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McMurry University

In research, McMurry University stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,069 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#27,089
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,667
of 7,310
Research works
187
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
8.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
McMurry University

What is McMurry 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 #12,069 of 14,833 4.9%120

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

In 2022-now, 75% of research at McMurry University is in Social Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (33%), Business, Management and Accounting (23%), Arts and Humanities (7%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 26 fractional works · 74.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 33.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 17.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 22.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 6.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 14.5% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMcMurryUniversity34fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences75%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1133.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting822.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities27.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance25.3%
    5. Psychology24.9%
    6. Decision Sciences01.3%
    1. Engineering25.8%
    2. Computer Science13.9%
    3. Environmental Science11.6%
    4. Chemistry01.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.0%
    6. Materials Science00.6%
    7. Mathematics00.3%
    1. Medicine25.5%
    2. Health Professions12.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
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: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.51× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7.09× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.49× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.60× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.61× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting7.09×8 works
  2. Social Sciences2.61×11 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.51×2 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.49×2 works
  5. Psychology1.60×2 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.33×0 works
  7. Health Professions1.10×1 works
  8. Chemistry0.82×0 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.62×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.50×1 works
  11. Engineering0.39×2 works
  12. Environmental Science0.32×1 works
  13. Medicine0.29×2 works
  14. Mathematics0.27×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×0 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.24×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.18×0 works

Who are the top researchers at McMurry University?

Ranked on the quality score, Thomas G. Benoit, Virgil E. Bottom and Andrew Rockover Cecil lead among researchers whose main affiliation is McMurry University.

  1. 1 Thomas G. Benoit United States · #2,690,551 worldwide 258 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Virgil E. Bottom United States · #2,852,640 worldwide 604 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Andrew Rockover Cecil United States · #3,339,280 worldwide 20 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Dean C. Dauw United States · #3,662,851 worldwide 139 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Philip LeMasters United States · #3,848,306 worldwide 40 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Robert N. McMurry United States · #3,936,860 worldwide 78 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Paul D. Lack United States · #4,241,403 worldwide 60 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Gary W. Shanafelt United States · #4,243,012 worldwide 29 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Daniel Patten United States · #4,452,022 worldwide 43 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Niall J. Mateer United States · #4,517,996 worldwide 434 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at McMurry University

What are the most cited papers from McMurry University?

The most cited paper from McMurry University is "Inhibition of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction by calcium antagonists in isolated rat lungs." (Ivan F. McMurtry, Allan Davidson, John T. Reeves et al., 1976), with 367 citations. Next come "Why Elementary Teachers Might Be Inadequately Prepared to Teach Reading" (248) and "Ethylene involvement in the regulation of the H+-ATPase CsHA1 gene and of the new isolated ferric reductase CsFRO1 and iron transporter CsIRT1 genes in cucumber plants" (151).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Inhibition of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction by calcium antagonists in isolated rat lungs. Ivan F. McMurtry, Allan Davidson, John T. Reeves et al. · Circulation Research Open access Feb 1976 367
2 Why Elementary Teachers Might Be Inadequately Prepared to Teach Reading R. Malatesha Joshi, Emily Binks, Martha C. Hougen et al. · Journal of Learning Disabilities 19 Jun 2009 248
3 Ethylene involvement in the regulation of the H+-ATPase CsHA1 gene and of the new isolated ferric reductase CsFRO1 and iron transporter CsIRT1 genes in cucumber plants Brian M. Waters, Carlos Lucena, Francisco J. Romera et al. · Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Open access 15 Mar 2007 151
4 Release of vasodilator prostaglandin, PGI2, from isolated rat lung during vasoconstriction. Norbert F. Voelkel, J G Gerber, Ivan F. McMurtry et al. · Circulation Research Open access Feb 1981 126
5 Sensemaking and Emotions in Organizations: Accounting for Emotions in a Rational(ized) Context Debbie S. Dougherty, Kristina Drumheller · Communication Studies 9 May 2006 120
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at McMurry University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Globalization, Corporate Governance, Performance Measurement, Community, Religion, Management Control Systems and Nationalism.

▲ 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. Globalization3▲ 4.7×6 topics
  2. Social Capital3▲ 15×6 topics
  3. Corporate Governance2▲ 9.0×7 topics
  4. Performance Measurement2▲ 20×2 topics
  5. Community2▲ 41×2 topics
  6. Religion2▲ 10×2 topics
  7. Management Control Systems2▲ 273×1 topic
  8. Nationalism2▲ 9.7×2 topics
  9. Secularism2▲ 43×3 topics
  10. Strategic Management2▲ 31×1 topic
  11. Civil Society1▲ 35×2 topics
  12. Digital Transformation1▲ 7.2×2 topics
  13. Financial Reporting1▲ 31×2 topics
  14. Information Asymmetry1▲ 72×2 topics
  15. Violence1▲ 26×2 topics
  16. Democracy1▲ 9.7×2 topics
  17. Drug Development1▲ 39×2 topics
  18. Institutional Theory1▲ 35×2 topics
  19. Resilience1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  20. Consumer Behavior1▲ 5.0×2 topics
  21. Gender1▲ 6.0×3 topics
  22. Organizational Identity1▲ 87×2 topics
  23. Social Media1▲ 2.4×3 topics
  24. Atheism1▲ 119×1 topic
  25. COVID-191▲ 2.2×1 topic
  26. Conflict1▲ 18×1 topic
  27. Cultural Intelligence1▲ 130×1 topic
  28. Disaster1▲ 57×1 topic
  29. Diversity1▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Intercultural Competence1▲ 80×1 topic
  31. Mortality1▲ 5.1×1 topic
  32. Off-Label Drug Use1▲ 113×1 topic
  33. Pandemic1▲ 2.9×1 topic
  34. Pediatric Pharmacokinetics1▲ 113×1 topic
  35. Problem of Evil1▲ 336×1 topic
  36. Public Sphere1▲ 52×1 topic
  37. Risk1▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Space Syntax1▲ 148×1 topic
  39. Street Networks1▲ 148×1 topic
  40. Theodicy1▲ 336×1 topic

Which research topics does McMurry University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Accounting and Organizational Management, Theology and Philosophy of Evil, Religion and Society Interactions and COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts.

Accounting and Organizat…2Accounting and Organizational Management: 2 fractional worksTheology and Philosophy …1Theology and Philosophy of Evil: 1 fractional worksReligion and Society Interactions: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 1 fractional worksPharmaceutical studies and practices: 1 fractional worksUrban Design and Spatial Analysis: 1 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 1 fractional worksInternational Student an…1International Student and Expatriate Challenges: 1 fractional worksHealth and Conflict Studies: 1 fractional worksManagement and Organizational Studies: 1 fractional works
Management Information SystemsPhilosophySociology and Political ScienceEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Accounting and Organizational Management Management Information Systems 2 works
  2. 2 Theology and Philosophy of Evil Philosophy 1 works
  3. 3 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  5. 5 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  6. 6 Urban Design and Spatial Analysis Building and Construction 1 works
  7. 7 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 International Student and Expatriate Challenges Communication 1 works
  9. 9 Health and Conflict Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 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 available22.0%not open78.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.7%domestic only92.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has McMurry University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 McMurry University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000096% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%McMurry University0.00013% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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