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San Beda University

In research, San Beda University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,255 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,800
of 22,385 · #25,646 all time
Rank in Philippines
#134
of 182
Research works
219
▲ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
747
3.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
84%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
San Beda University

What is San Beda 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 #6,255 of 9,585 4.1%71 #8028

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

In 2022-now, 68% of research at San Beda University is in Social Sciences, 14% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Business, Management and Accounting (12%), Psychology (9%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 84 fractional works · 68.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 39 fractional works · 31.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 6.8% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 12.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 9.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 6.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 13.7% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 13.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 6.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSan BedaUniversity123fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences68%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3931.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1512.2%
    3. Psychology119.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance97.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities86.7%
    6. Decision Sciences21.5%
    1. Medicine108.2%
    2. Health Professions64.9%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    1. Environmental Science86.5%
    2. Computer Science43.1%
    3. Engineering32.8%
    4. Energy10.5%
    5. Mathematics00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.8%
    3. Neuroscience10.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.30× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.86× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.32× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.78× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.35× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.98× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.49× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting3.78×15 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.35×9 works
  3. Psychology2.98×11 works
  4. Social Sciences2.49×39 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.32×8 works
  6. Health Professions1.86×6 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.54×2 works
  8. Environmental Science1.30×8 works
  9. Nursing1.17×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.53×3 works
  11. Energy0.49×1 works
  12. Medicine0.43×10 works
  13. Computer Science0.40×4 works
  14. Neuroscience0.37×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.34×2 works
  16. Mathematics0.22×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×0 works
  18. Engineering0.19×4 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at San Beda University?

Ranked on the quality score, Gil Platon Soriano, Rudolf Cymorr Kirby Palogan Martinez and Bernard Orchard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is San Beda University.

  1. 1 Gil Platon Soriano Philippines · #2,208,071 worldwide 615 citations · 77 works
  2. 2 Rudolf Cymorr Kirby Palogan Martinez Philippines · #3,817,860 worldwide 89 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Bernard Orchard Philippines · #3,835,032 worldwide 20 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Liwayway H. Acero Philippines · #5,598,670 worldwide 94 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at San Beda University

What are the most cited papers from San Beda University?

The most cited paper from San Beda University is "Understanding multidimensional energy poverty in the Philippines" (Celedonio B. Mendoza, Dwane Darcy D. Cayonte, Michael S. Leabres et al., 2019), with 161 citations. Next come "Survey on the worldwide availability and affordability of antiseizure medications: Report of the ILAE Task Force on Access to Treatment" (62) and "Shifting the Education Paradigm amid the COVID 19 Pandemic: Nursing Students’ Attitude to E Learning" (60).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Understanding multidimensional energy poverty in the Philippines Celedonio B. Mendoza, Dwane Darcy D. Cayonte, Michael S. Leabres et al. · Energy Policy 6 Aug 2019 161
2 Survey on the worldwide availability and affordability of antiseizure medications: Report of the ILAE Task Force on Access to Treatment Virginia Pironi, Ornella Ciccone, Ettore Beghi et al. · Epilepsia 3 Jan 2022 62
3 Shifting the Education Paradigm amid the COVID 19 Pandemic: Nursing Students’ Attitude to E Learning Gil Platon Soriano, Ryan Michael Oducado · Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Open access 7 May 2021 60
4 Gender and physical punishment: the filipino children's experience Margaret S. Sanapo, Yasuhide Nakamura · Child Abuse Review 7 Oct 2010 54
5 Social transformation and social isolation of older adults: Digital technologies, nursing, healthcare Rozzano C. Locsin, Gil Platon Soriano, Phanida Juntasopeepun et al. · Collegian Journal of the Royal College of Nursing Australia Open access 3 Feb 2021 46
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at San Beda University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Religion, Well-being, Identity, Democracy, Ethnicity, History and COVID-19.

▲ 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. Globalization11▲ 4.5×17 topics
  2. Religion7▲ 12×10 topics
  3. Climate Change6▲ 1.86×13 topics
  4. Well-being6▲ 13×8 topics
  5. COVID-196▲ 3.8×8 topics
  6. Identity6▲ 6.8×5 topics
  7. Sustainability6▲ 1.92×9 topics
  8. Democracy5▲ 12×5 topics
  9. Ethnicity5▲ 11×6 topics
  10. History5▲ 5.9×5 topics
  11. Mental Health5▲ 2.8×11 topics
  12. Education5▲ 2.3×11 topics
  13. Pandemic5▲ 3.8×6 topics
  14. Digital Transformation4▲ 6.2×6 topics
  15. Nationalism4▲ 7.6×2 topics
  16. Resilience4▲ 6.8×9 topics
  17. Conservation4▲ 7.8×4 topics
  18. Culture4▲ 6.3×2 topics
  19. Social Capital4▲ 6.2×5 topics
  20. Ethics4▲ 6.3×4 topics
  21. Philippines4▲ 220×1 topic
  22. Political Dynasties4▲ 220×1 topic
  23. Public Perception3▲ 21×3 topics
  24. Leadership3▲ 5.3×8 topics
  25. Consumer Behavior3▲ 4.0×5 topics
  26. Christianity3▲ 42×1 topic
  27. Environment3▲ 98×1 topic
  28. Adolescent Development3▲ 19×3 topics
  29. Health3▲ 5.2×6 topics
  30. Herbal Medicine2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  31. Self-Control2▲ 60×2 topics
  32. Technology Integration2▲ 5.8×5 topics
  33. Work Engagement2▲ 20×3 topics
  34. Organizational Performance2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  35. Customer Experience2▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Entrepreneurial Orientation2▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Environmental Attitudes2▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Opportunity Recognition2▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Impulse Buying2▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Multichannel Retailing2▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does San Beda University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Philippine History and Culture, Religion, Ecology, and Ethics, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences and Consumer Retail Behavior Studies.

Philippine History and Culture: 4 fractional worksReligion, Ecology, and Ethics: 3 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 2 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior Studies: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Education and Sustainability: 2 fractional worksTranslation Studies and Practices: 2 fractional worksContemporary Christian L…2Contemporary Christian Leadership and Education: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts2COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 2 fractional worksGrit, Self-Efficacy, and…1Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation: 1 fractional worksCorporate Social Respons…1Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 1 fractional works
AnthropologySociology and Political ScienceManagement of Technology and InnovationMarketing6 others

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

  1. 1 Philippine History and Culture Anthropology 4 works
  2. 2 Religion, Ecology, and Ethics Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  3. 3 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  4. 4 Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Marketing 2 works
  5. 5 Environmental Education and Sustainability Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  6. 6 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 2 works
  7. 7 Contemporary Christian Leadership and Education Religious studies 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  9. 9 Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation Social Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 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 available84.4%not open15.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.7%domestic only91.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has San Beda University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% 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 San Beda University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00056% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%San Beda University0.00050% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of San Beda 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 2025San Beda University5.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.6% in 2020.

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