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Mount St. Mary's University

In research, Mount St. Mary's University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,788 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Sociology and Political Science — Sociology and Political Science is 5.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,178
of 28,054 · #25,710 all time
Rank in United States
#2,948
of 4,192
Research works
566
▲ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.6k
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
18%
world 28%

What is Mount St. Mary's University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #8,788 of 10,521 18.3%75 #8312

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mount St. Mary's 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Mount St. Mary's University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Sociology and Political Science takes 5.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 22.6 works5.9×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.49× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 1.59× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.81× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.44× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.03× its world share, 41 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mount St. Mary's University?

Ranked on the composite score, John J. Drummond, Germain Grisez and Thomas G. Weinandy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mount St. Mary's University.

  1. 1 John J. Drummond United States · #376,173 worldwide 52 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Germain Grisez United States · #470,809 worldwide 32 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Thomas G. Weinandy United States · #810,344 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 C.A. Bradley United States · #1,011,118 worldwide 13 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Mount St. Mary's University

Which keywords describe research at Mount St. Mary's University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Nationalism, Mental Health, Religion, Colonialism, Globalization, History and Gender.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Globalization7▲ 3.2×15 topics
  2. Mental Health7▲ 4.3×17 topics
  3. Identity6▲ 7.8×14 topics
  4. Nationalism6▲ 12×6 topics
  5. Religion5▲ 9.8×7 topics
  6. History5▲ 6.4×9 topics
  7. Colonialism5▲ 9.2×9 topics
  8. Gender4▲ 7.6×10 topics
  9. Feminism4▲ 14×3 topics
  10. Theology4▲ 41×3 topics
  11. Cold War4▲ 58×2 topics
  12. Social Movements4▲ 12×3 topics
  13. Human Rights4▲ 3.4×9 topics
  14. Public Opinion4▲ 29×3 topics
  15. Political Philosophy4▲ 59×2 topics
  16. Black Studies3▲ 135×1 topic
  17. Civil Rights Movement3▲ 135×1 topic
  18. American founding3▲ 96×1 topic
  19. Constitutional government3▲ 96×1 topic
  20. Depression3▲ 3.4×6 topics
  21. Ethics3▲ 6.3×7 topics
  22. NGOs3▲ 30×3 topics
  23. Humanitarianism3▲ 45×2 topics
  24. International Aid3▲ 57×2 topics
  25. Community Development3▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Culture3▲ 5.0×5 topics
  27. Politics3▲ 9.6×4 topics
  28. Social Justice3▲ 4.4×9 topics
  29. Literature3▲ 4.6×7 topics
  30. Philosophy3▲ 5.5×4 topics
  31. Intersectionality2▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Church History2▲ 46×2 topics
  34. Decolonization2▲ 25×4 topics
  35. Memory2▲ 8.6×5 topics
  36. Social History2▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Civil Society2▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Cultural Transmission2▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Developmental Trajectories2▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Psychological Adjustment2▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Mount St. Mary's University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Race, History, and American Society, American Constitutional Law and Politics, Religion, Society, and Development and Reformation and Early Modern Christianity.

Race, History, and American Society: 3 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 3 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 2 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 2 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 2 fractional worksHistorical and Linguistic Studies: 2 fractional worksBehavioral and Psycholog…2Behavioral and Psychological Studies: 2 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…1Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 1 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…1Migration, Health and Trauma: 1 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Pol…1Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsHistoryReligious studies3 others

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

  1. 1 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  2. 2 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  3. 3 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 2 works
  5. 5 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 2 works
  6. 6 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Behavioral and Psychological Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology 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 available18.5%not open81.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.1%domestic only94.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mount St. Mary's University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.