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The Chicago School

In research, The Chicago School stands highest in Psychology (#1,348 of 2,121 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,288 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Clinical Psychology and Psychology (Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management is 19.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,846
of 22,385 · #11,815 all time
Rank in United States
#1,661
of 3,332
Research works
1k
▼ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
The Chicago School

What is The Chicago School 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
PsychologyField #1,348 of 2,121 11.0%62 #1632
Social SciencesDomain #6,288 of 9,585 7.3%128 #5285

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Chicago School 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 The Chicago School work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at The Chicago School is in Social Sciences, 12% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Psychology (30%), Social Sciences (23%), Business, Management and Accounting (13%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 189 fractional works · 72.3% of its workPsychology: 79 fractional works · 30.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 29 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 22 fractional works · 8.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 19 fractional works · 7.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 61 fractional works · 23.2% of its workEducation: 18 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 17 fractional works · 6.7% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 34 fractional works · 13.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 24 fractional works · 9.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 31 fractional works · 11.9% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 9.5% of its workNeuroscience: 19 fractional works · 7.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 17 fractional works · 6.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 6.3% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKThe ChicagoSchool261fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences12%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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology7930.4%
    2. Social Sciences6123.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting3413.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities93.4%
    5. Decision Sciences41.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.8%
    1. Medicine218.1%
    2. Health Professions103.7%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Neuroscience197.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Computer Science103.8%
    2. Mathematics20.9%
    3. Engineering20.8%
    4. Environmental Science10.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does The Chicago School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management takes 19.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 23.9 works19×
  2. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 29.5 works11×
  3. PsychologyField · 79.4 works10.0×
  4. Social PsychologySubfield · 21.9 works9.5×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.39× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.49× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.39× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 21 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.18× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.06× its world share, 34 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 9.97× its world share, 79 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.83× its world share, 61 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 10.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology9.97×79 works
  2. Neuroscience4.39×19 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting4.06×34 works
  4. Social Sciences1.83×61 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.43×4 works
  6. Health Professions1.39×10 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.18×9 works
  8. Mathematics0.76×2 works
  9. Computer Science0.49×10 works
  10. Veterinary0.47×0 works
  11. Medicine0.42×21 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.37×2 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.31×4 works
  14. Dentistry0.18×0 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.14×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×2 works
  17. Environmental Science0.09×1 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×0 works
  21. Engineering0.06×2 works

Who are the top researchers at The Chicago School?

Ranked on the quality score, Hector Y. Adames, Nayeli Y. Chavez‐Dueñas and Aaron L. Mishara lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Chicago School.

  1. 1 Hector Y. Adames United States · #190,707 worldwide 2k citations · 193 works
  2. 2 Nayeli Y. Chavez‐Dueñas United States · #195,719 worldwide 1.9k citations · 143 works
  3. 3 Aaron L. Mishara United States · #253,426 worldwide 2.8k citations · 76 works
  4. 4 Christoph Leonhard United States · #1,014,528 worldwide 1.2k citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Elaine Fletcher‐Janzen United States · #1,556,985 worldwide 4.4k citations · 145 works
  6. 6 Michael Spaeth United States · #1,738,730 worldwide 2.2k citations · 93 works
  7. 7 Robyn M. Catagnus United States · #1,935,537 worldwide 454 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Emma Grace United States · #1,938,501 worldwide 377 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Mary Elizabeth Connors United States · #2,008,597 worldwide 1k citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Julie A. Ackerlund Brandt United States · #2,267,312 worldwide 246 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at The Chicago School

What are the most cited papers from The Chicago School?

