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University of St. Francis

In research, University of St. Francis stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,655 of 16,945 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#12,056 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,102
of 28,054 · #19,331 all time
Rank in United States
#3,451
of 4,192
Research works
453
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
7k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is University of St. Francis known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #5,655 of 16,945 17.0%217
Health SciencesDomain #12,056 of 20,462 14.8%138

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of St. Francis 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).

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: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.52× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.22× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.98× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.97× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.02× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at University of St. Francis?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Identity, Mental Health, Feminism, Deep Learning, Religion, Distributed Systems and History.

▲ 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 Learning5▲ 1.93×18 topics
  2. Mental Health4▲ 4.0×11 topics
  3. Identity4▲ 6.7×9 topics
  4. Gender3▲ 8.6×12 topics
  5. History2▲ 4.8×7 topics
  6. Pandemic2▲ 3.1×5 topics
  7. Feminism2▲ 11×6 topics
  8. Religion2▲ 6.6×7 topics
  9. Big Data2▲ 3.4×5 topics
  10. Depression2▲ 3.2×5 topics
  11. Distributed Systems2▲ 17×2 topics
  12. Literature2▲ 5.0×7 topics
  13. Online Learning2▲ 3.2×5 topics
  14. Meta-Analysis2▲ 4.0×4 topics
  15. Anxiety2▲ 4.8×4 topics
  16. Culture2▲ 4.2×5 topics
  17. Anomaly Detection2▲ 7.1×3 topics
  18. Social Isolation2▲ 9.8×2 topics
  19. Healthcare Workers1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  20. Psychological Impact1▲ 5.9×1 topic
  21. Quarantine1▲ 12×1 topic
  22. Race1▲ 18×5 topics
  23. Resilience1▲ 4.0×5 topics
  24. Psychological Adjustment1▲ 12×4 topics
  25. Community Development1▲ 9.3×2 topics
  26. IoT Security1▲ 5.4×2 topics
  27. Neurobiology1▲ 6.3×2 topics
  28. Student Satisfaction1▲ 8.5×2 topics
  29. Blended Learning1▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Generative Adversarial Networks1▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Habitat Fragmentation1▲ 6.9×3 topics
  32. Humanitarianism1▲ 24×2 topics
  33. International Aid1▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Organizational Performance1▲ 6.2×2 topics
  35. Sociology1▲ 11×2 topics
  36. ADHD1▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder1▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Conservation Challenges1▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Data Cleaning1▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Edge Computing1▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does University of St. Francis publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 and Mental Health, IoT and Edge/Fog Computing, Human Resource and Talent Management and Religion, Society, and Development.

COVID-19 and Mental Health1COVID-19 and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing1IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 1 fractional worksHuman Resource and Talent Management: 1 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 1 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 1 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 1 fractional worksSoftware System Performance and Reliability: 1 fractional worksData Quality and Managem…1Data Quality and Management: 1 fractional worksAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: 1 fractional worksGenerative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis: 1 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyComputer Networks and CommunicationsOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  2. 2 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  3. 3 Human Resource and Talent Management Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  4. 4 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 1 works
  6. 6 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  7. 7 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  8. 8 Data Quality and Management Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  9. 9 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  10. 10 Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 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 available30.8%not open69.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.8%domestic only87.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of St. Francis's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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