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Loyola Marymount University

In research, Loyola Marymount University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,182 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,611 of 5,988 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#1,667 of 2,526 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Philosophy and Gender Studies (Philosophy is 8.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,995
of 22,385 · #2,788 all time
Rank in United States
#677
of 3,332
Research works
7.8k
▼ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
87k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Loyola Marymount University

What is Loyola Marymount 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 #2,182 of 9,585 10.5%504 #1046
Social SciencesField #1,611 of 5,988 12.4%263 #906
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,667 of 2,526 10.6%88 #939
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,805 of 2,581 8.8%63 #1119
Physical SciencesDomain #8,162 of 10,670 6.0%110 #4419
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,458 of 1,896 10.5%81 #1165

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Loyola Marymount 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#1,046 #2,182
  2. Social Sciences#906 #1,611
  3. Sociology and Political Science#939 #1,667
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#1,119 #1,805
  5. Physical Sciences#4,419 #8,162
  6. Arts and Humanities#1,165 #1,458
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Loyola Marymount University work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Loyola Marymount University is in Social Sciences, 16% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (37%), Arts and Humanities (12%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 546 fractional works · 71.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 286 fractional works · 37.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 97 fractional works · 12.6% of its workEducation: 45 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 42 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGender Studies: 24 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCultural Studies: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLaw: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 91 fractional works · 11.8% of its workPhilosophy: 29 fractional works · 3.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workReligious studies: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 67 fractional works · 8.7% of its workAccounting: 20 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 17 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMarketing: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 59 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 22 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 30 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 21 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 125 fractional works · 16.3% of its workComputer Science: 44 fractional works · 5.7% of its workInformation Systems: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 32 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArchitecture: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 64 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMedicine: 42 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 34 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLoyola MarymountUniversity770fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences71%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences28637.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities9111.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting678.7%
    4. Psychology597.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance303.9%
    6. Decision Sciences131.7%
    1. Computer Science445.7%
    2. Engineering324.2%
    3. Environmental Science182.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy101.3%
    5. Mathematics70.9%
    6. Chemistry50.6%
    7. Materials Science40.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.4%
    9. Energy20.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine425.4%
    2. Health Professions222.8%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology151.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences101.3%
    3. Neuroscience91.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Loyola Marymount University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Philosophy takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PhilosophySubfield · 29.0 works8.8×
  2. Gender StudiesSubfield · 24.4 works8.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.26× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.73× its world share, 44 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.07× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 42 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.08× its world share, 91 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.71× its world share, 67 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.84× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.50× its world share, 59 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.94× its world share, 286 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.08×91 works
  2. Social Sciences2.94×286 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.71×67 works
  4. Psychology2.50×59 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.84×30 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.73×13 works
  7. Health Professions1.07×22 works
  8. Mathematics0.76×7 works
  9. Computer Science0.73×44 works
  10. Neuroscience0.70×9 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.58×10 works
  12. Environmental Science0.48×18 works
  13. Chemistry0.39×5 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.36×15 works
  15. Energy0.31×2 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.28×3 works
  17. Engineering0.28×32 works
  18. Medicine0.28×42 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×10 works
  20. Nursing0.15×1 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.14×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.14×4 works
  23. Veterinary0.13×0 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.06×0 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Loyola Marymount University?

Ranked on the quality score, Micah S. Officer, Jeremy S. Pal and Richard L. Fox lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Loyola Marymount University.

  1. 1 Micah S. Officer United States · #56,506 worldwide 4k citations · 74 works
  2. 2 Jeremy S. Pal United States · #82,262 worldwide 11k citations · 118 works
  3. 3 Richard L. Fox United States · #227,021 worldwide 4.7k citations · 117 works
  4. 4 Nathan Kar Ming Chan United States · #242,864 worldwide 590 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Timothy Shanahan United States · #250,024 worldwide 13k citations · 245 works
  6. 6 Gabriele Magni United States · #302,610 worldwide 631 citations · 53 works
  7. 7 Andrew Healy United States · #371,705 worldwide 4.8k citations · 78 works
  8. 8 Anna Muraco United States · #391,098 worldwide 4.8k citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Máire B. Ford United States · #408,404 worldwide 1.5k citations · 42 works
  10. 10 My Bui United States · #414,250 worldwide 2.4k citations · 115 works
All ranked researchers at Loyola Marymount University

What are the most cited papers from Loyola Marymount University?

