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University of Memphis

In research, University of Memphis stands highest in Social Sciences (#891 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#752 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,211 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Applied Mathematics, Geophysics and Statistics and Probability — Applied Mathematics is 4.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,486
of 28,054 · #1,232 all time
Rank in United States
#376
of 4,192
Research works
21k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
570k
27.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is University of Memphis known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #891 of 10,521 24.0%915 #383
Social SciencesField #752 of 6,365 24.9%413 #467
Health SciencesDomain #2,211 of 11,982 16.5%363 #1232
Physical SciencesDomain #3,029 of 12,888 15.7%955 #1441
MedicineField #3,009 of 10,443 14.4%269 #1708
PsychologyField #649 of 2,181 20.1%215 #169
EngineeringField #2,019 of 6,636 17.9%282 #1471
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #802 of 2,578 27.5%139 #506
Life SciencesDomain #3,089 of 7,800 16.9%190 #1383
Environmental ScienceField #1,602 of 3,551 21.6%104 #1475

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Memphis 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#383 #891
  2. Social Sciences#467 #752
  3. Health Sciences#1,232 #2,211
  4. Physical Sciences#1,441 #3,029
  5. Medicine#1,708 #3,009
  6. Psychology#169 #649
  7. Engineering#1,471 #2,019
  8. Sociology and Political Science#506 #802
  9. Life Sciences#1,383 #3,089
  10. Environmental Science#1,475 #1,602
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does University of Memphis specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Applied Mathematics takes 4.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Applied MathematicsSubfield · 30.3 works4.4×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 34.0 works4.0×
  3. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 20.4 works4.0×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 39 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 80 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.49× its world share, 58 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.47× its world share, 277 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 72 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.78× its world share, 282 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 104 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.62× its world share, 53 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.36× its world share, 96 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.80× its world share, 43 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 78 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 269 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.62× its world share, 114 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.12× its world share, 88 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 29 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.11× its world share, 58 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.91× its world share, 215 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 413 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Memphis?

Ranked on the composite score, Shaun Gallagher, Arthur C. Graesser and William R. Shadish lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Memphis.

  1. 1 Shaun Gallagher United States · #19,124 worldwide 760 citations · 115 works
  2. 2 Arthur C. Graesser United States · #19,880 worldwide 1.4k citations · 158 works
  3. 3 William R. Shadish United States · #28,395 worldwide 509 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Dipankar Dasgupta United States · #36,177 worldwide 630 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Kan Yang United States · #43,626 worldwide 538 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Peter Wright United States · #51,615 worldwide 404 citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Robert A. Neimeyer United States · #52,403 worldwide 661 citations · 106 works
  8. 8 Róbert Kozma United States · #58,013 worldwide 777 citations · 105 works
  9. 9 Rabi S. Bhagat United States · #63,894 worldwide 397 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Jeffrey S. Berman United States · #67,375 worldwide 254 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at University of Memphis

Which keywords describe research at University of Memphis?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Mental Health, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Psychiatric Disorders, Backpropagation Learning, Self-Organizing Maps and Student 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 2022–2025 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. Deep Learning137▲ 1.65×73 topics
  2. Machine Learning123▲ 1.55×72 topics
  3. Mental Health92▲ 2.6×34 topics
  4. Neural Networks75▲ 2.0×30 topics
  5. Epidemiology69▼ 0.72×85 topics
  6. Climate Change58◆ 0.89×65 topics
  7. Globalization49◆ 1.02×54 topics
  8. Public Health48▲ 1.35×42 topics
  9. Social Media46▲ 1.34×27 topics
  10. Healthcare37▲ 1.36×23 topics
  11. Risk Factors36▲ 1.37×27 topics
  12. Artificial Neural Networks33▲ 2.9×9 topics
  13. Resilience33▲ 2.8×13 topics
  14. Social Support33▲ 2.4×13 topics
  15. Student Engagement33▲ 3.4×10 topics
  16. Corporate Governance33▲ 1.83×15 topics
  17. Psychiatric Disorders29▲ 8.9×4 topics
  18. Gender29▲ 2.2×30 topics
  19. Social Justice28▲ 2.0×20 topics
  20. Backpropagation Learning28▲ 14×1 topic
  21. Self-Organizing Maps28▲ 14×1 topic
  22. Ethics25▲ 2.2×22 topics
  23. Prevalence25▲ 2.6×11 topics
  24. Psychological Impact22▲ 2.8×8 topics
  25. Health Disparities21▲ 3.3×8 topics
  26. Feminism21▲ 3.0×14 topics
  27. Diversity20▲ 4.8×8 topics
  28. Academic Achievement20▲ 4.9×10 topics
  29. Self-Regulation20▲ 4.6×6 topics
  30. Impulsivity20▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Language Development20▲ 6.7×6 topics
  32. Cultural Competence18▲ 5.9×7 topics
  33. Social Cognition17▲ 4.2×7 topics
  34. Inverse Problems16▲ 6.3×4 topics
  35. Learning Analytics16▲ 5.2×2 topics
  36. Empathy15▲ 5.6×8 topics
  37. Neighborhood Effects14▲ 5.5×3 topics
  38. Functional Analysis14▲ 18×3 topics
  39. Educational Inequality14▲ 10.0×3 topics
  40. Academic Performance14▲ 6.8×4 topics

Which research topics does University of Memphis publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neural Networks and Applications, Image and Signal Denoising Methods, Fuzzy Logic and Control Systems and Model Reduction and Neural Networks.

Neural Networks and Appl…28Neural Networks and Applications: 28 fractional worksImage and Signal Denoising Methods: 11 fractional worksFuzzy Logic and Control Systems: 11 fractional worksModel Reduction and Neural Networks: 10 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 10 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 10 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…10Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 10 fractional worksGambling Behavior and Treatments: 10 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 10 fractional worksMathematical Inequalitie…10Mathematical Inequalities and Applications: 10 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Neural Networks and Applications Artificial Intelligence 28 works
  2. 2 Image and Signal Denoising Methods Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 11 works
  3. 3 Fuzzy Logic and Control Systems Artificial Intelligence 11 works
  4. 4 Model Reduction and Neural Networks Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 10 works
  5. 5 Higher Education Research Studies Education 10 works
  6. 6 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 10 works
  7. 7 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 10 works
  8. 8 Gambling Behavior and Treatments Clinical Psychology 10 works
  9. 9 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 10 works
  10. 10 Mathematical Inequalities and Applications Applied Mathematics 10 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 available22.8%not open77.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.6%domestic only89.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Memphis's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

Other research institutions in Memphis

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.