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Southern Methodist University

In research, Southern Methodist University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,298 of 10,670 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,362 of 9,585 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,104 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,469
of 22,385 · #1,270 all time
Rank in United States
#311
of 3,332
Research works
17k
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
508k
30.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Southern Methodist University

What is Southern Methodist 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,298 of 10,670 11.0%838 #1196
Social SciencesDomain #1,362 of 9,585 10.6%821 #705
EngineeringField #1,104 of 5,901 11.3%329 #889
Social SciencesField #1,415 of 5,988 9.0%386 #825
Computer ScienceField #1,260 of 4,417 9.0%214 #954
Life SciencesDomain #2,083 of 6,403 12.4%116 #2015
Health SciencesDomain #3,844 of 9,902 9.4%119 #3989
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #871 of 2,176 12.8%88 #800
MedicineField #3,830 of 8,541 9.0%86 #4105
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,445 of 2,964 12.2%63 #1887

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 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. Physical Sciences#1,196 #1,298
  2. Social Sciences#705 #1,362
  3. Engineering#889 #1,104
  4. Social Sciences#825 #1,415
  5. Computer Science#954 #1,260
  6. Life Sciences#2,015 #2,083
  7. Health Sciences#3,989 #3,844
  8. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#800 #871
  9. Medicine#4,105 #3,830
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,887 #1,445
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 Southern Methodist University work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Southern Methodist University is in Physical Sciences, 43% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Engineering (17%), Computer Science (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 972 fractional works · 44.4% of its workEngineering: 380 fractional works · 17.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 100 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 57 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 30 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 30 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 29 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 26 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 250 fractional works · 11.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 88 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 49 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 33 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoftware: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 104 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 32 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInstrumentation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 55 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeophysics: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 52 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 41 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 30 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 39 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNumerical Analysis: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 34 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 949 fractional works · 43.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 450 fractional works · 20.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 144 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEducation: 72 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 72 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLaw: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 146 fractional works · 6.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 115 fractional works · 5.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 32 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 26 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 106 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAccounting: 29 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 97 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 66 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFinance: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 34 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 134 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMedicine: 96 fractional works · 4.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 36 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 132 fractional works · 6.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 69 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 44 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 32 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSouthernMethodist…2,187fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences43%

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. Engineering38017.4%
    2. Computer Science25011.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy1044.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences552.5%
    5. Environmental Science522.4%
    6. Materials Science411.9%
    7. Mathematics391.8%
    8. Chemistry341.6%
    9. Energy110.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.3%
    1. Social Sciences45020.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities1466.7%
    3. Psychology1155.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1064.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance974.4%
    6. Decision Sciences341.5%
    1. Medicine964.4%
    2. Health Professions361.6%
    3. Nursing20.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology693.1%
    2. Neuroscience321.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences241.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.1%
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: 0.23× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 69 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 32 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.87× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.01× its world share, 34 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.47× its world share, 250 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 55 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.16× its world share, 380 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 52 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 41 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.51× its world share, 39 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.14× its world share, 104 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 36 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 96 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.31× its world share, 146 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.51× its world share, 106 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 34 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.08× its world share, 97 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.73× its world share, 115 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.63× its world share, 450 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.31×146 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy2.14×104 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.08×97 works
  4. Psychology1.73×115 works
  5. Social Sciences1.63×450 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.60×55 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.60×34 works
  8. Mathematics1.51×39 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.51×106 works
  10. Computer Science1.47×250 works
  11. Engineering1.16×380 works
  12. Chemistry1.01×34 works
  13. Neuroscience0.91×32 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.87×7 works
  15. Health Professions0.62×36 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.59×69 works
  17. Energy0.55×11 works
  18. Materials Science0.54×41 works
  19. Environmental Science0.48×52 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.38×3 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×24 works
  22. Medicine0.23×96 works
  23. Nursing0.20×2 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.17×4 works
  25. Veterinary0.11×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Southern Methodist University?

Ranked on the quality score, David J. Meltzer, Kumar Venkataraman and Mohammad E. Khodayar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southern Methodist University.

  1. 1 David J. Meltzer United States · #36,567 worldwide 11k citations · 207 works
  2. 2 Kumar Venkataraman United States · #79,173 worldwide 4.9k citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Mohammad E. Khodayar United States · #82,553 worldwide 5.9k citations · 106 works
  4. 4 Zhong Lu United States · #90,686 worldwide 14k citations · 450 works
  5. 5 Klaus Desmet United States · #108,482 worldwide 3.8k citations · 155 works
  6. 6 William F. Maxwell United States · #110,777 worldwide 9.9k citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Elfi Kraka United States · #126,358 worldwide 16k citations · 371 works
  8. 8 John W. Slocum United States · #132,624 worldwide 15k citations · 209 works
  9. 9 R. Stroynowski United States · #186,189 worldwide 2.9k citations · 56 works
  10. 10 Sudershan Reddy Gondi United States · #193,161 worldwide 4k citations · 138 works
All ranked researchers at Southern Methodist University

What are the most cited papers from Southern Methodist University?

