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William Paterson University

In research, William Paterson University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,574 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,089 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,973 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,784
of 22,385 · #4,527 all time
Rank in United States
#1,049
of 3,332
Research works
2.8k
▼ 40% vs 2018-21
Citations
38k
13.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
William Paterson University

What is William Paterson 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 #3,574 of 9,585 8.4%224 #1834
Social SciencesField #3,089 of 5,988 8.7%124 #1446
Physical SciencesDomain #9,973 of 10,670 8.1%66 #6132

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where William Paterson 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#1,834 #3,574
  2. Social Sciences#1,446 #3,089
  3. Physical Sciences#6,132 #9,973
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 William Paterson University work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at William Paterson University is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (37%), Psychology (9%), Arts and Humanities (9%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 241 fractional works · 66.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 136 fractional works · 37.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 53 fractional works · 14.5% of its workEducation: 27 fractional works · 7.5% of its workHealth: 14 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 34 fractional works · 9.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 15 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 33 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 19 fractional works · 5.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 72 fractional works · 19.7% of its workComputer Science: 27 fractional works · 7.3% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 38 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMedicine: 25 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 3.8% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWilliam PatersonUniversity365fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences66%

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 Sciences13637.4%
    2. Psychology349.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities339.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting195.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance164.4%
    6. Decision Sciences41.0%
    1. Computer Science277.3%
    2. Engineering102.8%
    3. Environmental Science92.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy61.7%
    5. Chemistry61.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences61.5%
    7. Mathematics51.5%
    8. Materials Science20.6%
    1. Medicine256.7%
    2. Health Professions123.2%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Neuroscience72.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.06× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.27× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.76× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.10× its world share, 33 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.64× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.04× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.01× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.96× its world share, 136 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.10×33 works
  2. Psychology3.01×34 works
  3. Social Sciences2.96×136 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.04×16 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.64×19 works
  6. Mathematics1.27×6 works
  7. Neuroscience1.26×8 works
  8. Health Professions1.20×12 works
  9. Chemistry1.06×6 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.04×4 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.99×6 works
  12. Computer Science0.94×27 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.76×6 works
  14. Nursing0.72×1 works
  15. Environmental Science0.51×9 works
  16. Medicine0.35×25 works
  17. Dentistry0.25×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.19×2 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×4 works
  20. Engineering0.18×10 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×2 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at William Paterson University?

Ranked on the quality score, Jinn‐Tsair Teng, Michael L. Griffiths and Rahi Abouk lead among researchers whose main affiliation is William Paterson University.

  1. 1 Jinn‐Tsair Teng United States · #32,671 worldwide 6.8k citations · 98 works
  2. 2 Michael L. Griffiths United States · #209,390 worldwide 3.6k citations · 135 works
  3. 3 Rahi Abouk United States · #438,665 worldwide 1.7k citations · 61 works
  4. 4 Elizabeth L. Haines United States · #603,520 worldwide 2.6k citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Deniz Yücel United States · #622,687 worldwide 1.4k citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Michele A. Cascardi United States · #688,016 worldwide 4.5k citations · 84 works
  7. 7 Rajiv K. Kashyap United States · #833,227 worldwide 3.2k citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Judy B. Bernstein United States · #846,312 worldwide 1.4k citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Jonathan Joseph Foley United States · #897,005 worldwide 1.7k citations · 92 works
  10. 10 Rachel Reeves United States · #927,592 worldwide 1.2k citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at William Paterson University

What are the most cited papers from William Paterson University?

