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Rockford University

In research, Rockford University stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,909 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#10,465 of 14,558 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#12,715 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,065
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,703
of 7,310
Research works
551
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.2k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Rockford University

What is Rockford 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
Health SciencesDomain #11,909 of 16,688 7.2%180
MedicineField #10,465 of 14,558 6.6%146
Social SciencesDomain #12,715 of 14,833 4.2%199

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

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Rockford University is in Social Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Social Sciences (18%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 27 fractional works · 39.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 17.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 9.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 28.9% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 24.7% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 18.2% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 9.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 13.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRockfordUniversity67fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences29%Social Sciences40%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1217.7%
    2. Psychology69.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities34.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance23.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting23.3%
    6. Decision Sciences11.5%
    1. Medicine1724.7%
    2. Health Professions23.2%
    3. Nursing00.5%
    4. Dentistry00.4%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Computer Science69.5%
    2. Engineering23.6%
    3. Environmental Science22.3%
    4. Mathematics11.0%
    5. Materials Science00.7%
    6. Chemistry00.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    8. Energy00.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology46.2%
    2. Neuroscience22.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.3%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.3%
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: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.42× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.68× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.80× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.22× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.28× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.46× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.73× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.10× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.80×1 works
  2. Psychology3.10×6 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.73×2 works
  4. Neuroscience1.68×2 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.60×1 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.46×3 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.42×1 works
  8. Social Sciences1.40×12 works
  9. Medicine1.28×17 works
  10. Health Professions1.23×2 works
  11. Computer Science1.22×6 works
  12. Veterinary1.22×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.16×4 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting1.03×2 works
  15. Nursing0.96×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.87×1 works
  17. Dentistry0.73×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.46×2 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.25×0 works
  21. Engineering0.24×2 works
  22. Energy0.20×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.20×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.17×0 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Rockford University?

Ranked on the quality score, John F. Johanson, Joseph J. Vicari and Calvin N. Mooers lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rockford University.

  1. 1 John F. Johanson United States · #248,905 worldwide 14k citations · 162 works
  2. 2 Joseph J. Vicari United States · #842,298 worldwide 3.1k citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Calvin N. Mooers United States · #1,210,556 worldwide 472 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Robert L. Barclay United States · #2,486,449 worldwide 2.5k citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Richard D. Abraham United States · #2,617,937 worldwide 167 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Orhan Erdem United States · #2,807,340 worldwide 756 citations · 71 works
  7. 7 Mildred Freburg Berry United States · #3,166,812 worldwide 151 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Jason D. Hunter United States · #3,343,292 worldwide 185 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Ervin Feldheim United States · #3,392,843 worldwide 228 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Jeanette O. Anderson United States · #3,445,028 worldwide 48 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Rockford University

What are the most cited papers from Rockford University?

The most cited paper from Rockford University is "Colonoscopic Withdrawal Times and Adenoma Detection during Screening Colonoscopy" (Robert L. Barclay, Joseph J. Vicari, Andrea S Doughty et al., 2006), with 1,314 citations. Next come "Epidemiology of Constipation in North America: A Systematic Review" (1,087) and "Risk Factors for Post-ERCP Pancreatitis: A Prospective Multicenter Study" (676).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Colonoscopic Withdrawal Times and Adenoma Detection during Screening Colonoscopy Robert L. Barclay, Joseph J. Vicari, Andrea S Doughty et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 13 Dec 2006 1,314
2 Epidemiology of Constipation in North America: A Systematic Review Peter Higgins, John F. Johanson · The American Journal of Gastroenterology Review Apr 2004 1,087
3 Risk Factors for Post-ERCP Pancreatitis: A Prospective Multicenter Study Chi-Liang Cheng et al. · The American Journal of Gastroenterology Open access 2006 676
4 Chronic constipation: a survey of the patient perspective John F. Johanson, Jeffrey R. Kralstein · Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics Open access 8 Jan 2007 626
5 Sniffing and smelling: separate subsystems in the human olfactory cortex Noam Sobel, Vivek Prabhakaran, John E. Desmond et al. · Nature Mar 1998 573
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Which keywords describe research at Rockford University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neuroscience, Cancer, Transcriptional Regulation, Machine Learning, Student Engagement, Treatment, Epigenetic Regulation and Children.

▲ 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. Machine Learning4▲ 1.56×21 topics
  2. Epidemiology3▲ 1.24×18 topics
  3. Cancer3▲ 3.0×11 topics
  4. Treatment2▲ 2.9×10 topics
  5. Mental Health2▲ 2.2×10 topics
  6. Education2▲ 1.71×7 topics
  7. Neuroscience2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  8. Student Engagement2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  9. Chemotherapy2▲ 3.1×9 topics
  10. Ethics2▲ 4.4×7 topics
  11. Leadership2▲ 4.7×6 topics
  12. Transcriptional Regulation2▲ 14×3 topics
  13. Epigenetic Regulation1▲ 9.8×3 topics
  14. Social Interaction1▲ 5.5×2 topics
  15. Children1▲ 8.4×4 topics
  16. Guidelines1▲ 4.1×4 topics
  17. Arginine Methylation1▲ 67×1 topic
  18. Protein Arginine Methyltransferases1▲ 67×1 topic
  19. Stock Market1▲ 8.2×2 topics
  20. Adults1▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Consciousness1▲ 23×2 topics
  22. Cytoreductive Surgery1▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Discrimination1▲ 7.5×2 topics
  24. Health Disparities1▲ 6.1×3 topics
  25. Parenting1▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Work Engagement1▲ 18×3 topics
  27. Divorce1▲ 82×1 topic
  28. Economic Policy Uncertainty1▲ 25×1 topic
  29. Eosinophilic Esophagitis1▲ 60×1 topic
  30. Fertility1▲ 17×1 topic
  31. Grounding1▲ 104×1 topic
  32. Histologic Remission1▲ 60×1 topic
  33. Intersectionality1▲ 7.8×1 topic
  34. LGBTQ+1▲ 37×1 topic
  35. Mega Events1▲ 44×1 topic
  36. Oil Price Shocks1▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Online Gaming1▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Phenomenal Experience1▲ 104×1 topic
  39. Sport Tourism1▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Video Games1▲ 28×1 topic

Which research topics does Rockford University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cancer-related gene regulation, LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, Market Dynamics and Volatility and Family Dynamics and Relationships.

Cancer-related gene regu…1Cancer-related gene regulation: 1 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, …1LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 1 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 1 fractional worksFamily Dynamics and Rela…1Family Dynamics and Relationships: 1 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Imp…1Sport and Mega-Event Impacts: 1 fractional worksEosinophilic Esophagitis1Eosinophilic Esophagitis: 1 fractional worksDigital Games and Media1Digital Games and Media: 1 fractional worksPhilosophy and Theoretical Science: 1 fractional worksBioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents: 1 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 1 fractional works
Molecular BiologySocial PsychologyEconomics and EconometricsDemography5 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer-related gene regulation Molecular Biology 1 works
  2. 2 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 1 works
  3. 3 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  4. 4 Family Dynamics and Relationships Demography 1 works
  5. 5 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Eosinophilic Esophagitis Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Philosophy and Theoretical Science Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents Toxicology 1 works
  10. 10 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 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 available19.6%not open80.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.9%domestic only92.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Rockford University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% 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 Rockford University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Rockford University0.00040% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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