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Sacred Heart Major Seminary

In research, Sacred Heart Major Seminary stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,668 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 20.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#33,703
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#7,078
of 7,310
Research works
174
▲ 116% vs 2018-21
Citations
131
0.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
1%
world 18%
Sacred Heart Major Seminary

What is Sacred Heart Major Seminary 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
Social SciencesDomain #12,668 of 14,833 4.7%151

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sacred Heart Major Seminary 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 Sacred Heart Major Seminary work in?

In 2022-now, 95% of research at Sacred Heart Major Seminary is in Social Sciences, 2% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (58%), Social Sciences (36%), Physics and Astronomy (2%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 50 fractional works · 95.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 31 fractional works · 58.4% of its workReligious studies: 10 fractional works · 20.0% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 14.9% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 12.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 35.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 15.9% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKSacred HeartMajor Seminary52fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences95%

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 7 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities3158.4%
    2. Social Sciences1935.6%
    3. Psychology11.3%
    1. Medicine11.9%
    2. Health Professions00.3%
    1. Physics and Astronomy11.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sacred Heart Major Seminary specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 20.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 30.7 works20×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Physics and Astronomy: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 20.24× its world share, 31 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.81× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 20.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities20.24×31 works
  2. Social Sciences2.81×19 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy0.86×1 works
  4. Psychology0.42×1 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×0 works
  6. Health Professions0.12×0 works
  7. Medicine0.10×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Sacred Heart Major Seminary?

Ranked on the quality score, Daniel A. Keating, Paul G. Monson and Robert L. Fastiggi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sacred Heart Major Seminary.

  1. 1 Daniel A. Keating United States · #2,518,130 worldwide 372 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Paul G. Monson United States · #2,808,363 worldwide 41 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Robert L. Fastiggi United States · #3,530,881 worldwide 43 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Víctor Manuel Reyes Salas United States · #3,927,297 worldwide 167 citations · 104 works
  5. 5 Mark S. Latkovic United States · #4,006,959 worldwide 79 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Eduardo Echeverría United States · #4,535,364 worldwide 43 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Michael J. McCallion United States · #4,981,750 worldwide 174 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Janet E. Smith United States · #5,825,796 worldwide 2.2k citations · 159 works
  9. 9 Kathy Harty United States · #6,691,485 worldwide 8 citations · 126 works
All ranked researchers at Sacred Heart Major Seminary

What are the most cited papers from Sacred Heart Major Seminary?

The most cited paper from Sacred Heart Major Seminary is "Typologies of Deification" (Daniel A. Keating, 2015), with 37 citations. Next come "The Contributions of the Council of Trent to the Catholic Reformation" (14) and "Origen and the Platonic Tradition" (12).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Typologies of Deification Daniel A. Keating · International Journal of Systematic Theology 2 Jun 2015 37
2 The Contributions of the Council of Trent to the Catholic Reformation Robert L. Fastiggi · Perichoresis Open access 18 Nov 2020 14
3 Origen and the Platonic Tradition Ilaria L. E. Ramelli · Religions Open access 10 Feb 2017 12
4 Individualism and Community as Contested Rhetorics in the Catholic New Evangelization Movement Michael J. McCallion, Benjamin Bennett‐Carpenter, David R. Maines · Review of Religious Research 25 May 2012 7
5 The Morality of Tube Feeding PVS Patients Mark S. Latkovic · The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 2005 6
All 81 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sacred Heart Major Seminary?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Theology, Church History, Ethics, Cultural Identity, Religion, African Christianity, Divine Providence and Social Justice.

▲ 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. Theology7▲ 149×4 topics
  2. Church History6▲ 268×3 topics
  3. Ethics6▲ 21×10 topics
  4. Cultural Identity5▲ 20×3 topics
  5. Religion5▲ 21×10 topics
  6. African Christianity5▲ 384×2 topics
  7. Divine Providence5▲ 630×2 topics
  8. Globalization5▲ 4.5×7 topics
  9. Social Justice4▲ 14×5 topics
  10. Spirituality4▲ 80×3 topics
  11. Virtue Ethics4▲ 384×2 topics
  12. Aquinas4▲ 1334×1 topic
  13. Boethius4▲ 1334×1 topic
  14. History4▲ 9.6×6 topics
  15. Calvinism3▲ 283×1 topic
  16. Education3▲ 3.7×5 topics
  17. Reformation3▲ 227×1 topic
  18. Nationalism3▲ 13×5 topics
  19. Biblical Interpretation3▲ 174×2 topics
  20. Biblical Monotheism3▲ 201×1 topic
  21. Identity3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  22. Jewish Society3▲ 201×1 topic
  23. Social Movements3▲ 17×3 topics
  24. Global Christianity2▲ 300×1 topic
  25. Hermeneutics2▲ 56×1 topic
  26. Pentecostalism2▲ 184×1 topic
  27. Short-Term Missions2▲ 300×1 topic
  28. Cultural Exchange2▲ 33×3 topics
  29. Cultural Transmission2▲ 54×2 topics
  30. Political Power2▲ 87×2 topics
  31. Gender2▲ 7.1×5 topics
  32. Historical Figures2▲ 216×2 topics
  33. Canon Law2▲ 242×1 topic
  34. Christian-Muslim Relations2▲ 132×1 topic
  35. Cultural Studies2▲ 9.5×5 topics
  36. Gospel Translation2▲ 162×1 topic
  37. Literature2▲ 6.4×5 topics
  38. Religious Policy2▲ 242×1 topic
  39. Social Change2▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Philosophy2▲ 7.2×5 topics

Which research topics does Sacred Heart Major Seminary publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Medieval Philosophy and Theology, Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, Biblical Studies and Interpretation and Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies.

Medieval Philosophy and Theology: 4 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 3 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Int…3Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 3 fractional worksPentecostalism and Chris…2Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies: 2 fractional worksChristian Theology and Mission: 2 fractional worksTheology and Canon Law Studies: 2 fractional worksHistorical and Linguisti…2Historical and Linguistic Studies: 2 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 2 fractional worksHistorical Studies in Latin America: 2 fractional worksReligious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies: 1 fractional works
PhilosophyHistoryReligious studiesSociology and Political Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Medieval Philosophy and Theology Philosophy 4 works
  2. 2 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 3 works
  3. 3 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 3 works
  4. 4 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 2 works
  5. 5 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 2 works
  6. 6 Theology and Canon Law Studies Religious studies 2 works
  7. 7 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  9. 9 Historical Studies in Latin America Demography 2 works
  10. 10 Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies Sociology and Political Science 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 available26.1%not open73.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors1.2%domestic only98.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sacred Heart Major Seminary's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 116% higher 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 Sacred Heart Major Seminary as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Sacred Heart Major Seminary0.00022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sacred Heart Major Seminary over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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