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Saint Louis University

In research, Saint Louis University stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,113 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#6,362 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,641 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,128
of 28,054 · #9,889 all time
Rank in Spain
#268
of 658
Research works
1.4k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Saint Louis 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,113 of 11,982 13.0%96 #7670
MedicineField #6,362 of 10,443 12.0%86 #8312
Social SciencesDomain #7,641 of 10,521 14.3%97 #3161

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Saint Louis 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#7,670 #6,113
  2. Medicine#8,312 #6,362
  3. Social Sciences#3,161 #7,641
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.79× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.12× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.16× its world share, 5 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.72× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.43× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.16× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.54× its world share, 86 worksMedicineNursing: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.46× its world share, 29 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.12× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.44× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 42 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 Louis University?

Ranked on the composite score, Carlos Segovia, Chris Ealham and Renzo Llorente lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saint Louis University.

  1. 1 Carlos Segovia Spain · #180,276 worldwide 84 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Chris Ealham Spain · #454,130 worldwide 4 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Renzo Llorente Spain · #638,573 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Laura Tedesco Spain · #717,465 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Brian Michael Goss Spain · #895,340 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 David Howden Spain · #1,079,801 worldwide 21 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 John R. Welch Spain · #1,130,378 worldwide 16 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Saint Louis University

Which keywords describe research at Saint Louis University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Gender, Globalization, Inflammation, Latin America, Social Movements, Postcolonialism and Neoliberalism.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 1.45×80 topics
  2. Globalization12▲ 2.0×28 topics
  3. Inflammation11▲ 1.80×46 topics
  4. Gender8▲ 4.9×14 topics
  5. Cancer7▲ 1.78×29 topics
  6. Treatment7▲ 1.87×30 topics
  7. Mental Health6▲ 1.48×24 topics
  8. Identity6▲ 2.8×10 topics
  9. Quality of Life6▲ 1.42×27 topics
  10. Diagnosis6▲ 2.1×26 topics
  11. Literature5▲ 3.5×9 topics
  12. Nationalism5▲ 3.9×9 topics
  13. Colonialism5▲ 3.8×12 topics
  14. Healthcare5▲ 1.59×13 topics
  15. History5▲ 2.5×9 topics
  16. Social Movements5▲ 5.8×7 topics
  17. Neoliberalism5▲ 4.7×7 topics
  18. Latin America5▲ 8.7×7 topics
  19. Ethics4▲ 3.2×10 topics
  20. Feminism4▲ 5.4×4 topics
  21. Immunity4▲ 3.7×9 topics
  22. Cultural Identity4▲ 2.8×7 topics
  23. Religion4▲ 3.1×9 topics
  24. Postcolonialism4▲ 11×5 topics
  25. Philosophy4▲ 3.0×7 topics
  26. Corpus Linguistics3▲ 5.1×4 topics
  27. Minimal Residual Disease3▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Polarization3▲ 6.8×3 topics
  29. Proteasome Inhibitors3▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Cancer Immunotherapy3▲ 6.6×3 topics
  31. Decolonization3▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Historiography3▲ 7.7×6 topics
  33. Spanish Civil War3▲ 62×2 topics
  34. Race3▲ 8.3×4 topics
  35. Spain3▲ 25×3 topics
  36. Diagnosis Criteria3▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Francoism3▲ 58×2 topics
  38. International Myeloma Working Group3▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Capitalism2▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Metaphysics2▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Saint Louis University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments, Political Economy and Marxism, Spanish Culture and Identity and Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research.

Multiple Myeloma Researc…3Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 3 fractional worksPolitical Economy and Ma…2Political Economy and Marxism: 2 fractional worksSpanish Culture and Identity: 2 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 2 fractional worksClassical Philosophy and Thought: 2 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 2 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedical Research: 2 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…2CAR-T cell therapy research: 2 fractional worksLatin American Cultural Politics: 2 fractional worksComparative Literary Analysis and Criticism: 2 fractional works
HematologySociology and Political SciencePhilosophyBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 3 works
  2. 2 Political Economy and Marxism Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Spanish Culture and Identity Philosophy 2 works
  4. 4 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 2 works
  5. 5 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 2 works
  6. 6 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Latin American Cultural Politics Anthropology 2 works
  10. 10 Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 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 available40.1%not open59.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors59.0%domestic only41.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Saint Louis University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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