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Methodist University

In research, Methodist University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,929 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,609 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Information Systems (Information Systems is 4.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,495
of 22,385 · #11,569 all time
Rank in United States
#1,292
of 3,332
Research works
803
▲ 52% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
14.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Methodist University

What is Methodist 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 #5,929 of 9,585 8.4%97 #5482
Physical SciencesDomain #9,609 of 10,670 5.9%63 #14296

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

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Methodist University is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Computer Science (18%), Medicine (15%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 132 fractional works · 45.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 69 fractional works · 23.8% of its workEducation: 29 fractional works · 10.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 23 fractional works · 7.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 5.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 91 fractional works · 31.6% of its workComputer Science: 51 fractional works · 17.6% of its workInformation Systems: 22 fractional works · 7.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 26 fractional works · 9.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 53 fractional works · 18.2% of its workMedicine: 43 fractional works · 14.8% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMethodistUniversity289fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences46%

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 Sciences6923.8%
    2. Psychology237.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting155.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities113.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance93.0%
    6. Decision Sciences61.9%
    1. Computer Science5117.6%
    2. Engineering269.1%
    3. Environmental Science51.6%
    4. Mathematics31.0%
    5. Materials Science20.8%
    6. Energy20.6%
    7. Chemistry20.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Medicine4314.8%
    2. Health Professions93.1%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.5%
    3. Neuroscience31.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Methodist University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Information Systems takes 4.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Information SystemsSubfield · 22.5 works4.4×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.27× its world share, 51 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.17× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.31× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.65× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.98× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.39× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.58× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 69 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology2.58×23 works
  2. Computer Science2.27×51 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.98×6 works
  4. Social Sciences1.88×69 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.65×15 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.39×9 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.31×11 works
  8. Health Professions1.17×9 works
  9. Mathematics0.89×3 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.82×1 works
  11. Medicine0.77×43 works
  12. Nursing0.66×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.63×3 works
  14. Energy0.61×2 works
  15. Engineering0.60×26 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×5 works
  17. Chemistry0.34×2 works
  18. Environmental Science0.33×5 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×4 works
  20. Veterinary0.28×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.22×2 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×1 works
  23. Dentistry0.12×0 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Methodist University?

Ranked on the quality score, Hem C. Basnet, Robert J. Gmeiner and Mfon Nathaniel Udo Akpan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Methodist University.

  1. 1 Hem C. Basnet United States · #1,380,017 worldwide 607 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Robert J. Gmeiner United States · #2,448,315 worldwide 742 citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Mfon Nathaniel Udo Akpan United States · #2,688,246 worldwide 173 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Richard Walsh United States · #2,697,290 worldwide 3.9k citations · 268 works
  5. 5 Peter C. Murray United States · #3,438,156 worldwide 40 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Namburi Nireekshana United States · #4,020,629 worldwide 156 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Jeremy R. Hustwit United States · #4,058,185 worldwide 15 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Octavian Gabor United States · #4,235,930 worldwide 26 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 D.T. Morgan United States · #4,741,143 worldwide 16 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Endy Julianto United States · #4,880,207 worldwide 19 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Methodist University

What are the most cited papers from Methodist University?

The most cited paper from Methodist University is "MENTORING ALTERNATIVES: THE ROLE OF PEER RELATIONSHIPS IN CAREER DEVELOPMENT." (Kathy E. Kram, Lynn A. Isabella, 1985), with 1,555 citations. Next come "SHARED LEADERSHIP IN TEAMS: AN INVESTIGATION OF ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS AND PERFORMANCE." (1,422) and "EVOLVING INTERPRETATIONS AS A CHANGE UNFOLDS: HOW MANAGERS CONSTRUE KEY ORGANIZATIONAL EVENTS." (1,110).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 MENTORING ALTERNATIVES: THE ROLE OF PEER RELATIONSHIPS IN CAREER DEVELOPMENT. Kathy E. Kram, Lynn A. Isabella · Academy of Management Journal Mar 1985 1,555
2 SHARED LEADERSHIP IN TEAMS: AN INVESTIGATION OF ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS AND PERFORMANCE. Jay B. Carson, Paul E. Tesluk, Jennifer Ann Marrone · Academy of Management Journal Oct 2007 1,422
3 EVOLVING INTERPRETATIONS AS A CHANGE UNFOLDS: HOW MANAGERS CONSTRUE KEY ORGANIZATIONAL EVENTS. Lynn A. Isabella · Academy of Management Journal Mar 1990 1,110
4 Strategy through the Option Lens: An Integrated View of Resource Investments and the Incremental-Choice Process Edward H. Bowman, Dileep Hurry · Academy of Management Review Oct 1993 900
5 The Effects of Slack Resources and Environmentalthreat on Product Exploration and Exploitation Glenn B. Voss, Deepak Sirdeshmukh, Zannie Giraud Voss · Academy of Management Journal Feb 2008 890
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Methodist University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pedagogy, Inclusive Education, Educational Technology, Innovation, Digital Learning, Education, E-Learning and Healthcare.

