Governance and Family and Disability Support Research.

Computational Drug Disco…7Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 7 fractional worksEarly Childhood Educatio…7Early Childhood Education and Development: 7 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 6 fractional worksFamily and Disability Su…6Family and Disability Support Research: 6 fractional worksChild Development and Di…5Child Development and Digital Technology: 5 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 5 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 4 fractional worksOccupational Therapy Pra…4Occupational Therapy Practice and Research: 4 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 4 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 4 fractional works
Computational Theory and MathematicsEducationAccountingClinical Psychology3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 7 works
  2. 2 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 7 works
  3. 3 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 6 works
  4. 4 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 6 works
  5. 5 Child Development and Digital Technology Education 5 works
  6. 6 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  7. 7 Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  8. 8 Occupational Therapy Practice and Research Occupational Therapy 4 works
  9. 9 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 4 works
  10. 10 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 4 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available28.7%not open71.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kean University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.