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Providence College

In research, Providence College stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,484 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,329 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,702 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Philosophy — Philosophy is 4.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,552
of 28,054 · #2,214 all time
Rank in United States
#500
of 4,192
Research works
11k
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
226k
21.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Providence College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,484 of 11,982 13.8%704 #973
MedicineField #1,329 of 10,443 13.3%620 #1052
Social SciencesDomain #2,702 of 10,521 16.3%552 #1197
Life SciencesDomain #2,728 of 7,800 14.4%180 #1773
Physical SciencesDomain #4,990 of 12,888 15.0%215 #3209
Social SciencesField #2,802 of 6,365 17.9%226 #1425
EngineeringField #3,668 of 6,636 13.6%78 #2883
PsychologyField #1,399 of 2,181 17.2%113 #651
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,356 of 1,998 13.2%118 #908
SurgerySubfield #1,320 of 1,816 11.8%64 #1031

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Providence College 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#973 #1,484
  2. Medicine#1,052 #1,329
  3. Social Sciences#1,197 #2,702
  4. Life Sciences#1,773 #2,728
  5. Physical Sciences#3,209 #4,990
  6. Social Sciences#1,425 #2,802
  7. Engineering#2,883 #3,668
  8. Psychology#651 #1,399
  9. Arts and Humanities#908 #1,356
  10. Surgery#1,031 #1,320
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Providence College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Philosophy takes 4.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PhilosophySubfield · 31.9 works4.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 86 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.64× its world share, 27 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.44× its world share, 39 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 45 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 78 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 33 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.89× its world share, 17 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.71× its world share, 75 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.95× its world share, 620 worksMedicineNursing: 0.94× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.47× its world share, 118 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 41 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.32× its world share, 47 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.24× its world share, 113 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 226 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Providence College?

Ranked on the composite score, Henry T. Randall, F Ronchese and Dragan Golijanin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Providence College.

  1. 1 Henry T. Randall · #126,390 worldwide 113 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 F Ronchese · #176,633 worldwide 57 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Dragan Golijanin · #197,386 worldwide 106 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Dwaine F. Emerich · #284,385 worldwide 109 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Peter J. Quesenberry · #292,173 worldwide 172 citations · 55 works
  6. 6 Anthony K. Jensen · #339,307 worldwide 9 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Jacques G. Susset · #349,004 worldwide 113 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Edward L. Cleary · #365,724 worldwide 23 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 James M. Carlson · #411,782 worldwide 138 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Sally Marks · #413,564 worldwide 25 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Providence College

Which keywords describe research at Providence College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Risk Factors, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Public Health, Ethics and Identity.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology123▲ 1.88×116 topics
  2. Inflammation57▲ 1.65×72 topics
  3. Mental Health55▲ 2.3×36 topics
  4. Risk Factors48▲ 2.6×36 topics
  5. Globalization47▲ 1.45×56 topics
  6. Quality of Life47▲ 1.96×46 topics
  7. Public Health47▲ 1.94×44 topics
  8. Treatment37▲ 1.83×44 topics
  9. Depression36▲ 2.5×22 topics
  10. Identity35▲ 2.9×37 topics
  11. Ethics31▲ 3.9×31 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease29▲ 1.57×33 topics
  13. History26▲ 2.3×26 topics
  14. Gender26▲ 2.9×31 topics
  15. Culture25▲ 2.9×18 topics
  16. Genetics25▲ 2.1×21 topics
  17. Literature25▲ 2.8×25 topics
  18. Biomarkers24▲ 2.1×17 topics
  19. Clinical Trials24▲ 2.1×19 topics
  20. Immunotherapy23▲ 1.99×18 topics
  21. Chemotherapy23▲ 2.0×22 topics
  22. Nationalism23▲ 3.0×21 topics
  23. Philosophy23▲ 3.1×25 topics
  24. Religion22▲ 2.8×23 topics
  25. Global Burden21▲ 2.4×12 topics
  26. Anxiety21▲ 2.7×11 topics
  27. Social Justice21▲ 2.1×23 topics
  28. Adolescents20▲ 3.3×8 topics
  29. Neuroprotection20▲ 3.4×12 topics
  30. Clinical Outcomes18▲ 5.2×6 topics
  31. Feminism18▲ 3.9×16 topics
  32. Violence18▲ 7.3×10 topics
  33. Mortality Risk17▲ 4.3×6 topics
  34. Health Disparities17▲ 3.8×9 topics
  35. Substance Use Disorders15▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Race15▲ 8.1×14 topics
  37. Stigma14▲ 6.3×5 topics
  38. Theology14▲ 8.7×4 topics
  39. Proteasome Inhibitors11▲ 9.5×2 topics
  40. Minimal Residual Disease11▲ 9.6×2 topics

Which research topics does Providence College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments, Asthma and respiratory diseases and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research.

Acute Ischemic Stroke Ma…10Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 10 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Researc…10Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 10 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 9 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…8Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 8 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…8Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 8 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 7 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…7CAR-T cell therapy research: 7 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 6 fractional worksSex work and related issues: 6 fractional works
EpidemiologyHematologyPhysiologyPsychiatry and Mental health4 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 10 works
  2. 2 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 10 works
  3. 3 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 9 works
  4. 4 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 8 works
  5. 5 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  6. 6 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  7. 7 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 7 works
  8. 8 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 7 works
  9. 9 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 6 works
  10. 10 Sex work and related issues Sociology and Political Science 6 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 available29.8%not open70.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.4%domestic only87.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Providence College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

Other research institutions in Providence

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.