The most cited paper from Loyola Marymount University is "Developmental Processes of Cooperative Interorganizational Relationships" (Peter Smith Ring, Andrew H. Van de Ven, 1994), with 4,401 citations. Next come "Structuring cooperative relationships between organizations" (2,834) and "STORIES OF THE STORYTELLING ORGANIZATION: A POSTMODERN ANALYSIS OF DISNEY AS "TAMARA-LAND"." (1,203).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Developmental Processes of Cooperative Interorganizational Relationships Peter Smith Ring, Andrew H. Van de Ven · Academy of Management Review 1994 4,401
2 Structuring cooperative relationships between organizations Peter Smith Ring, Andrew H. Van de Ven · Strategic Management Journal Oct 1992 2,834
3 STORIES OF THE STORYTELLING ORGANIZATION: A POSTMODERN ANALYSIS OF DISNEY AS "TAMARA-LAND". David M. Bøje · Academy of Management Journal Aug 1995 1,203
4 Circular Economy Rebound Trevor Zink, Roland Geyer · Journal of Industrial Ecology 5 Feb 2017 1,174
5 The Dimensions of Expatriate Acculturation: A Review Mark E. Mendenhall, Gary R. Oddou · Academy of Management Review 1985 1,146
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Loyola Marymount University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Religion, Globalization, Gender, Identity, Philosophy, Social Justice and Democracy.

▲ 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. Globalization46▲ 3.0×57 topics
  2. Ethics32▲ 8.1×33 topics
  3. Gender29▲ 7.1×29 topics
  4. Religion29▲ 8.2×25 topics
  5. Identity29▲ 5.2×29 topics
  6. Corporate Governance27▲ 4.7×12 topics
  7. History27▲ 5.0×25 topics
  8. Human Rights27▲ 3.4×32 topics
  9. Social Justice26▲ 5.7×24 topics
  10. Mental Health26▲ 2.3×30 topics
  11. Education25▲ 1.88×43 topics
  12. Philosophy25▲ 7.2×22 topics
  13. Literature24▲ 5.7×24 topics
  14. Nationalism24▲ 6.9×17 topics
  15. Democracy22▲ 8.3×15 topics
  16. Social Media22▲ 2.1×20 topics
  17. Colonialism22▲ 6.0×25 topics
  18. Feminism21▲ 9.1×15 topics
  19. Intersectionality20▲ 14×11 topics
  20. Culture18▲ 4.4×16 topics
  21. Qualitative Research17▲ 2.6×13 topics
  22. Race15▲ 16×10 topics
  23. Social Capital15▲ 3.7×13 topics
  24. Social Support14▲ 3.3×13 topics
  25. Regulation13▲ 3.2×9 topics
  26. Global Governance13▲ 6.9×13 topics
  27. Politics11▲ 5.6×7 topics
  28. Public Opinion10▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Mergers and Acquisitions9▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Secularism9▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Voting Behavior9▲ 34×2 topics
  32. Society9▲ 6.2×11 topics
  33. Christianity9▲ 20×3 topics
  34. Performativity9▲ 36×2 topics
  35. Diversity9▲ 6.4×6 topics
  36. Financial Reporting9▲ 9.2×5 topics
  37. Reflexivity9▲ 34×3 topics
  38. Academic Achievement8▲ 6.4×10 topics
  39. Postcolonialism8▲ 7.6×8 topics
  40. China8▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Loyola Marymount University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Corporate Finance and Governance, Chinese history and philosophy, Gender Politics and Representation and Gender Diversity and Inequality.

Corporate Finance and Go…7Corporate Finance and Governance: 7 fractional worksChinese history and phil…6Chinese history and philosophy: 6 fractional worksGender Politics and Representation: 6 fractional worksGender Diversity and Inequality: 5 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in Education: 5 fractional worksTheatre and Performance Studies: 4 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 4 fractional worksPosthumanist Ethics and …4Posthumanist Ethics and Activism: 4 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 4 fractional worksQualitative Research Methods and Ethics: 4 fractional works
AccountingSociology and Political ScienceGender StudiesVisual Arts and Performing Arts2 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 7 works
  2. 2 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  3. 3 Gender Politics and Representation Gender Studies 6 works
  4. 4 Gender Diversity and Inequality Gender Studies 5 works
  5. 5 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  6. 6 Theatre and Performance Studies Visual Arts and Performing Arts 4 works
  7. 7 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 4 works
  8. 8 Posthumanist Ethics and Activism Cultural Studies 4 works
  9. 9 Higher Education Research Studies Education 4 works
  10. 10 Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics Sociology and Political Science 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 available48.7%not open51.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.5%domestic only95.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Loyola Marymount University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Loyola Marymount University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0029% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Loyola Marymount University0.0036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Loyola Marymount 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Loyola Marymount University9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.0% in 2012.

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