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Simmons University

In research, Simmons University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,684 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,392 of 5,988 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,002 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,364
of 22,385 · #3,466 all time
Rank in United States
#987
of 3,332
Research works
2.9k
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
55k
18.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Simmons University

What is Simmons 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 #3,684 of 9,585 7.8%193 #1433
Social SciencesField #3,392 of 5,988 6.9%106 #1194
Health SciencesDomain #7,002 of 9,902 7.3%90 #3766

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Simmons 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#1,433 #3,684
  2. Social Sciences#1,194 #3,392
  3. Health Sciences#3,766 #7,002
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Simmons University work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Simmons University is in Social Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Medicine (16%), Psychology (11%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 211 fractional works · 56.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 117 fractional works · 31.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 39 fractional works · 10.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 15 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCommunication: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Administration: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 41 fractional works · 11.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 18 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 28 fractional works · 7.5% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workConservation: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 97 fractional works · 26.1% of its workMedicine: 59 fractional works · 15.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 34 fractional works · 9.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 22 fractional works · 6.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workResearch and Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 42 fractional works · 11.3% of its workComputer Science: 27 fractional works · 7.2% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 6.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSimmonsUniversity373fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences57%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences11731.4%
    2. Psychology4111.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities287.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting123.1%
    5. Decision Sciences92.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.3%
    1. Medicine5915.9%
    2. Health Professions349.2%
    3. Nursing30.9%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Computer Science277.2%
    2. Environmental Science61.6%
    3. Engineering51.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    5. Mathematics10.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
    10. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology102.8%
    2. Neuroscience82.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
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: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.92× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.49× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.83× its world share, 59 worksMedicineNursing: 1.88× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.59× its world share, 28 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.97× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.36× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.64× its world share, 41 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.48× its world share, 117 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.64×41 works
  2. Health Professions3.49×34 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.59×28 works
  4. Social Sciences2.48×117 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.36×8 works
  6. Nursing1.88×3 works
  7. Neuroscience1.24×8 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.97×12 works
  9. Computer Science0.92×27 works
  10. Medicine0.83×59 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.59×5 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.56×1 works
  13. Veterinary0.55×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×10 works
  15. Environmental Science0.32×6 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.30×2 works
  17. Mathematics0.29×1 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.26×0 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.23×1 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×3 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.09×1 works
  22. Engineering0.08×5 works
  23. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  24. Energy0.03×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.02×0 works
  26. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Simmons University?

Ranked on the quality score, Teresa T. Fung, Diane U. Jette and Rose M. Giaconia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Simmons University.

  1. 1 Teresa T. Fung United States · #17,622 worldwide 26k citations · 257 works
  2. 2 Diane U. Jette United States · #427,841 worldwide 5.4k citations · 88 works
  3. 3 Rose M. Giaconia United States · #537,583 worldwide 4k citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Greg C. Feldman United States · #569,037 worldwide 5.9k citations · 69 works
  5. 5 Laura Saunders United States · #580,940 worldwide 2.1k citations · 151 works
  6. 6 Helen Z. Reinherz United States · #628,240 worldwide 5.3k citations · 83 works
  7. 7 Amy B. Silverman United States · #658,890 worldwide 2.6k citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Amber Stubbs United States · #661,700 worldwide 1.7k citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Saher Selod United States · #681,486 worldwide 1.4k citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Jeannette Allis Bastian United States · #819,451 worldwide 885 citations · 75 works
All ranked researchers at Simmons University

What are the most cited papers from Simmons University?

The most cited paper from Simmons University is "Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (Marie Ng et al., 2014), with 12,158 citations. Next come "Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015" (7,829) and "Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (6,558).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Marie Ng et al. · The Lancet Open access140 authors 28 May 2014 12,158
2 Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al. · The Lancet Open access654 authors Oct 2016 7,829
3 Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Theo Vos et al. · The Lancet Open access679 authors 7 Jun 2015 6,558
4 Maximizing Business Returns to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): The Role of CSR Communication Shuili Du, CB Bhattacharya, Sankar Sen · International Journal of Management Reviews 15 Jan 2010 2,607
5 Global Burden of Hypertension and Systolic Blood Pressure of at Least 110 to 115 mm Hg, 1990-2015 Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al. · JAMA Open access 10 Jan 2017 2,464
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Simmons University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Cultural Competence, Digital Divide, Social Media, Diversity, Library Services, Social Inclusion and Epidemiology.

▲ 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 Health27▲ 5.1×24 topics
  2. Epidemiology23▲ 1.57×44 topics
  3. Social Media19▲ 3.7×18 topics
  4. Cultural Competence16▲ 33×5 topics
  5. Digital Divide15▲ 16×7 topics
  6. Public Health15▲ 2.7×21 topics
  7. Globalization13▲ 1.81×29 topics
  8. Diversity13▲ 20×4 topics
  9. Education12▲ 1.91×19 topics
  10. Depression12▲ 3.6×12 topics
  11. Big Data11▲ 3.1×13 topics
  12. Library Services11▲ 273×1 topic
  13. Social Inclusion11▲ 93×1 topic
  14. Prevalence10▲ 6.5×8 topics
  15. Intersectionality9▲ 13×6 topics
  16. Adolescents9▲ 6.7×7 topics
  17. History9▲ 3.4×11 topics
  18. Risk Factors9▲ 2.2×18 topics
  19. Primary Care9▲ 6.4×7 topics
  20. Evidence-Based Practice9▲ 18×5 topics
  21. Religion9▲ 5.0×11 topics
  22. Social Support8▲ 4.1×10 topics
  23. Identity8▲ 3.0×14 topics
  24. Nationalism8▲ 4.7×9 topics
  25. Academic Libraries8▲ 93×3 topics
  26. Ethical Considerations7▲ 5.4×9 topics
  27. Well-being7▲ 4.7×9 topics
  28. Health Disparities7▲ 6.9×5 topics
  29. Job Satisfaction7▲ 4.1×8 topics
  30. Professional Practice7▲ 51×2 topics
  31. Stigma6▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Health Equity6▲ 5.6×5 topics
  33. Gender Identity6▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Discrimination6▲ 7.5×4 topics
  35. Feminism6▲ 5.3×8 topics
  36. Online Communication6▲ 9.9×3 topics
  37. Social Determinants6▲ 7.5×4 topics
  38. Psychological Distress6▲ 6.1×3 topics
  39. Behavioral Interventions6▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Critical Thinking5▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Simmons University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Library Science and Administration, Library Science and Information Literacy, Misinformation and Its Impacts and COVID-19 and Mental Health.

Library Science and Admi…11Library Science and Administration: 11 fractional worksLibrary Science and Information Literacy: 4 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 4 fractional worksDietetics, Nutrition, and Education: 4 fractional worksBehavioral and Psycholog…4Behavioral and Psychological Studies: 4 fractional worksDigital and Traditional Archives Management: 3 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 3 fractional worksChinese history and phil…3Chinese history and philosophy: 3 fractional works
Library and Information SciencesSociology and Political ScienceClinical PsychologySocial Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 11 works
  2. 2 Library Science and Information Literacy Library and Information Sciences 4 works
  3. 3 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 4 works
  6. 6 Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education Health Information Management 4 works
  7. 7 Behavioral and Psychological Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology 4 works
  8. 8 Digital and Traditional Archives Management Conservation 3 works
  9. 9 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 3 works
  10. 10 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 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 available20.2%not open79.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.0%domestic only93.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Simmons University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Simmons University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Simmons University0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Simmons 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Simmons University7.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.3% in 2008.

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