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Southwestern Christian University

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Research works
23
▼ 77% vs 2013–17
Citations
124
5.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Southwestern Christian 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.

Earth and Planetary Sciences: 2.79× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 15.24× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 7.09× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 15.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Southwestern Christian University?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: African Christianity, Spirituality, Mental Health, Religion, Social Justice, Globalization, Biblical Interpretation and Biblical Monotheism.

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

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. African Christianity3▲ 465×2 topics
  2. Mental Health2▲ 8.7×10 topics
  3. Spirituality2▲ 120×3 topics
  4. Globalization2▲ 4.9×3 topics
  5. Religion2▲ 15×5 topics
  6. Biblical Interpretation2▲ 391×1 topic
  7. Biblical Monotheism2▲ 178×1 topic
  8. Jewish Society2▲ 178×1 topic
  9. Pentecostalism2▲ 300×1 topic
  10. Social Justice2▲ 15×2 topics
  11. Emotion Regulation2▲ 20×4 topics
  12. Public Opinion2▲ 36×2 topics
  13. Global Christianity1▲ 299×1 topic
  14. Resilience1▲ 13×3 topics
  15. Short-Term Missions1▲ 299×1 topic
  16. Developmental Trajectories1▲ 37×2 topics
  17. Ethics1▲ 11×4 topics
  18. Nationalism1▲ 8.1×2 topics
  19. Neurobiological Correlates1▲ 51×3 topics
  20. American founding1▲ 60×1 topic
  21. Anxiety Disorders1▲ 36×2 topics
  22. Constitutional government1▲ 60×1 topic

Which research topics does Southwestern Christian University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies, Christian Theology and Mission, Kierkegaardian Philosophy and Influence and Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies.

Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies: 1 fractional worksChristian Theology and Mission: 1 fractional worksKierkegaardian Philosoph…0Kierkegaardian Philosophy and Influence: 0 fractional worksReligious, Philosophical…0Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies: 0 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 0 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 0 fractional worksCultural Differences and…0Cultural Differences and Values: 0 fractional worksAttachment and Relationship Dynamics: 0 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 0 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 0 fractional works
Religious studiesPhilosophySociology and Political ScienceClinical Psychology2 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 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 1 works
  3. 3 Kierkegaardian Philosophy and Influence Philosophy 0 works
  4. 4 Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  5. 5 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Cultural Differences and Values Social Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Social Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 0 works
  10. 10 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 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 available40.3%not open59.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.6%domestic only63.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southwestern Christian University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 77% lower than in 2013–2017.

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