The most cited paper from The Chicago School is "One size fits all? What counts as quality practice in (reflexive) thematic analysis?" (Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, 2020), with 9,387 citations. Next come "Parental Burnout and Child Maltreatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (642) and "Toward a Psychological Framework of Radical Healing in Communities of Color" (513).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 One size fits all? What counts as quality practice in (reflexive) thematic analysis? Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke · Qualitative Research in Psychology Open access 12 Aug 2020 9,387
2 Parental Burnout and Child Maltreatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic Annette K. Griffith · Journal of Family Violence Open access 23 Jun 2020 642
3 Toward a Psychological Framework of Radical Healing in Communities of Color Bryana H. French, Jioni A. Lewis, Della V. Mosley et al. · The Counseling Psychologist Open access 31 May 2019 513
4 Hairy Cell Leukemia Harvey M. Golomb, DANIEL CATOVSKY, DAVID W. GOLDE · Annals of Internal Medicine Nov 1978 350
5 Deciding Whom to Tell: Expectations and Outcomes of Rape Survivors' First Disclosures Courtney E. Ahrens, Rebecca Campbell, N. Karen Ternier-Thames et al. · Psychology of Women Quarterly 10 Feb 2007 349
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at The Chicago School?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Leadership, Digital Transformation, Organizational Change, Evidence-Based Practice, Genetics, Executive Functioning and Employee Engagement.

▲ 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. Mental Health30▲ 8.2×31 topics
  2. Leadership27▲ 21×12 topics
  3. Digital Transformation21▲ 15×6 topics
  4. Epidemiology20▲ 1.95×22 topics
  5. Organizational Change20▲ 96×6 topics
  6. Evidence-Based Practice16▲ 46×6 topics
  7. Genetics15▲ 8.2×7 topics
  8. Executive Functioning14▲ 41×3 topics
  9. Employee Engagement13▲ 29×4 topics
  10. Behavioral Interventions13▲ 60×3 topics
  11. Special Education12▲ 80×2 topics
  12. Functional Analysis12▲ 136×1 topic
  13. Positive Behavior Support12▲ 272×1 topic
  14. Neuroanatomy12▲ 46×3 topics
  15. Autism Spectrum Disorders12▲ 46×2 topics
  16. Early Intervention12▲ 50×2 topics
  17. Emotion Recognition12▲ 23×2 topics
  18. Brain Connectivity11▲ 47×2 topics
  19. Neurodevelopmental Disorders11▲ 33×2 topics
  20. Social Skills Interventions11▲ 68×1 topic
  21. Learning Organization11▲ 307×2 topics
  22. Professional Development10▲ 19×9 topics
  23. Depression10▲ 4.4×13 topics
  24. Industrial Psychology10▲ 507×2 topics
  25. Management10▲ 4.7×2 topics
  26. Agility10▲ 256×1 topic
  27. Human Resource10▲ 154×1 topic
  28. Innovation Ecosystems10▲ 37×2 topics
  29. Socio-Technical Systems10▲ 148×1 topic
  30. Strategic Innovation10▲ 898×1 topic
  31. Meta-Analysis9▲ 5.8×11 topics
  32. Emotion Regulation8▲ 10×8 topics
  33. Well-being8▲ 8.1×8 topics
  34. Self-Efficacy8▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Resilience8▲ 6.0×8 topics
  36. Supervision7▲ 92×2 topics
  37. Workplace7▲ 31×2 topics
  38. Coaching7▲ 156×2 topics
  39. Psychodrama7▲ 145×1 topic
  40. Relationship7▲ 191×1 topic

Which research topics does The Chicago School publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Behavioral and Psychological Studies, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Organizational Management and Change and Corporate Management and Leadership.

Behavioral and Psychological Studies: 12 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 11 fractional worksOrganizational Managemen…10Organizational Management and Change: 10 fractional worksCorporate Management and…10Corporate Management and Leadership: 10 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, an…7Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 7 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learn…4Online and Blended Learning: 4 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…4Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 4 fractional worksCounseling Practices and Supervision: 3 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 3 fractional worksGender Diversity and Inequality: 3 fractional works
Developmental and Educational PsychologyCognitive NeuroscienceOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSocial Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Behavioral and Psychological Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology 12 works
  2. 2 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 11 works
  3. 3 Organizational Management and Change Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 10 works
  4. 4 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 10 works
  5. 5 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 7 works
  6. 6 Online and Blended Learning Education 4 works
  7. 7 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 4 works
  8. 8 Counseling Practices and Supervision Social Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 3 works
  10. 10 Gender Diversity and Inequality Gender Studies 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 available20.0%not open80.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.9%domestic only92.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has The Chicago School's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 The Chicago School as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%The Chicago School0.00068% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of The Chicago School 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 2025The Chicago School9.3% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.8% in 2016.

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