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Trinity University

In research, Trinity University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,752 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,142 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,308 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

World rank, 2022-now
#7,276
of 22,385 · #3,804 all time
Rank in United States
#971
of 3,332
Research works
5k
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
70k
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.71×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%

What is Trinity 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 #3,752 of 9,585 9.6%274 #3433
Social SciencesField #3,142 of 5,988 11.6%136 #2918
Physical SciencesDomain #7,308 of 10,670 4.3%130 #4056
Life SciencesDomain #5,456 of 6,403 5.2%63 #7411

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Trinity 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#3,433 #3,752
  2. Social Sciences#2,918 #3,142
  3. Physical Sciences#4,056 #7,308
  4. Life Sciences#7,411 #5,456
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 Trinity University work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Trinity University is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Arts and Humanities (11%), Psychology (7%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 305 fractional works · 51.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 150 fractional works · 25.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 59 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 27 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCultural Studies: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 67 fractional works · 11.2% of its workPhilosophy: 16 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 15 fractional works · 2.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClassics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 43 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 19 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 21 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 18 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 17 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 157 fractional works · 26.3% of its workEngineering: 41 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 26 fractional works · 4.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 25 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPaleontology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 23 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 14 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 77 fractional works · 12.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 26 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 58 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMedicine: 42 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKTrinityUniversity596fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences51%

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 Sciences15025.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities6711.2%
    3. Psychology437.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance213.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting172.8%
    6. Decision Sciences71.1%
    1. Engineering417.0%
    2. Computer Science264.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences254.3%
    4. Environmental Science233.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy142.4%
    6. Chemistry111.8%
    7. Materials Science71.1%
    8. Mathematics61.0%
    9. Energy40.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology355.9%
    2. Neuroscience264.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences132.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine427.0%
    2. Health Professions142.4%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
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: 0.47× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.73× its world share, 26 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.15× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.72× its world share, 25 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 41 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.83× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.06× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 42 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.88× its world share, 67 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.88× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.66× its world share, 21 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.39× its world share, 43 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 150 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.88×67 works
  2. Neuroscience2.73×26 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.72×25 works
  4. Psychology2.39×43 works
  5. Social Sciences1.99×150 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.66×21 works
  7. Chemistry1.15×11 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.15×7 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.10×35 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.06×14 works
  11. Health Professions0.92×14 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.88×17 works
  13. Mathematics0.83×6 works
  14. Environmental Science0.76×22 works
  15. Energy0.65×4 works
  16. Computer Science0.57×26 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.47×13 works
  18. Nursing0.47×1 works
  19. Engineering0.46×41 works
  20. Medicine0.36×42 works
  21. Materials Science0.33×7 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.30×2 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.23×0 works
  24. Veterinary0.21×0 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Trinity University?

Ranked on the quality score, Adam R. Urbach, Marina N. Protopopova and Bert D. Chandler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Trinity University.

  1. 1 Adam R. Urbach United States · #166,802 worldwide 4.1k citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Marina N. Protopopova United States · #193,504 worldwide 7.4k citations · 194 works
  3. 3 Bert D. Chandler United States · #415,298 worldwide 4.1k citations · 72 works
  4. 4 Carolyn Black Becker United States · #578,872 worldwide 6.8k citations · 209 works
  5. 5 Meredith B. McGuire United States · #913,350 worldwide 3.3k citations · 71 works
  6. 6 Christina B. Cooley United States · #1,075,473 worldwide 941 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 William D. Ellison United States · #1,109,519 worldwide 2.1k citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Daniel J. Lehrmann United States · #1,118,526 worldwide 5.5k citations · 176 works
  9. 9 Andrew Kraebel United States · #1,204,385 worldwide 254 citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Todd N. Whittaker United States · #1,248,555 worldwide 829 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Trinity University

What are the most cited papers from Trinity University?

The most cited paper from Trinity University is "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger" (B. P. Abbott et al., 2016), with 14,545 citations. Next come "GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral" (9,794) and "GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs" (3,658).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,011 authors 11 Feb 2016 14,545
2 GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,124 authors 16 Oct 2017 9,794
3 GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review X Open access1,149 authors 4 Sep 2019 3,658
4 Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A B. P. Abbott et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access1,154 authors 16 Oct 2017 3,599
5 GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access977 authors 15 Jun 2016 3,514
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Trinity University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Religion, Nationalism, Globalization, Identity, Literature, Colonialism and Neoliberalism.

▲ 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. Globalization36▲ 3.1×47 topics
  2. Gender26▲ 8.1×31 topics
  3. Identity25▲ 5.7×36 topics
  4. Religion25▲ 9.0×25 topics
  5. Nationalism23▲ 8.8×17 topics
  6. Literature22▲ 6.6×25 topics
  7. Education21▲ 2.1×38 topics
  8. Colonialism20▲ 7.0×25 topics
  9. History20▲ 4.7×21 topics
  10. Culture19▲ 6.2×17 topics
  11. Neoliberalism17▲ 8.1×12 topics
  12. Philosophy17▲ 6.5×18 topics
  13. Mental Health17▲ 2.0×23 topics
  14. Human Rights14▲ 2.3×26 topics
  15. Cultural Identity13▲ 4.3×17 topics
  16. Feminism12▲ 7.2×15 topics
  17. Intersectionality12▲ 11×12 topics
  18. Ethics12▲ 4.0×19 topics
  19. Social Movements11▲ 6.5×10 topics
  20. Race11▲ 16×12 topics
  21. Society11▲ 9.8×10 topics
  22. Politics11▲ 6.9×13 topics
  23. Public Opinion9▲ 13×5 topics
  24. Cultural Studies9▲ 4.2×13 topics
  25. Neurobiology9▲ 5.7×7 topics
  26. Adaptation9▲ 5.0×7 topics
  27. Discrimination8▲ 6.8×7 topics
  28. Political Philosophy8▲ 25×3 topics
  29. Imperialism8▲ 17×6 topics
  30. Health Disparities8▲ 4.9×4 topics
  31. Community7▲ 10×8 topics
  32. Tectonics7▲ 9.7×3 topics
  33. Empathy7▲ 9.6×6 topics
  34. Gender Identity7▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Stigma6▲ 8.0×3 topics
  36. Federalism6▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Property Rights6▲ 16×3 topics
  38. Cosmopolitanism6▲ 9.7×6 topics
  39. American founding6▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Constitutional government6▲ 37×1 topic

Which research topics does Trinity University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: American Constitutional Law and Politics, LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, Political Economy and Marxism and Economic Theory and Institutions.

  1. 1 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  2. 2 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 5 works
  3. 3 Political Economy and Marxism Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  4. 4 Economic Theory and Institutions Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  5. 5 Medieval Literature and History Classics 4 works
  6. 6 Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  7. 7 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 4 works
  8. 8 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  9. 9 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 4 works
  10. 10 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 4 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 available32.1%not open67.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.2%domestic only93.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Trinity University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher 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 Trinity University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0025% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Trinity University0.0022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Trinity 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Trinity University8.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.0% in 1990.

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