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Woodbury University

In research, Woodbury University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,053 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Religious studies, Gender Studies and Philosophy (Religious studies is 20.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,056
of 22,385 · #7,337 all time
Rank in United States
#2,320
of 3,332
Research works
1.2k
▼ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
2.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
7%
world 40%
International
3%
world 18%
Woodbury University

What is Woodbury 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 #5,053 of 9,585 7.1%99 #1636

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Woodbury 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 Woodbury University work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Woodbury University is in Social Sciences, 5% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (55%), Arts and Humanities (12%), Psychology (11%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 626 fractional works · 87.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 396 fractional works · 55.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 149 fractional works · 20.7% of its workEducation: 64 fractional works · 8.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 38 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGender Studies: 34 fractional works · 4.7% of its workLaw: 26 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDemography: 25 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHealth: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety Research: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCultural Studies: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Administration: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 83 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPhilosophy: 36 fractional works · 5.0% of its workReligious studies: 25 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 78 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 35 fractional works · 4.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 25 fractional works · 3.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 50 fractional works · 6.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 23 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 39 fractional works · 5.4% of its workHealth Professions: 20 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 36 fractional works · 5.0% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArchitecture: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeuroscience: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKWoodburyUniversity720fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences87%

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 Sciences39655.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities8311.5%
    3. Psychology7810.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting506.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance111.6%
    6. Decision Sciences91.2%
    1. Health Professions202.7%
    2. Medicine172.4%
    3. Veterinary20.3%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Computer Science162.2%
    2. Engineering81.1%
    3. Environmental Science60.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy30.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.2%
    6. Mathematics10.1%
    7. Chemistry10.1%
    8. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Neuroscience111.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology40.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Woodbury University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Religious studies takes 20.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Religious studiesSubfield · 24.8 works21×
  2. Gender StudiesSubfield · 33.9 works13×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 35.9 works12×
  4. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 22.5 works6.5×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.04× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 17 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.39× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.99× its world share, 83 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.14× its world share, 50 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.73× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.56× its world share, 78 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.34× its world share, 396 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4.34×396 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.99×83 works
  3. Psychology3.56×78 works
  4. Veterinary2.39×2 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting2.14×50 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.27×9 works
  7. Health Professions1.04×20 works
  8. Neuroscience0.91×11 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.73×11 works
  10. Computer Science0.29×16 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.17×3 works
  12. Environmental Science0.16×6 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×2 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.13×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.12×1 works
  16. Medicine0.12×17 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×4 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×1 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×2 works
  20. Engineering0.07×8 works
  21. Chemistry0.06×1 works
  22. Dentistry0.03×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Woodbury University?

Ranked on the quality score, Joan Marques, Samuel Zylstra and Angelo A. Camillo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Woodbury University.

  1. 1 Joan Marques United States · #1,365,800 worldwide 5 citations · 508 works
  2. 2 Samuel Zylstra United States · #1,623,504 worldwide 896 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Angelo A. Camillo United States · #2,028,507 worldwide 437 citations · 78 works
  4. 4 Svetlana S. Holt United States · #2,047,153 worldwide 450 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Joan F. Marques United States · #2,214,221 worldwide 2k citations · 365 works
  6. 6 Joan Marques United States · #2,262,578 worldwide 1 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Satinder Dhiman United States · #2,554,241 worldwide 790 citations · 198 works
  8. 8 Joan Marques United States · #2,749,494 worldwide 1 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Laila S. Dahan United States · #2,861,017 worldwide 104 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Rossen Ventzislavov United States · #2,964,946 worldwide 43 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Woodbury University

What are the most cited papers from Woodbury University?

The most cited paper from Woodbury University is "Discrimination between six species of canine microfilariae by a single polymerase chain reaction" (Mark Rishniw, Stephen Charles Barr, Kenny W. Simpson et al., 2005), with 307 citations. Next come "Recent Advances Targeting CCR5 for Cancer and Its Role in Immuno-Oncology" (240) and "Mortality and Cardiovascular Burden of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a US Population-based Cohort" (212).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Discrimination between six species of canine microfilariae by a single polymerase chain reaction Mark Rishniw, Stephen Charles Barr, Kenny W. Simpson et al. · Veterinary Parasitology 12 Nov 2005 307
2 Recent Advances Targeting CCR5 for Cancer and Its Role in Immuno-Oncology Xuanmao Jiao, Omar Nawab, Tejal Amar Patel et al. · Cancer Research Open access 10 Jul 2019 240
3 Mortality and Cardiovascular Burden of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a US Population-based Cohort Christie Michels Bartels, Kevin A. Buhr, Jerry W. Goldberg et al. · The Journal of Rheumatology Open access 15 Feb 2014 212
4 The Application of Interrater Reliability as a Solidification Instrument in a Phenomenological Study Joan F. Marques, Chester H. McCall · The Qualitative Report Open access 20 Jan 2015 204
5 Empathy in Leadership: Appropriate or Misplaced? An Empirical Study on a Topic that is Asking for Attention Svetlana S. Holt, Joan F. Marques · Journal of Business Ethics Jul 2011 186
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Woodbury University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Human Rights, Social Justice, Religion, Multiculturalism, Identity, Citizenship and Secularism.

