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Saint Francis University

In research, Saint Francis University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,970 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,386
of 28,054 · #13,771 all time
Rank in United States
#2,664
of 4,192
Research works
997
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
18.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Saint Francis University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #8,970 of 10,521 12.8%61 #10796

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.63× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.13× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.46× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.52× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.14× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.14× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.93× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Saint Francis University?

Ranked on the composite score, Ernesto Canalis, Lening Zhang and Balázs Hargittai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saint Francis University.

  1. 1 Ernesto Canalis United States · #26,770 worldwide 613 citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Lening Zhang United States · #596,114 worldwide 75 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Balázs Hargittai United States · #981,875 worldwide 19 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Saint Francis University

Which keywords describe research at Saint Francis University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Well-being, Social Support, Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Health-related Quality of Life, Gender and Mental Health.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology8▲ 1.41×51 topics
  2. Quality of Life6▲ 2.9×21 topics
  3. Religion5▲ 8.2×10 topics
  4. Mental Health5▲ 2.4×17 topics
  5. Social Support4▲ 5.9×11 topics
  6. Well-being4▲ 8.1×7 topics
  7. Globalization4▲ 1.36×9 topics
  8. Public Health4▲ 1.86×18 topics
  9. Treatment4▲ 2.1×18 topics
  10. Diagnosis3▲ 2.7×21 topics
  11. Gender3▲ 4.6×10 topics
  12. Depression3▲ 2.4×15 topics
  13. Health3▲ 5.3×7 topics
  14. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 8.6×3 topics
  15. Nationalism3▲ 4.3×3 topics
  16. Anxiety2▲ 3.9×8 topics
  17. Democracy2▲ 5.1×4 topics
  18. Perception2▲ 27×3 topics
  19. Resilience2▲ 3.7×7 topics
  20. Ethics2▲ 3.5×5 topics
  21. Social Justice2▲ 2.9×10 topics
  22. Politics2▲ 5.9×3 topics
  23. Divine Providence2▲ 106×2 topics
  24. Neuroscience2▲ 5.3×5 topics
  25. Psychological Adjustment2▲ 10×4 topics
  26. Public Sphere2▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Agency2▲ 31×3 topics
  28. Virtue Ethics2▲ 67×2 topics
  29. Atheism2▲ 48×1 topic
  30. Coping2▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Secularism2▲ 12×1 topic
  32. Multilingualism2▲ 6.7×1 topic
  33. Translanguaging2▲ 26×1 topic
  34. Empathy1▲ 9.4×3 topics
  35. Public Opinion1▲ 8.6×3 topics
  36. Spirituality1▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Truth1▲ 33×2 topics
  38. End-of-Life Care1▲ 8.2×1 topic
  39. Oxytocin1▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Responsibility1▲ 23×3 topics

Which research topics does Saint Francis University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Religion and Society Interactions, Multilingual Education and Policy, Cancer survivorship and care and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology.

Religion and Society Int…2Religion and Society Interactions: 2 fractional worksMultilingual Education a…2Multilingual Education and Policy: 2 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 1 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, …1Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 1 fractional worksTheology and Philosophy …1Theology and Philosophy of Evil: 1 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksICT Impact and Policies: 1 fractional worksGender, Labor, and Famil…1Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics: 1 fractional worksImpact of Technology on Adolescents: 1 fractional worksKarl Barth and Christian Theology: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLinguistics and LanguageOncologyHealth4 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 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 2 works
  3. 3 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 1 works
  4. 4 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 1 works
  5. 5 Theology and Philosophy of Evil Philosophy 1 works
  6. 6 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  7. 7 ICT Impact and Policies Media Technology 1 works
  8. 8 Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Gender Studies 1 works
  9. 9 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Karl Barth and Christian Theology Philosophy 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Saint Francis University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.