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Radford University College

radforduc.edu.ghROR OpenAlex
Research works
81
▲ 65% vs 2018-21
Citations
207
2.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
45%
world 18%
Radford University College

Not ranked overall: Radford University College is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Radford University College work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Radford University College is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Business, Management and Accounting (17%), Medicine (11%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 13 fractional works · 57.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 20.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 8.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 16.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 8.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 6.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 19.8% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 7.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 13.8% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 10.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKRadfordUniversity…23fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences57%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences520.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting416.8%
    3. Psychology28.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance26.9%
    5. Decision Sciences12.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities01.4%
    1. Computer Science27.4%
    2. Engineering16.2%
    3. Chemistry12.9%
    4. Mathematics01.8%
    5. Environmental Science01.4%
    1. Medicine210.6%
    2. Health Professions13.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology15.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.6%
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: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 1.86× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.55× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.23× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.99× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.25× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.88× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting5.23×4 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.25×2 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.99×1 works
  4. Psychology2.88×2 works
  5. Chemistry1.86×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.61×5 works
  7. Mathematics1.55×0 works
  8. Health Professions1.20×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.05×1 works
  10. Computer Science0.95×2 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.75×1 works
  12. Medicine0.55×2 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.51×0 works
  14. Engineering0.41×1 works
  15. Environmental Science0.29×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Radford University College?

The most cited paper from Radford University College is "Freight transport growth––a theoretical and methodological framework" (Lise Drewes Nielsen, Per Homann Jespersen, Tina Efferbach Petersen et al., 2002), with 62 citations. Next come "An Analysis of Enforcement Actions Settled by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice for Violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: 2006‒2013" (40) and "Business Models of the Sharing Economy" (32).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Freight transport growth––a theoretical and methodological framework Lise Drewes Nielsen, Per Homann Jespersen, Tina Efferbach Petersen et al. · European Journal of Operational Research 21 Oct 2002 62
2 An Analysis of Enforcement Actions Settled by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice for Violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: 2006‒2013 Helen M. Roybark · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 24 Mar 2015 40
3 Business Models of the Sharing Economy Cătălin Mihail Barbu, Răducu Ștefan Bratu, Elena Mădălina SÎRBU · Review of International Comparative Management Open access 2018 32
4 Mining and Metal Pollution: Assessment of Water Quality in the Tarkwa Mining Area Anthony Ewusi, B. Y. Apeani, Isaac Ahenkorah et al. · Ghana Mining Journal Open access 13 Dec 2017 27
5 An Analysis of Audit Deficiencies Based on PCAOB Inspection Reports Issued During 2005 Helen M. Roybark · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2007 24
All 69 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Radford University College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Leadership, Risk Management, Organizational Performance, Corporate Governance, Economic Growth, Insurance, Board Diversity and Gender Diversity.

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

All 12 words, with their numbers
  1. Leadership2▲ 19×4 topics
  2. Risk Management2▲ 17×4 topics
  3. Corporate Governance2▲ 8.9×4 topics
  4. Organizational Performance2▲ 26×3 topics
  5. Economic Growth1▲ 7.6×4 topics
  6. Insurance1▲ 68×2 topics
  7. Board Diversity1▲ 142×1 topic
  8. Gender Diversity1▲ 142×1 topic
  9. BIM-GIS Integration1▲ 343×1 topic
  10. Catastrophe Bonds1▲ 113×1 topic
  11. CityGML1▲ 343×1 topic
  12. Market Structure1▲ 62×1 topic

Which research topics does Radford University College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Gender Diversity and Inequality, 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications, Insurance and Financial Risk Management and Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research.

Gender Diversity and Inequality: 1 fractional works3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications: 1 fractional worksInsurance and Financial Risk Management: 1 fractional worksEducation, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 0 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Security: 0 fractional worksMathematics Education an…0Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques: 0 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 0 fractional worksEducational Strategies and Epistemologies: 0 fractional worksSynthesis and Reactivity of Heterocycles: 0 fractional worksGlobal and Cross-Cultural Management: 0 fractional works
Gender StudiesBuilding and ConstructionEconomics and EconometricsSocial Psychology6 others

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

  1. 1 Gender Diversity and Inequality Gender Studies 1 works
  2. 2 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications Building and Construction 1 works
  3. 3 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  4. 4 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 0 works
  5. 5 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 0 works
  6. 6 Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques Education 0 works
  7. 7 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Educational Strategies and Epistemologies Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Synthesis and Reactivity of Heterocycles Organic Chemistry 0 works
  10. 10 Global and Cross-Cultural Management Anthropology 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 available52.4%not open47.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.0%domestic only55.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Radford University College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 65% higher 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 Radford University College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Radford University College0.000054% in 20251990200020102020

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

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