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Susquehanna University

In research, Susquehanna University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,387 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,733 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,045
of 22,385 · #16,992 all time
Rank in United States
#1,693
of 3,332
Research works
1.1k
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
14.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Susquehanna University

What is Susquehanna 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 #7,387 of 9,585 8.4%98 #8295
Physical SciencesDomain #8,733 of 10,670 0.4%77 #15687

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

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Susquehanna University is in Social Sciences, 38% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Computer Science (14%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 103 fractional works · 45.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 49 fractional works · 21.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMusic: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 19 fractional works · 8.3% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 84 fractional works · 37.6% of its workComputer Science: 31 fractional works · 13.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 16 fractional works · 7.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 24 fractional works · 10.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 4.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 10.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSusquehannaUniversity225fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences46%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4921.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities198.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting198.3%
    4. Psychology83.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance73.2%
    6. Decision Sciences20.8%
    1. Computer Science3113.7%
    2. Engineering2410.7%
    3. Environmental Science114.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences72.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy41.8%
    6. Mathematics41.6%
    7. Chemistry31.3%
    8. Materials Science20.8%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology104.5%
    2. Neuroscience73.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences73.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine83.4%
    2. Health Professions52.3%
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: 0.66× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.93× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.76× its world share, 31 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.87× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.71× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.36× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 8 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.91× its world share, 19 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.57× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.50× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.11× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 49 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.91×19 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.57×19 works
  3. Neuroscience1.93×7 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.87×7 works
  5. Computer Science1.76×31 works
  6. Social Sciences1.71×49 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.50×7 works
  8. Mathematics1.36×4 works
  9. Psychology1.11×8 works
  10. Environmental Science0.95×11 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.88×2 works
  12. Health Professions0.87×5 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×10 works
  14. Chemistry0.80×3 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.80×4 works
  16. Engineering0.71×24 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.66×7 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.42×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.22×2 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.21×0 works
  21. Medicine0.18×8 works
  22. Energy0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Susquehanna University?

Ranked on the quality score, Kenneth A. Brakke, Katherine H. Straub and Paul A. Dion lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Susquehanna University.

  1. 1 Kenneth A. Brakke United States · #1,569,384 worldwide 5.5k citations · 134 works
  2. 2 Katherine H. Straub United States · #1,600,797 worldwide 3.4k citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Paul A. Dion United States · #1,636,952 worldwide 2.3k citations · 56 works
  4. 4 Tammy C. Tobin United States · #1,760,936 worldwide 600 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Jie Hao United States · #2,200,820 worldwide 146 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Olugbenga A. Onafowora United States · #2,314,019 worldwide 1.1k citations · 51 works
  7. 7 Michael E. Ozlanski United States · #2,323,011 worldwide 497 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Anjee Gorkhali United States · #2,328,231 worldwide 560 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Matthew Anderson United States · #2,342,373 worldwide 479 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Helena A. Williams United States · #2,824,761 worldwide 422 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Susquehanna University

What are the most cited papers from Susquehanna University?

The most cited paper from Susquehanna University is "Convectively coupled equatorial waves" (George N. Kiladis, Matthew Comstock Wheeler, Patrick Haertel et al., 2009), with 1,023 citations. Next come "The NEO–PI–3: A More Readable Revised NEO Personality Inventory" (719) and "Zonal and Vertical Structure of the Madden–Julian Oscillation" (558).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Convectively coupled equatorial waves George N. Kiladis, Matthew Comstock Wheeler, Patrick Haertel et al. · Reviews of Geophysics Open access 9 Apr 2009 1,023
2 The NEO–PI–3: A More Readable Revised NEO Personality Inventory Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa, Thomas Martin · Journal of Personality Assessment Open access 20 May 2005 719
3 Zonal and Vertical Structure of the Madden–Julian Oscillation George N. Kiladis, Katherine H. Straub, Patrick Haertel · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences Open access Aug 2005 558
4 Perceptions of Aging Across 26 Cultures and Their Culture-Level Associates Corinna E. Löckenhoff et al. · Faculty of Philosophy (University of Belgrade) 2009 539
5 A Comparison of OLR and Circulation-Based Indices for Tracking the MJO George N. Kiladis, Juliana Dias, Katherine H. Straub et al. · Monthly Weather Review Open access 19 Dec 2013 439
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Susquehanna University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Interactive Evolutionary Computation, Music Generation, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Corporate Governance, Identity, Gender and Vibration Control.

▲ 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. Machine Learning19▲ 2.6×19 topics
  2. Artificial Intelligence14▲ 4.3×4 topics
  3. Interactive Evolutionary Computation13▲ 260×1 topic
  4. Music Generation13▲ 260×1 topic
  5. Globalization8▲ 1.88×17 topics
  6. Corporate Governance8▲ 4.6×8 topics
  7. Identity7▲ 4.5×13 topics
  8. Gender6▲ 5.3×12 topics
  9. Mental Health6▲ 1.94×15 topics
  10. Culture5▲ 4.5×9 topics
  11. Vibration Control5▲ 37×2 topics
  12. History5▲ 3.3×10 topics
  13. Higher Education5▲ 4.3×6 topics
  14. Acoustic Metamaterials5▲ 62×1 topic
  15. Phononic Crystals5▲ 62×1 topic
  16. Conservation5▲ 5.1×8 topics
  17. Colonialism5▲ 4.4×9 topics
  18. Race5▲ 18×7 topics
  19. Social Justice5▲ 3.5×6 topics
  20. Financial Constraints4▲ 19×2 topics
  21. Literature4▲ 3.5×9 topics
  22. Neoliberalism4▲ 5.1×5 topics
  23. Invasive Species4▲ 4.2×5 topics
  24. Neuroscience4▲ 5.7×5 topics
  25. Mergers and Acquisitions4▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Feminism4▲ 5.5×6 topics
  27. Investor Protection4▲ 20×1 topic
  28. Ownership Structure4▲ 20×1 topic
  29. Social Movements3▲ 5.0×4 topics
  30. Content Analysis3▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Emotion3▲ 6.4×6 topics
  32. Ethnomusicology3▲ 33×2 topics
  33. Financial Reporting3▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Student Perceptions3▲ 7.3×4 topics
  35. Diversity3▲ 7.2×4 topics
  36. Asset Pricing3▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Data Aggregation3▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Environmental Noise3▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Internationalization3▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Noise Pollution3▲ 28×1 topic

Which research topics does Susquehanna University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Music Technology and Sound Studies, Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research, Corporate Finance and Governance and Noise Effects and Management.

Music Technology and Sou…13Music Technology and Sound Studies: 13 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena …5Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 5 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…4Corporate Finance and Governance: 4 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 3 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 3 fractional worksAmerican Environmental and Regional History: 2 fractional worksHigher Education Governance and Development: 2 fractional worksAgriculture and Farm Safety: 2 fractional worksSoil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics: 2 fractional worksVibration and Dynamic Analysis: 2 fractional works
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionBiomedical EngineeringAccountingSpeech and Hearing5 others

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

  1. 1 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 13 works
  2. 2 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 4 works
  4. 4 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 3 works
  5. 5 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 3 works
  6. 6 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  7. 7 Higher Education Governance and Development Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Agriculture and Farm Safety Plant Science 2 works
  9. 9 Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Vibration and Dynamic Analysis Control and Systems Engineering 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.

openly available27.1%not open72.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.8%domestic only94.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Susquehanna University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher 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 Susquehanna University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Susquehanna University0.00097% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Susquehanna 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 2025Susquehanna University5.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.7% in 2008.

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