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Oakwood University

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World rank, all time
#23,094
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,792
of 7,310
Research works
249
▼ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.3k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Oakwood University

Which fields of science does Oakwood University work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Oakwood University is in Health Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (49%), Social Sciences (9%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 32 fractional works · 55.0% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 49.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 17.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 15.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 12.7% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOakwoodUniversity58fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences55%Social Sciences15%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2849.1%
    2. Health Professions34.6%
    3. Nursing00.9%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology46.5%
    2. Neuroscience35.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology12.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Social Sciences58.8%
    2. Psychology23.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities12.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Engineering34.5%
    2. Environmental Science23.8%
    3. Materials Science22.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.9%
    5. Chemistry00.6%
    6. Energy00.1%
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: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.17× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.25× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEnergy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.73× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.56× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 1.77× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience3.25×3 works
  2. Medicine2.56×28 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.17×1 works
  4. Nursing1.77×0 works
  5. Health Professions1.73×3 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.22×4 works
  7. Psychology1.12×2 works
  8. Veterinary1.06×0 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.82×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.82×2 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.80×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.77×2 works
  13. Social Sciences0.69×5 works
  14. Dentistry0.60×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.57×2 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.41×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.36×0 works
  18. Engineering0.30×3 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.24×0 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×0 works
  21. Energy0.08×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Oakwood University?

Ranked on the quality score, Melissa E. S. Richardson, George Hall Ashley and Carol Easley Allen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Oakwood University.

  1. 1 Melissa E. S. Richardson United States · #3,463,524 worldwide 313 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 George Hall Ashley United States · #3,756,110 worldwide 296 citations · 86 works
  3. 3 Carol Easley Allen United States · #3,770,223 worldwide 395 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Randal May United States · #3,907,929 worldwide 9 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Justin C. Foster United States · #3,997,427 worldwide 389 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Mary O’Grady United States · #4,879,748 worldwide 12 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Albert J. Osei United States · #4,995,841 worldwide 93 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Samson Chama United States · #5,007,628 worldwide 48 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Octavio Ramirez United States · #5,072,546 worldwide 563 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 M Alkharabsheh United States · #5,178,902 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Oakwood University

What are the most cited papers from Oakwood University?

The most cited paper from Oakwood University is "APOL1 Genetic Variants in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis and HIV-Associated Nephropathy" (Jeffrey B. Kopp et al., 2011), with 868 citations. Next come "Metagenomic Analysis of the Viromes of Three North American Bat Species: Viral Diversity among Different Bat Species That Share a Common Habitat" (220) and "Mimosa pudica: Electrical and mechanical stimulation of plant movements" (184).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 APOL1 Genetic Variants in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis and HIV-Associated Nephropathy Jeffrey B. Kopp et al. · Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Open access 14 Oct 2011 868
2 Metagenomic Analysis of the Viromes of Three North American Bat Species: Viral Diversity among Different Bat Species That Share a Common Habitat Eric Donaldson, Aimee N. Haskew, J. Edward Gates et al. · Journal of Virology Open access 6 Oct 2010 220
3 Mimosa pudica: Electrical and mechanical stimulation of plant movements Alexander George Volkov, Justin C. Foster, Talitha A. Ashby et al. · Plant Cell & Environment 4 Nov 2009 184
4 Ivory-billed Woodpecker ( Campephilus principalis ) Persists in Continental North America John W. Fitzpatrick, Martjan Lammertink, Marie-Pier Luneau et al. · Science 28 Apr 2005 184
5 Kinetics and Mechanism of Dionaea muscipula Trap Closing Alexander George Volkov, Tejumade Adesina, Vladislav S. Markin et al. · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY Open access 7 Dec 2007 180
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Oakwood University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Outcomes, Heart Failure, Guidelines, Diagnosis, Treatment, Echocardiography, Retinal Ganglion Cells and Religion.

▲ 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 36 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 36 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3▲ 1.27×17 topics
  2. Health Outcomes3▲ 17×5 topics
  3. Heart Failure2▲ 9.6×6 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress2▲ 2.7×8 topics
  5. Treatment2▲ 3.6×11 topics
  6. Diagnosis2▲ 4.5×10 topics
  7. Mental Health2▲ 2.7×8 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.2×10 topics
  9. Guidelines2▲ 7.4×6 topics
  10. Echocardiography2▲ 11×5 topics
  11. Religion2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  12. Retinal Ganglion Cells2▲ 26×2 topics
  13. Biomedical Applications2▲ 2.3×3 topics
  14. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 11×5 topics
  15. Cancer Therapy2▲ 4.6×2 topics
  16. Chronic Disease2▲ 15×2 topics
  17. Gene Expression2▲ 4.1×2 topics
  18. Risk Factors2▲ 2.4×10 topics
  19. Food Insecurity1▲ 41×1 topic
  20. Health Effects1▲ 4.0×2 topics
  21. Inflammation1◆ 1.12×11 topics
  22. Social Determinants1▲ 12×1 topic
  23. Circadian Clock1▲ 65×1 topic
  24. Melatonin1▲ 65×1 topic
  25. Obesity1▲ 2.9×4 topics
  26. STEM Education1▲ 5.1×2 topics
  27. Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas1▲ 102×1 topic
  28. Career Development1▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Gender Disparities1▲ 84×1 topic
  30. Management1▲ 2.6×7 topics
  31. Plasma Medicine1▲ 102×1 topic
  32. Social Cognitive Theory1▲ 46×1 topic
  33. Pain Management1▲ 7.9×5 topics
  34. Type 2 Diabetes1▲ 8.2×4 topics
  35. Family Law1▲ 40×1 topic
  36. Reform1▲ 27×1 topic

Which research topics does Oakwood University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Circadian rhythm and melatonin, Career Development and Diversity and Plasma Applications and Diagnostics.

Food Security and Health…1Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 1 fractional worksCircadian rhythm and mel…1Circadian rhythm and melatonin: 1 fractional worksCareer Development and D…1Career Development and Diversity: 1 fractional worksPlasma Applications and …1Plasma Applications and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 1 fractional worksMedical Imaging and Pathology Studies: 1 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarct…1Acute Myocardial Infarction Research: 1 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksPlasma Diagnostics and Applications: 1 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 0 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEndocrine and Autonomic SystemsSafety ResearchRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging5 others

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

  1. 1 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 1 works
  2. 2 Circadian rhythm and melatonin Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 1 works
  3. 3 Career Development and Diversity Safety Research 1 works
  4. 4 Plasma Applications and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  5. 5 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Plasma Diagnostics and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 0 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 available36.3%not open63.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.6%domestic only89.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Oakwood University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower 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 Oakwood University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00021% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Oakwood University0.00020% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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