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University of North Carolina at Greensboro

In research, University of North Carolina at Greensboro stands highest in Social Sciences (#558 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#363 of 6,365 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#470 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Marketing and Gender Studies — Marketing is 5.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,364
of 28,054 · #1,669 all time
Rank in United States
#361
of 4,192
Research works
15k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
391k
26.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is University of North Carolina at Greensboro 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 #558 of 10,521 25.6%1,155 #277
Social SciencesField #363 of 6,365 30.4%505 #218
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #470 of 2,578 28.4%178 #375
Health SciencesDomain #2,912 of 11,982 14.4%368 #1750
Physical SciencesDomain #3,415 of 12,888 17.2%413 #3727
EducationSubfield #523 of 1,892 39.4%121 #171
PsychologyField #623 of 2,181 23.7%259 #188
Business, Management and AccountingField #904 of 2,578 21.0%169 #432
MedicineField #3,753 of 10,443 13.1%244 #3274
Life SciencesDomain #3,367 of 7,800 19.2%203 #2093

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of North Carolina at Greensboro 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#277 #558
  2. Social Sciences#218 #363
  3. Sociology and Political Science#375 #470
  4. Health Sciences#1,750 #2,912
  5. Physical Sciences#3,727 #3,415
  6. Education#171 #523
  7. Psychology#188 #623
  8. Business, Management and Accounting#432 #904
  9. Medicine#3,274 #3,753
  10. Life Sciences#2,093 #3,367
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 North Carolina at Greensboro specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Marketing takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MarketingSubfield · 49.3 works5.5×
  2. Gender StudiesSubfield · 34.8 works4.5×
← 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: 0.46× its world share, 47 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 88 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.62× its world share, 56 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.85× its world share, 29 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.83× its world share, 138 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 18 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 51 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 79 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 30 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.39× its world share, 35 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 27 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.80× its world share, 102 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.59× its world share, 244 worksMedicineNursing: 2.05× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.88× its world share, 116 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.46× its world share, 169 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.87× its world share, 39 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.47× its world share, 67 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.98× its world share, 259 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.87× its world share, 505 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of North Carolina at Greensboro?

Ranked on the composite score, Dale H. Schunk, Paul J. Silvia and Jing Deng lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

  1. 1 Dale H. Schunk United States · #7,263 worldwide 1.5k citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Paul J. Silvia United States · #21,487 worldwide 873 citations · 85 works
  3. 3 Jing Deng United States · #40,140 worldwide 568 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Shan Suthaharan United States · #47,054 worldwide 414 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Michael J. Kane United States · #49,787 worldwide 491 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Kevin B. Lowe United States · #58,196 worldwide 629 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Nir Kshetri United States · #68,191 worldwide 657 citations · 135 works
  8. 8 Gilbert Gottlieb United States · #74,301 worldwide 404 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Fabrice Lehoucq United States · #81,778 worldwide 118 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Jonathan Tudge United States · #88,961 worldwide 226 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Which keywords describe research at University of North Carolina at Greensboro?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Globalization, Adolescents, Emotion Regulation, Consumer Behavior, Child Development, Social Justice and Diversity.

▲ 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. Mental Health126▲ 4.0×35 topics
  2. Globalization86▲ 2.1×73 topics
  3. Epidemiology72▼ 0.85×77 topics
  4. Sustainability59◆ 1.13×51 topics
  5. Public Health55▲ 1.77×39 topics
  6. Social Media54▲ 1.76×26 topics
  7. Consumer Behavior49▲ 3.6×15 topics
  8. Depression48▲ 2.5×19 topics
  9. Education47▲ 1.29×48 topics
  10. Social Justice45▲ 3.6×25 topics
  11. Adolescents45▲ 5.6×8 topics
  12. Identity43▲ 2.8×39 topics
  13. Social Capital41▲ 3.6×13 topics
  14. Child Development40▲ 4.5×8 topics
  15. Emotion Regulation39▲ 5.9×9 topics
  16. Gender37▲ 3.2×35 topics
  17. Well-being36▲ 4.3×14 topics
  18. Social Support35▲ 3.0×14 topics
  19. Physical Activity35▲ 3.4×11 topics
  20. Meta-Analysis33▲ 2.6×16 topics
  21. Diversity31▲ 8.3×10 topics
  22. Student Engagement29▲ 3.4×12 topics
  23. Resilience29▲ 2.8×12 topics
  24. Health Promotion29▲ 4.2×12 topics
  25. Self-Regulation28▲ 7.4×5 topics
  26. Prevalence28▲ 3.2×10 topics
  27. Academic Achievement28▲ 7.6×10 topics
  28. Psychopathology26▲ 6.7×3 topics
  29. Developmental Trajectories25▲ 9.4×3 topics
  30. Emotion24▲ 5.5×12 topics
  31. Cultural Competence24▲ 8.8×6 topics
  32. Anxiety Disorders23▲ 9.7×2 topics
  33. Intersectionality22▲ 5.8×11 topics
  34. Physical Education22▲ 8.3×4 topics
  35. Embodiment21▲ 5.3×5 topics
  36. Parenting21▲ 7.6×2 topics
  37. Academic Performance20▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Gender Dynamics20▲ 8.7×4 topics
  39. Behavioral Problems19▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Educational Inequality18▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does University of North Carolina at Greensboro publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security, Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification and Physical Education and Pedagogy.

Child and Adolescent Psy…19Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 19 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…16Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 16 fractional worksConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification: 15 fractional worksPhysical Education and Pedagogy: 15 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 13 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 12 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 12 fractional worksEarly Childhood Educatio…12Early Childhood Education and Development: 12 fractional worksFashion and Cultural Textiles: 12 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 12 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyInformation SystemsMarketingPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation4 others

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

  1. 1 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 19 works
  2. 2 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 16 works
  3. 3 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Marketing 15 works
  4. 4 Physical Education and Pedagogy Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 15 works
  5. 5 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 13 works
  6. 6 Higher Education Research Studies Education 12 works
  7. 7 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 12 works
  8. 8 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 12 works
  9. 9 Fashion and Cultural Textiles Museology 12 works
  10. 10 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 12 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 available36.2%not open63.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.4%domestic only90.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of North Carolina at Greensboro's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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.

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