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Virginia Wesleyan University

In research, Virginia Wesleyan University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,938 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,157 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,958
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,137
of 7,310
Research works
428
▲ 57% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.7k
6.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Virginia Wesleyan University

What is Virginia Wesleyan University 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 #8,938 of 14,833 7.1%299
Social SciencesField #7,157 of 9,330 6.6%159

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Virginia Wesleyan University 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Virginia Wesleyan University work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Virginia Wesleyan University is in Social Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Computer Science (13%), Arts and Humanities (11%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 31 fractional works · 51.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 26.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 11.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 31.0% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 13.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 6.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVirginia WesleyanUniversity60fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences51%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1626.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities711.3%
    3. Psychology47.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance34.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.9%
    6. Decision Sciences00.6%
    1. Computer Science813.3%
    2. Environmental Science47.5%
    3. Engineering46.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.9%
    5. Chemistry10.9%
    6. Materials Science00.6%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine46.4%
    2. Health Professions12.5%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences35.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.1%
    4. Neuroscience11.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.10× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.71× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.51× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.91× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.28× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.45× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.07× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.91×7 works
  2. Psychology2.45×4 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.28×3 works
  4. Social Sciences2.07×16 works
  5. Computer Science1.71×8 works
  6. Environmental Science1.51×4 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.38×1 works
  8. Veterinary1.37×0 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.18×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.10×3 works
  11. Health Professions0.93×2 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.80×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.59×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.59×1 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.58×0 works
  16. Engineering0.40×4 works
  17. Medicine0.33×4 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.28×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.21×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.16×0 works
  22. Energy0.08×0 works
  23. Nursing0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Virginia Wesleyan University?

Ranked on the quality score, Taryn A. Myers, Michaela Clayton and Michael K. Moore lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Virginia Wesleyan University.

  1. 1 Taryn A. Myers United States · #351,366 worldwide 1.6k citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Michaela Clayton United States · #1,942,961 worldwide 333 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Michael K. Moore United States · #1,967,003 worldwide 1.2k citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Garrett Wood United States · #2,364,295 worldwide 94 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Sara Ann Sewell United States · #2,380,722 worldwide 26 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Susannah Walker United States · #2,862,770 worldwide 190 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Kathy Shepherd Stolley United States · #2,877,344 worldwide 337 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Maynard H. Schaus United States · #3,044,280 worldwide 936 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Abdullah Al-Alaj United States · #3,416,384 worldwide 223 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Steven M. Emmanuel United States · #3,451,373 worldwide 74 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at Virginia Wesleyan University

What are the most cited papers from Virginia Wesleyan University?

The most cited paper from Virginia Wesleyan University is "Intimate Partner Violence Victimization in the Cyber and Real World: Examining the Extent of Cyber Aggression Experiences and Its Association With In-Person Dating Violence" (Alison Marganski, Lisa A. Melander, 2015), with 269 citations. Next come "Self-subjugation among women: Exposure to sexist ideology, self-objectification, and the protective function of the need to avoid closure." (229) and "Body Size Stereotyping and Internalization of the Thin Ideal in Preschool Girls" (146).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Intimate Partner Violence Victimization in the Cyber and Real World: Examining the Extent of Cyber Aggression Experiences and Its Association With In-Person Dating Violence Alison Marganski, Lisa A. Melander · Journal of Interpersonal Violence 25 Nov 2015 269
2 Self-subjugation among women: Exposure to sexist ideology, self-objectification, and the protective function of the need to avoid closure. Rachel M. Calogero, John T. Jost · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 27 Dec 2010 229
3 Body Size Stereotyping and Internalization of the Thin Ideal in Preschool Girls Jennifer Ann Harriger, Rachel M. Calogero, David C. Witherington et al. · Sex Roles 14 Oct 2010 146
4 Mi2β-mediated silencing of the fetal γ-globin gene in adult erythroid cells Maria L. Amaya, Megha Desai, Merlin Nithya Gnanapragasam et al. · Blood Open access 27 Feb 2013 113
5 Body Guilt Rachel M. Calogero, Afroditi Pina · Psychology of Women Quarterly Open access 31 Aug 2011 111
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Virginia Wesleyan University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Democracy, Identity, Feminism, Education, Globalization, Stereotypes and Literature.

▲ 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-now 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. Globalization3▲ 2.9×18 topics
  2. Education3▲ 3.2×9 topics
  3. Gender3▲ 8.6×11 topics
  4. Machine Learning3▲ 1.35×11 topics
  5. Identity2▲ 5.8×10 topics
  6. Democracy2▲ 12×4 topics
  7. Climate Change2▲ 1.38×11 topics
  8. Feminism2▲ 12×6 topics
  9. Literature2▲ 6.1×7 topics
  10. Stereotypes2▲ 36×3 topics
  11. Educational Technology2▲ 2.7×8 topics
  12. Gender Roles2▲ 25×2 topics
  13. Box Office2▲ 111×1 topic
  14. Film Industry2▲ 111×1 topic
  15. Advertising2▲ 67×2 topics
  16. Social Identity2▲ 29×2 topics
  17. Nationalism2▲ 5.6×5 topics
  18. Society2▲ 13×2 topics
  19. Depression1▲ 2.7×6 topics
  20. Femvertising1▲ 108×1 topic
  21. History1▲ 3.4×4 topics
  22. Media Representation1▲ 65×1 topic
  23. Student Engagement1▲ 5.7×7 topics
  24. Culture1▲ 4.3×4 topics
  25. Digital Natives1▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Ethics1▲ 4.2×5 topics
  27. Nursing1▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Philosophy1▲ 5.0×2 topics
  29. Digital Divide1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  30. Politics1▲ 7.4×3 topics
  31. Diversity1▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Library Services1▲ 169×1 topic
  33. Social Inclusion1▲ 57×1 topic
  34. Adaptation1▲ 5.8×3 topics
  35. Dewey1▲ 385×1 topic
  36. Generation Z1▲ 91×1 topic
  37. Narrative1▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Pragmatism1▲ 68×1 topic
  39. Violence1▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Workplace1▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Virginia Wesleyan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cinema and Media Studies, Media, Gender, and Advertising, Library Science and Administration and Generational Differences and Trends.

Cinema and Media Studies: 2 fractional worksMedia, Gender, and Advertising: 1 fractional worksLibrary Science and Admi…1Library Science and Administration: 1 fractional worksGenerational Differences…1Generational Differences and Trends: 1 fractional worksPragmatism in Philosophy and Education: 1 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 1 fractional worksMobile and Web Applicati…1Mobile and Web Applications: 1 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecology: 1 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 1 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsGender StudiesLibrary and Information SciencesLife-span and Life-course Studies6 others

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

  1. 1 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  2. 2 Media, Gender, and Advertising Gender Studies 1 works
  3. 3 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 1 works
  4. 4 Generational Differences and Trends Life-span and Life-course Studies 1 works
  5. 5 Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education Philosophy 1 works
  6. 6 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  7. 7 Mobile and Web Applications Information Systems 1 works
  8. 8 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  10. 10 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 0 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 available19.9%not open80.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.6%domestic only94.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Virginia Wesleyan University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 57% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Virginia Wesleyan University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00023% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Virginia Wesleyan University0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Virginia Wesleyan University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2016Virginia Wesleyan University1.4% in 20162010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.6% in 2013.

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