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Lipscomb University

In research, Lipscomb University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,538 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,870
of 22,385 · #8,311 all time
Rank in United States
#1,346
of 3,332
Research works
595
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.5k
14.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Lipscomb University

What is Lipscomb University known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,538 of 9,585 7.7%67 #8884

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lipscomb 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Lipscomb University work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Lipscomb University is in Social Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (22%), Social Sciences (16%), Business, Management and Accounting (13%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 90 fractional works · 49.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 15.5% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 23 fractional works · 12.7% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 7.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 7.4% of its workFinance: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 4.2% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 48 fractional works · 26.6% of its workMedicine: 40 fractional works · 22.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 22 fractional works · 12.3% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 11.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLipscombUniversity179fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences50%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2815.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2312.7%
    3. Psychology147.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance137.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities84.2%
    6. Decision Sciences52.5%
    1. Medicine4022.3%
    2. Health Professions63.3%
    3. Nursing10.8%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Engineering115.9%
    2. Computer Science63.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.1%
    4. Environmental Science20.8%
    5. Chemistry10.7%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences73.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics31.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology21.0%
    5. Neuroscience21.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.79× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.99× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.27× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.16× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 1.63× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.45× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.94× its world share, 23 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.61× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.48× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.48× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.99×2 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.94×23 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.48×13 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.61×4 works
  5. Psychology2.48×14 works
  6. Nursing1.63×1 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.45×8 works
  8. Health Professions1.27×6 works
  9. Social Sciences1.23×28 works
  10. Medicine1.16×40 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.97×2 works
  12. Veterinary0.96×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.79×7 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×7 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.71×2 works
  16. Neuroscience0.59×2 works
  17. Computer Science0.45×6 works
  18. Chemistry0.44×1 works
  19. Engineering0.39×11 works
  20. Environmental Science0.17×2 works
  21. Mathematics0.16×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Lipscomb University?

Ranked on the quality score, Zachary L. Cox, Terri W. Jerkins and Rebecca E. Conway lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lipscomb University.

  1. 1 Zachary L. Cox United States · #371,945 worldwide 2.9k citations · 128 works
  2. 2 Terri W. Jerkins United States · #707,671 worldwide 754 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Rebecca E. Conway United States · #884,104 worldwide 1.2k citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Emily Lynne Mofield United States · #1,004,333 worldwide 508 citations · 177 works
  5. 5 Allison B. Duke United States · #1,154,445 worldwide 1k citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Matthew J. Vergne United States · #1,371,501 worldwide 1.4k citations · 47 works
  7. 7 William C. Vantrease United States · #1,442,957 worldwide 409 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Jeff Thompson United States · #1,904,060 worldwide 374 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Megan Parker Peters United States · #1,946,084 worldwide 448 citations · 49 works
  10. 10 Autumn C. Marshall United States · #1,961,649 worldwide 554 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Lipscomb University

What are the most cited papers from Lipscomb University?

The most cited paper from Lipscomb University is "Development and Validation of the International Knee Documentation Committee Subjective Knee Form" (James J. Irrgang, Allen F. Anderson, Arthur L. Boland et al., 2001), with 2,193 citations. Next come "Dissipation of stop-and-go waves via control of autonomous vehicles: Field experiments" (816) and "The revised self‐leadership questionnaire" (570).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Development and Validation of the International Knee Documentation Committee Subjective Knee Form James J. Irrgang, Allen F. Anderson, Arthur L. Boland et al. · The American Journal of Sports Medicine Sep 2001 2,193
2 Dissipation of stop-and-go waves via control of autonomous vehicles: Field experiments Raphael Stern, Shumo Cui, Maria Laura Delle Monache et al. · Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies Open access 20 Feb 2018 816
3 The revised self‐leadership questionnaire Jeffery D. Houghton, Christopher P. Neck · Journal of Managerial Psychology Dec 2002 570
4 Diuretic Therapy for Patients With Heart Failure Gary Michael Felker, David H. Ellison, Wilfried Müllens et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access Mar 2020 432
5 Empagliflozin in Heart Failure Matthew Dallas Griffin, Veena S. Rao, Juan Betuel Ivey-Miranda et al. · Circulation Open access 15 May 2020 420
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lipscomb University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Social Capital, Leadership, Finance, Entrepreneurship, Engineering Education, Assessment Methods and Globalization.

▲ 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-now 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. Globalization9▲ 2.6×12 topics
  2. Epidemiology8▲ 1.18×25 topics
  3. Machine Learning8▲ 1.28×15 topics
  4. Heart Failure7▲ 9.1×13 topics
  5. Education7▲ 2.3×13 topics
  6. Social Capital7▲ 7.3×5 topics
  7. Leadership7▲ 7.6×11 topics
  8. Finance6▲ 19×2 topics
  9. Entrepreneurship6▲ 8.5×4 topics
  10. Engineering Education6▲ 37×4 topics
  11. Assessment Methods6▲ 28×3 topics
  12. Curriculum Development5▲ 4.4×3 topics
  13. Student Engagement5▲ 7.2×9 topics
  14. Diagnosis5▲ 3.0×8 topics
  15. Treatment5▲ 2.3×7 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 2.4×17 topics
  17. Organizational Performance4▲ 9.6×7 topics
  18. Regulation4▲ 4.7×4 topics
  19. Employee Engagement4▲ 13×4 topics
  20. Poverty Reduction4▲ 18×3 topics
  21. Professional Skills4▲ 72×2 topics
  22. Banking4▲ 53×1 topic
  23. Fintech4▲ 29×2 topics
  24. Liquidity4▲ 30×1 topic
  25. Well-being4▲ 5.3×8 topics
  26. Job Satisfaction4▲ 4.5×8 topics
  27. Lifelong Learning3▲ 9.1×3 topics
  28. Crowdfunding3▲ 26×1 topic
  29. Peer-to-Peer Lending3▲ 26×1 topic
  30. Performance Analysis3▲ 8.8×2 topics
  31. Career Development3▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Critical Thinking3▲ 15×4 topics
  33. Active Learning3▲ 9.2×3 topics
  34. Work Engagement3▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Accreditation3▲ 63×1 topic
  36. Institutional Quality3▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Knowledge Economy3▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Outcome-Based Education3▲ 63×1 topic
  39. Renal Function3▲ 15×2 topics
  40. financial access3▲ 37×1 topic

Which research topics does Lipscomb University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Banking stability, regulation, efficiency, FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance, Engineering Education and Curriculum Development and Economic Growth and Development.

Banking stability, regul…4Banking stability, regulation, efficiency: 4 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, D…3FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 3 fractional worksEngineering Education and Curriculum Development: 3 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Development: 3 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 2 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 2 fractional worksProblem and Project Base…2Problem and Project Based Learning: 2 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 2 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 2 fractional works
FinanceManagement Information SystemsMedia TechnologyInformation Systems6 others

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

  1. 1 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 4 works
  2. 2 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 3 works
  3. 3 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 3 works
  4. 4 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 3 works
  5. 5 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  6. 6 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 2 works
  8. 8 Problem and Project Based Learning Education 2 works
  9. 9 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 2 works
  10. 10 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 2 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 available41.9%not open58.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.4%domestic only93.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lipscomb University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Lipscomb University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00046% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Lipscomb University0.00094% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Lipscomb University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Lipscomb University7.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.8% in 2018.

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