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Sullivan University

In research, Sullivan University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,048 of 14,833 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,985 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,702
of 22,385 · #12,065 all time
Rank in United States
#2,593
of 3,332
Research works
471
▼ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.6k
11.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Sullivan University

What is Sullivan University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #6,048 of 14,833 7.8%210
Health SciencesDomain #9,985 of 16,688 8.2%144

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

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Sullivan University is in Social Sciences, 36% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (26%), Social Sciences (15%), Business, Management and Accounting (13%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 29 fractional works · 43.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 14.6% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 13.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 6.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 25 fractional works · 36.3% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 25.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 8.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 8.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 13.6% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 8.8% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSullivanUniversity68fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences43%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1014.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting913.4%
    3. Psychology45.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance34.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities23.0%
    6. Decision Sciences22.6%
    1. Medicine1825.7%
    2. Health Professions68.6%
    3. Nursing11.6%
    4. Dentistry00.4%
    1. Computer Science68.8%
    2. Environmental Science11.6%
    3. Mathematics11.2%
    4. Chemistry11.0%
    5. Engineering00.6%
    6. Materials Science00.5%
    1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics12.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.4%
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: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.00× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.13× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.28× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.34× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 3.17× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.15× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.70× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.96× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.72× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics6.00×1 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting4.15×9 works
  3. Health Professions3.28×6 works
  4. Nursing3.17×1 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.70×2 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.96×3 works
  7. Psychology1.72×4 works
  8. Medicine1.34×18 works
  9. Social Sciences1.16×10 works
  10. Computer Science1.13×6 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology1.08×1 works
  12. Mathematics1.04×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities1.03×2 works
  14. Dentistry0.79×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.62×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×1 works
  17. Environmental Science0.32×1 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×1 works
  19. Neuroscience0.24×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.13×0 works
  21. Engineering0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sullivan University?

Ranked on the quality score, Kimberly K. Daugherty, Daniel R. Malcom and Anthony A. Piña lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sullivan University.

  1. 1 Kimberly K. Daugherty United States · #1,285,740 worldwide 820 citations · 86 works
  2. 2 Daniel R. Malcom United States · #1,711,677 worldwide 961 citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Anthony A. Piña United States · #2,996,280 worldwide 278 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Steve Hart United States · #3,316,805 worldwide 38 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Katie F. Leslie United States · #3,628,498 worldwide 202 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Wasana K. Sumanasekera United States · #3,802,675 worldwide 700 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Emmanuel Udoh United States · #3,814,792 worldwide 134 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Teresa Ann Daniel United States · #3,882,668 worldwide 176 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Emma Palmer United States · #3,990,009 worldwide 381 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Miriam Delmondes Batista United States · #4,078,134 worldwide 9 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Sullivan University

What are the most cited papers from Sullivan University?

The most cited paper from Sullivan University is "Taxonomic assignment of uncultivated prokaryotic virus genomes is enabled by gene-sharing networks" (Ho Bin Jang, Benjamin Bolduc, Olivier Zablocki et al., 2019), with 1,086 citations. Next come "Clinical experience with and analytical confirmation of “bath salts” and “legal highs” (synthetic cathinones) in the United States" (526) and "Polygenic Risk Scores for Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association" (422).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Taxonomic assignment of uncultivated prokaryotic virus genomes is enabled by gene-sharing networks Ho Bin Jang, Benjamin Bolduc, Olivier Zablocki et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access 6 May 2019 1,086
2 Clinical experience with and analytical confirmation of “bath salts” and “legal highs” (synthetic cathinones) in the United States Henry A. Spiller, Mark Leo Ryan, Robert G. Weston et al. · Clinical Toxicology Jul 2011 526
3 Polygenic Risk Scores for Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Jack William O’Sullivan, Sridharan Raghavan, Carla Márquez‐Luna et al. · Circulation Open access 18 Jul 2022 422
4 Role of endothelial cell cytoskeleton in control of endothelial permeability. D. Michael Shasby, SS Shasby, James M. Sullivan et al. · Circulation Research Open access Nov 1982 314
5 Cost of Health Care Among Patients With Chronic and Episodic Migraine in Canada and the USA: Results From the International Burden of Migraine Study (IBMS) Michael Stokes, Werner J. Becker, Richard B. Lipton et al. · Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain Jul 2011 261
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Which keywords describe research at Sullivan University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Reflective Practice, Assessment Methods, Competency-Based Education, Faculty Development, Continuing Medical Education, Professional Identity Formation, Supply Chain Management and Social Capital.

▲ 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. Reflective Practice6▲ 46×4 topics
  2. Assessment Methods6▲ 76×2 topics
  3. Competency-Based Education5▲ 85×2 topics
  4. Faculty Development5▲ 96×2 topics
  5. Continuing Medical Education5▲ 114×1 topic
  6. Professional Identity Formation5▲ 114×1 topic
  7. Supply Chain Management4▲ 5.7×4 topics
  8. Social Capital3▲ 7.8×6 topics
  9. Job Satisfaction3▲ 9.1×7 topics
  10. Big Data3▲ 4.0×4 topics
  11. Inappropriate Medication Use2▲ 84×1 topic
  12. Mental Health2▲ 2.5×11 topics
  13. Polypharmacy2▲ 84×1 topic
  14. Cloud Computing2▲ 12×3 topics
  15. Performance Measurement2▲ 12×2 topics
  16. Student Engagement2▲ 7.4×5 topics
  17. Depression2▲ 3.1×6 topics
  18. Collaborative Relationships2▲ 60×1 topic
  19. Energy Efficiency2▲ 2.9×3 topics
  20. Lean Manufacturing2▲ 15×1 topic
  21. Anxiety2▲ 5.1×4 topics
  22. Medical Education2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  23. Teaching Strategies2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  24. Work-Life Balance2▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Active Learning1▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Psychological Distress1▲ 8.1×2 topics
  27. Burnout1▲ 21×4 topics
  28. Clinical Practice1▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Educational Strategies1▲ 44×2 topics
  30. Gender Bias1▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Health Outcomes1▲ 7.3×6 topics
  32. MapReduce1▲ 33×1 topic
  33. Mentorship1▲ 48×2 topics
  34. Type 2 Diabetes1▲ 8.5×3 topics
  35. Virtualization1▲ 24×1 topic
  36. Adverse Drug Reactions1▲ 32×2 topics
  37. Cross-Cultural Communication1▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Patient Safety1▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Strategic Alliances1▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Evidence-Based Practice1▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does Sullivan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Innovations in Medical Education, Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, Quality and Supply Management and Cloud Computing and Resource Management.

Innovations in Medical E…5Innovations in Medical Education: 5 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices…2Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 2 fractional worksQuality and Supply Manag…2Quality and Supply Management: 2 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 1 fractional worksPharmacy and Medical Practices: 1 fractional worksAcademic Writing and Publishing: 1 fractional worksTranslation Studies and Practices: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksNursing education and management: 1 fractional worksOutsourcing and Supply Chain Management: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeriatrics and GerontologyManagement Information SystemsInformation Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  2. 2 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  3. 3 Quality and Supply Management Management Information Systems 2 works
  4. 4 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 1 works
  5. 5 Pharmacy and Medical Practices Pharmacology 1 works
  6. 6 Academic Writing and Publishing History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  7. 7 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 1 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 1 works
  10. 10 Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management Management Information Systems 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 available41.6%not open58.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.3%domestic only84.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sullivan University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Sullivan University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00031% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Sullivan University0.00032% in 202519801990200020102020

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