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Suffolk University

In research, Suffolk University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,328 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,637 of 5,988 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#1,526 of 2,581 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations (Political Science and International Relations is 5.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,026
of 22,385 · #2,932 all time
Rank in United States
#683
of 3,332
Research works
4.5k
▼ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
70k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Suffolk University

What is Suffolk 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 #2,328 of 9,585 10.1%327 #1036
Social SciencesField #2,637 of 5,988 10.8%162 #1160
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,526 of 2,581 11.8%62 #773

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Suffolk 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#1,036 #2,328
  2. Social Sciences#1,160 #2,637
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#773 #1,526
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 Suffolk University work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Suffolk University is in Social Sciences, 12% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Business, Management and Accounting (13%), Psychology (8%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 363 fractional works · 71.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 179 fractional works · 35.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 58 fractional works · 11.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 41 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEducation: 17 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLaw: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGender Studies: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCommunication: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Administration: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 65 fractional works · 12.9% of its workAccounting: 17 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 17 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 42 fractional works · 8.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 20 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 40 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 27 fractional works · 5.4% of its workFinance: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 26 fractional works · 5.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 62 fractional works · 12.3% of its workComputer Science: 25 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 55 fractional works · 10.9% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 24 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 17 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSuffolkUniversity506fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences72%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences17935.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting6512.9%
    3. Psychology428.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance407.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities265.2%
    6. Decision Sciences112.1%
    1. Computer Science255.0%
    2. Environmental Science163.1%
    3. Engineering112.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy30.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    6. Mathematics20.4%
    7. Chemistry10.2%
    8. Materials Science10.2%
    9. Energy10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine285.6%
    2. Health Professions244.7%
    3. Nursing20.5%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology112.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences61.2%
    3. Neuroscience61.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Suffolk University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 41.0 works5.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 25 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.77× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.79× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.01× its world share, 65 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.17× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.68× its world share, 40 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.70× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.80× its world share, 179 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.01×65 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.68×40 works
  3. Social Sciences2.80×179 works
  4. Psychology2.70×42 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.17×11 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.79×26 works
  7. Health Professions1.77×24 works
  8. Veterinary1.04×1 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.97×2 works
  10. Nursing0.96×2 works
  11. Neuroscience0.71×6 works
  12. Computer Science0.64×25 works
  13. Environmental Science0.63×16 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×11 works
  15. Mathematics0.33×2 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.31×2 works
  17. Medicine0.29×28 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×6 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.23×3 works
  20. Energy0.20×1 works
  21. Engineering0.15×11 works
  22. Chemistry0.13×1 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.09×0 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.06×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Suffolk University?

Ranked on the quality score, Michael B. Arthur, Susan M. Orsillo and Sarah E. O. Schwartz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Suffolk University.

  1. 1 Michael B. Arthur United States · #134,655 worldwide 22k citations · 127 works
  2. 2 Susan M. Orsillo United States · #177,183 worldwide 12k citations · 138 works
  3. 3 Sarah E. O. Schwartz United States · #258,402 worldwide 2.6k citations · 73 works
  4. 4 Robert DeFillippi United States · #281,397 worldwide 9.6k citations · 88 works
  5. 5 Amy Kerivan Marks United States · #371,318 worldwide 2.5k citations · 100 works
  6. 6 McKenna F. Parnes United States · #401,056 worldwide 1.1k citations · 51 works
  7. 7 Katerina Gonzalez United States · #478,039 worldwide 930 citations · 43 works
  8. 8 Michael K. Suvak United States · #493,661 worldwide 6.2k citations · 120 works
  9. 9 Ereni Markos United States · #513,981 worldwide 1.2k citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Chenguang Shang United States · #529,309 worldwide 650 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Suffolk University

What are the most cited papers from Suffolk University?

