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Southern Utah University

In research, Southern Utah University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,582 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,236
of 22,385 · #8,753 all time
Rank in United States
#1,107
of 3,332
Research works
1.1k
▲ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Southern Utah University

What is Southern Utah 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 #5,582 of 9,585 6.6%134 #5042

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Southern Utah 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 fields of science does Southern Utah University work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Southern Utah University is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Medicine (14%), Psychology (9%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 147 fractional works · 52.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 68 fractional works · 24.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 20 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 25 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 25 fractional works · 8.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 61 fractional works · 21.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 4.6% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 47 fractional works · 16.9% of its workMedicine: 39 fractional works · 13.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 8.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSouthern UtahUniversity279fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences52%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6824.3%
    2. Psychology259.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities258.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting155.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance103.4%
    6. Decision Sciences51.7%
    1. Environmental Science134.8%
    2. Computer Science134.6%
    3. Engineering114.1%
    4. Mathematics93.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences72.5%
    6. Materials Science31.0%
    7. Chemistry20.9%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine3913.9%
    2. Health Professions72.4%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology114.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences83.0%
    3. Neuroscience31.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
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: 0.63× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.66× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.04× its world share, 25 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.63× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.76× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.60× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.96× its world share, 25 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 68 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.04×25 works
  2. Psychology2.96×25 works
  3. Mathematics2.66×9 works
  4. Social Sciences1.92×68 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.76×5 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.63×15 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.62×7 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.60×10 works
  9. Nursing1.06×2 works
  10. Environmental Science0.97×13 works
  11. Health Professions0.93×7 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.85×1 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.80×1 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.76×11 works
  15. Medicine0.73×39 works
  16. Neuroscience0.70×3 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.63×8 works
  18. Computer Science0.59×13 works
  19. Chemistry0.57×2 works
  20. Materials Science0.29×3 works
  21. Engineering0.27×12 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.20×1 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×0 works
  24. Energy0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Southern Utah University?

Ranked on the quality score, Tyler W. LeBaron, Arianna R. Harrington and David J. Berri lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southern Utah University.

  1. 1 Tyler W. LeBaron United States · #757,547 worldwide 1.8k citations · 93 works
  2. 2 Arianna R. Harrington United States · #962,080 worldwide 275 citations · 721 works
  3. 3 David J. Berri United States · #1,056,295 worldwide 2.6k citations · 137 works
  4. 4 Kyle William Bishop United States · #1,171,506 worldwide 379 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Michiko Kobayashi United States · #1,232,305 worldwide 14k citations · 271 works
  6. 6 Bruce Haslem United States · #1,770,297 worldwide 509 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Richard Saunders United States · #1,808,135 worldwide 660 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Marcus M. Lawrence United States · #1,830,495 worldwide 1k citations · 62 works
  9. 9 Nathan Barker United States · #2,356,583 worldwide 301 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Joshua A. Price United States · #2,426,970 worldwide 482 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Southern Utah University

What are the most cited papers from Southern Utah University?

The most cited paper from Southern Utah University is "On Energy, Personality, and Health: Subjective Vitality as a Dynamic Reflection of Well‐Being" (Richard M. Ryan, Christina M. Frederick, 1997), with 2,779 citations. Next come "Determining the Magnitude of Treatment Effects in Strength Training Research Through the Use of the Effect Size" (950) and "To Belong Is to Matter" (709).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 On Energy, Personality, and Health: Subjective Vitality as a Dynamic Reflection of Well‐Being Richard M. Ryan, Christina M. Frederick · Journal of Personality Sep 1997 2,779
2 Determining the Magnitude of Treatment Effects in Strength Training Research Through the Use of the Effect Size Matthew R. Rhea · The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 2004 950
3 To Belong Is to Matter Nathaniel M. Lambert, Tyler F. Stillman, Joshua A. Hicks et al. · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 15 Aug 2013 709
4 Swift and NuSTAR observations of GW170817: Detection of a blue kilonova P. A. Evans et al. · Science Open access 16 Oct 2017 580
5 Social Exclusion Causes People to Spend and Consume Strategically in the Service of Affiliation Nicole L. Mead, Roy Frederick Baumeister, Tyler F. Stillman et al. · Journal of Consumer Research 9 Sep 2010 532
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Southern Utah University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Identity, Social Media, Neuroprotection, Antioxidant, Education, High-Intensity Interval Training and Molecular Hydrogen.

▲ 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. Social Media12▲ 3.2×12 topics
  2. Gender12▲ 8.0×12 topics
  3. Education12▲ 2.5×22 topics
  4. Climate Change11▲ 1.41×28 topics
  5. Identity10▲ 5.2×12 topics
  6. Antioxidant10▲ 4.9×9 topics
  7. Inflammation9▲ 1.58×20 topics
  8. Mental Health9▲ 2.2×21 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress9▲ 1.92×10 topics
  10. Neuroprotection8▲ 7.9×5 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 3.4×7 topics
  12. Diabetes7▲ 4.9×6 topics
  13. Student Engagement6▲ 5.8×9 topics
  14. High-Intensity Interval Training6▲ 21×2 topics
  15. Religion6▲ 4.8×6 topics
  16. Molecular Hydrogen6▲ 241×1 topic
  17. Therapeutic Gas6▲ 241×1 topic
  18. Literature6▲ 3.9×11 topics
  19. Higher Education6▲ 3.9×12 topics
  20. Physical Activity6▲ 4.2×11 topics
  21. Well-being6▲ 5.3×9 topics
  22. Fan Culture6▲ 75×1 topic
  23. Resistance Training6▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Social Support6▲ 3.7×10 topics
  25. Sport6▲ 52×1 topic
  26. Performance Analysis5▲ 9.3×2 topics
  27. Injury Prevention5▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Physiological Demands5▲ 28×1 topic
  29. Training Load5▲ 28×1 topic
  30. Health5▲ 4.1×7 topics
  31. Athletic Training4▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Race4▲ 12×5 topics
  33. Sediment Transport4▲ 8.8×5 topics
  34. Natural Selection4▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Muscle Injuries4▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Sports Injury4▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Adolescent Development3▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Conceptual Change3▲ 39×2 topics
  39. Teaching3▲ 8.6×2 topics
  40. Acceptance3▲ 240×1 topic

Which research topics does Southern Utah University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hydrogen's biological and therapeutic effects, Sports, Gender, and Society, Sports Performance and Training and Sports injuries and prevention.

Hydrogen's biological and therapeutic effects: 6 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Society: 6 fractional worksSports Performance and T…5Sports Performance and Training: 5 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…4Sports injuries and prevention: 4 fractional worksEvolution and Science Education: 3 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Impacts: 3 fractional worksSports Analytics and Per…3Sports Analytics and Performance: 3 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 2 fractional worksEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare: 2 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 2 fractional works
SurgeryGender StudiesOrthopedics and Sports MedicineHistory and Philosophy of Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Hydrogen's biological and therapeutic effects Surgery 6 works
  2. 2 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 6 works
  3. 3 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Evolution and Science Education History and Philosophy of Science 3 works
  6. 6 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 Sports Analytics and Performance Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  8. 8 Higher Education Research Studies Education 2 works
  9. 9 Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  10. 10 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 2 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 available34.5%not open65.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.3%domestic only89.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Southern Utah University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% 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 Utah University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Southern Utah University0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Southern Utah 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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Southern Utah University8.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.2% in 2012.

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