▲ 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. Education17▲ 3.5×25 topics
  2. Machine Learning16▲ 1.64×39 topics
  3. Educational Technology16▲ 4.6×19 topics
  4. Innovation15▲ 5.0×15 topics
  5. E-Learning14▲ 5.2×12 topics
  6. Pedagogy14▲ 9.3×11 topics
  7. Sustainable Development14▲ 3.0×18 topics
  8. Healthcare13▲ 4.0×16 topics
  9. Inclusive Education12▲ 12×5 topics
  10. Deep Learning12▲ 1.21×37 topics
  11. Digital Learning12▲ 8.1×5 topics
  12. Sustainability11▲ 1.60×26 topics
  13. Teacher Training10▲ 5.9×9 topics
  14. Artificial Intelligence10▲ 2.4×20 topics
  15. Supply Chain Management10▲ 3.8×10 topics
  16. Big Data10▲ 3.5×15 topics
  17. Online Learning9▲ 3.8×9 topics
  18. Adolescent Development8▲ 24×4 topics
  19. Digital Transformation8▲ 5.1×11 topics
  20. Distance Learning8▲ 7.5×5 topics
  21. Higher Education8▲ 5.0×8 topics
  22. Digitalization7▲ 12×4 topics
  23. Entrepreneurship7▲ 6.1×8 topics
  24. Teacher Professional Development6▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Cultural Diversity6▲ 9.7×1 topic
  26. Entrepreneurship in Education6▲ 106×1 topic
  27. Student Engagement6▲ 5.4×11 topics
  28. Educational Environment6▲ 54×2 topics
  29. Social Cognition6▲ 11×6 topics
  30. Digital Education6▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Psychological Well-being6▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Professional Development5▲ 8.7×9 topics
  33. Zone of Proximal Development5▲ 36×2 topics
  34. Online Education5▲ 9.0×3 topics
  35. Cultural-Historical Theory5▲ 63×1 topic
  36. Learning Motivation5▲ 63×1 topic
  37. Student Experience4▲ 34×1 topic
  38. University Management4▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Teaching Methods4▲ 9.3×3 topics
  40. Tourism Development4▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Methodist University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Educational Practices and Challenges, Psychology of Development and Education, Educational Innovations and Challenges and Blockchain Technology Applications and Security.

Educational Practices and Challenges: 6 fractional worksPsychology of Development and Education: 5 fractional worksEducational Innovations …4Educational Innovations and Challenges: 4 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…4Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 4 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 3 fractional worksEducation, Innovation and Language Studies: 3 fractional worksEducational Methods and …3Educational Methods and Teacher Development: 3 fractional worksData Visualization and Analytics: 2 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional worksYouth Development and Social Support: 2 fractional works
EducationDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyInformation SystemsManagement Information Systems2 others

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

  1. 1 Educational Practices and Challenges Education 6 works
  2. 2 Psychology of Development and Education Developmental and Educational Psychology 5 works
  3. 3 Educational Innovations and Challenges Information Systems 4 works
  4. 4 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 4 works
  5. 5 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 3 works
  6. 6 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 3 works
  7. 7 Educational Methods and Teacher Development Information Systems 3 works
  8. 8 Data Visualization and Analytics Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  9. 9 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 2 works
  10. 10 Youth Development and Social Support Safety Research 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 available42.8%not open57.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.9%domestic only77.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Methodist University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 52% higher 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 Methodist University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00098% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Methodist University0.0014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Methodist 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 2025Methodist University9.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.3% in 2012.

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