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Southern Wesleyan University

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Research works
52
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
321
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

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

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: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.89× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 7.55× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.39× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 5.47× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Southern Wesleyan University?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Church History, Theology, Well-being, Social Justice, Globalization, History, Calvinism and Community Development.

▲ 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. Church History3▲ 104×2 topics
  2. Globalization3▲ 3.2×6 topics
  3. History2▲ 5.6×3 topics
  4. Theology2▲ 38×2 topics
  5. Social Justice2▲ 8.2×5 topics
  6. Well-being2▲ 16×7 topics
  7. Education2▲ 3.1×6 topics
  8. Calvinism2▲ 99×1 topic
  9. Community Development2▲ 22×2 topics
  10. Higher Education2▲ 9.9×6 topics
  11. Reformation2▲ 85×1 topic
  12. Religion2▲ 6.6×2 topics
  13. Mental Health2▲ 3.3×6 topics
  14. Development2▲ 10×2 topics
  15. Faith-Based Organizations2▲ 93×1 topic
  16. Public Opinion2▲ 17×2 topics
  17. Social Services2▲ 79×1 topic
  18. Spirituality2▲ 39×2 topics
  19. American founding2▲ 39×1 topic
  20. Constitutional government2▲ 39×1 topic
  21. Identity2▲ 3.7×4 topics
  22. National Identity2▲ 24×1 topic
  23. Scotland2▲ 162×1 topic
  24. Student Engagement1▲ 10×6 topics
  25. Biblical Interpretation1▲ 137×1 topic
  26. Customer Satisfaction1▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Data Visualization1▲ 62×2 topics
  28. Leadership1▲ 7.4×4 topics
  29. Pentecostalism1▲ 105×1 topic
  30. Community Engagement1▲ 7.8×3 topics
  31. Health1▲ 5.9×4 topics
  32. Experiential Learning1▲ 35×4 topics
  33. Dietetics1▲ 229×1 topic
  34. Diplomacy1▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Early Modern1▲ 127×1 topic
  36. Informed Consent1▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Nutrition Care Process1▲ 229×1 topic
  38. Perceived Value1▲ 41×1 topic
  39. R language1▲ 295×1 topic
  40. Religious1▲ 70×2 topics

Which research topics does Southern Wesleyan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies, Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education, Ethics in Clinical Research and Catholicism and Religious Studies.

Pentecostalism and Chris…1Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies: 1 fractional worksDietetics, Nutrition, and Education: 1 fractional worksEthics in Clinical Research: 1 fractional worksCatholicism and Religiou…0Catholicism and Religious Studies: 0 fractional worksAcademic Freedom and Pol…0Academic Freedom and Politics: 0 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…0German Literature and Culture Studies: 0 fractional worksAdult and Continuing Education Topics: 0 fractional worksEmotional Intelligence and Performance: 0 fractional worksCounseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics: 0 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 0 fractional works
Religious studiesHealth Information ManagementPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHistory6 others

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

  1. 1 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 1 works
  2. 2 Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education Health Information Management 1 works
  3. 3 Ethics in Clinical Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  4. 4 Catholicism and Religious Studies History 0 works
  5. 5 Academic Freedom and Politics Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  6. 6 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  7. 7 Adult and Continuing Education Topics Education 0 works
  8. 8 Emotional Intelligence and Performance Social Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics Clinical Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 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 available31.7%not open68.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.9%domestic only91.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southern Wesleyan University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.