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Walden University

In research, Walden University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,138 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,677 of 5,988 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#1,868 of 2,581 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Clinical Psychology (Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management is 7.0× its share of world research).

waldenu.eduROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#6,528
of 22,385 · #12,762 all time
Rank in United States
#866
of 3,332
Research works
4.9k
▲ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
6.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.76×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
67%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Walden University

What is Walden University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #3,138 of 9,585 6.5%389 #5443
Social SciencesField #2,677 of 5,988 6.0%174 #5267
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,868 of 2,581 7.3%74 #3220
Health SciencesDomain #7,226 of 9,902 4.6%135 #14391
PsychologyField #1,579 of 2,121 5.5%73 #2059
MedicineField #6,836 of 8,541 5.0%84 #12982

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Walden 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#5,443 #3,138
  2. Social Sciences#5,267 #2,677
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#3,220 #1,868
  4. Health Sciences#14,391 #7,226
  5. Psychology#2,059 #1,579
  6. Medicine#12,982 #6,836
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Walden University work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Walden University is in Social Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Medicine (15%), Psychology (15%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 598 fractional works · 63.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 277 fractional works · 29.5% of its workEducation: 85 fractional works · 9.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 83 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 17 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 16 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 142 fractional works · 15.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 63 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 48 fractional works · 5.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 102 fractional works · 10.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 32 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 24 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAccounting: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 39 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 25 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFinance: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 19 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 18 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Sciences: 242 fractional works · 25.8% of its workMedicine: 145 fractional works · 15.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 24 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 17 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 79 fractional works · 8.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 55 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 18 fractional works · 1.9% of its workResearch and Theory: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 71 fractional works · 7.5% of its workComputer Science: 33 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 18 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 29 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWalden University940fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences64%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences27729.5%
    2. Psychology14215.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10210.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance394.2%
    5. Decision Sciences192.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities181.9%
    1. Medicine14515.4%
    2. Health Professions798.4%
    3. Nursing181.9%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Computer Science333.5%
    2. Engineering202.1%
    3. Environmental Science131.4%
    4. Energy30.3%
    5. Mathematics10.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    9. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences101.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology80.9%
    3. Neuroscience70.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Walden University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 31.5 works7.0×
  2. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 63.1 works6.4×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 33 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.18× its world share, 79 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.80× its world share, 145 worksMedicineNursing: 3.90× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.66× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.37× its world share, 102 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.14× its world share, 19 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.95× its world share, 39 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.95× its world share, 142 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.33× its world share, 277 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.95×142 works
  2. Nursing3.90×18 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting3.37×102 works
  4. Health Professions3.18×79 works
  5. Social Sciences2.33×277 works
  6. Decision Sciences2.14×19 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.95×39 works
  8. Medicine0.80×145 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.78×3 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.66×18 works
  11. Neuroscience0.46×7 works
  12. Computer Science0.45×33 works
  13. Energy0.31×3 works
  14. Environmental Science0.27×13 works
  15. Veterinary0.26×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×10 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×2 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×8 works
  19. Engineering0.14×20 works
  20. Mathematics0.11×1 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.10×0 works
  22. Dentistry0.10×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×1 works
  24. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Walden University?

Ranked on the quality score, Hadi A Danawi, Rebecca L. Jobe and Rocky J. Dwyer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Walden University.

  1. 1 Hadi A Danawi United States · #680,550 worldwide 16k citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Rebecca L. Jobe United States · #1,958,458 worldwide 1.3k citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Rocky J. Dwyer United States · #2,065,449 worldwide 847 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Srikanta K Banerjee United States · #2,098,387 worldwide 14k citations · 121 works
  5. 5 Eric W. Hickey United States · #2,164,362 worldwide 811 citations · 51 works
  6. 6 George L. Smeaton United States · #2,181,370 worldwide 1.1k citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Cheryl L. Burleigh United States · #2,185,346 worldwide 241 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Mohamad Saleh Hammoud United States · #2,187,832 worldwide 707 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Patricia I Fusch United States · #2,342,205 worldwide 5.3k citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Stuart L. Koman United States · #2,437,102 worldwide 347 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Walden University

What are the most cited papers from Walden University?

