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Nebraska Wesleyan University

In research, Nebraska Wesleyan University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,198 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,953
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,937
of 7,310
Research works
287
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.7k
16.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Nebraska Wesleyan University

What is Nebraska Wesleyan 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 #7,198 of 14,833 7.8%154

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

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Nebraska Wesleyan University is in Social Sciences, 16% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Arts and Humanities (29%), Medicine (12%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 26 fractional works · 68.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 29.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 12.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 7.1% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 29.0% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 12.0% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 15.6% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 12.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKNebraska WesleyanUniversity37fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences69%

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 Sciences1129.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities1129.0%
    3. Psychology26.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting13.8%
    1. Medicine512.4%
    2. Health Professions01.3%
    3. Nursing00.9%
    4. Dentistry00.5%
    5. Veterinary00.5%
    1. Physics and Astronomy13.5%
    2. Engineering11.5%
    3. Environmental Science01.2%
    4. Computer Science01.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.9%
    1. Neuroscience12.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
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: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.58× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.57× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.65× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 1.82× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 10.04× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 2.03× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.34× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 10.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities10.04×11 works
  2. Veterinary3.27×0 works
  3. Social Sciences2.34×11 works
  4. Psychology2.03×2 works
  5. Nursing1.82×0 works
  6. Neuroscience1.58×1 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.57×1 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.17×1 works
  9. Dentistry0.92×0 works
  10. Medicine0.65×5 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.57×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.51×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.49×1 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.44×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.25×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.15×0 works
  18. Engineering0.10×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Nebraska Wesleyan University?

Ranked on the quality score, Robert C. Oberst, Lisette E. Torres and Matthew Quinn lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nebraska Wesleyan University.

  1. 1 Robert C. Oberst United States · #2,049,014 worldwide 196 citations · 72 works
  2. 2 Lisette E. Torres United States · #2,428,321 worldwide 306 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Matthew Quinn United States · #2,554,805 worldwide 698 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 William M. Wehrbein United States · #2,598,011 worldwide 402 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Kelly A. Clancy United States · #2,641,370 worldwide 466 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 David H. Greegor United States · #2,799,816 worldwide 710 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 J. C. Jensen United States · #2,990,920 worldwide 36 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 F. M. Gregg United States · #3,069,149 worldwide 26 citations · 14 works
  9. 9 Patrick M. Hayden-Roy United States · #3,072,169 worldwide 56 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 W. R. French United States · #3,206,947 worldwide 136 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Nebraska Wesleyan University

What are the most cited papers from Nebraska Wesleyan University?

The most cited paper from Nebraska Wesleyan University is "Are leader stereotypes masculine? A meta-analysis of three research paradigms." (Anne Marise Koenig, Alice H. Eagly, Abigail A. Mitchell et al., 2011), with 1,752 citations. Next come "The Chlorella variabilis NC64A Genome Reveals Adaptation to Photosymbiosis, Coevolution with Viruses, and Cryptic Sex" (504) and "Exosome-like Nanoparticles from Ginger Rhizomes Inhibited NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation" (310).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Are leader stereotypes masculine? A meta-analysis of three research paradigms. Anne Marise Koenig, Alice H. Eagly, Abigail A. Mitchell et al. · Psychological Bulletin Review 31 May 2011 1,752
2 The Chlorella variabilis NC64A Genome Reveals Adaptation to Photosymbiosis, Coevolution with Viruses, and Cryptic Sex Guillaume Blanc, Garry A. Duncan, Irina V. Agarkova et al. · The Plant Cell Open access Sep 2010 504
3 Exosome-like Nanoparticles from Ginger Rhizomes Inhibited NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation Xingyi Chen, You Zhou, Jiujiu Yu · Molecular Pharmaceutics Open access 30 Apr 2019 310
4 Prophage-mediated defence against viral attack and viral counter-defence Rebekah M. Dedrick et al. · Nature Microbiology Open access 9 Jan 2017 305
5 Effect of Collaborative Dementia Care via Telephone and Internet on Quality of Life, Caregiver Well-being, and Health Care Use Katherine L. Possin et al. · JAMA Internal Medicine Open access Oct 2019 279
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nebraska Wesleyan University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Identity, Social History, Theology, Calvinism, Reformation, Religious Practices, Cultural History 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Cultural Identity4▲ 22×3 topics
  2. Social History4▲ 126×2 topics
  3. Theology4▲ 112×2 topics
  4. Calvinism4▲ 416×1 topic
  5. Reformation4▲ 334×1 topic
  6. Globalization2▲ 2.9×6 topics
  7. Religious Practices2▲ 138×2 topics
  8. Cultural History2▲ 44×2 topics
  9. Nationalism2▲ 11×4 topics
  10. Medieval Literature2▲ 242×1 topic
  11. Narrative Fiction2▲ 424×1 topic
  12. Secularism2▲ 44×3 topics
  13. Religion1▲ 7.7×3 topics
  14. Castle Construction1▲ 363×1 topic
  15. Medieval Architecture1▲ 163×1 topic
  16. Social Media1▲ 2.2×4 topics
  17. Human Rights1▲ 2.8×4 topics
  18. Cold War1▲ 44×2 topics
  19. Economic Value Added1▲ 118×1 topic
  20. Experimental Tools1▲ 204×1 topic
  21. Gender Equality1▲ 9.5×2 topics
  22. Identity1▲ 3.7×2 topics
  23. Medical Education1▲ 9.9×2 topics
  24. Patient Safety1▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Shareholder Value1▲ 25×1 topic
  26. Smartphones1▲ 83×1 topic

Which research topics does Nebraska Wesleyan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies, Medieval European History and Architecture and Financial Reporting and Valuation Research.

Reformation and Early Mo…4Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 4 fractional worksHistorical, Literary, an…2Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies: 2 fractional worksMedieval European Histor…1Medieval European History and Architecture: 1 fractional worksFinancial Reporting and Valuation Research: 1 fractional worksExperimental and Theoretical Physics Studies: 1 fractional worksReligion and Society Interactions: 1 fractional worksHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control: 1 fractional worksReligion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity: 1 fractional worksReligious Studies and Spiritual Practices: 1 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 1 fractional works
HistoryClassicsArcheologyStrategy and Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 4 works
  2. 2 Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies Classics 2 works
  3. 3 Medieval European History and Architecture Archeology 1 works
  4. 4 Financial Reporting and Valuation Research Strategy and Management 1 works
  5. 5 Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1 works
  6. 6 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices Philosophy 1 works
  10. 10 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 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 available21.8%not open78.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.5%domestic only93.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nebraska Wesleyan University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Nebraska Wesleyan University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00033% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Nebraska Wesleyan University0.000080% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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