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Seton Hall University

In research, Seton Hall University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,645 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,466 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,255 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Philosophy and History — Philosophy is 8.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,177
of 28,054 · #4,077 all time
Rank in United States
#952
of 4,192
Research works
6.7k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
80k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Seton Hall 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 #1,645 of 10,521 13.5%504 #760
Social SciencesField #1,466 of 6,365 14.7%274 #474
Physical SciencesDomain #8,255 of 12,888 6.4%147 #6407
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,710 of 2,578 15.2%92 #1095
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,541 of 1,998 8.2%98 #1065
Health SciencesDomain #9,383 of 11,982 8.1%112 #2771
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #1,094 of 1,201 10.5%64 #668
MedicineField #9,771 of 10,443 7.3%74 #5287
Computer ScienceField #4,410 of 4,667 5.2%69 #4052

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Seton Hall 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. Social Sciences#760 #1,645
  2. Social Sciences#474 #1,466
  3. Physical Sciences#6,407 #8,255
  4. Sociology and Political Science#1,095 #1,710
  5. Arts and Humanities#1,065 #1,541
  6. Health Sciences#2,771 #9,383
  7. Political Science and International Relations#668 #1,094
  8. Medicine#5,287 #9,771
  9. Computer Science#4,052 #4,410
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.

What does Seton Hall University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Philosophy takes 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PhilosophySubfield · 29.8 works8.6×
  2. HistorySubfield · 20.4 works7.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.98× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.03× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.59× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.10× its world share, 69 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.60× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 74 worksMedicineNursing: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.19× its world share, 98 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.55× its world share, 41 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.75× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.82× its world share, 45 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.67× its world share, 274 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Seton Hall University?

Ranked on the composite score, Beth Bloom, David W. Barnes and Robert Spira lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Seton Hall University.

  1. 1 Beth Bloom United States · #50,686 worldwide 464 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 David W. Barnes United States · #76,015 worldwide 242 citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Robert Spira United States · #167,673 worldwide 37 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Daniel J. Leab United States · #172,153 worldwide 57 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 William J. Connell United States · #199,234 worldwide 23 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Benjamín Goldfrank United States · #204,819 worldwide 77 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Christopher Sharrett United States · #219,261 worldwide 20 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Brian M. Murray United States · #231,838 worldwide 134 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 José Carlos Sánchez González United States · #306,415 worldwide 12 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Lisa Rose-Wiles United States · #313,836 worldwide 94 citations · 95 works
All ranked researchers at Seton Hall University

Which keywords describe research at Seton Hall University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Human Rights, Religion, Nationalism, History, Identity, Democracy and Public Opinion.

▲ 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. Globalization52▲ 3.2×61 topics
  2. Human Rights40▲ 4.8×33 topics
  3. Religion29▲ 7.6×24 topics
  4. History29▲ 5.1×25 topics
  5. Nationalism28▲ 7.6×19 topics
  6. Identity27▲ 4.5×31 topics
  7. Social Media20▲ 1.77×22 topics
  8. Gender20▲ 4.6×23 topics
  9. Social Justice20▲ 4.2×20 topics
  10. Culture20▲ 4.6×18 topics
  11. Ethics19▲ 4.9×22 topics
  12. Democracy19▲ 6.4×14 topics
  13. Literature18▲ 4.0×25 topics
  14. Colonialism17▲ 4.5×25 topics
  15. Philosophy17▲ 4.7×18 topics
  16. Corporate Governance16▲ 2.6×10 topics
  17. Public Opinion16▲ 16×5 topics
  18. Cultural Competence14▲ 14×7 topics
  19. Society14▲ 8.7×9 topics
  20. Global Governance13▲ 7.3×14 topics
  21. Neoliberalism13▲ 4.6×14 topics
  22. Political Philosophy12▲ 27×3 topics
  23. International Law12▲ 5.0×12 topics
  24. Politics12▲ 5.7×8 topics
  25. Federalism12▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Feminism12▲ 5.3×12 topics
  27. Reflective Practice12▲ 7.6×6 topics
  28. Diversity11▲ 8.0×6 topics
  29. Evidence-Based Practice11▲ 11×6 topics
  30. American founding11▲ 44×1 topic
  31. Constitutional government11▲ 44×1 topic
  32. Digital Divide11▲ 5.2×8 topics
  33. Constitutional Law10▲ 9.6×3 topics
  34. Intellectual Property10▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Liquid Chromatography10▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Discrimination10▲ 6.3×6 topics
  37. Chirality10▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Chiral Separation10▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Gas Chromatography10▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Sovereignty9▲ 12×9 topics

Which research topics does Seton Hall University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: American Constitutional Law and Politics, Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography, Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms and Legal Systems and Judicial Processes.

American Constitutional …11American Constitutional Law and Politics: 11 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and…10Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 10 fractional worksComputability, Logic, AI…8Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms: 8 fractional worksLegal Systems and Judici…7Legal Systems and Judicial Processes: 7 fractional worksReligion and Society Interactions: 6 fractional worksSocial Work Education and Practice: 5 fractional worksInterprofessional Educat…5Interprofessional Education and Collaboration: 5 fractional workssemigroups and automata theory: 5 fractional worksLibrary Science and Administration: 5 fractional worksHistory of Science and M…4History of Science and Medicine: 4 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSpectroscopyComputational Theory and MathematicsSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  2. 2 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 10 works
  3. 3 Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 8 works
  4. 4 Legal Systems and Judicial Processes Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  5. 5 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  6. 6 Social Work Education and Practice Public Administration 5 works
  7. 7 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 5 works
  8. 8 semigroups and automata theory Computational Theory and Mathematics 5 works
  9. 9 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 5 works
  10. 10 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 4 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 available33.0%not open67.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.3%domestic only94.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Seton Hall University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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.

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