The most cited paper from William Paterson University is "Mindfulness meditation improves cognition: Evidence of brief mental training" (Fadel Zeidan, Susan K. Johnson, Bruce J. Diamond et al., 2010), with 1,384 citations. Next come "Finding a "Kneedle" in a Haystack: Detecting Knee Points in System Behavior" (1,335) and "Corporate Environmentalism: Antecedents and Influence of Industry Type" (1,119).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mindfulness meditation improves cognition: Evidence of brief mental training Fadel Zeidan, Susan K. Johnson, Bruce J. Diamond et al. · Consciousness and Cognition 5 Apr 2010 1,384
2 Finding a "Kneedle" in a Haystack: Detecting Knee Points in System Behavior Ville Satopää, Jeannie R. Albrecht, David Irwin et al. Conference paper Jun 2011 1,335
3 Corporate Environmentalism: Antecedents and Influence of Industry Type Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee, Easwar S. Iyer, Rajiv K. Kashyap · Journal of Marketing Apr 2003 1,119
4 Many Labs 2: Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Samples and Settings Richard Anthony Klein et al. · Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science Open access190 authors Dec 2018 1,045
5 Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene cluster Marnix H. Medema et al. · Nature Chemical Biology Open access154 authors 18 Aug 2015 927
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at William Paterson University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Mental Health, Globalization, Identity, Nationalism, Social Support, Social Media and Gender.

▲ 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. Globalization22▲ 3.0×27 topics
  2. Mental Health22▲ 4.2×24 topics
  3. Religion21▲ 12×17 topics
  4. Social Media16▲ 3.1×17 topics
  5. Identity14▲ 5.3×15 topics
  6. Nationalism12▲ 7.4×10 topics
  7. Social Support12▲ 6.1×10 topics
  8. Education12▲ 1.88×29 topics
  9. Gender11▲ 5.4×20 topics
  10. Public Health10▲ 1.84×19 topics
  11. Democracy9▲ 7.2×12 topics
  12. Neoliberalism9▲ 6.6×8 topics
  13. Youth Violence9▲ 52×3 topics
  14. Feminism8▲ 7.8×11 topics
  15. Well-being8▲ 5.7×8 topics
  16. Spirituality8▲ 21×3 topics
  17. Student Engagement7▲ 5.1×8 topics
  18. History7▲ 2.9×16 topics
  19. Psychological Adjustment7▲ 14×4 topics
  20. Politics7▲ 7.4×8 topics
  21. Health7▲ 4.6×5 topics
  22. Memory7▲ 7.4×6 topics
  23. Technology Integration7▲ 5.7×8 topics
  24. Adolescents6▲ 4.9×6 topics
  25. Capitalism6▲ 27×4 topics
  26. Diversity6▲ 8.9×6 topics
  27. Coping6▲ 31×2 topics
  28. Injury Prevention6▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Academic Libraries5▲ 67×3 topics
  30. Conflict5▲ 9.0×4 topics
  31. End-of-Life Care5▲ 12×1 topic
  32. Developmental Trajectories5▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Prevention Strategies5▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Employment Patterns5▲ 29×2 topics
  35. Firearm Violence5▲ 115×1 topic
  36. Gun Ownership5▲ 115×1 topic
  37. Suicide5▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Training Pathways5▲ 51×1 topic
  39. Vocational Education5▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Psychological Autopsy4▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does William Paterson University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology, Gun Ownership and Violence Research, Education Systems and Policy and Suicide and Self-Harm Studies.

Religion, Spirituality, …5Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 5 fractional worksGun Ownership and Violen…5Gun Ownership and Violence Research: 5 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 5 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm St…4Suicide and Self-Harm Studies: 4 fractional worksBalkans: History, Politi…4Balkans: History, Politics, Society: 4 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 4 fractional worksCritical Theory and Philosophy: 4 fractional worksReligion and Society Int…3Religion and Society Interactions: 3 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 3 fractional worksWeb and Library Services: 3 fractional works
HealthEducationClinical PsychologyCultural Studies2 others

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

  1. 1 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 5 works
  2. 2 Gun Ownership and Violence Research Health 5 works
  3. 3 Education Systems and Policy Education 5 works
  4. 4 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 Balkans: History, Politics, Society Cultural Studies 4 works
  6. 6 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  7. 7 Critical Theory and Philosophy Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  8. 8 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  9. 9 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  10. 10 Web and Library Services Information Systems 3 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 available24.8%not open75.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has William Paterson University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 40% lower 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 William Paterson University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%William Paterson University0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of William Paterson 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 2025William Paterson University8.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.7% in 2009.

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