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Stetson University

In research, Stetson University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,323 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,105
of 22,385 · #8,599 all time
Rank in United States
#1,538
of 3,332
Research works
1.3k
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
13.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Stetson University

What is Stetson 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 #5,323 of 9,585 7.7%109 #2669

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Stetson 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 Stetson University work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Stetson University is in Social Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Arts and Humanities (11%), Medicine (11%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 128 fractional works · 59.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 65 fractional works · 30.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 27 fractional works · 12.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 24 fractional works · 11.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 8.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 39 fractional works · 17.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 29 fractional works · 13.2% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 9.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKStetsonUniversity217fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences59%

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 Sciences6530.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities2411.3%
    3. Psychology188.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting135.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance62.6%
    6. Decision Sciences21.0%
    1. Environmental Science136.1%
    2. Computer Science104.6%
    3. Engineering73.3%
    4. Mathematics41.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.0%
    6. Chemistry20.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine2410.9%
    2. Health Professions41.9%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences83.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology73.3%
    3. Neuroscience41.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.78× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.13× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.23× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.61× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.91× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.83× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.21× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.74× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.38× its world share, 65 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.91×24 works
  2. Psychology2.74×18 works
  3. Social Sciences2.38×65 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.83×13 works
  5. Mathematics1.61×4 works
  6. Environmental Science1.23×13 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.21×6 works
  8. Neuroscience1.13×4 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.04×2 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.78×8 works
  11. Nursing0.74×1 works
  12. Health Professions0.71×4 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.64×2 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×7 works
  15. Computer Science0.59×10 works
  16. Medicine0.57×24 works
  17. Veterinary0.57×0 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.55×1 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.44×2 works
  21. Engineering0.22×7 works
  22. Energy0.08×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.07×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Stetson University?

Ranked on the quality score, Christopher John Ferguson, Robert L. Askew and Steven M. Smallpage lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stetson University.

  1. 1 Christopher John Ferguson United States · #37,052 worldwide 22k citations · 378 works
  2. 2 Robert L. Askew United States · #450,570 worldwide 3.9k citations · 84 works
  3. 3 Steven M. Smallpage United States · #594,225 worldwide 637 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Royal C. Gardner United States · #1,077,770 worldwide 1.8k citations · 90 works
  5. 5 Khushbu Mishra United States · #1,172,024 worldwide 692 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Neal P. Mero United States · #1,205,967 worldwide 1.9k citations · 40 works
  7. 7 David B. Hill United States · #1,225,947 worldwide 801 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Jon Carrick United States · #1,597,447 worldwide 533 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Chris J. Ferguson United States · #1,627,572 worldwide 546 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Terence M. Farrell United States · #1,695,844 worldwide 2.3k citations · 98 works
All ranked researchers at Stetson University

What are the most cited papers from Stetson University?

The most cited paper from Stetson University is "The metaphysical club: A story of ideas in America" (Paul Jerome Croce, 2002), with 658 citations. Next come "Scholars’ open debate paper on the World Health Organization ICD-11 Gaming Disorder proposal" (635) and "Millions projected to be at risk from sea-level rise in the continental United States" (519).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The metaphysical club: A story of ideas in America Paul Jerome Croce · Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences Sep 2002 658
2 Scholars’ open debate paper on the World Health Organization ICD-11 Gaming Disorder proposal Espen Aarseth et al. · Journal of Behavioral Addictions Open access 30 Dec 2016 635
3 Millions projected to be at risk from sea-level rise in the continental United States Mathew E. Hauer, Jason Evans, Deepak R. Mishra · Nature Climate Change 14 Mar 2016 519
4 The Role of Interpersonal Liking in Building Trust in Long-Term Channel Relationships Carolyn Y. Nicholson, Larry D. Compeau, Rajesh Sethi · Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science 2001 500
5 Social Media Use and Mental Health among Young Adults Chloe Berryman, Christopher John Ferguson, Charles Negy · Psychiatric Quarterly Open access 31 Oct 2017 493
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Stetson University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Culture, Identity, Globalization, Gender, Religion, Colonialism and Science.

▲ 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. Globalization13▲ 3.0×26 topics
  2. History13▲ 8.4×19 topics
  3. Identity9▲ 5.8×19 topics
  4. Mental Health8▲ 2.7×18 topics
  5. Culture8▲ 7.4×13 topics
  6. Climate Change8▲ 1.41×21 topics
  7. Gender8▲ 6.8×14 topics
  8. Religion7▲ 7.4×11 topics
  9. Colonialism7▲ 6.8×11 topics
  10. Corporate Governance7▲ 4.3×9 topics
  11. Education7▲ 1.83×16 topics
  12. Social Media7▲ 2.2×12 topics
  13. Science6▲ 11×6 topics
  14. Politics6▲ 10×8 topics
  15. Public Health6▲ 1.86×14 topics
  16. Nationalism6▲ 5.7×10 topics
  17. Medicine6▲ 30×4 topics
  18. Race5▲ 20×9 topics
  19. Society5▲ 12×8 topics
  20. Philosophy5▲ 4.9×8 topics
  21. Democracy5▲ 6.2×6 topics
  22. Feminism5▲ 7.4×7 topics
  23. Invasive Species5▲ 5.1×12 topics
  24. Migration5▲ 6.3×7 topics
  25. Neoliberalism5▲ 6.1×7 topics
  26. Literature4▲ 3.6×12 topics
  27. Health Disparities4▲ 6.8×7 topics
  28. Emotion4▲ 8.2×4 topics
  29. Philosophy of Science4▲ 52×2 topics
  30. International Relations4▲ 6.7×5 topics
  31. Political Economy3▲ 6.2×6 topics
  32. Population Dynamics3▲ 6.0×6 topics
  33. Inequality3▲ 6.1×5 topics
  34. Social Identity3▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Psychological Adjustment3▲ 9.2×4 topics
  36. Gender Roles3▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Pluralism3▲ 32×2 topics
  38. Environmental History3▲ 106×1 topic
  39. Knowledge Production3▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Stereotypes3▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Stetson University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies, Corporate Finance and Governance, Media Influence and Health and Noise Effects and Management.

Diverse Historical and S…3Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies: 3 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…2Corporate Finance and Governance: 2 fractional worksMedia Influence and Health2Media Influence and Health: 2 fractional worksNoise Effects and Manage…2Noise Effects and Management: 2 fractional worksBullying, Victimization, and Aggression: 2 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 2 fractional worksChinese history and phil…2Chinese history and philosophy: 2 fractional worksReligion and Society Interactions: 2 fractional worksImpact of Technology on Adolescents: 2 fractional worksSocial and Intergroup Ps…1Social and Intergroup Psychology: 1 fractional works
History and Philosophy of ScienceAccountingLiterature and Literary TheorySpeech and Hearing2 others

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

  1. 1 Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies History and Philosophy of Science 3 works
  2. 2 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 2 works
  3. 3 Media Influence and Health Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  4. 4 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 2 works
  5. 5 Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression Social Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  7. 7 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Social and Intergroup Psychology Sociology and Political 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 available23.3%not open76.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.9%domestic only93.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Stetson University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% 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 Stetson University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00089% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Stetson University0.00060% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Stetson 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 2025Stetson University6.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.6% in 2010.

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