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Southwestern University

In research, Southwestern University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,945 of 9,585 worldwide), Medicine (#7,453 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,819 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

World rank, 2022-now
#11,988
of 22,385 · #6,512 all time
Rank in United States
#1,684
of 3,332
Research works
3.6k
▲ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
63k
17.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.79×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%

What is Southwestern 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 #7,945 of 9,585 8.7%103 #5588
MedicineField #7,453 of 8,541 5.6%81 #10549
Health SciencesDomain #8,819 of 9,902 5.3%91 #12444

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Southwestern 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#5,588 #7,945
  2. Medicine#10,549 #7,453
  3. Health Sciences#12,444 #8,819
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Southwestern University work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research at Southwestern University is in Social Sciences, 36% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (32%), Social Sciences (21%), Arts and Humanities (6%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 117 fractional works · 39.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 63 fractional works · 21.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 26 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 17 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMusic: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 5.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 107 fractional works · 35.9% of its workMedicine: 96 fractional works · 32.0% of its workSurgery: 12 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 37 fractional works · 12.5% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 37 fractional works · 12.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSouthwesternUniversity298fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences39%

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 Sciences6321.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities175.7%
    3. Psychology155.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance103.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting82.7%
    6. Decision Sciences41.3%
    1. Medicine9632.0%
    2. Health Professions93.1%
    3. Nursing20.7%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Computer Science113.6%
    2. Engineering93.2%
    3. Environmental Science51.6%
    4. Mathematics31.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy31.0%
    6. Chemistry30.9%
    7. Materials Science20.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology165.2%
    2. Neuroscience113.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology51.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.76× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.22× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.92× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.18× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.67× its world share, 96 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.98× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.85× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.55× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.70× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.67× its world share, 63 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience2.22×11 works
  2. Arts and Humanities1.98×17 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.76×5 works
  4. Psychology1.70×15 works
  5. Medicine1.67×96 works
  6. Social Sciences1.67×63 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.55×10 works
  8. Nursing1.34×2 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.30×4 works
  10. Health Professions1.18×9 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.98×16 works
  12. Mathematics0.92×3 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.85×8 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.74×1 works
  15. Chemistry0.58×3 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.47×3 works
  17. Computer Science0.46×11 works
  18. Environmental Science0.33×5 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×4 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.29×1 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.24×0 works
  22. Engineering0.21×10 works
  23. Dentistry0.17×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.16×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Southwestern University?

Ranked on the quality score, Joshua Long, Traci A. Giuliano and Emily D. Niemeyer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southwestern University.

  1. 1 Joshua Long United States · #897,170 worldwide 1.3k citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Traci A. Giuliano United States · #1,467,242 worldwide 1.6k citations · 50 works
  3. 3 Emily D. Niemeyer United States · #2,112,889 worldwide 1.5k citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Emily Sydnor United States · #2,180,128 worldwide 607 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Stephen J. Caldas United States · #2,334,208 worldwide 2.3k citations · 85 works
  6. 6 Debika Sihi United States · #2,590,990 worldwide 397 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Thomas V. McClendon United States · #2,643,492 worldwide 632 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Robert G. Jaeger United States · #2,726,626 worldwide 5.6k citations · 179 works
  9. 9 Alison Kafer United States · #2,830,692 worldwide 1.4k citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Ronald B. Heady United States · #2,871,931 worldwide 1k citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Southwestern University

What are the most cited papers from Southwestern University?

The most cited paper from Southwestern University is "Conditional Skewness in Asset Pricing Tests" (Campbell R. Harvey, Akhtar R. Siddique, 2000), with 2,987 citations. Next come "AHA/ACC Guidelines for Secondary Prevention for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2006 Update" (2,114) and "AN EXAMINATION OF LEADERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE CREATIVITY: THE RELEVANCE OF TRAITS AND RELATIONSHIPS" (1,735).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Conditional Skewness in Asset Pricing Tests Campbell R. Harvey, Akhtar R. Siddique · The Journal of Finance Jun 2000 2,987
2 AHA/ACC Guidelines for Secondary Prevention for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2006 Update Sidney C. Smith, Jerilyn K. Allen, Steven N. Blair et al. · Circulation Open access 15 May 2006 2,114
3 AN EXAMINATION OF LEADERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE CREATIVITY: THE RELEVANCE OF TRAITS AND RELATIONSHIPS Pamela Tierney, Steven M. Farmer, George Bear Graen · Personnel Psychology Sep 1999 1,735
4 Clopidogrel with or without Omeprazole in Coronary Artery Disease Deepak L. Bhatt, Byron Cryer, Charles F. Contant et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 6 Oct 2010 1,243
5 International Consensus Statement on Allergy and Rhinology: Rhinosinusitis Richard R. Orlandi et al. · International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology Open access Feb 2016 900
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Southwestern University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Democracy, Epidemiology, Identity, Nationalism, Gender, Feminism and Inequality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology20▲ 1.64×64 topics
  2. Globalization19▲ 3.3×31 topics
  3. Identity10▲ 4.6×18 topics
  4. Social Media9▲ 2.3×12 topics
  5. Democracy9▲ 8.5×11 topics
  6. Inflammation8▲ 1.32×33 topics
  7. Risk Factors8▲ 2.6×16 topics
  8. Nationalism8▲ 6.2×14 topics
  9. Diagnosis8▲ 2.7×20 topics
  10. Gender8▲ 4.7×15 topics
  11. History7▲ 3.4×14 topics
  12. Treatment7▲ 1.85×21 topics
  13. Quality of Life6▲ 1.48×19 topics
  14. Culture6▲ 4.0×9 topics
  15. Colonialism6▲ 4.3×13 topics
  16. Feminism6▲ 7.0×7 topics
  17. Inequality6▲ 8.2×10 topics
  18. Management6▲ 2.4×15 topics
  19. Religion6▲ 4.0×11 topics
  20. Economic Growth5▲ 2.2×12 topics
  21. Depression5▲ 1.98×13 topics
  22. Intersectionality5▲ 9.0×7 topics
  23. Rehabilitation5▲ 4.1×9 topics
  24. Neurobiology4▲ 5.8×5 topics
  25. Medical Education4▲ 5.0×7 topics
  26. Neoliberalism4▲ 3.7×7 topics
  27. Psychological Impact4▲ 4.1×6 topics
  28. Global Governance4▲ 5.2×6 topics
  29. Pathophysiology4▲ 4.1×5 topics
  30. Sepsis3▲ 6.0×4 topics
  31. Pregnancy3▲ 5.1×7 topics
  32. Trade3▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Europe3▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Resuscitation3▲ 7.7×3 topics
  35. Race3▲ 8.4×7 topics
  36. Youth3▲ 7.2×4 topics
  37. High-Intensity Interval Training3▲ 9.2×2 topics
  38. Cold War3▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Teacher Education3▲ 6.9×4 topics
  40. Music2▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does Southwestern University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Music History and Culture, Burn Injury Management and Outcomes, Historical Economic and Social Studies and Race, History, and American Society.

  1. 1 Music History and Culture Music 2 works
  2. 2 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 2 works
  3. 3 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  4. 4 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Uterine Myomas and Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  7. 7 Social Media in Health Education Health 2 works
  8. 8 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Gender, Feminism, and Media Gender Studies 2 works
  10. 10 Health Literacy and Information Accessibility General Health Professions 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 available17.7%not open82.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.2%domestic only93.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Southwestern University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Southwestern University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Southwestern University0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Southwestern 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Southwestern University4.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.3% in 2014.

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