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Southerners on New Ground

In research, Southerners on New Ground stands highest in Engineering (#6,687 of 9,532 worldwide), Life Sciences (#10,406 of 11,023 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#16,643 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#27,641
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,787
of 7,310
Research works
2.3k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
3k
1.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.25×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
4%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Southerners on New Ground

What is Southerners on New Ground known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
EngineeringField #6,687 of 9,532 4.6%601
Life SciencesDomain #10,406 of 11,023 6.9%218
Physical SciencesDomain #16,643 of 17,446 5.4%1,270
Social SciencesDomain #14,191 of 14,833 4.8%530
Social SciencesField #8,946 of 9,330 5.5%277
MedicineField #13,977 of 14,558 7.5%218
Health SciencesDomain #16,123 of 16,688 7.4%240
Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield #1,907 of 1,960 2.5%160
Computer ScienceField #6,229 of 6,336 5.5%277
Environmental ScienceField #5,353 of 5,407 6.9%146

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Southerners on New Ground 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 Southerners on New Ground work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research at Southerners on New Ground is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Social Sciences (18%), Engineering (12%).

Physical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 35.4% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 12.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 12.1% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 29.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 18.5% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 26.7% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 24.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSoutherners onNew Ground45fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences29%

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. Engineering612.5%
    2. Computer Science512.1%
    3. Environmental Science23.8%
    4. Chemistry12.0%
    5. Materials Science11.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.8%
    7. Mathematics00.7%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.7%
    9. Energy00.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.4%
    1. Social Sciences818.5%
    2. Psychology24.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting13.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities11.9%
    5. Decision Sciences11.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    1. Medicine1124.6%
    2. Health Professions11.3%
    3. Nursing00.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.8%
    3. Neuroscience11.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.55× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.83× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.28× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 1.69× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 1.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing1.69×0 works
  2. Computer Science1.55×5 works
  3. Social Sciences1.46×8 works
  4. Psychology1.41×2 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.29×1 works
  6. Medicine1.28×11 works
  7. Chemistry1.27×1 works
  8. Neuroscience1.12×1 works
  9. Chemical Engineering1.07×0 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.92×1 works
  11. Engineering0.83×6 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.80×2 works
  13. Environmental Science0.77×2 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.65×1 works
  15. Mathematics0.63×0 works
  16. Energy0.61×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.54×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×1 works
  19. Materials Science0.51×1 works
  20. Health Professions0.50×1 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.34×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.29×0 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×0 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Southerners on New Ground?

Ranked on the quality score, Jiang Cheng, Liu Yun and Hu Shou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southerners on New Ground.

  1. 1 Jiang Cheng United States · #5,321,230 worldwide 164 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Liu Yun United States · #5,561,725 worldwide 128 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Hu Shou United States · #5,686,566 worldwide 7 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Chen De United States · #5,727,916 worldwide 13 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Wang Jin United States · #5,775,323 worldwide 15 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Liu Ruo United States · #5,896,497 worldwide 22 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Liu Guo United States · #6,022,274 worldwide 2 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Zhang Jin United States · #6,097,339 worldwide 6 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 宋立荣 United States · #6,124,565 worldwide 7 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 谢剑炜 United States · #6,219,691 worldwide 0 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Southerners on New Ground

What are the most cited papers from Southerners on New Ground?

The most cited paper from Southerners on New Ground is "Fungus-Mediated Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Aspergillus terreus" (Guangquan Li, Dan He, Yongqing Qian et al., 2011), with 535 citations. Next come "Selective analysis of cell‐free DNA in maternal blood for evaluation of fetal trisomy" (267) and "A one-stop microfluidic-based lung cancer organoid culture platform for testing drug sensitivity" (178).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fungus-Mediated Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Aspergillus terreus Guangquan Li, Dan He, Yongqing Qian et al. · International Journal of Molecular Sciences Open access 29 Dec 2011 535
2 Selective analysis of cell‐free DNA in maternal blood for evaluation of fetal trisomy Andrew B. Sparks, Eric T. Wang, Craig A. Struble et al. · Prenatal Diagnosis Open access 2012 267
3 A one-stop microfluidic-based lung cancer organoid culture platform for testing drug sensitivity Da Jung Jung, Tae Hoon Shin, Minsuh Kim et al. · Lab on a Chip 2019 178
4 Results of the ICTuS 2 Trial (Intravascular Cooling in the Treatment of Stroke 2) Patrick D. Lyden et al. · Stroke Open access118 authors 14 Nov 2016 178
5 Mesenchymal stem cells derived from inflamed periodontal ligaments exhibit impaired immunomodulation Dayong Liu, Junji Xu, Ousheng Liu et al. · Journal Of Clinical Periodontology 24 Aug 2012 167
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Southerners on New Ground?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Smart Grid, Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Lifelong Learning, Cloud Computing, Management and Big Data.

▲ 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 15 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning3▲ 2.2×14 topics
  2. Epidemiology3▲ 1.65×15 topics
  3. Quality of Life2▲ 3.1×11 topics
  4. Machine Learning2◆ 1.14×8 topics
  5. Big Data1▲ 3.0×5 topics
  6. Management1▲ 3.6×5 topics
  7. Renewable Energy1▲ 1.97×5 topics
  8. Smart Grid1▲ 8.3×3 topics
  9. COVID-191▲ 2.0×5 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 2.3×5 topics
  11. Internet of Things1▲ 2.8×4 topics
  12. Lifelong Learning1▲ 12×3 topics
  13. Social Media1▲ 1.82×6 topics
  14. Cloud Computing1▲ 7.8×3 topics
  15. Digital Learning1▲ 4.4×4 topics

Which research topics does Southerners on New Ground publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Higher Education Learning Practices, Technology and Security Systems, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Legal and Regulatory Analysis.

Higher Education Learnin…1Higher Education Learning Practices: 1 fractional worksTechnology and Security …0Technology and Security Systems: 0 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 0 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 0 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 0 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannoma management: 0 fractional worksSMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 0 fractional worksPower Systems and Techno…0Power Systems and Technologies: 0 fractional worksEducational Curriculum and Learning Methods: 0 fractional worksOlfactory and Sensory Function Studies: 0 fractional works
EducationInformation SystemsSociology and Political ScienceTransportation5 others

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

  1. 1 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 1 works
  2. 2 Technology and Security Systems Information Systems 0 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  4. 4 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 0 works
  5. 5 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Meningioma and schwannoma management Epidemiology 0 works
  7. 7 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 0 works
  8. 8 Power Systems and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods Education 0 works
  10. 10 Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies Sensory Systems 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 available3.5%not open96.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.6%domestic only94.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Southerners on New Ground's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower 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 Southerners on New Ground as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Southerners on New Ground0.00027% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Southerners on New Ground 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2015Southerners on New Ground6.4% in 201520002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.0% in 2013.

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