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Regent University

In research, Regent University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,057 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,996 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Religious studies, Health and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (Religious studies is 42.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,395
of 22,385 · #7,716 all time
Rank in United States
#1,131
of 3,332
Research works
2.7k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
30k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
3%
world 18%
Regent University

What is Regent University known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #3,057 of 9,585 4.2%332 #2363
Social SciencesField #2,996 of 5,988 3.7%179 #2176

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

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Regent University is in Social Sciences, 8% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (45%), Arts and Humanities (14%), Business, Management and Accounting (12%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 365 fractional works · 86.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 191 fractional works · 45.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 55 fractional works · 12.9% of its workDemography: 31 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 30 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEducation: 21 fractional works · 5.0% of its workHealth: 21 fractional works · 4.9% of its workLaw: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 58 fractional works · 13.6% of its workReligious studies: 30 fractional works · 7.0% of its workHistory: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 52 fractional works · 12.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 26 fractional works · 6.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 11 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 50 fractional works · 11.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 23 fractional works · 5.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 20 fractional works · 4.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 7.9% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRegent University424fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences86%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences19145.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities5813.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting5212.4%
    4. Psychology5011.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance92.1%
    6. Decision Sciences41.0%
    1. Computer Science143.4%
    2. Environmental Science71.7%
    3. Engineering61.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy20.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    6. Mathematics10.2%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine112.7%
    2. Health Professions71.8%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.7%
    2. Neuroscience30.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Regent University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Religious studies takes 42.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Religious studiesSubfield · 29.8 works42×
  2. HealthSubfield · 20.7 works16×
  3. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 25.5 works13×
  4. DemographySubfield · 31.5 works11×
  5. Social PsychologySubfield · 22.5 works6.0×
  6. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 30.3 works4.8×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.71× its world share, 58 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.84× its world share, 52 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.88× its world share, 50 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.56× its world share, 191 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.71×58 works
  2. Psychology3.88×50 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting3.84×52 works
  4. Social Sciences3.56×191 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.02×4 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.98×9 works
  7. Health Professions0.67×8 works
  8. Computer Science0.43×14 works
  9. Neuroscience0.37×2 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.34×2 works
  11. Environmental Science0.34×7 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.30×0 works
  13. Veterinary0.29×0 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.25×2 works
  15. Nursing0.21×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.20×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×3 works
  18. Medicine0.14×11 works
  19. Engineering0.09×6 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.04×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  24. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Regent University?

Ranked on the quality score, Alfred P. Rovai, Jason D. Baker and Mervyn J. Wighting lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Regent University.

  1. 1 Alfred P. Rovai United States · #71,348 worldwide 10k citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Jason D. Baker United States · #483,606 worldwide 2.9k citations · 66 works
  3. 3 Mervyn J. Wighting United States · #755,837 worldwide 1.4k citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Dail Fields United States · #765,450 worldwide 4.4k citations · 69 works
  5. 5 William J. Brown United States · #1,112,419 worldwide 3.1k citations · 126 works
  6. 6 Kathleen Patterson United States · #1,415,075 worldwide 2.4k citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Bruce E. Winston United States · #1,575,728 worldwide 2.2k citations · 131 works
  8. 8 A. Gregory Stone United States · #1,680,310 worldwide 2.9k citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Mihai C. Bocârnea United States · #1,877,129 worldwide 1.4k citations · 58 works
  10. 10 Mark P. Mostert United States · #1,883,336 worldwide 1.6k citations · 59 works
All ranked researchers at Regent University

What are the most cited papers from Regent University?

