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Texas Wesleyan University

In research, Texas Wesleyan University stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,218 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#21,622
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,480
of 7,310
Research works
333
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.1k
15.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.79×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Texas Wesleyan University

What is Texas Wesleyan 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 #10,218 of 14,833 8.3%173

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

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Texas Wesleyan University is in Health Sciences, 38% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (40%), Social Sciences (21%), Computer Science (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 32 fractional works · 46.7% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 40.1% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 12.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 6 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 37.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 21.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 11.8% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 6.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKTexas WesleyanUniversity69fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences47%Social Sciences38%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2840.1%
    2. Health Professions45.3%
    3. Nursing11.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1521.3%
    2. Psychology45.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting34.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities22.7%
    6. Decision Sciences00.7%
    1. Computer Science56.7%
    2. Engineering11.9%
    3. Environmental Science11.6%
    4. Mathematics11.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.6%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    2. Neuroscience11.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
    4. 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: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.02× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.09× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 2.26× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.45× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.36× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.81× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing2.26×1 works
  2. Medicine2.09×28 works
  3. Health Professions2.02×4 works
  4. Psychology1.81×4 works
  5. Social Sciences1.69×15 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.45×3 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.36×2 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.94×2 works
  9. Computer Science0.86×5 works
  10. Mathematics0.82×1 works
  11. Neuroscience0.77×1 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.71×0 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.69×0 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.35×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.32×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×1 works
  18. Dentistry0.17×0 works
  19. Engineering0.13×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Texas Wesleyan University?

Ranked on the quality score, Bruce F. Benz, Margaret Patoski and Linda S. Metcalf lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Texas Wesleyan University.

  1. 1 Bruce F. Benz United States · #878,661 worldwide 1.8k citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Margaret Patoski United States · #2,841,891 worldwide 132 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Linda S. Metcalf United States · #3,424,137 worldwide 245 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Hallie Evans United States · #3,978,394 worldwide 53 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Sua Jeon United States · #4,308,994 worldwide 41 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Patsy J. Robles-Goodwin United States · #4,710,260 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Marilyn A. Pugh United States · #4,864,208 worldwide 156 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Robert George Landolt United States · #5,131,072 worldwide 292 citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Tito D Tubog United States · #5,278,322 worldwide 266 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Paul N Austin United States · #6,046,428 worldwide 538 citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at Texas Wesleyan University

What are the most cited papers from Texas Wesleyan University?

The most cited paper from Texas Wesleyan University is "Consumer environmental awareness and competition in two-stage supply chains" (Zugang Liu, Trisha D. Anderson, José M. Cruz, 2011), with 840 citations. Next come "An Investigation into the Antecedents of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors in a Personal Selling Context" (640) and "Losing knowledge about plant use in the sierra de manantlan biosphere reserve, Mexico" (277).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Consumer environmental awareness and competition in two-stage supply chains Zugang Liu, Trisha D. Anderson, José M. Cruz · European Journal of Operational Research 6 Dec 2011 840
2 An Investigation into the Antecedents of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors in a Personal Selling Context Richard G. Netemeyer, James S. Boles, Daryl O. McKee et al. · Journal of Marketing Jul 1997 640
3 Losing knowledge about plant use in the sierra de manantlan biosphere reserve, Mexico Bruce F. Benz, Judith Cevallos E., Francisco Santana M. et al. · Economic Botany Apr 2000 277
4 Student characteristics for online learning success Marcel Satsky Kerr, Marcel Satsky Kerr, Kimberly Rynearson et al. · The Internet and Higher Education Apr 2006 249
5 Genomic estimation of complex traits reveals ancient maize adaptation to temperate North America Kelly Swarts, Rafał M. Gutaker, Bruce F. Benz et al. · Science 3 Aug 2017 242
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Which keywords describe research at Texas Wesleyan University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pain Management, Postoperative Pain, Perioperative Care, Chronic Pain, Analgesia, Regional Anesthesia, Sedation and Elderly Patients.

▲ 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. Pain Management7▲ 45×4 topics
  2. Postoperative Pain6▲ 101×2 topics
  3. Perioperative Care6▲ 74×3 topics
  4. Chronic Pain5▲ 34×3 topics
  5. Analgesia4▲ 98×1 topic
  6. Regional Anesthesia4▲ 118×1 topic
  7. Quality of Life4▲ 4.2×9 topics
  8. Sedation3▲ 54×2 topics
  9. Elderly Patients3▲ 26×2 topics
  10. Anesthesia3▲ 49×2 topics
  11. Pain Assessment Tools2▲ 62×2 topics
  12. Bispectral Index Monitoring2▲ 101×1 topic
  13. Cultural Heritage2▲ 5.9×4 topics
  14. Dexmedetomidine2▲ 101×1 topic
  15. Educational Technology2▲ 2.8×6 topics
  16. Guidelines2▲ 6.9×3 topics
  17. Cancer Pain2▲ 109×1 topic
  18. Opioid Analgesics2▲ 109×1 topic
  19. Patient Safety2▲ 20×3 topics
  20. Medical Education2▲ 11×2 topics
  21. Traditional Irrigation2▲ 627×1 topic
  22. Water Sustainability2▲ 627×1 topic
  23. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  24. Complications2▲ 5.4×3 topics
  25. Debriefing2▲ 73×1 topic
  26. Simulation2▲ 10×1 topic
  27. Intensive Care Unit2▲ 19×3 topics
  28. Rehabilitation2▲ 6.1×3 topics
  29. Difficult Airway Society2▲ 74×1 topic
  30. Student Engagement2▲ 5.9×3 topics
  31. Student Perceptions2▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Teacher Education2▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Tracheal Intubation2▲ 74×1 topic
  34. Postoperative Nausea2▲ 115×1 topic
  35. Vomiting Prevention2▲ 115×1 topic
  36. Enhanced Recovery1▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Surgical Care1▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Teaching Methods1▲ 11×3 topics
  39. 21st-century Skills1▲ 57×1 topic
  40. Resuscitation1▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Texas Wesleyan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Anesthesia and Pain Management, Anesthesia and Sedative Agents, Pain Management and Opioid Use and Archaeology and Natural History.

Anesthesia and Pain Mana…4Anesthesia and Pain Management: 4 fractional worksAnesthesia and Sedative Agents: 2 fractional worksPain Management and Opio…2Pain Management and Opioid Use: 2 fractional worksArchaeology and Natural …2Archaeology and Natural History: 2 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksAirway Management and Intubation Techniques: 2 fractional worksNausea and vomiting mana…2Nausea and vomiting management: 2 fractional worksEnhanced Recovery After Surgery: 1 fractional worksDigital literacy in education: 1 fractional worksRough Sets and Fuzzy Logic: 1 fractional works
SurgeryAnesthesiology and Pain MedicineAnthropologyPhysiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Anesthesia and Sedative Agents Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Pain Management and Opioid Use Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Archaeology and Natural History Anthropology 2 works
  5. 5 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 2 works
  6. 6 Airway Management and Intubation Techniques Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Nausea and vomiting management Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Digital literacy in education Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Rough Sets and Fuzzy Logic Computational Theory and Mathematics 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 available25.2%not open74.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.6%domestic only91.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Texas Wesleyan University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% 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 Texas Wesleyan University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00030% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Texas Wesleyan University0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Texas Wesleyan University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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