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Roger Williams University

In research, Roger Williams University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,512 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,818 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology and Psychology (Clinical Psychology is 9.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,332
of 22,385 · #6,499 all time
Rank in United States
#980
of 3,332
Research works
1.2k
▲ 41% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Roger Williams University

What is Roger Williams 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 #4,512 of 9,585 6.8%106 #3410
Physical SciencesDomain #5,818 of 10,670 7.7%71 #4640

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

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Roger Williams University is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Psychology (13%), Engineering (12%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 124 fractional works · 51.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 23.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 23 fractional works · 9.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 32 fractional works · 13.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 24 fractional works · 9.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 5.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 77 fractional works · 32.0% of its workEngineering: 29 fractional works · 11.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArchitecture: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 8.3% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKRoger WilliamsUniversity242fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences51%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5623.0%
    2. Psychology3213.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities125.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting114.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance83.2%
    6. Decision Sciences52.2%
    1. Engineering2911.9%
    2. Environmental Science208.3%
    3. Computer Science104.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy83.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences51.9%
    6. Mathematics31.3%
    7. Chemistry20.8%
    8. Materials Science10.6%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine156.4%
    2. Health Professions52.3%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences83.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology83.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    4. Neuroscience10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Roger Williams University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 9.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 23.9 works9.4×
  2. PsychologyField · 32.5 works4.4×
← 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: 0.73× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.79× its world share, 29 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.67× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.41× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.76× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.36× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.33× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.48× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.42× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.82× its world share, 56 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.42×32 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.33×5 works
  3. Social Sciences1.82×56 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.76×12 works
  5. Environmental Science1.67×20 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.48×8 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.41×8 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.36×11 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.20×4 works
  10. Mathematics1.08×3 works
  11. Health Professions0.86×6 works
  12. Engineering0.79×29 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.73×8 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×8 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.61×2 works
  16. Chemistry0.51×2 works
  17. Computer Science0.51×10 works
  18. Neuroscience0.35×1 works
  19. Medicine0.33×15 works
  20. Materials Science0.16×1 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.10×0 works
  22. Energy0.09×0 works
  23. Nursing0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Roger Williams University?

Ranked on the quality score, Koty H. Sharp, Sean P. Colin and Andrew L. Rhyne lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Roger Williams University.

  1. 1 Koty H. Sharp United States · #142,241 worldwide 2.6k citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Sean P. Colin United States · #350,870 worldwide 4.6k citations · 135 works
  3. 3 Andrew L. Rhyne United States · #623,697 worldwide 2.9k citations · 90 works
  4. 4 Melissa B. Russano United States · #899,341 worldwide 1.4k citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Erin M. Tooley United States · #983,288 worldwide 8.2k citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Richard A. Bernardi United States · #998,461 worldwide 3k citations · 190 works
  7. 7 Sean P. Varano United States · #1,135,770 worldwide 1.1k citations · 55 works
  8. 8 Issa J. Ramaji United States · #1,169,528 worldwide 715 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Anjali Ram United States · #1,198,369 worldwide 928 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Bilge Gokhan Çelik United States · #1,211,386 worldwide 1.1k citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Roger Williams University

What are the most cited papers from Roger Williams University?

The most cited paper from Roger Williams University is "Global Signatures and Dynamical Origins of the Little Ice Age and Medieval Climate Anomaly" (MICHAEL E. MANN, Zhihua Zhang, Scott Alexander Rutherford et al., 2009), with 2,569 citations. Next come "Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic" (1,840) and "Proxy-based reconstructions of hemispheric and global surface temperature variations over the past two millennia" (1,305).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global Signatures and Dynamical Origins of the Little Ice Age and Medieval Climate Anomaly MICHAEL E. MANN, Zhihua Zhang, Scott Alexander Rutherford et al. · Science 27 Nov 2009 2,569
2 Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic Laurent Lebreton, Boyan Slat, Francesco F. Ferrari et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 12 Mar 2018 1,840
3 Proxy-based reconstructions of hemispheric and global surface temperature variations over the past two millennia MICHAEL E. MANN, Zhihua Zhang, Malcolm K. Hughes et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 2 Sep 2008 1,305
4 Exceptional twentieth-century slowdown in Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation Stefan Rahmstorf, Jason E. Box, Georg Feulner et al. · Nature Climate Change Open access 20 Mar 2015 1,106
5 Distributions of Microbial Activities in Deep Subseafloor Sediments Steven L. D'Hondt et al. · Science Open access 24 Dec 2004 784
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Roger Williams University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Resilience, Psychological Impact, Bereavement, Complicated Grief, Treatment, Human Rights and Psychological Adjustment.

▲ 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. Mental Health28▲ 8.0×14 topics
  2. Treatment18▲ 6.3×7 topics
  3. Resilience18▲ 15×7 topics
  4. Psychological Impact17▲ 23×4 topics
  5. Bereavement17▲ 206×1 topic
  6. Complicated Grief17▲ 206×1 topic
  7. Climate Change11▲ 1.66×41 topics
  8. Human Rights9▲ 3.8×19 topics
  9. Sustainability9▲ 1.57×29 topics
  10. Globalization8▲ 1.77×27 topics
  11. Education7▲ 1.60×17 topics
  12. Adolescents6▲ 7.0×3 topics
  13. Risk Management6▲ 5.2×10 topics
  14. Psychological Adjustment6▲ 17×3 topics
  15. Invasive Species6▲ 5.6×10 topics
  16. Children6▲ 10×2 topics
  17. Corporate Governance6▲ 3.1×11 topics
  18. Biodiversity5▲ 2.6×12 topics
  19. Family5▲ 28×1 topic
  20. Parental Illness5▲ 72×1 topic
  21. Ethical Considerations4▲ 5.3×5 topics
  22. Social Support4▲ 3.2×5 topics
  23. International Law4▲ 5.4×8 topics
  24. Well-being4▲ 4.3×6 topics
  25. Religion4▲ 3.5×6 topics
  26. Democracy4▲ 4.5×3 topics
  27. End-of-Life4▲ 17×1 topic
  28. Palliative Care4▲ 9.9×1 topic
  29. Genomics4▲ 5.1×7 topics
  30. Privacy3▲ 4.9×3 topics
  31. Surveillance3▲ 5.1×4 topics
  32. Gas Sensing3▲ 32×2 topics
  33. Discrimination3▲ 6.2×3 topics
  34. Resettlement3▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Equality3▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Immigrant3▲ 17×1 topic
  37. Media3▲ 7.8×2 topics
  38. Refugee3▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Civil Rights3▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Curriculum3▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Roger Williams University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health, Family Support in Illness, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Migration, Health and Trauma.

Grief, Bereavement, and …17Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health: 17 fractional worksFamily Support in Illness: 5 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 4 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 3 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 3 fractional worksLaw, Rights, and Freedoms: 3 fractional worksGenetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research: 2 fractional worksTerahertz technology and applications: 2 fractional worksLegal Systems and Judicial Processes: 2 fractional worksPhotonic Crystal and Fiber Optics: 2 fractional works
Clinical PsychologySociology and Political SciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth3 others

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

  1. 1 Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 17 works
  2. 2 Family Support in Illness Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  3. 3 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  4. 4 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 3 works
  5. 5 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 3 works
  6. 6 Law, Rights, and Freedoms Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Terahertz technology and applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Legal Systems and Judicial Processes Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  10. 10 Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 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 available45.4%not open54.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Roger Williams University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 41% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Roger Williams University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00092% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Roger Williams University0.00099% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Roger Williams 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Roger Williams University6.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.6% in 2012.

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