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Moravian University

In research, Moravian University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,638 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,410
of 22,385 · #10,062 all time
Rank in United States
#1,281
of 3,332
Research works
834
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.4k
10.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Moravian University

What is Moravian 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 #6,638 of 9,585 8.7%80 #3878

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

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Moravian University is in Social Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Medicine (20%), Psychology (13%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 87 fractional works · 49.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 20.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 23 fractional works · 13.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 10.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 53 fractional works · 30.4% of its workMedicine: 34 fractional works · 19.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 9.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLeadership and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 22 fractional works · 12.6% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMoravianUniversity174fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences30%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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3620.6%
    2. Psychology2313.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities1910.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting52.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.4%
    6. Decision Sciences21.2%
    1. Medicine3419.7%
    2. Health Professions169.0%
    3. Nursing31.6%
    1. Computer Science63.5%
    2. Environmental Science53.0%
    3. Engineering42.1%
    4. Chemistry21.3%
    5. Mathematics10.8%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    8. Materials Science10.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences53.0%
    2. Neuroscience42.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.6%
    4. 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: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.43× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.02× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 3.33× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.73× its world share, 19 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.82× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.33× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.63× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.33×23 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.73×19 works
  3. Health Professions3.43×16 works
  4. Nursing3.33×3 works
  5. Social Sciences1.63×36 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.28×2 works
  7. Neuroscience1.26×4 works
  8. Medicine1.02×34 works
  9. Chemistry0.84×2 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.82×5 works
  11. Mathematics0.67×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.67×2 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.63×5 works
  14. Environmental Science0.61×5 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.45×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.45×6 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×1 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.35×1 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×3 works
  20. Engineering0.14×4 works
  21. Materials Science0.14×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Moravian University?

Ranked on the quality score, Dana S. Dunn, Jean L. DesJardin and Lori J. Toedter lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Moravian University.

  1. 1 Dana S. Dunn United States · #440,063 worldwide 6k citations · 305 works
  2. 2 Jean L. DesJardin United States · #759,752 worldwide 1.6k citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Lori J. Toedter United States · #924,670 worldwide 1.8k citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Michelle E. Schmidt United States · #1,134,204 worldwide 1.7k citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Gary L. Olson United States · #1,393,929 worldwide 341 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Curtis A. Keim United States · #1,413,948 worldwide 847 citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Huijing Wen United States · #1,539,029 worldwide 203 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Doris Schattschneider United States · #1,607,197 worldwide 1.3k citations · 90 works
  9. 9 Ann Potter United States · #1,723,747 worldwide 1.5k citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Janet Senderowitz Loengard United States · #1,744,676 worldwide 133 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Moravian University

What are the most cited papers from Moravian University?

The most cited paper from Moravian University is "Marketing AI recruitment: The next phase in job application and selection" (Patrick van Esch, J. Stewart Black, Joseph Ferolie, 2018), with 390 citations. Next come "Ableism Special Issue Introduction" (379) and "Introspection, Attitude Change, and Attitude-Behavior Consistency: the Disruptive Effects of Explaining Why we Feel the Way we Do" (364).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Marketing AI recruitment: The next phase in job application and selection Patrick van Esch, J. Stewart Black, Joseph Ferolie · Computers in Human Behavior 17 Sep 2018 390
2 Ableism Special Issue Introduction Kathleen R. Bogart, Dana S. Dunn · Journal of Social Issues Sep 2019 379
3 Introspection, Attitude Change, and Attitude-Behavior Consistency: the Disruptive Effects of Explaining Why we Feel the Way we Do Timothy D. Wilson, Dana S. Dunn, Dolores Kraft et al. · Advances in experimental social psychology Book chapter 1989 364
4 Interrogating Genomic-Scale Data for Squamata (Lizards, Snakes, and Amphisbaenians) Shows no Support for Key Traditional Morphological Relationships Frank T. Burbrink, Felipe G. Grazziotin, R. Alexander Pyron et al. · Systematic Biology 19 Sep 2019 332
5 Friendships in Childhood and Adolescence. Catherine L. Bagwell, Michelle E. Schmidt · Guilford Publications Aug 2011 311
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Moravian University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Gender, Religion, Well-being, Literature, Resilience and Job Satisfaction.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 2.4×32 topics
  2. Mental Health11▲ 4.5×24 topics
  3. Gender8▲ 8.6×13 topics
  4. Sustainability8▲ 1.88×21 topics
  5. Quality of Life7▲ 2.8×17 topics
  6. Religion7▲ 8.2×8 topics
  7. Well-being7▲ 9.8×11 topics
  8. Literature6▲ 6.5×6 topics
  9. Depression6▲ 3.7×10 topics
  10. Resilience6▲ 6.7×7 topics
  11. Job Satisfaction5▲ 7.0×9 topics
  12. Anxiety5▲ 5.8×7 topics
  13. Identity5▲ 3.7×12 topics
  14. Race4▲ 21×4 topics
  15. Reflective Practice4▲ 13×7 topics
  16. Social Impact4▲ 6.4×4 topics
  17. Social Justice4▲ 4.0×10 topics
  18. Coping Strategies4▲ 9.0×5 topics
  19. History4▲ 3.3×8 topics
  20. Cultural Identity4▲ 4.5×7 topics
  21. Feminist Thought4▲ 946×1 topic
  22. William Blake4▲ 946×1 topic
  23. Interventions3▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Nationalism3▲ 4.2×9 topics
  25. Parenting Stress3▲ 28×2 topics
  26. Dysmenorrhea3▲ 90×1 topic
  27. Health Disparities3▲ 6.9×6 topics
  28. Neural Plasticity3▲ 9.7×2 topics
  29. Premenstrual Syndrome3▲ 90×1 topic
  30. Caregiver Well-Being3▲ 33×1 topic
  31. Family Quality of Life3▲ 33×1 topic
  32. Psychological Impact3▲ 5.4×5 topics
  33. Athletic Training3▲ 18×3 topics
  34. Professional Development3▲ 8.0×7 topics
  35. Intersectionality3▲ 8.2×4 topics
  36. Inclusion3▲ 10×4 topics
  37. Social Isolation3▲ 7.7×3 topics
  38. Work-Life Balance3▲ 7.9×3 topics
  39. Functional Recovery2▲ 9.7×2 topics
  40. Cerebral Palsy2▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Moravian University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Moravian Church and William Blake, Menstrual Health and Disorders, Family and Disability Support Research and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders.

Moravian Church and Will…4Moravian Church and William Blake: 4 fractional worksMenstrual Health and Dis…3Menstrual Health and Disorders: 3 fractional worksFamily and Disability Su…3Family and Disability Support Research: 3 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movem…2Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 2 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 2 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 2 fractional worksTheology and Philosophy …2Theology and Philosophy of Evil: 2 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivo…2Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder…1Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: 1 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthClinical PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental health5 others

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

  1. 1 Moravian Church and William Blake Literature and Literary Theory 4 works
  2. 2 Menstrual Health and Disorders Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  3. 3 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 3 works
  4. 4 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  5. 5 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 2 works
  6. 6 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 2 works
  7. 7 Theology and Philosophy of Evil Philosophy 2 works
  8. 8 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available20.2%not open79.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.7%domestic only95.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Moravian University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher 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 Moravian University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00078% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Moravian University0.00063% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Moravian 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 2025Moravian University6.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.5% in 2018.

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