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Xavier University

In research, Xavier University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,228 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education (Education is 6.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,147
of 22,385 · #27,586 all time
Rank in Philippines
#155
of 182
Research works
241
▲ 105% vs 2018-21
Citations
939
3.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
71%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Xavier University

What is Xavier 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 #8,228 of 9,585 4.6%62 #13027

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

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Xavier University is in Social Sciences, 16% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (37%), Medicine (12%), Psychology (11%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 77 fractional works · 64.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 45 fractional works · 37.5% of its workEducation: 24 fractional works · 20.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 11.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 5.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 9.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 16.3% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 12.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLeadership and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 14.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 6.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKXavier University119fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences16%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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4537.5%
    2. Psychology1311.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting129.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance43.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities22.0%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Medicine1412.1%
    2. Health Professions43.3%
    3. Nursing10.8%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Environmental Science86.7%
    2. Computer Science53.9%
    3. Engineering43.4%
    4. Energy10.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.9%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Xavier University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 23.8 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: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.35× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 1.72× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.08× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.68× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.63× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.96× its world share, 45 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.63×13 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.08×12 works
  3. Social Sciences2.96×45 works
  4. Nursing1.72×1 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.68×4 works
  6. Environmental Science1.35×8 works
  7. Health Professions1.24×4 works
  8. Energy0.77×1 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.70×2 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.68×4 works
  11. Medicine0.63×14 works
  12. Computer Science0.50×5 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.39×0 works
  14. Engineering0.23×4 works
  15. Neuroscience0.22×0 works
  16. Dentistry0.17×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Xavier University?

Ranked on the quality score, Francis C. Madigan, Jason O. Manaois and Junefel C. Macagba lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Xavier University.

  1. 1 Francis C. Madigan Philippines · #3,403,457 worldwide 292 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Jason O. Manaois Philippines · #3,486,833 worldwide 259 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Junefel C. Macagba Philippines · #3,705,928 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Ester L. Raagas Philippines · #3,813,257 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Catherine Roween C. Almaden Philippines · #4,182,187 worldwide 44 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Michael A. Costello Philippines · #4,233,414 worldwide 71 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Mary Rachelle R Wapaño Philippines · #5,018,807 worldwide 25 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Xavier University

What are the most cited papers from Xavier University?

The most cited paper from Xavier University is "Recent advances in enhancing the sensitivity of electrophoresis and electrochromatography in capillaries and microchips (2010–2012)" (Michael Charles Breadmore, Aliaa I. Shallan, Heide R. Rabanes et al., 2012), with 371 citations. Next come "Multiple migrations to the Philippines during the last 50,000 years" (192) and "EFFECTS OF PROFITABILITY AND LIQUIDITY ON R&D INTENSITY: JAPANESE AND U.S. COMPANIES COMPARED." (115).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Recent advances in enhancing the sensitivity of electrophoresis and electrochromatography in capillaries and microchips (2010–2012) Michael Charles Breadmore, Aliaa I. Shallan, Heide R. Rabanes et al. · Electrophoresis 19 Oct 2012 371
2 Multiple migrations to the Philippines during the last 50,000 years Maximilian Larena et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 22 Mar 2021 192
3 EFFECTS OF PROFITABILITY AND LIQUIDITY ON R&D INTENSITY: JAPANESE AND U.S. COMPANIES COMPARED. Greg G Hundley, Carol K. Jacobson, Seung Ho Park · Academy of Management Journal Dec 1996 115
4 Photosynthetic performance of giant clams, Tridacna maxima and T. squamosa, Red Sea Carin Jantzen, Christian Wild, Mohammed El-Zibdah et al. · Marine Biology 7 Jul 2008 104
5 Urban homegardens and allotment gardens for sustainable livelihoods: Management strategies and institutional environments Axel Drescher, R. Holmer, D. L. Iaquinta · Advances in agroforestry Book chapter 2006 99
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Xavier University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Student Engagement, Mental Health, Social Capital, Resilience, Online Learning and Professional Development.

▲ 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. Educational Technology7▲ 5.2×13 topics
  2. Technology Integration7▲ 19×8 topics
  3. Mental Health7▲ 4.1×14 topics
  4. Globalization6▲ 2.6×16 topics
  5. Student Engagement6▲ 12×9 topics
  6. E-Learning5▲ 4.7×7 topics
  7. Online Learning5▲ 5.3×8 topics
  8. Sustainability5▲ 1.79×14 topics
  9. Education5▲ 2.5×12 topics
  10. Social Capital5▲ 8.2×7 topics
  11. Resilience5▲ 8.4×6 topics
  12. Consumer Behavior4▲ 5.8×10 topics
  13. Professional Development4▲ 18×3 topics
  14. Learning Outcomes4▲ 8.4×5 topics
  15. Meta-Analysis4▲ 6.1×3 topics
  16. Lifelong Learning4▲ 17×6 topics
  17. Stress4▲ 8.9×4 topics
  18. Leadership4▲ 6.3×4 topics
  19. Well-being4▲ 7.9×6 topics
  20. Neoliberalism4▲ 8.3×5 topics
  21. Risk Perception4▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Vocational Education3▲ 33×3 topics
  23. Higher Education3▲ 5.3×6 topics
  24. Vulnerability3▲ 12×4 topics
  25. Educational Policy3▲ 10×4 topics
  26. Emotional Intelligence3▲ 19×3 topics
  27. Health Education3▲ 6.1×5 topics
  28. Positive Emotions3▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Social Interaction3▲ 6.7×4 topics
  30. Community3▲ 22×4 topics
  31. Teacher Preparation3▲ 33×3 topics
  32. 21st Century Skills3▲ 8.3×4 topics
  33. Employment Patterns3▲ 50×2 topics
  34. Teaching Strategies3▲ 8.5×3 topics
  35. Student Retention3▲ 57×1 topic
  36. Training Pathways3▲ 89×1 topic
  37. Academic Achievement2▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Climate Change Adaptation2▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  40. Attitude2▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does Xavier University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education Systems and Policy, Emotional Intelligence and Performance, Disaster Management and Resilience and Teacher Education and Assessments.

Education Systems and Po…3Education Systems and Policy: 3 fractional worksEmotional Intelligence a…2Emotional Intelligence and Performance: 2 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 2 fractional worksTeacher Education and Assessments: 2 fractional worksPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction: 2 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 2 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 2 fractional worksEducation and Critical T…2Education and Critical Thinking Development: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksE-Learning and COVID-19: 1 fractional works
EducationSocial PsychologySociology and Political ScienceGlobal and Planetary Change1 others

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

  1. 1 Education Systems and Policy Education 3 works
  2. 2 Emotional Intelligence and Performance Social Psychology 2 works
  3. 3 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Teacher Education and Assessments Education 2 works
  5. 5 Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction Social Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 2 works
  7. 7 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  8. 8 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 2 works
  9. 9 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  10. 10 E-Learning and COVID-19 Education 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 available70.9%not open29.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.2%domestic only86.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Xavier University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 105% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Xavier University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00041% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Xavier University0.00069% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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