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Southern University System

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Research works
100
▲ 138% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5k
15.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Southern University System

Not ranked overall: Southern University System is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Southern University System work in?

In all years, 43% of research at Southern University System is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (16%), Engineering (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 43 fractional works · 43.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 26.1% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 27.5% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 8.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 7.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 19.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 15.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 10.7% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 10.1% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSouthernUniversity System100fractional works, all years
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences43%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2626.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting55.4%
    3. Psychology43.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities43.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.7%
    6. Decision Sciences11.2%
    1. Engineering88.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy77.2%
    3. Computer Science43.7%
    4. Environmental Science33.1%
    5. Materials Science22.3%
    6. Chemistry21.6%
    7. Mathematics11.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1615.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.3%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    5. Neuroscience00.2%
    1. Health Professions55.4%
    2. Medicine44.4%
    3. Veterinary00.3%
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.

Computer Science: 1.68× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 3.19× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.87× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.65× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.59× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.59×1 works
  2. Engineering3.19×2 works
  3. Materials Science1.87×0 works
  4. Computer Science1.68×0 works
  5. Health Professions1.65×0 works
  6. Psychology1.14×0 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.02×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.48×0 works
  9. Environmental Science0.18×0 works
  10. Medicine0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Southern University System?

Ranked on the quality score, Leander L. Boykin and Rogers E. Randall lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southern University System.

  1. 1 Leander L. Boykin United States · #4,151,762 worldwide 36 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Rogers E. Randall United States · #4,373,875 worldwide 16 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Southern University System

What are the most cited papers from Southern University System?

The most cited paper from Southern University System is "Evidence for neutrino oscillations from the observation of ν ¯ e appearance in a ν ¯ μ beam" (A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo et al., 2001), with 1,552 citations. Next come "First Observation of PeV-Energy Neutrinos with IceCube" (834) and "Evidence for ν¯μ→ν¯e Oscillations from the LSND Experiment at the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility" (779).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Evidence for neutrino oscillations from the observation of ν ¯ e appearance in a ν ¯ μ beam A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo et al. · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Open access 13 Nov 2001 1,552
2 First Observation of PeV-Energy Neutrinos with IceCube M. G. Aartsen et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access283 authors 8 Jul 2013 834
3 Evidence for ν¯μ→ν¯e Oscillations from the LSND Experiment at the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility C. Athanassopoulos et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 7 Oct 1996 779
4 Results on νμ→νe Neutrino Oscillations from the LSND Experiment C. Athanassopoulos et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 31 Aug 1998 654
5 Observation of the Suppression of the Flux of Cosmic Rays above 4 × 10 19 eV J. Abraham et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access458 authors 4 Aug 2008 636
All 65 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Southern University System?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Preparation, Experiential Learning, Agricultural Education, School Gardens, Religion, Academic Achievement, Politics and Social Support.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Teacher Preparation11▲ 153×3 topics
  2. Experiential Learning11▲ 174×2 topics
  3. Agricultural Education10▲ 442×1 topic
  4. School Gardens10▲ 442×1 topic
  5. Religion4▲ 7.7×8 topics
  6. Academic Achievement3▲ 23×6 topics
  7. Public Health3▲ 2.5×8 topics
  8. Politics3▲ 12×4 topics
  9. History3▲ 3.9×5 topics
  10. Social Support3▲ 6.4×7 topics
  11. Culture3▲ 5.7×4 topics
  12. Student Engagement2▲ 9.6×6 topics
  13. Educational Technology2▲ 3.6×6 topics
  14. Conflict2▲ 15×4 topics
  15. Curriculum Development2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  16. Migration2▲ 7.6×2 topics
  17. Biogeography2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  18. Teacher Education2▲ 22×3 topics
  19. Educational Inequality2▲ 33×2 topics
  20. Engineering Education2▲ 21×4 topics
  21. Social Justice2▲ 4.1×4 topics
  22. Regulation2▲ 3.3×4 topics
  23. STEM Education2▲ 6.7×5 topics
  24. Cooperative Learning2▲ 32×2 topics
  25. Student Perceptions2▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Active Learning2▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Cold War2▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Social Movements2▲ 5.2×2 topics
  29. Professional Skills2▲ 46×2 topics
  30. Student Outcomes2▲ 69×2 topics
  31. Accounting Education2▲ 194×1 topic
  32. Critical Race Theory2▲ 153×1 topic
  33. Cultural Politics2▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Racism2▲ 69×1 topic
  35. Skills Development2▲ 40×1 topic
  36. Academic Performance1▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Black Studies1▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Civil Rights Movement1▲ 43×1 topic
  39. Cosmic Rays1▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Neutrinos1▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Southern University System publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry, Big Data and Business Intelligence, Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation and Engineering Education and Pedagogy.

Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry: 0 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 0 fractional worksAstronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 0 fractional worksEngineering Education and Pedagogy: 0 fractional worksFace and Expression Recognition: 0 fractional worksMechanical Behavior of Composites: 0 fractional worksStructural Response to Dynamic Loads: 0 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Measurement and Detection Methods: 0 fractional worksFace recognition and analysis: 0 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringManagement Information SystemsComputational MechanicsArchitecture5 others

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

  1. 1 Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry Ocean Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 0 works
  3. 3 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 0 works
  4. 4 Engineering Education and Pedagogy Architecture 0 works
  5. 5 Face and Expression Recognition Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  6. 6 Mechanical Behavior of Composites Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  7. 7 Structural Response to Dynamic Loads Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Higher Education Research Studies Education 0 works
  9. 9 Advanced Measurement and Detection Methods Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Face recognition and analysis Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 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 available10.3%not open89.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.9%domestic only86.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Southern University System's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 138% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Southern University System as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000019% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Southern University System0.000014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Southern University System over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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