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Saint Francis University

In research, Saint Francis University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,599 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,116
of 22,385 · #7,655 all time
Rank in United States
#1,703
of 3,332
Research works
997
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
18.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Saint Francis University

What is Saint Francis 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 #7,599 of 9,585 7.4%61 #10382

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

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Saint Francis University is in Social Sciences, 33% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (30%), Social Sciences (24%), Arts and Humanities (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 70 fractional works · 44.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 39 fractional works · 24.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 6.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 52 fractional works · 32.9% of its workMedicine: 47 fractional works · 29.5% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 16.0% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSaint FrancisUniversity158fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences33%Social Sciences44%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3924.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities148.7%
    3. Psychology106.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting42.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance42.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine4729.5%
    2. Health Professions42.7%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Engineering85.3%
    2. Chemistry52.9%
    3. Environmental Science52.9%
    4. Computer Science42.8%
    5. Materials Science10.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.4%
    2. Neuroscience21.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.87× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.54× its world share, 47 worksMedicineNursing: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.00× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.09× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.04× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.93× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.00×14 works
  2. Psychology2.04×10 works
  3. Social Sciences1.93×39 works
  4. Chemistry1.87×5 works
  5. Medicine1.54×47 works
  6. Nursing1.29×1 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.09×4 works
  8. Health Professions1.01×4 works
  9. Neuroscience0.93×2 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.76×4 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.65×5 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.64×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.58×4 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.52×0 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.47×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.36×4 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.35×1 works
  18. Engineering0.35×8 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×2 works
  20. Materials Science0.22×1 works
  21. Dentistry0.22×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.16×1 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.15×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  25. Energy0.13×0 works
  26. Veterinary0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Saint Francis University?

Ranked on the quality score, Lening Zhang, Guochang Wang and Rose A. Clark lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saint Francis University.

  1. 1 Lening Zhang United States · #1,176,206 worldwide 4.3k citations · 140 works
  2. 2 Guochang Wang United States · #1,416,038 worldwide 3.7k citations · 213 works
  3. 3 Rose A. Clark United States · #1,894,637 worldwide 1.2k citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Surendra K. Chawla United States · #2,054,724 worldwide 427 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Edgar A. Normandin United States · #2,249,088 worldwide 574 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Edward P. Zovinka United States · #2,282,762 worldwide 671 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 ROBERT W. LYONS United States · #2,490,059 worldwide 1.4k citations · 62 works
  8. 8 James M. Feeney United States · #3,357,004 worldwide 1.1k citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Bari Gabbitas United States · #3,395,020 worldwide 873 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Monica M. DiFiori United States · #3,471,643 worldwide 228 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Saint Francis University

What are the most cited papers from Saint Francis University?

The most cited paper from Saint Francis University is "Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis: pathophysiology and therapy" (ERNESTO M. CANALIS, Gherardo Mazziotti, A. Giustina et al., 2007), with 1,121 citations. Next come "Growth Hormone, Insulin-Like Growth Factors, and the Skeleton" (917) and "A long-term evaluation of once-daily inhaled tiotropium in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" (884).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis: pathophysiology and therapy ERNESTO M. CANALIS, Gherardo Mazziotti, A. Giustina et al. · Osteoporosis International 14 Jun 2007 1,121
2 Growth Hormone, Insulin-Like Growth Factors, and the Skeleton Andrea Giustina, Gherardo Mazziotti, ERNESTO M. CANALIS · Endocrine Reviews Open access Aug 2008 917
3 A long-term evaluation of once-daily inhaled tiotropium in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Richard H. Casaburi, Donald A. Mahler, Paul Jones et al. · European Respiratory Journal Open access Feb 2002 884
4 Bone Morphogenetic Proteins, Their Antagonists, and the Skeleton ERNESTO M. CANALIS, Aris N. Economides, Elisabetta Gazzerro · Endocrine Reviews Apr 2003 865
5 Mechanisms of Anabolic Therapies for Osteoporosis ERNESTO M. CANALIS, Andrea Giustina, John Paul Bilezikian · New England Journal of Medicine 29 Aug 2007 670
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Saint Francis University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Well-being, Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Social Support, Health-related Quality of Life, Nationalism and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 1.48×58 topics
  2. Quality of Life6▲ 2.7×23 topics
  3. Religion6▲ 8.1×11 topics
  4. Mental Health5▲ 2.2×17 topics
  5. Globalization5▲ 1.48×10 topics
  6. Diagnosis4▲ 3.0×22 topics
  7. Social Support4▲ 5.2×11 topics
  8. Well-being4▲ 7.0×7 topics
  9. Treatment4▲ 2.2×18 topics
  10. Public Health4▲ 1.75×20 topics
  11. Nationalism4▲ 5.2×4 topics
  12. Gender4▲ 4.1×11 topics
  13. Social Media4▲ 1.58×9 topics
  14. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 8.1×4 topics
  15. Depression3▲ 2.1×15 topics
  16. Health3▲ 4.5×7 topics
  17. Resilience3▲ 3.7×7 topics
  18. Democracy3▲ 5.0×4 topics
  19. Anxiety2▲ 3.3×8 topics
  20. Politics2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  21. Complications2▲ 3.0×10 topics
  22. Ethics2▲ 3.1×6 topics
  23. Perception2▲ 22×3 topics
  24. Public Sphere2▲ 27×2 topics
  25. Divine Providence2▲ 92×2 topics
  26. Neuroscience2▲ 4.3×5 topics
  27. Public Opinion2▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Atheism2▲ 52×1 topic
  29. Psychological Adjustment2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  30. Secularism2▲ 12×1 topic
  31. Agency2▲ 26×3 topics
  32. Chemistry Education2▲ 96×1 topic
  33. Green Chemistry2▲ 6.4×2 topics
  34. Laboratory Techniques2▲ 96×1 topic
  35. Virtue Ethics2▲ 54×2 topics
  36. Coping2▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Income Inequality2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  38. Social Policy2▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Customer Experience2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  40. Translanguaging2▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Saint Francis University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Religion and Society Interactions, Various Chemistry Research Topics, Multilingual Education and Policy and Cancer survivorship and care.

Religion and Society Int…2Religion and Society Interactions: 2 fractional worksVarious Chemistry Resear…2Various Chemistry Research Topics: 2 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 2 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 1 fractional worksTheology and Philosophy of Evil: 1 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 1 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 1 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …1American Constitutional Law and Politics: 1 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior Studies: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePhysical and Theoretical ChemistryLinguistics and LanguageOncology6 others

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

  1. 1 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  2. 2 Various Chemistry Research Topics Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 2 works
  3. 3 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 2 works
  4. 4 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 1 works
  5. 5 Theology and Philosophy of Evil Philosophy 1 works
  6. 6 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 1 works
  7. 7 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  10. 10 Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Marketing 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 available30.5%not open69.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.9%domestic only87.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Saint Francis University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% lower 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 Saint Francis University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00064% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Saint Francis University0.00077% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Saint Francis 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 2025Saint Francis University6.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.9% in 2022.

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