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St. Edward's University

In research, St. Edward's University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,955 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,977
of 22,385 · #9,318 all time
Rank in United States
#1,822
of 3,332
Research works
907
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.4k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
St. Edward's University

What is St. Edward's 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 #6,955 of 9,585 6.5%72 #4371

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. Edward's 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 fields of science does St. Edward's University work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at St. Edward's University is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Medicine (10%), Psychology (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 80 fractional works · 56.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 37 fractional works · 26.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 21 fractional works · 14.6% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 9.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 9.1% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 31 fractional works · 22.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 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 workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 5.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% 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 · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 14.7% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 10.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 6.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAging: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSt. Edward'sUniversity142fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences57%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3726.4%
    2. Psychology139.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting139.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance96.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities43.0%
    6. Decision Sciences32.4%
    1. Environmental Science75.2%
    2. Computer Science75.1%
    3. Engineering74.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences43.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy21.3%
    6. Chemistry21.1%
    7. Materials Science10.7%
    8. Mathematics10.6%
    9. Energy00.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine1510.5%
    2. Health Professions53.7%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.6%
    3. Neuroscience21.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.90× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.05× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.41× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.81× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.48× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.07× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.03× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.09× its world share, 37 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.07×9 works
  2. Psychology3.03×13 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.81×13 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.48×3 works
  5. Social Sciences2.09×37 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.90×4 works
  7. Health Professions1.41×5 works
  8. Environmental Science1.05×7 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.05×4 works
  10. Nursing0.95×1 works
  11. Neuroscience0.80×2 works
  12. Chemistry0.68×2 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.66×5 works
  14. Computer Science0.65×7 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.61×2 works
  16. Medicine0.55×15 works
  17. Mathematics0.49×1 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×2 works
  19. Energy0.32×0 works
  20. Engineering0.31×7 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.22×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.21×1 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at St. Edward's University?

Ranked on the quality score, Yong Shin Park, Donald J. Baumann and Charles Davison lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Edward's University.

  1. 1 Yong Shin Park United States · #487,410 worldwide 825 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Donald J. Baumann United States · #700,434 worldwide 2.5k citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Charles Davison United States · #976,997 worldwide 862 citations · 197 works
  4. 4 Omid Jadidi United States · #1,227,930 worldwide 626 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Yuan Xu United States · #1,235,345 worldwide 376 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Santiago Toledo United States · #1,437,476 worldwide 308 citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Mary B. Dunn United States · #1,540,731 worldwide 1.1k citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Fatemeh Firouzi United States · #1,866,042 worldwide 331 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Eamonn F. Healy United States · #1,899,228 worldwide 14k citations · 62 works
  10. 10 Kathleen M. Wilburn United States · #1,911,197 worldwide 566 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at St. Edward's University

What are the most cited papers from St. Edward's University?

The most cited paper from St. Edward's University is "The Effects of the Service Environment on Affect and Consumer Perception of Waiting Time: An Integrative Review and Research Propositions" (Julie A Baker, Michaelle Cameron, 1996), with 513 citations. Next come "Justify your alpha" (503) and "An Experimental Comparison of Different Approaches to Determining Weights in Additive Utility Models" (384).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Effects of the Service Environment on Affect and Consumer Perception of Waiting Time: An Integrative Review and Research Propositions Julie A Baker, Michaelle Cameron · Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science Sep 1996 513
2 Justify your alpha Daniël Lakens et al. · Nature Human Behaviour Open access 26 Feb 2018 503
3 An Experimental Comparison of Different Approaches to Determining Weights in Additive Utility Models Paul J. H. Schoemaker, C. Carter Waid · Management Science Feb 1982 384
4 Music influences on mood and purchase intentions Judy I. Alpert, Mark I. Alpert · Psychology and Marketing Jun 1990 311
5 Patient quality of life during the 12 months following joint replacement surgery John D. FitzGerald, Endel John Orav, Thomas Ho-yin Lee et al. · Arthritis Care & Research Open access 5 Feb 2004 309
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at St. Edward's University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Cultural Identity, Social Networks, Human Resource Management, Mental Health, Guanxi, Wasta and Monetary Policy.

▲ 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. Education11▲ 4.6×17 topics
  2. Mental Health7▲ 3.6×19 topics
  3. Cultural Identity6▲ 8.8×5 topics
  4. Social Networks6▲ 15×3 topics
  5. Human Resource Management5▲ 24×3 topics
  6. Guanxi5▲ 169×1 topic
  7. Wasta5▲ 169×1 topic
  8. Climate Change5▲ 1.29×25 topics
  9. Economic Growth5▲ 4.2×12 topics
  10. Corporate Governance4▲ 4.1×10 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress4▲ 1.74×8 topics
  12. Public Health4▲ 1.96×13 topics
  13. Monetary Policy4▲ 12×5 topics
  14. Risk Management4▲ 5.6×8 topics
  15. Psychological Impact4▲ 8.0×6 topics
  16. Social Capital3▲ 4.4×6 topics
  17. Resilience3▲ 4.3×8 topics
  18. Social Justice3▲ 3.6×12 topics
  19. Panel Data Analysis3▲ 13×3 topics
  20. Aging3▲ 3.4×6 topics
  21. Financial Development3▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Gender3▲ 3.6×9 topics
  23. Nationalism2▲ 3.9×8 topics
  24. Religion2▲ 3.8×7 topics
  25. Health Disparities2▲ 6.4×3 topics
  26. Burnout2▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Social Movements2▲ 5.2×3 topics
  28. Air Quality2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  29. Entrepreneurial Orientation2▲ 18×1 topic
  30. Feminism2▲ 5.2×6 topics
  31. Fiscal Policy2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  32. Intersectionality2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  33. Opportunity Recognition2▲ 18×1 topic
  34. Ethical Climate2▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Moral Distress2▲ 50×1 topic
  36. Racial Disparities2▲ 25×3 topics
  37. Structural Change2▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Bereavement2▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Cultural Transmission2▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Refugees2▲ 10×4 topics

Which research topics does St. Edward's University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Socioeconomic Development in MENA, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Ethics in medical practice and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health.

Socioeconomic Developmen…5Socioeconomic Development in MENA: 5 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 2 fractional worksEthics in medical practice: 2 fractional worksGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 2 fractional worksGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms: 2 fractional worksMonetary Policy and Econ…2Monetary Policy and Economic Impact: 2 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 2 fractional worksPrivate Equity and Venture Capital: 1 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceManagement of Technology and InnovationGeneral Health ProfessionsClinical Psychology6 others

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

  1. 1 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  2. 2 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  3. 3 Ethics in medical practice General Health Professions 2 works
  4. 4 Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 2 works
  6. 6 Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms Aging 2 works
  7. 7 Monetary Policy and Economic Impact General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 works
  8. 8 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  9. 9 Private Equity and Venture Capital Accounting 1 works
  10. 10 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 1 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 available28.8%not open71.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.0%domestic only93.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has St. Edward's University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% 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 St. Edward's University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00047% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%St. Edward's University0.00046% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of St. Edward's 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%St. Edward's University14.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.0% in 2025.

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