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Lourdes University

In research, Lourdes University stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,635 of 14,833 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#12,891 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,237
of 22,385 · #16,612 all time
Rank in United States
#2,683
of 3,332
Research works
402
▲ 218% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.7k
4.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Lourdes University

What is Lourdes University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #9,635 of 14,833 6.7%177
Health SciencesDomain #12,891 of 16,688 4.6%158

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lourdes 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 Lourdes University work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Lourdes University is in Health Sciences, 42% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Medicine (20%), Health Professions (17%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 106 fractional works · 43.7% of its workMedicine: 48 fractional works · 19.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 42 fractional works · 17.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 25 fractional works · 10.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 16 fractional works · 6.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 11 fractional works · 4.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLeadership and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 104 fractional works · 42.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 53 fractional works · 21.8% of its workEducation: 23 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 6.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 27 fractional works · 11.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 7.9% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 5.9% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDrug Discovery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLourdesUniversity244fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences44%Social Sciences42%

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. Medicine4819.7%
    2. Health Professions4217.0%
    3. Nursing166.7%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    1. Social Sciences5321.8%
    2. Psychology2711.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting104.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities72.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance52.0%
    6. Decision Sciences20.8%
    1. Computer Science104.1%
    2. Engineering52.1%
    3. Mathematics21.0%
    4. Environmental Science10.4%
    5. Chemistry00.2%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Neuroscience72.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
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: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.71× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.47× its world share, 42 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.03× its world share, 48 worksMedicineNursing: 13.60× its world share, 16 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.96× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.25× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.94× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.63× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.72× its world share, 53 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 13.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing13.60×16 works
  2. Health Professions6.47×42 works
  3. Psychology3.63×27 works
  4. Social Sciences1.72×53 works
  5. Neuroscience1.71×7 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.55×1 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.25×10 works
  8. Medicine1.03×48 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.96×7 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.94×5 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.84×2 works
  12. Mathematics0.81×2 works
  13. Dentistry0.56×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.53×10 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.43×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×3 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×2 works
  18. Engineering0.14×5 works
  19. Chemistry0.13×0 works
  20. Environmental Science0.07×1 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Lourdes University?

Ranked on the quality score, Oliver Napila Gomez, M. Semon and Cyril C. Chavez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lourdes University.

  1. 1 Oliver Napila Gomez United States · #3,265,261 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 M. Semon United States · #4,277,394 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Cyril C. Chavez United States · #4,610,463 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Fatima Carsola United States · #4,619,644 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Judy Didion United States · #4,747,935 worldwide 189 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Anita Skinner United States · #4,889,071 worldwide 16 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Michael P. French United States · #5,333,532 worldwide 12 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Erwin Faller United States · #5,359,468 worldwide 0 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Mary Ann Lopez United States · #5,513,921 worldwide 0 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Joel John Dela Merced United States · #6,442,921 worldwide 0 citations · 83 works
All ranked researchers at Lourdes University

What are the most cited papers from Lourdes University?

The most cited paper from Lourdes University is "Affective Interactions Using Virtual Reality: The Link between Presence and Emotions" (Giuseppe Riva, Fabrizia Mantovani, Claret Samantha Capideville et al., 2007), with 1,115 citations. Next come "Translating the ICAP Theory of Cognitive Engagement Into Practice" (373) and "The Role of Immersion and Narrative in Mediated Presence: The Virtual Hospital Experience" (322).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Affective Interactions Using Virtual Reality: The Link between Presence and Emotions Giuseppe Riva, Fabrizia Mantovani, Claret Samantha Capideville et al. · CyberPsychology & Behavior Feb 2007 1,115
2 Translating the ICAP Theory of Cognitive Engagement Into Practice T. H. Michelene, Joshua Adams, Emily B. Bogusch et al. · Cognitive Science Open access 28 Jun 2018 373
3 The Role of Immersion and Narrative in Mediated Presence: The Virtual Hospital Experience Alessandra Gorini, Claret Samantha Capideville, Gianluca De Leo et al. · Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking 22 Jul 2010 322
4 The Role of the Hypothalamus–Pituitary–Adrenal (HPA) Axis in Test-Induced Anxiety: Assessments, Physiological Responses, and Molecular Details Jenalee A. Hinds, Edwin R. Sánchez · Stresses Open access 14 Mar 2022 139
5 The AMIGA sample of isolated galaxies S. Verley, S. Léon, Lourdes L. Verdes-Montenegro et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 26 Jun 2007 121
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Which keywords describe research at Lourdes University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Job Satisfaction, Qualitative Research, Patient Outcomes, Clinical Practice, Healthcare Environment, Nursing Staffing, COVID-19 and Pandemic.

