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University of San Francisco

In research, University of San Francisco stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,525 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,365 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,132 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Gender Studies — Gender Studies is 4.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,325
of 28,054 · #1,169 all time
Rank in United States
#353
of 4,192
Research works
11k
▼ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
281k
25.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is University of San Francisco 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,525 of 11,982 20.0%509 #423
MedicineField #1,365 of 10,443 19.8%421 #735
Life SciencesDomain #1,132 of 7,800 27.4%170 #702
Social SciencesDomain #1,967 of 10,521 19.9%621 #676
Social SciencesField #1,719 of 6,365 20.4%313 #610
Physical SciencesDomain #4,928 of 12,888 11.7%195 #2112
Computer ScienceField #2,121 of 4,667 11.9%68 #2177
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,857 of 3,579 25.4%87 #951
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,346 of 2,578 18.1%125 #576
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,425 of 2,578 18.9%98 #965

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of San Francisco 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. Health Sciences#423 #1,525
  2. Medicine#735 #1,365
  3. Life Sciences#702 #1,132
  4. Social Sciences#676 #1,967
  5. Social Sciences#610 #1,719
  6. Physical Sciences#2,112 #4,928
  7. Computer Science#2,177 #2,121
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#951 #1,857
  9. Sociology and Political Science#576 #1,346
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#965 #1,425
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 San Francisco specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Gender Studies takes 4.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Gender StudiesSubfield · 22.5 works4.2×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 87 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.63× its world share, 25 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.40× its world share, 34 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 68 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 39 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 38 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.00× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.88× its world share, 74 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.46× its world share, 421 worksMedicineNursing: 1.18× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.22× its world share, 53 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.03× its world share, 98 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.28× its world share, 41 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.21× its world share, 100 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 313 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of San Francisco?

Ranked on the composite score, Howard S. Becker, Richard D. Waters and Richard A. Leo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of San Francisco.

  1. 1 Howard S. Becker United States · #2,778 worldwide 915 citations · 171 works
  2. 2 Richard D. Waters United States · #17,256 worldwide 412 citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Richard A. Leo United States · #76,752 worldwide 178 citations · 49 works
  4. 4 John H. Elliott United States · #78,743 worldwide 118 citations · 75 works
  5. 5 Steven Alter United States · #82,938 worldwide 233 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Austin Henderson United States · #86,790 worldwide 241 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Christine J. Yeh United States · #108,803 worldwide 285 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Connie de la Vega United States · #128,136 worldwide 74 citations · 51 works
  9. 9 Bruce Wydick United States · #139,774 worldwide 249 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Irving Malin United States · #140,221 worldwide 70 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at University of San Francisco

Which keywords describe research at University of San Francisco?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Epidemiology, Nationalism, Health Disparities, Gender, Globalization, Public Health and Religion.

▲ 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. Epidemiology82▲ 1.39×111 topics
  2. Mental Health57▲ 2.6×32 topics
  3. Globalization42▲ 1.41×59 topics
  4. Inflammation40▲ 1.30×72 topics
  5. Sustainability38◆ 1.03×53 topics
  6. Public Health36▲ 1.66×38 topics
  7. Climate Change36◆ 0.89×66 topics
  8. Quality of Life31▲ 1.43×49 topics
  9. Education30▲ 1.18×43 topics
  10. Risk Factors27▲ 1.66×35 topics
  11. Nationalism27▲ 3.9×20 topics
  12. Identity27▲ 2.5×32 topics
  13. Gender26▲ 3.3×29 topics
  14. History25▲ 2.4×24 topics
  15. Human Rights25▲ 1.61×32 topics
  16. Depression24▲ 1.79×22 topics
  17. Corporate Governance23▲ 2.1×14 topics
  18. Religion23▲ 3.3×24 topics
  19. Social Support23▲ 2.8×16 topics
  20. Social Justice23▲ 2.6×23 topics
  21. Health Disparities21▲ 5.4×8 topics
  22. Immunotherapy20▲ 1.91×18 topics
  23. Colonialism20▲ 2.8×23 topics
  24. Entrepreneurship20▲ 3.4×10 topics
  25. Neoliberalism19▲ 3.6×17 topics
  26. Environmental Management19▲ 3.2×5 topics
  27. Social Capital19▲ 2.4×14 topics
  28. Aging18▲ 2.3×16 topics
  29. Feminism17▲ 4.1×15 topics
  30. Intersectionality16▲ 6.1×8 topics
  31. Adolescents15▲ 2.7×8 topics
  32. Neuroscience15▲ 3.4×14 topics
  33. Politics15▲ 3.7×13 topics
  34. Discrimination14▲ 4.8×7 topics
  35. Maternal Mortality13▲ 3.9×5 topics
  36. Psychiatric Disorders12▲ 6.3×4 topics
  37. Acculturation12▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Teacher Education11▲ 5.8×3 topics
  39. Ethnic Identity10▲ 6.0×3 topics
  40. Investment10▲ 7.0×4 topics

Which research topics does University of San Francisco publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Environmental Sustainability in Business, Critical Race Theory in Education and Private Equity and Venture Capital.

Sustainable Supply Chain…9Sustainable Supply Chain Management: 9 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…8Environmental Sustainability in Business: 8 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in Education: 8 fractional worksPrivate Equity and Venture Capital: 7 fractional worksRacial and Ethnic Identity Research: 6 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 6 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …6American Constitutional Law and Politics: 6 fractional worksEducator Training and Historical Pedagogy: 6 fractional worksHistory and Theory of Mathematics: 6 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementMarketingSociology and Political ScienceAccounting4 others

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

  1. 1 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 9 works
  2. 2 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 8 works
  3. 3 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  4. 4 Private Equity and Venture Capital Accounting 7 works
  5. 5 Racial and Ethnic Identity Research Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  6. 6 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 6 works
  7. 7 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 6 works
  8. 8 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  9. 9 Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  10. 10 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 6 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 available36.5%not open63.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of San Francisco's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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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.