▲ 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. Globalization116▲ 8.2×59 topics
  2. Human Rights109▲ 15×30 topics
  3. Social Justice91▲ 21×30 topics
  4. Religion72▲ 22×17 topics
  5. Multiculturalism71▲ 53×6 topics
  6. Identity60▲ 12×29 topics
  7. Citizenship54▲ 62×5 topics
  8. Education51▲ 4.2×36 topics
  9. Secularism51▲ 69×5 topics
  10. Ethnicity49▲ 18×14 topics
  11. Inclusion48▲ 46×4 topics
  12. Gender45▲ 12×18 topics
  13. Intersectionality45▲ 33×10 topics
  14. Leadership43▲ 12×19 topics
  15. Diversity40▲ 32×6 topics
  16. Gender Equality39▲ 19×8 topics
  17. Organizational Performance38▲ 20×6 topics
  18. Cultural35▲ 101×3 topics
  19. Religious Education35▲ 30×3 topics
  20. Philosophy35▲ 11×19 topics
  21. Ethnic33▲ 236×1 topic
  22. Schools33▲ 350×1 topic
  23. Mental Health33▲ 3.2×20 topics
  24. Well-being31▲ 11×11 topics
  25. Ethics30▲ 8.3×28 topics
  26. Immigration28▲ 35×4 topics
  27. Equality27▲ 63×6 topics
  28. Employee Engagement26▲ 21×4 topics
  29. Equality Rights26▲ 986×1 topic
  30. Socio-Legal Studies26▲ 986×1 topic
  31. Cultural Diversity26▲ 16×9 topics
  32. International Law25▲ 11×11 topics
  33. Health25▲ 8.7×8 topics
  34. Race24▲ 28×7 topics
  35. Nationalism24▲ 7.5×17 topics
  36. Culture24▲ 6.4×11 topics
  37. Feminism24▲ 11×14 topics
  38. Neuroscience23▲ 11×10 topics
  39. Ethical Behavior22▲ 82×2 topics
  40. Career Development21▲ 24×3 topics

Which research topics does Woodbury University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Religious Education and Schools, Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies, Workplace Spirituality and Leadership and Social and Cultural Studies.

Religious Education and Schools: 33 fractional worksMulticultural Socio-Legal Studies: 26 fractional worksWorkplace Spirituality a…19Workplace Spirituality and Leadership: 19 fractional worksSocial and Cultural Stud…14Social and Cultural Studies: 14 fractional worksDiscrimination and Equality Law: 14 fractional worksFeminist Theory and Gender Studies: 12 fractional worksIndian and Buddhist Stud…12Indian and Buddhist Studies: 12 fractional worksPolitical Philosophy and Ethics: 11 fractional worksReligious Freedom and Discrimination: 10 fractional worksGender Diversity and Inequality: 10 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political ScienceDemographyLaw3 others

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

  1. 1 Religious Education and Schools Education 33 works
  2. 2 Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies Sociology and Political Science 26 works
  3. 3 Workplace Spirituality and Leadership Demography 19 works
  4. 4 Social and Cultural Studies Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  5. 5 Discrimination and Equality Law Law 14 works
  6. 6 Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Gender Studies 12 works
  7. 7 Indian and Buddhist Studies Religious studies 12 works
  8. 8 Political Philosophy and Ethics Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  9. 9 Religious Freedom and Discrimination Law 10 works
  10. 10 Gender Diversity and Inequality Gender Studies 10 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 available7.4%not open92.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.2%domestic only96.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Woodbury University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Woodbury University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00066% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Woodbury University0.00033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Woodbury 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%all institutions10.0% in 2024Woodbury University5.4% in 202420102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.7% in 2015.

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