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Salem State University

In research, Salem State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,615 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,630 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,835
of 22,385 · #9,458 all time
Rank in United States
#1,497
of 3,332
Research works
1.4k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Salem State University

What is Salem State 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 #4,615 of 9,585 5.8%185 #3402
Social SciencesField #3,630 of 5,988 6.3%105 #2466

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

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Salem State University is in Social Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (38%), Psychology (12%), Arts and Humanities (9%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 197 fractional works · 66.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 110 fractional works · 37.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 35 fractional works · 11.9% of its workEducation: 28 fractional works · 9.6% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Administration: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 35 fractional works · 11.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 18 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 27 fractional works · 9.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 49 fractional works · 16.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 4.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 34 fractional works · 11.7% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSalem StateUniversity294fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences67%

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 Sciences11037.6%
    2. Psychology3511.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities279.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting113.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance72.3%
    6. Decision Sciences62.0%
    1. Environmental Science155.0%
    2. Computer Science134.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences113.6%
    4. Engineering62.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy30.9%
    6. Mathematics10.3%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Medicine227.3%
    2. Health Professions113.8%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51.6%
    3. Neuroscience41.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.30× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.00× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.24× its world share, 28 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.19× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.04× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.09× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.89× its world share, 35 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.97× its world share, 110 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.89×35 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.24×28 works
  3. Social Sciences2.97×110 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.30×11 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.04×6 works
  6. Health Professions1.44×11 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.19×11 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.09×7 works
  9. Environmental Science1.00×15 works
  10. Nursing0.85×1 works
  11. Neuroscience0.84×4 works
  12. Computer Science0.57×13 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.40×3 works
  14. Medicine0.38×22 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×5 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.29×5 works
  17. Dentistry0.28×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.26×1 works
  19. Engineering0.15×6 works
  20. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  21. Energy0.10×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Salem State University?

Ranked on the quality score, Noel Healy, Megin Charner‐Laird and Daniel J. Delgado lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Salem State University.

  1. 1 Noel Healy United States · #438,969 worldwide 2.4k citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Megin Charner‐Laird United States · #1,505,071 worldwide 431 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Daniel J. Delgado United States · #1,644,915 worldwide 490 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Zaiyong Tang United States · #1,742,690 worldwide 1k citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Myunghee Mindy Jeon United States · #1,789,752 worldwide 830 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Arthur Riss United States · #1,887,919 worldwide 257 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Sara Mana United States · #2,061,737 worldwide 593 citations · 74 works
  8. 8 Sarahh E. M. Scher United States · #2,155,498 worldwide 408 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Mildred Berman United States · #2,238,687 worldwide 582 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Elspeth Maclean Slayter United States · #2,244,804 worldwide 811 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Salem State University

What are the most cited papers from Salem State University?

The most cited paper from Salem State University is "A Closer Look at Learning Strategies, L2 Proficiency, and Gender" (John M. Green, Rebecca L. Oxford, 1995), with 1,041 citations. Next come "A 0.5-Million-Year Record of Millennial-Scale Climate Variability in the North Atlantic" (941) and "Politicizing energy justice and energy system transitions: Fossil fuel divestment and a “just transition”" (861).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Closer Look at Learning Strategies, L2 Proficiency, and Gender John M. Green, Rebecca L. Oxford · TESOL Quarterly 1995 1,041
2 A 0.5-Million-Year Record of Millennial-Scale Climate Variability in the North Atlantic Jerry F McManus, Delia W Oppo, James L. Cullen · Science 12 Feb 1999 941
3 Politicizing energy justice and energy system transitions: Fossil fuel divestment and a “just transition” Noel Healy, John Barry · Energy Policy Open access 27 Jun 2017 861
4 Socioeconomic Status and Mental Illness: Tests of the Social Causation and Selection Hypotheses. Christopher G. Hudson · American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 2005 710
5 Life is Pleasant—and Memory Helps to Keep it that Way! W. Richard Walker, John J. Skowronski, Charles P. Thompson · Review of General Psychology 28 May 2003 628
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Salem State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Social Justice, Identity, Gender, Ethical Considerations, Student Engagement, Human Rights and Youth Engagement.

▲ 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 Health17▲ 4.0×21 topics
  2. Machine Learning14▲ 1.41×28 topics
  3. Globalization13▲ 2.2×34 topics
  4. Human Rights11▲ 3.7×19 topics
  5. Climate Change11▲ 1.36×33 topics
  6. Identity10▲ 4.9×20 topics
  7. Education10▲ 2.0×23 topics
  8. Social Justice10▲ 5.7×19 topics
  9. Gender10▲ 6.0×16 topics
  10. Resilience8▲ 5.8×7 topics
  11. Student Engagement8▲ 7.1×8 topics
  12. Ethical Considerations8▲ 7.8×5 topics
  13. Youth Engagement8▲ 12×3 topics
  14. Academic Achievement7▲ 14×7 topics
  15. Adolescents7▲ 6.3×4 topics
  16. Student Voice7▲ 79×2 topics
  17. Citizenship Education7▲ 35×2 topics
  18. Professional Development7▲ 11×8 topics
  19. Social Research7▲ 85×2 topics
  20. Youth Development7▲ 24×2 topics
  21. Reflective Practice6▲ 12×6 topics
  22. Children's Participation6▲ 168×1 topic
  23. Colonialism6▲ 4.5×11 topics
  24. Research with Children6▲ 168×1 topic
  25. Child Development6▲ 4.9×6 topics
  26. Higher Education6▲ 3.8×10 topics
  27. Evidence-Based Practice6▲ 14×5 topics
  28. Job Satisfaction5▲ 4.2×6 topics
  29. Self-Regulation5▲ 9.4×3 topics
  30. Global Governance5▲ 6.5×7 topics
  31. Cultural Competence4▲ 12×5 topics
  32. Suicidal Behavior4▲ 39×1 topic
  33. Suicide4▲ 30×1 topic
  34. Sustainable Development Goals4▲ 8.5×5 topics
  35. Child Welfare4▲ 40×2 topics
  36. Demography4▲ 32×3 topics
  37. Early Childhood Education4▲ 17×2 topics
  38. International Cooperation4▲ 28×4 topics
  39. Teacher Professional Development4▲ 8.7×5 topics
  40. Late Antiquity4▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Salem State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Children's Rights and Participation, Suicide and Self-Harm Studies, Early Childhood Education and Development and Classical Antiquity Studies.

Children's Rights and Pa…6Children's Rights and Participation: 6 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm St…4Suicide and Self-Harm Studies: 4 fractional worksEarly Childhood Educatio…4Early Childhood Education and Development: 4 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Stud…4Classical Antiquity Studies: 4 fractional worksHuman Rights and Development: 3 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma: 3 fractional worksEthics and Legal Issues …3Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare: 3 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 3 fractional worksPeace and Human Rights Education: 3 fractional worksSocial Work Education an…3Social Work Education and Practice: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceClinical PsychologyEducationAnthropology3 others

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

  1. 1 Children's Rights and Participation Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  2. 2 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 4 works
  3. 3 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 4 works
  4. 4 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 4 works
  5. 5 Human Rights and Development Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  6. 6 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 3 works
  7. 7 Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  8. 8 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 3 works
  9. 9 Peace and Human Rights Education Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  10. 10 Social Work Education and Practice Public Administration 3 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 available23.1%not open76.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.5%domestic only92.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Salem State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% 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 Salem State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00090% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Salem State University0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Salem State 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 2025Salem State University7.5% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.4% in 2005.

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