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Northcentral University

In research, Northcentral University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,026 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,409 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,062
of 22,385 · #15,095 all time
Rank in United States
#2,484
of 3,332
Research works
598
▼ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.7k
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Northcentral University

What is Northcentral 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 #5,026 of 14,833 5.7%396
Social SciencesField #5,409 of 9,330 5.8%222

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

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Northcentral University is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Computer Science (15%), Medicine (10%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 63 fractional works · 62.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 35.4% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 10.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 6.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 20.3% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 14.7% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 7.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 13.3% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 9.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNorthcentralUniversity101fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences62%

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 Sciences3635.4%
    2. Psychology109.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting66.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance44.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities33.4%
    6. Decision Sciences33.1%
    1. Computer Science1514.7%
    2. Environmental Science32.7%
    3. Engineering32.5%
    4. Mathematics00.2%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
    1. Medicine109.8%
    2. Health Professions43.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.5%
    2. Neuroscience11.3%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.04× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.89× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 10 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.17× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.97× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.26× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.99× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.18× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.79× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences3.26×3 works
  2. Psychology3.18×10 works
  3. Social Sciences2.79×36 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.04×1 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.99×4 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.97×6 works
  7. Computer Science1.89×15 works
  8. Health Professions1.32×4 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.17×3 works
  10. Neuroscience0.79×1 works
  11. Environmental Science0.54×3 works
  12. Medicine0.51×10 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×2 works
  14. Engineering0.17×2 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works
  18. Energy0.05×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Northcentral University?

Ranked on the quality score, Scott W. M. Burrus, Michael Shriner and Heather D. Hussey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northcentral University.

  1. 1 Scott W. M. Burrus United States · #1,760,895 worldwide 517 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Michael Shriner United States · #2,198,517 worldwide 436 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Heather D. Hussey United States · #2,680,151 worldwide 302 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Pierre-Luc Pomerleau United States · #2,837,544 worldwide 29 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Linda D Bloomberg United States · #3,359,322 worldwide 71 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Barbara Miller Hall United States · #3,383,386 worldwide 86 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Kelley Walters United States · #3,479,257 worldwide 196 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Tara J. Lehan United States · #3,573,126 worldwide 399 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Paul A. Rader United States · #4,097,074 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Melanie Shaw United States · #4,141,705 worldwide 224 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Northcentral University

What are the most cited papers from Northcentral University?

The most cited paper from Northcentral University is "Experimental Analysis of a Web-Based Training Intervention to Develop Positive Psychological Capital" (Fred Luthans, James B. Avey, Jaime L. Patera, 2008), with 896 citations. Next come "Current and Future Trends in Internet-Supported Mental Health Interventions" (391) and "Chloroplast genomes of plants." (363).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Experimental Analysis of a Web-Based Training Intervention to Develop Positive Psychological Capital Fred Luthans, James B. Avey, Jaime L. Patera · Academy of Management Learning and Education Jun 2008 896
2 Current and Future Trends in Internet-Supported Mental Health Interventions Azy Barak, John M. Grohol · Journal of Technology in Human Services Jul 2011 391
3 Chloroplast genomes of plants. Linda A. Raubeson, Robert K. Jansen · CABI Publishing eBooks Book chapter 17 Dec 2004 363
4 Emotional rescue: the role of emotional intelligence and emotional labour on well‐being and job‐stress among community nurses Leila Jalilvand Karimi, Sandra G. Leggat, Lisa Donohue et al. · Journal of Advanced Nursing 14 Jun 2013 311
5 Fixed And Growth Mindset In Education And How Grit Helps Students Persist In The Face Of Adversity Aaron Hochanadel, Dora Finamore · Journal of International Education Research (JIER) Open access 26 Jan 2015 298
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Northcentral University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Student Engagement, Big Data, Risk Management, Cybersecurity, Education, Organizational Performance, Knowledge Sharing and Information Security.

▲ 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. Machine Learning6▲ 1.74×14 topics
  2. Education5▲ 3.0×13 topics
  3. Big Data5▲ 4.7×7 topics
  4. Student Engagement4▲ 10×8 topics
  5. Mental Health4▲ 2.7×13 topics
  6. Social Media4▲ 2.8×9 topics
  7. Risk Management4▲ 7.5×2 topics
  8. Cybersecurity3▲ 13×2 topics
  9. Leadership3▲ 6.2×5 topics
  10. Security3▲ 4.6×7 topics
  11. Social Capital3▲ 5.9×6 topics
  12. Organizational Performance3▲ 11×5 topics
  13. Quality of Life3▲ 2.0×9 topics
  14. Data Mining3▲ 3.8×4 topics
  15. Information Security3▲ 28×2 topics
  16. Knowledge Sharing3▲ 18×4 topics
  17. Social Support3▲ 5.2×4 topics
  18. Supply Chain Management3▲ 3.1×5 topics
  19. Higher Education3▲ 4.9×6 topics
  20. Policy Compliance3▲ 64×1 topic
  21. Security Awareness3▲ 64×1 topic
  22. Technology Integration3▲ 8.1×5 topics
  23. Career Development2▲ 20×3 topics
  24. Corporate Governance2▲ 3.2×3 topics
  25. Diversity2▲ 14×3 topics
  26. Student Perceptions2▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Stereotypes2▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Primary Care2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  29. Trust2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  30. Academic Performance2▲ 22×1 topic
  31. Board Diversity2▲ 56×1 topic
  32. College Retention2▲ 98×1 topic
  33. Gender Diversity2▲ 56×1 topic
  34. Reflective Practice2▲ 10.0×3 topics
  35. Distributed Systems2▲ 9.6×3 topics
  36. Employability2▲ 41×1 topic
  37. Graduate Attributes2▲ 53×1 topic
  38. Intersectionality2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  39. Organizational Learning2▲ 23×3 topics
  40. Teacher Professional Development1▲ 8.9×3 topics

Which research topics does Northcentral University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Information and Cyber Security, Higher Education Research Studies, Gender Diversity and Inequality and Higher Education and Employability.

Information and Cyber Se…3Information and Cyber Security: 3 fractional worksHigher Education Researc…2Higher Education Research Studies: 2 fractional worksGender Diversity and Ine…2Gender Diversity and Inequality: 2 fractional worksHigher Education and Emp…2Higher Education and Employability: 2 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksKnowledge Management and Sharing: 1 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …1Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Ma…1Healthcare Policy and Management: 1 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid…1Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 1 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…1Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional works
Information SystemsEducationGender StudiesManagement Information Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 3 works
  2. 2 Higher Education Research Studies Education 2 works
  3. 3 Gender Diversity and Inequality Gender Studies 2 works
  4. 4 Higher Education and Employability Education 2 works
  5. 5 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  6. 6 Knowledge Management and Sharing Communication 1 works
  7. 7 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 1 works
  8. 8 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 1 works
  10. 10 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 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 available38.8%not open61.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.4%domestic only90.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Northcentral University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% 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 Northcentral University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Northcentral University0.00020% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Northcentral 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2023Northcentral University5.8% in 202320102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.0% in 2016.

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