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University of Southern Mississippi

In research, University of Southern Mississippi stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,381 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,924 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,276 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography and Polymers and Plastics — Oceanography is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,273
of 28,054 · #2,109 all time
Rank in United States
#465
of 4,192
Research works
12k
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
251k
20.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is University of Southern Mississippi 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 #1,381 of 10,521 18.2%527 #905
Health SciencesDomain #2,924 of 11,982 15.9%186 #2387
Physical SciencesDomain #3,276 of 12,888 18.3%478 #1869
Social SciencesField #1,654 of 6,365 19.2%257 #736
EngineeringField #2,953 of 6,636 21.3%117 #3248
MedicineField #5,470 of 10,443 15.1%138 #5203
Computer ScienceField #2,515 of 4,667 21.3%96 #2174
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,493 of 2,578 21.0%82 #1024
EducationSubfield #1,115 of 1,892 27.1%61 #725
Life SciencesDomain #5,297 of 7,800 15.7%111 #3329

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Southern Mississippi 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#905 #1,381
  2. Health Sciences#2,387 #2,924
  3. Physical Sciences#1,869 #3,276
  4. Social Sciences#736 #1,654
  5. Engineering#3,248 #2,953
  6. Medicine#5,203 #5,470
  7. Computer Science#2,174 #2,515
  8. Sociology and Political Science#1,024 #1,493
  9. Education#725 #1,115
  10. Life Sciences#3,329 #5,297
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 Southern Mississippi specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 25.4 works7.0×
  2. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 27.6 works5.2×
← 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: 0.49× its world share, 30 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 40 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.45× its world share, 31 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.93× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.19× its world share, 24 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.95× its world share, 96 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.56× its world share, 52 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 117 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.41× its world share, 91 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.39× its world share, 63 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.80× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 43 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 138 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.44× its world share, 54 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.31× its world share, 55 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.30× its world share, 131 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 257 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at University of Southern Mississippi?

Ranked on the composite score, Charles E. Hoyle, Andrew B. Lowe and Hani Morgan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Southern Mississippi.

  1. 1 Charles E. Hoyle United States · #15,542 worldwide 986 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Andrew B. Lowe United States · #38,737 worldwide 824 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Hani Morgan United States · #86,159 worldwide 216 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 John A. Pojman United States · #119,115 worldwide 255 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Chris Goertzen United States · #132,347 worldwide 53 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Charles L. McCormick United States · #153,499 worldwide 542 citations · 83 works
  7. 7 Christopher T. Barry United States · #163,436 worldwide 307 citations · 63 works
  8. 8 Nancy J. Brown‐Peterson United States · #205,037 worldwide 197 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Carol Connell United States · #236,462 worldwide 79 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Steven E. Lohrenz United States · #239,144 worldwide 185 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at University of Southern Mississippi

Which keywords describe research at University of Southern Mississippi?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Climate Change, Student Engagement, Emotion Regulation, Epidemiology, Social Support, Diversity and Nanocomposites.

▲ 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 Health60▲ 3.2×36 topics
  2. Climate Change58▲ 1.65×55 topics
  3. Epidemiology55◆ 1.06×66 topics
  4. Machine Learning46◆ 1.07×55 topics
  5. Deep Learning38▼ 0.86×55 topics
  6. Public Health34▲ 1.82×35 topics
  7. Globalization31▲ 1.20×50 topics
  8. Social Media28▲ 1.51×22 topics
  9. Nanocomposites28▲ 2.6×16 topics
  10. Student Engagement27▲ 5.2×13 topics
  11. Depression27▲ 2.3×15 topics
  12. Social Support25▲ 3.4×14 topics
  13. Emotion Regulation22▲ 5.5×8 topics
  14. Adolescents21▲ 4.3×7 topics
  15. Identity20▲ 2.1×28 topics
  16. Nationalism17▲ 2.9×11 topics
  17. Well-being17▲ 3.4×12 topics
  18. Diversity17▲ 7.4×8 topics
  19. Feminism16▲ 4.4×13 topics
  20. Fisheries Sustainability16▲ 14×2 topics
  21. Invasive Species16▲ 2.8×12 topics
  22. Conducting Polymers16▲ 8.5×2 topics
  23. Ecosystem Services15▲ 3.0×7 topics
  24. Nanofibers14▲ 4.8×3 topics
  25. Developmental Trajectories14▲ 8.5×3 topics
  26. Psychopathology13▲ 5.6×3 topics
  27. Injury Prevention13▲ 8.1×5 topics
  28. Intersectionality13▲ 5.4×9 topics
  29. Organic Electronics12▲ 6.4×2 topics
  30. Anxiety Disorders12▲ 8.2×2 topics
  31. Polymer Blends12▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Political Philosophy12▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Public Opinion12▲ 7.1×4 topics
  34. PEDOT:PSS11▲ 7.2×1 topic
  35. Polyaniline11▲ 7.2×1 topic
  36. Academic Performance11▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Special Education10▲ 14×3 topics
  38. American founding10▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Constitutional government10▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Educational Inequality10▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does University of Southern Mississippi publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Conducting polymers and applications, American Constitutional Law and Politics, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Marine and fisheries research.

Conducting polymers and …11Conducting polymers and applications: 11 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …10American Constitutional Law and Politics: 10 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 9 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 9 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 9 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 9 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Ener…8Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 8 fractional worksOrganic Electronics and Photovoltaics: 8 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 7 fractional works
Polymers and PlasticsPolitical Science and International RelationsClinical PsychologyGlobal and Planetary Change6 others

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

  1. 1 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 11 works
  2. 2 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 10 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 9 works
  4. 4 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 9 works
  5. 5 Higher Education Research Studies Education 9 works
  6. 6 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 9 works
  7. 7 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 8 works
  8. 8 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  10. 10 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 7 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 available27.7%not open72.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Southern Mississippi's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% lower 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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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.