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.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All 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.
- Social Sciences#5,588 #7,945
- Medicine#10,549 #7,453
- Health Sciences#12,444 #8,819
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.
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
- Social Sciences11739.3%
- Social Sciences6321.1%
- Arts and Humanities175.7%
- Psychology155.2%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance103.3%
- Business, Management and Accounting82.7%
- Decision Sciences41.3%
- Health Sciences10735.9%
- Medicine9632.0%
- Health Professions93.1%
- Nursing20.7%
- Dentistry00.1%
- Physical Sciences3712.5%
- Computer Science113.6%
- Engineering93.2%
- Environmental Science51.6%
- Mathematics31.1%
- Physics and Astronomy31.0%
- Chemistry30.9%
- Materials Science20.6%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
- Chemical Engineering00.1%
- Life Sciences3712.3%
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 24 fields, with their numbers
- Neuroscience2.22×11 works
- Arts and Humanities1.98×17 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.76×5 works
- Psychology1.70×15 works
- Medicine1.67×96 works
- Social Sciences1.67×63 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.55×10 works
- Nursing1.34×2 works
- Decision Sciences1.30×4 works
- Health Professions1.18×9 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.98×16 works
- Mathematics0.92×3 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.85×8 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.74×1 works
- Chemistry0.58×3 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.47×3 works
- Computer Science0.46×11 works
- Environmental Science0.33×5 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×4 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.29×1 works
- Chemical Engineering0.24×0 works
- Engineering0.21×10 works
- Dentistry0.17×0 works
- Materials Science0.16×2 works
- Neuroscience 2.2×
- Arts and Humanities 2.0×
- Immunology and Microbiology 1.8×
- Psychology 1.7×
- Medicine 1.7×
- Social Sciences 1.7×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.6×
- Nursing 1.3×
- Decision Sciences 1.3×
- Health Professions 1.2×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.0×
- Mathematics 0.9×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.8×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.7×
- Chemistry 0.6×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.5×
- Computer Science 0.5×
- Environmental Science 0.3×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.3×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.3×
- Chemical Engineering 0.2×
- Engineering 0.2×
- Dentistry 0.2×
- Materials Science 0.2×
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
Joshua Long
United States · #897,170 worldwide 1.3k citations · 37 works
- 2
Traci A. Giuliano
United States · #1,467,242 worldwide 1.6k citations · 50 works
- 3
Emily D. Niemeyer
United States · #2,112,889 worldwide 1.5k citations · 37 works
- 4
Emily Sydnor
United States · #2,180,128 worldwide 607 citations · 34 works
- 5
Stephen J. Caldas
United States · #2,334,208 worldwide 2.3k citations · 85 works
- 6
Debika Sihi
United States · #2,590,990 worldwide 397 citations · 18 works
- 7
Thomas V. McClendon
United States · #2,643,492 worldwide 632 citations · 25 works
- 8
Robert G. Jaeger
United States · #2,726,626 worldwide 5.6k citations · 179 works
- 9
Alison Kafer
United States · #2,830,692 worldwide 1.4k citations · 34 works
- 10
Ronald B. Heady
United States · #2,871,931 worldwide 1k citations · 33 works
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.
- Music
- Cold War
- Youth
- Resuscitation
- Trade
- Sepsis
- Global Governance
- Neoliberalism
- Neurobiology
- Intersectionality
- Economic Growth
- Management
- Feminism
- Culture
- Treatment
- Gender
- Nationalism
- Inflammation
- Social Media
- Globalization
- Epidemiology
- Identity
- Democracy
- Risk Factors
- Diagnosis
- History
- Quality of Life
- Colonialism
- Inequality
- Religion
- Depression
- Rehabilitation
- Medical Education
- Psychological Impact
- Pathophysiology
- Pregnancy
- Europe
- Race
- High-Intensity Interval Training
- Teacher Education
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
- Epidemiology20▲ 1.64×64 topics
- Globalization19▲ 3.3×31 topics
- Identity10▲ 4.6×18 topics
- Social Media9▲ 2.3×12 topics
- Democracy9▲ 8.5×11 topics
- Inflammation8▲ 1.32×33 topics
- Risk Factors8▲ 2.6×16 topics
- Nationalism8▲ 6.2×14 topics
- Diagnosis8▲ 2.7×20 topics
- Gender8▲ 4.7×15 topics
- History7▲ 3.4×14 topics
- Treatment7▲ 1.85×21 topics
- Quality of Life6▲ 1.48×19 topics
- Culture6▲ 4.0×9 topics
- Colonialism6▲ 4.3×13 topics
- Feminism6▲ 7.0×7 topics
- Inequality6▲ 8.2×10 topics
- Management6▲ 2.4×15 topics
- Religion6▲ 4.0×11 topics
- Economic Growth5▲ 2.2×12 topics
- Depression5▲ 1.98×13 topics
- Intersectionality5▲ 9.0×7 topics
- Rehabilitation5▲ 4.1×9 topics
- Neurobiology4▲ 5.8×5 topics
- Medical Education4▲ 5.0×7 topics
- Neoliberalism4▲ 3.7×7 topics
- Psychological Impact4▲ 4.1×6 topics
- Global Governance4▲ 5.2×6 topics
- Pathophysiology4▲ 4.1×5 topics
- Sepsis3▲ 6.0×4 topics
- Pregnancy3▲ 5.1×7 topics
- Trade3▲ 14×2 topics
- Europe3▲ 18×2 topics
- Resuscitation3▲ 7.7×3 topics
- Race3▲ 8.4×7 topics
- Youth3▲ 7.2×4 topics
- High-Intensity Interval Training3▲ 9.2×2 topics
- Cold War3▲ 15×2 topics
- Teacher Education3▲ 6.9×4 topics
- 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.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Music History and Culture Music 2 works
- 2 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 2 works
- 3 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 2 works
- 4 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
- 5 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 2 works
- 6 Uterine Myomas and Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
- 7 Social Media in Health Education Health 2 works
- 8 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 2 works
- 9 Gender, Feminism, and Media Gender Studies 2 works
- 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Other research institutions in Georgetown
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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