▲ 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. Job Satisfaction23▲ 22×11 topics
  2. Qualitative Research17▲ 8.3×12 topics
  3. Epidemiology16▲ 1.66×42 topics
  4. Patient Outcomes12▲ 80×2 topics
  5. COVID-1912▲ 3.6×8 topics
  6. Clinical Practice11▲ 31×3 topics
  7. Mental Health11▲ 3.2×21 topics
  8. Healthcare Environment11▲ 151×1 topic
  9. Nursing Staffing11▲ 151×1 topic
  10. Education11▲ 2.6×20 topics
  11. Pandemic10▲ 4.4×8 topics
  12. Educational Technology10▲ 3.3×16 topics
  13. Depression9▲ 4.2×12 topics
  14. Public Health8▲ 2.4×16 topics
  15. Quality of Life8▲ 2.4×21 topics
  16. Technology Integration7▲ 9.3×7 topics
  17. Patient Satisfaction7▲ 9.1×8 topics
  18. Work-Life Balance7▲ 14×4 topics
  19. Physical Activity7▲ 5.6×6 topics
  20. Anxiety6▲ 5.6×6 topics
  21. Nursing6▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Well-being6▲ 6.7×8 topics
  23. Child Development6▲ 5.5×6 topics
  24. Health Education6▲ 5.3×5 topics
  25. Healthcare Quality6▲ 23×4 topics
  26. Medication Errors5▲ 44×2 topics
  27. Social Support5▲ 4.2×10 topics
  28. Health Policy5▲ 14×5 topics
  29. Healthcare Workers5▲ 9.0×4 topics
  30. Physician Burnout5▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Herbal Medicine5▲ 7.3×6 topics
  32. Medical Errors5▲ 49×2 topics
  33. Patient Care5▲ 16×3 topics
  34. High-Intensity Interval Training5▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Organizational Behavior4▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Quality Improvement4▲ 9.6×5 topics
  37. Patient Safety4▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Performance Analysis4▲ 8.3×2 topics
  39. Coronavirus4▲ 8.4×2 topics
  40. Healthcare-Associated Infections4▲ 13×5 topics

Which research topics does Lourdes University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nursing education and management, Sports Performance and Training, Diverse Scientific Research Studies and Patient Safety and Medication Errors.

Nursing education and ma…11Nursing education and management: 11 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 4 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Research Studies: 4 fractional worksPatient Safety and Medication Errors: 3 fractional worksChildren's Physical and Motor Development: 3 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts3COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksCultural Competency in Health Care: 2 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 2 fractional works
Research and TheoryOrthopedics and Sports MedicineGeneral Health ProfessionsEmergency Medical Services4 others

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

  1. 1 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 11 works
  2. 2 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 4 works
  4. 4 Patient Safety and Medication Errors Emergency Medical Services 3 works
  5. 5 Children's Physical and Motor Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 3 works
  6. 6 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 3 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  8. 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  9. 9 Cultural Competency in Health Care Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 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 available61.5%not open38.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.2%domestic only83.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lourdes University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 218% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

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

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Lourdes University0.00046% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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