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University of South Carolina Union

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World rank, all time
#25,125
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,376
of 8,685
Research works
141
▲ 95% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.9k
20.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

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: 1.49× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 3.30× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.33× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.67× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.13× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.46× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.98× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at University of South Carolina Union?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Sustainability, Identity, Indigenous Knowledge, Social Justice, Ecomusicology, Ethnomusicology and Quality Assurance.

▲ 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 31 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability3▲ 3.6×5 topics
  2. Mental Health3▲ 5.7×9 topics
  3. Identity2▲ 7.6×3 topics
  4. Indigenous Knowledge2▲ 52×2 topics
  5. Social Justice2▲ 7.8×2 topics
  6. Epidemiology1◆ 1.07×7 topics
  7. Human Rights1▲ 4.1×4 topics
  8. Ecomusicology1▲ 173×1 topic
  9. Ethnomusicology1▲ 102×1 topic
  10. Quality Assurance1▲ 24×2 topics
  11. Regulatory Agencies1▲ 183×2 topics
  12. COVID-191▲ 2.7×5 topics
  13. Nationalism1▲ 8.2×2 topics
  14. Transition1▲ 38×2 topics
  15. Climate Change1▲ 1.23×2 topics
  16. Educational Inequality1▲ 57×3 topics
  17. RFID Technology1▲ 19×2 topics
  18. Competitive Balance1▲ 123×1 topic
  19. Depression1▲ 3.5×3 topics
  20. EROI1▲ 89×1 topic
  21. Food Supply Chain1▲ 25×1 topic
  22. Food Tourism1▲ 92×1 topic
  23. Fossil Fuels1▲ 65×1 topic
  24. Gastronomy1▲ 92×1 topic
  25. Globalization1▲ 1.59×5 topics
  26. Higher Education1▲ 5.6×2 topics
  27. Integration1▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Legal Methodology1▲ 164×1 topic
  29. Party Competition1▲ 257×1 topic
  30. Prediction Markets1▲ 123×1 topic
  31. Traceability1▲ 48×1 topic

Which research topics does University of South Carolina Union publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Diverse Musicological Studies, Sports Analytics and Performance, Global Energy and Sustainability Research and Culinary Culture and Tourism.

Diverse Musicological St…1Diverse Musicological Studies: 1 fractional worksSports Analytics and Per…1Sports Analytics and Performance: 1 fractional worksGlobal Energy and Sustainability Research: 1 fractional worksCulinary Culture and Tou…1Culinary Culture and Tourism: 1 fractional worksFood Supply Chain Tracea…1Food Supply Chain Traceability: 1 fractional worksLaw and Political Science: 1 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 1 fractional worksQuality and Management S…1Quality and Management Systems: 1 fractional worksLife Cycle Costing Analysis: 1 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 1 fractional works
MusicEconomics and EconometricsRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentFood Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 1 works
  2. 2 Sports Analytics and Performance Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  3. 3 Global Energy and Sustainability Research Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  4. 4 Culinary Culture and Tourism Food Science 1 works
  5. 5 Food Supply Chain Traceability Food Science 1 works
  6. 6 Law and Political Science Law 1 works
  7. 7 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 Quality and Management Systems Strategy and Management 1 works
  9. 9 Life Cycle Costing Analysis Accounting 1 works
  10. 10 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 1 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 available33.0%not open67.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of South Carolina Union's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 95% 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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