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Ouachita Baptist University

In research, Ouachita Baptist University stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,726 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#23,368
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,845
of 7,310
Research works
310
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
7.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
2%
world 18%
Ouachita Baptist University

What is Ouachita Baptist 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 #9,726 of 14,833 6.3%226

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

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Ouachita Baptist University is in Social Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (28%), Social Sciences (27%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 20 fractional works · 60.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 28.0% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 13.5% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 27.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 14.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 18.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 14.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 7.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 12.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKOuachita BaptistUniversity33fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences61%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities928.0%
    2. Social Sciences927.0%
    3. Psychology12.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting12.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology514.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology12.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.4%
    1. Environmental Science39.2%
    2. Engineering11.7%
    3. Computer Science01.5%
    4. Materials Science00.5%
    5. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Medicine27.0%
    2. Health Professions01.3%
    3. Nursing00.2%
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: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.69× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.23× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.85× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 9.68× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities9.68×9 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.69×5 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.23×1 works
  4. Social Sciences2.13×9 works
  5. Environmental Science1.85×3 works
  6. Psychology0.96×1 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.67×1 works
  8. Health Professions0.51×0 works
  9. Nursing0.41×0 works
  10. Medicine0.37×2 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.23×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.19×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.14×0 works
  15. Engineering0.11×1 works
  16. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ouachita Baptist University?

Ranked on the quality score, Nathan S. Reyna, Joseph R. Dodson and J. Nix lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ouachita Baptist University.

  1. 1 Nathan S. Reyna United States · #1,782,796 worldwide 742 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Joseph R. Dodson United States · #2,258,418 worldwide 263 citations · 53 works
  3. 3 J. Nix United States · #2,298,930 worldwide 903 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Robert Paul Kolt United States · #2,943,181 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Ruth C. Plymale United States · #3,306,247 worldwide 458 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Martin D. Perry United States · #3,365,802 worldwide 502 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Harold F. Bass United States · #3,747,535 worldwide 52 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Lori L. Hensley United States · #3,849,854 worldwide 289 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Randall D. Wight United States · #4,079,872 worldwide 191 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Tim Knight United States · #4,205,311 worldwide 137 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Ouachita Baptist University

What are the most cited papers from Ouachita Baptist University?

The most cited paper from Ouachita Baptist University is "Water and Aqueous Solutions" (J. Nix, 1972), with 488 citations. Next come "Attachment, Belongingness Needs, and Relationship Status Predict Imagined Intimacy With Media Figures" (143) and "Remote sensing of Lake Chicot, Arkansas: Monitoring suspended sediments, turbidity, and Secchi depth with Landsat MSS data" (134).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Water and Aqueous Solutions J. Nix · JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association Dec 1972 488
2 Attachment, Belongingness Needs, and Relationship Status Predict Imagined Intimacy With Media Figures Dara Greenwood, Christopher R. Long · Communication Research 4 Oct 2010 143
3 Remote sensing of Lake Chicot, Arkansas: Monitoring suspended sediments, turbidity, and Secchi depth with Landsat MSS data John A. Harrington, Frank R. Schiebe, J. Nix · Remote Sensing of Environment 1992 134
4 Religion, Delinquency, and Drug Use P. Elizabeth Kelly, Joshua R. Polanin, Sung Joon Jang et al. · Criminal Justice Review 27 Oct 2015 120
5 Psychological Predictors of Media Involvement Dara Greenwood, Christopher R. Long · Communication Research 21 Jul 2009 115
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ouachita Baptist University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Theology, Biblical Monotheism, Jewish Society, Human Rights, Colonialism, Decolonization, Biogenesis and Humanitarianism.

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

All 29 words, with their numbers
  1. Theology4▲ 115×2 topics
  2. Biblical Monotheism3▲ 375×1 topic
  3. Jewish Society3▲ 375×1 topic
  4. Human Rights3▲ 8.3×5 topics
  5. Colonialism2▲ 14×3 topics
  6. Decolonization2▲ 79×3 topics
  7. Biogenesis2▲ 29×3 topics
  8. Humanitarianism2▲ 83×2 topics
  9. International Aid2▲ 109×2 topics
  10. Evolution2▲ 18×2 topics
  11. Cancer2▲ 3.3×4 topics
  12. Genomics2▲ 16×2 topics
  13. Regulation2▲ 8.4×3 topics
  14. Ecology1▲ 25×1 topic
  15. Virus1▲ 45×1 topic
  16. Amnesty International1▲ 246×1 topic
  17. Global South1▲ 64×1 topic
  18. Religion1▲ 8.3×5 topics
  19. Biomarkers1▲ 5.0×2 topics
  20. Phylogenetic Analysis1▲ 11×1 topic
  21. RNA-Seq1▲ 30×2 topics
  22. Social Movements1▲ 12×2 topics
  23. sequence alignment1▲ 54×1 topic
  24. Gene Expression1▲ 5.3×4 topics
  25. Cancer Cachexia1▲ 34×1 topic
  26. Gender1▲ 5.6×3 topics
  27. Qualitative Data1▲ 543×1 topic
  28. Sarcopenia1▲ 34×1 topic
  29. Secondary Analysis1▲ 543×1 topic

Which research topics does Ouachita Baptist University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

Biblical Studies and Int…3Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 3 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Contempor…1Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics: 1 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…1Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 1 fractional worksData Analysis and Archiving: 1 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 1 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regu…1MicroRNA in disease regulation: 1 fractional worksMicrobial infections and disease research: 1 fractional worksSouth African History and Culture: 1 fractional worksCircular RNAs in diseases: 0 fractional works
Religious studiesEcologyHistoryMolecular Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 3 works
  2. 2 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 1 works
  3. 3 Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics History 1 works
  4. 4 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 1 works
  5. 5 Data Analysis and Archiving Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 1 works
  7. 7 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 1 works
  8. 8 Microbial infections and disease research Microbiology 1 works
  9. 9 South African History and Culture Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Circular RNAs in diseases Molecular Biology 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 available48.2%not open51.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.5%domestic only97.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ouachita Baptist University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% 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 Ouachita Baptist University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000071% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Ouachita Baptist University0.000100% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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