The most cited paper from Southern Methodist University is "Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales." (David Watson, Lee A. Clark, Auke Tellegen, 1988), with 31,676 citations. Next come "Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC" (10,856) and "Response Surface Methodology: Process and Product Optimization Using Designed Experiments" (9,581).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales. David Watson, Lee A. Clark, Auke Tellegen · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1988 31,676
2 Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC G. Aad et al. · Physics Letters B Open access2,932 authors 14 Aug 2012 10,856
3 Response Surface Methodology: Process and Product Optimization Using Designed Experiments Richard F. Gunst, Raymond H. Myers, Douglas C. Montgomery · Technometrics Aug 1996 9,581
4 Nanotoxicology: An Emerging Discipline Evolving from Studies of Ultrafine Particles Günter Oberdörster, Eva Oberdörster, Jan Oberdörster · Environmental Health Perspectives Open access 22 Mar 2005 7,918
5 Negative affectivity: The disposition to experience aversive emotional states. David Watson, Lee Anna Clark · Psychological Bulletin 1984 4,608
All 56 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Southern Methodist University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Machine Learning, Religion, Molecular Dynamics, Gender, Big Data, Social Justice and Identity.

▲ 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. Machine Learning104▲ 1.43×71 topics
  2. Globalization85▲ 1.98×79 topics
  3. Deep Learning78◆ 1.03×68 topics
  4. Sustainability54◆ 1.01×56 topics
  5. Big Data50▲ 2.4×23 topics
  6. Religion44▲ 4.4×26 topics
  7. Mental Health44▲ 1.41×31 topics
  8. Identity42▲ 2.7×37 topics
  9. Neural Networks42▲ 1.24×34 topics
  10. Human Rights41▲ 1.85×41 topics
  11. Social Justice41▲ 3.2×31 topics
  12. Gender41▲ 3.5×33 topics
  13. History36▲ 2.4×30 topics
  14. Colonialism34▲ 3.3×32 topics
  15. Student Engagement34▲ 3.9×12 topics
  16. Economic Growth33▲ 1.87×18 topics
  17. Nationalism32▲ 3.2×23 topics
  18. Regulation32▲ 2.7×19 topics
  19. Ethics31▲ 2.8×26 topics
  20. Corporate Governance31▲ 1.91×17 topics
  21. Energy Efficiency30▲ 1.48×22 topics
  22. Molecular Dynamics30▲ 7.7×6 topics
  23. Culture29▲ 2.5×19 topics
  24. Literature28▲ 2.4×27 topics
  25. Security27▲ 1.86×22 topics
  26. Social Support24▲ 2.1×13 topics
  27. Feminism24▲ 3.8×18 topics
  28. Democracy24▲ 3.1×18 topics
  29. Distributed Systems22▲ 5.8×6 topics
  30. Race20▲ 7.8×14 topics
  31. Cloud Computing20▲ 3.2×10 topics
  32. Resource Management17▲ 4.6×5 topics
  33. Academic Achievement16▲ 4.3×9 topics
  34. Public Opinion16▲ 6.0×4 topics
  35. Virtualization15▲ 8.3×3 topics
  36. Institutions15▲ 8.6×4 topics
  37. Data Centers14▲ 11×1 topic
  38. MapReduce14▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Federalism13▲ 9.5×3 topics
  40. Educational Inequality13▲ 10.0×3 topics

Which research topics does Southern Methodist University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cloud Computing and Resource Management, American Constitutional Law and Politics, Higher Education Research Studies and Educational Games and Gamification.

Cloud Computing and Reso…14Cloud Computing and Resource Management: 14 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …10American Constitutional Law and Politics: 10 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 10 fractional worksEducational Games and Gamification: 9 fractional worksAdvanced Chemical Physics Studies: 8 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 8 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 8 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dy…8Protein Structure and Dynamics: 8 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 7 fractional worksComputational and Text Analysis Methods: 7 fractional works
Information SystemsPolitical Science and International RelationsEducationDevelopmental and Educational Psychology6 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 10 works
  4. 4 Educational Games and Gamification Developmental and Educational Psychology 9 works
  5. 5 Advanced Chemical Physics Studies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 8 works
  6. 6 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 8 works
  7. 7 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  8. 8 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 8 works
  9. 9 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 7 works
  10. 10 Computational and Text Analysis Methods General Social Sciences 7 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Southern Methodist University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% 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 Southern Methodist University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0077% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Southern Methodist University0.0086% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Southern Methodist 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 2025Southern Methodist University9.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.3% in 1991.

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