The most cited paper from Walden University is "Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015" (Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al., 2016), with 7,829 citations. Next come "Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (6,558) and "Are We There Yet? Data Saturation in Qualitative Research" (4,490).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al. · The Lancet Open access654 authors Oct 2016 7,829
2 Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Theo Vos et al. · The Lancet Open access679 authors 7 Jun 2015 6,558
3 Are We There Yet? Data Saturation in Qualitative Research Patricia I Fusch, Lawrence Ness · The Qualitative Report Open access 8 Sep 2015 4,490
4 Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition Christopher J L Murray et al. · The Lancet Open access610 authors 28 Aug 2015 2,031
5 Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Nicholas J Kassebaum et al. · The Lancet Open access349 authors 2 May 2014 1,682
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Walden University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Leadership, Depression, Job Satisfaction, Social Support, Social Justice, Higher Education and Qualitative Research.

▲ 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. Mental Health84▲ 6.3×34 topics
  2. Epidemiology51▲ 1.36×58 topics
  3. Depression40▲ 4.8×16 topics
  4. Globalization37▲ 2.0×49 topics
  5. Leadership34▲ 7.4×21 topics
  6. Job Satisfaction32▲ 7.7×12 topics
  7. Social Support30▲ 5.8×14 topics
  8. Qualitative Research29▲ 3.7×16 topics
  9. Quality of Life28▲ 2.0×30 topics
  10. Social Justice27▲ 4.9×19 topics
  11. Public Health27▲ 1.95×35 topics
  12. Higher Education25▲ 5.0×19 topics
  13. Healthcare25▲ 2.3×18 topics
  14. Resilience23▲ 4.9×12 topics
  15. Social Capital22▲ 4.6×13 topics
  16. Supply Chain Management22▲ 2.6×14 topics
  17. Anxiety21▲ 4.8×8 topics
  18. Well-being20▲ 5.5×9 topics
  19. Organizational Performance20▲ 8.1×9 topics
  20. Professional Identity19▲ 24×2 topics
  21. Racial Disparities19▲ 38×3 topics
  22. Corporate Governance19▲ 2.8×18 topics
  23. Psychological Distress18▲ 7.8×5 topics
  24. Risk Management17▲ 3.9×12 topics
  25. Cultural Competence17▲ 14×5 topics
  26. Student Engagement16▲ 4.4×10 topics
  27. Psychological Impact16▲ 5.5×8 topics
  28. Health Disparities16▲ 6.6×8 topics
  29. Clinical Practice16▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Neoliberalism16▲ 4.7×11 topics
  31. Career Development16▲ 14×6 topics
  32. Prevalence16▲ 4.1×7 topics
  33. Evidence-Based Practice16▲ 12×7 topics
  34. Employee Engagement14▲ 8.3×6 topics
  35. Diversity13▲ 7.9×5 topics
  36. Special Education13▲ 23×4 topics
  37. Developmental Trajectories13▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Reflective Practice13▲ 7.1×7 topics
  39. Psychological Adjustment12▲ 8.9×5 topics
  40. Stigma12▲ 9.1×4 topics

Which research topics does Walden University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nursing education and management, Counseling Practices and Supervision, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis and Online and Blended Learning.

Nursing education and ma…10Nursing education and management: 10 fractional worksCounseling Practices and…10Counseling Practices and Supervision: 10 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 8 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 8 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 8 fractional worksHigher Education Practises and Engagement: 8 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 7 fractional worksMental Health Treatment …7Mental Health Treatment and Access: 7 fractional worksEducation Discipline and Inequality: 7 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 7 fractional works
Research and TheorySocial PsychologySociology and Political ScienceEducation3 others

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

  1. 1 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 10 works
  2. 2 Counseling Practices and Supervision Social Psychology 10 works
  3. 3 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  4. 4 Online and Blended Learning Education 8 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 8 works
  6. 6 Higher Education Practises and Engagement Education 8 works
  7. 7 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 7 works
  8. 8 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 7 works
  9. 9 Education Discipline and Inequality Education 7 works
  10. 10 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 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 available66.9%not open33.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.5%domestic only94.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Walden University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Walden University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0024% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Walden University0.0027% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Walden 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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Walden University4.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.1% in 2024.

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