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Southern Methodist University

In research, Southern Methodist University stands highest in Social Sciences (#952 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,439 of 12,888 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#401 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,794
of 28,054 · #985 all time
Rank in United States
#275
of 4,192
Research works
17k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
508k
30.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Southern Methodist 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 #952 of 10,521 18.3%821 #348
Physical SciencesDomain #1,439 of 12,888 19.1%838 #947
Business, Management and AccountingField #401 of 2,578 22.5%100 #258
Social SciencesField #1,069 of 6,365 17.5%386 #448
EngineeringField #1,917 of 6,636 16.5%329 #835
Computer ScienceField #1,530 of 4,667 18.5%214 #734
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,081 of 2,578 18.5%120 #496
Health SciencesDomain #5,624 of 11,982 16.4%119 #4710
PsychologyField #1,085 of 2,181 25.2%100 #344
Life SciencesDomain #3,929 of 7,800 23.0%116 #2188

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Southern Methodist 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#348 #952
  2. Physical Sciences#947 #1,439
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#258 #401
  4. Social Sciences#448 #1,069
  5. Engineering#835 #1,917
  6. Computer Science#734 #1,530
  7. Sociology and Political Science#496 #1,081
  8. Health Sciences#4,710 #5,624
  9. Psychology#344 #1,085
  10. Life Sciences#2,188 #3,929
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: 0.23× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 63 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 26 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.94× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.03× its world share, 30 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.45× its world share, 214 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 51 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.16× its world share, 329 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 46 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 33 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.35× its world share, 30 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.12× its world share, 89 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 31 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 86 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.07× its world share, 113 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.65× its world share, 100 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 29 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.28× its world share, 92 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.73× its world share, 100 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 386 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Southern Methodist University?

Ranked on the composite score, John W. Slocum, Pavel Nadolsky and L. F. Shampine lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southern Methodist University.

  1. 1 John W. Slocum United States · #18,206 worldwide 639 citations · 55 works
  2. 2 Pavel Nadolsky United States · #20,411 worldwide 925 citations · 57 works
  3. 3 L. F. Shampine United States · #23,910 worldwide 602 citations · 56 works
  4. 4 John McCarthy United States · #25,986 worldwide 514 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Rajindar S. Sohal United States · #42,134 worldwide 442 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Stephen K. Wegren United States · #44,505 worldwide 119 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 J.K. Butler United States · #52,496 worldwide 250 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Radovan Kovacevic United States · #59,900 worldwide 608 citations · 77 works
  9. 9 J. Ye United States · #60,056 worldwide 534 citations · 52 works
  10. 10 Werner Horsthemke United States · #65,323 worldwide 726 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Southern Methodist University

Which keywords describe research at Southern Methodist University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Machine Learning, Big Data, Molecular Dynamics, Student Engagement, Deep Learning, Gender and Religion.

▲ 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. Machine Learning90▲ 1.45×69 topics
  2. Globalization74▲ 1.99×69 topics
  3. Deep Learning65◆ 1.00×68 topics
  4. Big Data46▲ 2.6×23 topics
  5. Sustainability44◆ 0.96×49 topics
  6. Mental Health39▲ 1.42×30 topics
  7. Human Rights38▲ 1.95×39 topics
  8. Neural Networks36▲ 1.24×32 topics
  9. Identity33▲ 2.4×32 topics
  10. Economic Growth32▲ 1.98×16 topics
  11. Gender32▲ 3.1×31 topics
  12. Student Engagement31▲ 4.0×12 topics
  13. Regulation30▲ 2.9×19 topics
  14. Innovation30▲ 1.49×23 topics
  15. Corporate Governance30▲ 2.1×17 topics
  16. Religion29▲ 3.3×22 topics
  17. History28▲ 2.1×26 topics
  18. Nationalism28▲ 3.2×19 topics
  19. Social Justice28▲ 2.5×29 topics
  20. Colonialism27▲ 3.0×28 topics
  21. Molecular Dynamics25▲ 7.9×6 topics
  22. Ethics25▲ 2.7×25 topics
  23. Culture23▲ 2.3×16 topics
  24. Social Support22▲ 2.1×13 topics
  25. Democracy21▲ 3.1×17 topics
  26. Distributed Systems21▲ 6.6×6 topics
  27. Cloud Computing19▲ 3.6×10 topics
  28. Surveillance18▲ 3.5×6 topics
  29. Resource Management16▲ 5.0×3 topics
  30. Discrimination16▲ 4.2×6 topics
  31. Public Opinion15▲ 6.4×4 topics
  32. Virtualization15▲ 9.8×2 topics
  33. Academic Achievement15▲ 4.6×9 topics
  34. Data Centers14▲ 12×1 topic
  35. MapReduce14▲ 12×1 topic
  36. Institutions13▲ 8.4×4 topics
  37. Federalism13▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Density Functional Theory12▲ 6.3×6 topics
  39. Educational Inequality12▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Property Rights11▲ 9.1×6 topics

Which research topics does Southern Methodist University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cloud Computing and Resource Management, American Constitutional Law and Politics, Higher Education Research Studies and Corporate Finance and Governance.

Cloud Computing and Reso…14Cloud Computing and Resource Management: 14 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …10American Constitutional Law and Politics: 10 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 9 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 8 fractional worksEducational Games and Gamification: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Chemical Physics Studies: 8 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dynamics: 7 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis6Seismic Waves and Analysis: 6 fractional worksComputational and Text Analysis Methods: 6 fractional worksLegal Systems and Judicial Processes: 6 fractional works
Information SystemsPolitical Science and International RelationsEducationAccounting5 others

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

  1. 1 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 14 works
  2. 2 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 10 works
  3. 3 Higher Education Research Studies Education 9 works
  4. 4 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 8 works
  5. 5 Educational Games and Gamification Developmental and Educational Psychology 8 works
  6. 6 Advanced Chemical Physics Studies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 8 works
  7. 7 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 7 works
  8. 8 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 6 works
  9. 9 Computational and Text Analysis Methods General Social Sciences 6 works
  10. 10 Legal Systems and Judicial Processes Political Science and International Relations 6 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 available26.3%not open73.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southern Methodist University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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