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Newman University

In research, Newman University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,569 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,099
of 22,385 · #10,158 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#551
of 862
Research works
552
▼ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.2k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Newman University

What is Newman 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 #7,569 of 9,585 9.3%65 #3160

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

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Newman University is in Social Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (41%), Psychology (13%), Medicine (13%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 73 fractional works · 68.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 43 fractional works · 40.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 10.1% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 9.6% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 13.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 10.8% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 24 fractional works · 22.4% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 13.0% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 8.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.9% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNewman University106fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences22%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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4340.6%
    2. Psychology1413.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities1110.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Medicine1413.0%
    2. Health Professions98.6%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Computer Science43.9%
    2. Engineering22.1%
    3. Environmental Science00.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Energy00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Neuroscience10.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.26× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.68× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.76× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.31× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.29× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.21× its world share, 43 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. Psychology4.29×14 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.76×11 works
  3. Health Professions3.26×9 works
  4. Social Sciences3.21×43 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.31×3 works
  6. Nursing1.16×1 works
  7. Medicine0.68×14 works
  8. Neuroscience0.53×1 works
  9. Computer Science0.50×4 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.45×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×1 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.34×0 works
  13. Dentistry0.33×0 works
  14. Engineering0.14×2 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.14×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×0 works
  17. Energy0.09×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.08×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×0 works
  20. Mathematics0.07×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Newman University?

Ranked on the quality score, Tony David Myers, Lorna J. Dodd and Susan E. Docherty lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Newman University.

  1. 1 Tony David Myers United Kingdom · #934,614 worldwide 1.4k citations · 91 works
  2. 2 Lorna J. Dodd United Kingdom · #1,219,080 worldwide 781 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Susan E. Docherty United Kingdom · #1,292,938 worldwide 788 citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Ibrahim Akubat United Kingdom · #1,299,957 worldwide 1.1k citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Mike Seal United Kingdom · #1,656,977 worldwide 203 citations · 82 works
  6. 6 Thomas E. Hunt United Kingdom · #1,827,183 worldwide 38 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Yahya Al‐Nakeeb United Kingdom · #1,939,316 worldwide 1.9k citations · 48 works
  8. 8 Eric Deeson United Kingdom · #2,060,054 worldwide 2.8k citations · 160 works
  9. 9 Andrew Paul Csizmadia United Kingdom · #2,180,328 worldwide 854 citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Adam Benkwitz United Kingdom · #2,252,626 worldwide 206 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Newman University

What are the most cited papers from Newman University?

The most cited paper from Newman University is "Cortical abnormalities in bipolar disorder: an MRI analysis of 6503 individuals from the ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group" (for the ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group et al., 2017), with 838 citations. Next come "Neuropsychological testing of cognitive impairment in euthymic bipolar disorder: an individual patient data meta‐analysis" (658) and "Subcortical volumetric abnormalities in bipolar disorder" (539).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cortical abnormalities in bipolar disorder: an MRI analysis of 6503 individuals from the ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group for the ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group et al. · Molecular Psychiatry Open access124 authors 2 May 2017 838
2 Neuropsychological testing of cognitive impairment in euthymic bipolar disorder: an individual patient data meta‐analysis Corin Bourne et al. · Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica Open access 26 Apr 2013 658
3 Subcortical volumetric abnormalities in bipolar disorder Derrek P. Hibar et al. · Molecular Psychiatry Open access 9 Feb 2016 539
4 Computing in the curriculum: Challenges and strategies from a teacher’s perspective Sue Sentance, Andrew Paul Csizmadia · Education and Information Technologies Open access 5 Apr 2016 361
5 Lifestyle risk factors of students: A cluster analytical approach Lorna J. Dodd, Yahya Al‐Nakeeb, Alan Michael Nevill et al. · Preventive Medicine 11 Apr 2010 245
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Newman University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Intersectionality, Gender, Neoliberalism, Globalization, Prevalence, Feminism and Higher Education.

▲ 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. Mental Health8▲ 5.6×21 topics
  2. Globalization6▲ 2.9×17 topics
  3. Epidemiology5▲ 1.25×19 topics
  4. Intersectionality5▲ 23×6 topics
  5. Gender4▲ 7.9×11 topics
  6. Neoliberalism4▲ 12×6 topics
  7. Public Health4▲ 2.9×11 topics
  8. Higher Education4▲ 6.2×7 topics
  9. Prevalence4▲ 8.0×6 topics
  10. Ethics3▲ 6.1×7 topics
  11. Feminism3▲ 11×6 topics
  12. Social Justice3▲ 4.9×11 topics
  13. Gender Identity3▲ 27×3 topics
  14. Depression3▲ 3.1×8 topics
  15. Stigma3▲ 20×3 topics
  16. Evidence-Based Practice3▲ 20×6 topics
  17. Qualitative Research3▲ 3.1×6 topics
  18. Social Support3▲ 4.9×8 topics
  19. Adolescents3▲ 7.1×6 topics
  20. History3▲ 3.6×6 topics
  21. Identity3▲ 3.3×9 topics
  22. Psychological Distress3▲ 9.9×4 topics
  23. Theology2▲ 26×3 topics
  24. Physical Activity2▲ 4.7×7 topics
  25. Mental Health Services2▲ 42×2 topics
  26. Reflective Practice2▲ 12×6 topics
  27. Biopolitics2▲ 27×3 topics
  28. Lifelong Learning2▲ 9.6×4 topics
  29. Peacebuilding2▲ 28×4 topics
  30. High-Intensity Interval Training2▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Masculinity2▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Anthropocene2▲ 29×3 topics
  33. Health Behaviors2▲ 84×1 topic
  34. Help Seeking2▲ 84×1 topic
  35. Mental Disorders2▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Help-Seeking Behavior2▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Inclusion2▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Marketization2▲ 37×2 topics
  39. Public Attitudes2▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Systematic Review2▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does Newman University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Gender Roles and Identity Studies, Mental Health Treatment and Access, Mental Health and Patient Involvement and Sports Performance and Training.

Gender Roles and Identit…2Gender Roles and Identity Studies: 2 fractional worksMental Health Treatment …2Mental Health Treatment and Access: 2 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 2 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 1 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 1 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 1 fractional worksGender Diversity and Inequality: 1 fractional worksGender, Feminism, and Me…1Gender, Feminism, and Media: 1 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 1 fractional worksYouth Education and Societal Dynamics: 1 fractional works
Gender StudiesSocial PsychologyGeneral Health ProfessionsOrthopedics and Sports Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Gender Roles and Identity Studies Gender Studies 2 works
  2. 2 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 2 works
  3. 3 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 2 works
  4. 4 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 1 works
  6. 6 Education Systems and Policy Education 1 works
  7. 7 Gender Diversity and Inequality Gender Studies 1 works
  8. 8 Gender, Feminism, and Media Gender Studies 1 works
  9. 9 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Youth Education and Societal Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 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 available32.8%not open67.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Newman University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% 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 Newman University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00044% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Newman University0.00050% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Newman 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Newman University8.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.1% in 2018.

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