The most cited paper from Suffolk University is "The Motivational Effects of Charismatic Leadership: A Self-Concept Based Theory" (Boas Shamir, Robert James House, Michael B. Arthur, 1993), with 3,649 citations. Next come "Access-Based Consumption: The Case of Car Sharing: Table 1." (1,996) and "AIMQ: a methodology for information quality assessment" (1,620).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Motivational Effects of Charismatic Leadership: A Self-Concept Based Theory Boas Shamir, Robert James House, Michael B. Arthur · Organization Science Nov 1993 3,649
2 Access-Based Consumption: The Case of Car Sharing: Table 1. Fleura Bardhi, Giana M. Eckhardt · Journal of Consumer Research Open access 25 Oct 2012 1,996
3 AIMQ: a methodology for information quality assessment Yang W. Lee, Diane M. Strong, Beverly K. Kahn et al. · Information & Management Dec 2002 1,620
4 Career success in a boundaryless career world Michael B. Arthur, Svetlana N. Khapova, Celeste P.M. Wilderom · Journal of Organizational Behavior 3 Feb 2005 1,390
5 The boundaryless career: A competency‐based perspective Robert DeFillippi, Michael B. Arthur · Journal of Organizational Behavior Jul 1994 1,229
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Suffolk University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Mental Health, Globalization, Gender, Human Rights, Social Capital, Social Media and Identity.

▲ 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. Globalization27▲ 2.8×50 topics
  2. Mental Health25▲ 3.4×28 topics
  3. Corporate Governance24▲ 6.4×15 topics
  4. Machine Learning21▲ 1.23×34 topics
  5. Human Rights20▲ 3.9×31 topics
  6. Social Media20▲ 2.9×19 topics
  7. Gender17▲ 6.2×26 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence16▲ 2.2×15 topics
  9. Big Data16▲ 3.2×14 topics
  10. Identity15▲ 4.0×24 topics
  11. Social Capital14▲ 5.5×14 topics
  12. Nationalism12▲ 5.2×14 topics
  13. Innovation12▲ 2.2×18 topics
  14. Colonialism11▲ 4.7×17 topics
  15. Economic Growth11▲ 2.7×16 topics
  16. Literature11▲ 3.9×15 topics
  17. History10▲ 2.9×13 topics
  18. Regulation10▲ 3.5×12 topics
  19. Race9▲ 15×12 topics
  20. Accountability9▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Discrimination9▲ 8.2×7 topics
  22. Neoliberalism9▲ 4.7×15 topics
  23. Emotion Regulation8▲ 5.3×8 topics
  24. Leadership8▲ 3.5×14 topics
  25. Property Rights8▲ 25×5 topics
  26. Health8▲ 4.1×11 topics
  27. Financial Reporting8▲ 13×5 topics
  28. Student Engagement8▲ 3.9×10 topics
  29. Feminism8▲ 5.2×13 topics
  30. International Law8▲ 4.8×11 topics
  31. Institutional Theory7▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Intersectionality7▲ 7.5×10 topics
  33. Society7▲ 7.6×6 topics
  34. Global Governance7▲ 6.0×15 topics
  35. Firm Performance7▲ 7.9×3 topics
  36. Postcolonialism6▲ 8.5×7 topics
  37. Violence6▲ 8.3×7 topics
  38. Shareholder Value6▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Intellectual Property6▲ 9.5×3 topics
  40. Mergers and Acquisitions6▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Suffolk University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Corporate Finance and Governance, Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Literature: history, themes, analysis and Social Media and Politics.

Corporate Finance and Go…5Corporate Finance and Governance: 5 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Manag…4Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 4 fractional worksLiterature: history, themes, analysis: 4 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 4 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 4 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 4 fractional worksGender Diversity and Inequality: 3 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge…3Innovation and Knowledge Management: 3 fractional worksLegal Systems and Judicial Processes: 3 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 3 fractional works
AccountingLiterature and Literary TheoryCommunicationSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 5 works
  2. 2 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 4 works
  3. 3 Literature: history, themes, analysis Literature and Literary Theory 4 works
  4. 4 Social Media and Politics Communication 4 works
  5. 5 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  6. 6 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 4 works
  7. 7 Gender Diversity and Inequality Gender Studies 3 works
  8. 8 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 3 works
  9. 9 Legal Systems and Judicial Processes Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  10. 10 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 3 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 available27.3%not open72.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.4%domestic only86.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Suffolk University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Suffolk University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0023% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Suffolk University0.0021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Suffolk 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%Suffolk University11.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.2% in 2020.

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