The most cited paper from Regent University is "The Illness Narratives: Suffering, Healing and the Human Condition" (Andrew Edmund Slaby, 1988), with 1,554 citations. Next come "Transformational versus servant leadership: a difference in leader focus" (1,204) and "Building Sense of Community at a Distance" (1,204).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Illness Narratives: Suffering, Healing and the Human Condition Andrew Edmund Slaby · The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease Nov 1988 1,554
2 Transformational versus servant leadership: a difference in leader focus A. Gregory Stone, Robert F. Russell, Kathleen Patterson · Leadership & Organization Development Journal Jun 2004 1,204
3 Building Sense of Community at a Distance Alfred P. Rovai · The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Open access Apr 2002 1,204
4 A review of servant leadership attributes: developing a practical model Robert F. Russell, A. Gregory Stone · Leadership & Organization Development Journal May 2002 1,114
5 Blended Learning and Sense of Community: A Comparative Analysis with Traditional and Fully Online Graduate Courses Alfred P. Rovai, Hope Jordan · The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Open access Aug 2004 1,080
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Regent University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Organizational Performance, Leadership, Mental Health, Employee Engagement, Ethical Behavior, Career Development and Spiritual Leadership.

▲ 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. Religion46▲ 24×16 topics
  2. Mental Health43▲ 7.0×25 topics
  3. Organizational Performance41▲ 37×8 topics
  4. Leadership41▲ 20×19 topics
  5. Employee Engagement35▲ 47×4 topics
  6. Ethical Behavior31▲ 188×2 topics
  7. Career Development30▲ 59×4 topics
  8. Globalization29▲ 3.5×30 topics
  9. Spiritual Leadership28▲ 426×1 topic
  10. Workplace Spirituality28▲ 426×1 topic
  11. Spirituality28▲ 66×3 topics
  12. Well-being27▲ 16×10 topics
  13. Social Support25▲ 11×7 topics
  14. Psychological Adjustment25▲ 40×4 topics
  15. Health24▲ 14×3 topics
  16. Quality of Life23▲ 3.7×9 topics
  17. Coping22▲ 108×2 topics
  18. Nationalism22▲ 12×11 topics
  19. End-of-Life Care20▲ 42×1 topic
  20. Human Rights19▲ 4.4×20 topics
  21. Social Justice19▲ 7.4×16 topics
  22. African Christianity17▲ 170×2 topics
  23. Psychological Capital17▲ 28×3 topics
  24. NGOs16▲ 41×4 topics
  25. Community Development15▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Humanitarianism15▲ 59×3 topics
  27. Development15▲ 9.8×3 topics
  28. Civil Society15▲ 32×3 topics
  29. International Aid15▲ 76×2 topics
  30. Corporate Governance14▲ 4.6×11 topics
  31. Faith-Based Organizations14▲ 110×1 topic
  32. Social Services14▲ 75×1 topic
  33. Job Satisfaction13▲ 6.9×7 topics
  34. Theology13▲ 33×3 topics
  35. Organizational Behavior12▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Public Opinion12▲ 24×3 topics
  37. Human Resource Management12▲ 18×3 topics
  38. American founding11▲ 97×1 topic
  39. Constitutional government11▲ 97×1 topic
  40. Positive Psychology11▲ 34×3 topics

Which research topics does Regent University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Workplace Spirituality and Leadership, Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology, Religion, Society, and Development and American Constitutional Law and Politics.

Workplace Spirituality a…28Workplace Spirituality and Leadership: 28 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 20 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 14 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 11 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 11 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Org…10Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 10 fractional worksChristian Theology and Mission: 9 fractional worksPentecostalism and Christianity Studies: 8 fractional worksLeadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies: 5 fractional worksEgo Development and Educational Practices: 5 fractional works
DemographyHealthSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations4 others

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

  1. 1 Workplace Spirituality and Leadership Demography 28 works
  2. 2 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 20 works
  3. 3 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  4. 4 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  5. 5 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 11 works
  6. 6 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 10 works
  7. 7 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 9 works
  8. 8 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 8 works
  9. 9 Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies Social Psychology 5 works
  10. 10 Ego Development and Educational Practices Clinical Psychology 5 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 available27.7%not open72.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.9%domestic only97.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Regent University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Regent University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Regent University0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Regent 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.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Regent University4.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.5% in 2005.

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