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Research in West Liberty

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in West Liberty, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are West Liberty University.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
670
▼ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.7k
4.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1953-2026
74 years on the record
West Liberty

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Which research institutions are in West Liberty?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1West Liberty UniversityUniversity 670 #17,580

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does West Liberty work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research in West Liberty is in Physical Sciences, 33% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (30%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (18%), Medicine (10%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 74 fractional works · 35.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 61 fractional works · 29.7% of its workEcology: 31 fractional works · 15.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 13 fractional works · 6.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 67 fractional works · 32.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 36 fractional works · 17.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 11.2% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMicrobiology: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 18.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 28 fractional works · 13.6% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 10.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmall Animals: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWest Liberty206fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences33%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences18%

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 city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science6129.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences63.1%
    3. Computer Science31.4%
    4. Mathematics10.6%
    5. Engineering10.6%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3617.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences188.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology105.1%
    4. Neuroscience10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    1. Social Sciences199.2%
    2. Psychology73.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities73.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting31.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.8%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine2110.2%
    2. Health Professions41.8%
    3. Veterinary31.3%
    4. Nursing10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is West Liberty strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in West Liberty is most concentrated in Ecology (18.0× the world share in Ecology).

  1. EcologySubfield · 21.9 works18×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 25 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.68× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.80× its world share, 31 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.83× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.13× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.24× its world share, 40 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.79× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 12.65× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.22× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.11× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 12.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary12.65×3 works
  2. Environmental Science5.24×40 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology3.83×6 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.80×31 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.13×1 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.68×12 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.60×4 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.22×5 works
  9. Psychology1.11×5 works
  10. Social Sciences0.81×16 works
  11. Nursing0.80×1 works
  12. Health Professions0.79×3 works
  13. Medicine0.60×18 works
  14. Neuroscience0.53×1 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.52×2 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.30×2 works
  17. Mathematics0.27×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.19×2 works
  19. Chemistry0.07×0 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.07×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  22. Engineering0.05×1 works

Which keywords describe research in West Liberty?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Conservation, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Pathogenesis, DNA Barcoding, Public Health, Ecological Impact and Genomic Analysis.

▲ 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 city'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. Climate Change27▲ 4.8×21 topics
  2. Conservation24▲ 27×8 topics
  3. Biodiversity22▲ 14×10 topics
  4. Pathogenesis20▲ 19×4 topics
  5. Public Health19▲ 6.4×12 topics
  6. DNA Barcoding19▲ 53×4 topics
  7. Ecological Impact17▲ 162×3 topics
  8. Genomic Analysis17▲ 32×4 topics
  9. Freshwater17▲ 165×2 topics
  10. Physiological Adaptation17▲ 247×2 topics
  11. Toxins16▲ 77×2 topics
  12. Anthrax16▲ 453×1 topic
  13. Crayfish16▲ 675×1 topic
  14. Invasion16▲ 675×1 topic
  15. Tularemia16▲ 453×1 topic
  16. Population Dynamics13▲ 25×5 topics
  17. Phylogenetic Analysis12▲ 18×7 topics
  18. Biodiversity Loss10▲ 85×2 topics
  19. Habitat Fragmentation10▲ 22×3 topics
  20. Invasive Species10▲ 11×9 topics
  21. Fisheries Sustainability8▲ 46×2 topics
  22. Conservation Biology8▲ 36×2 topics
  23. Ecology8▲ 23×5 topics
  24. Evolution7▲ 13×6 topics
  25. Biogeography7▲ 12×6 topics
  26. Genetic Structure7▲ 43×4 topics
  27. Amphibian Declines7▲ 125×1 topic
  28. Chytridiomycosis7▲ 125×1 topic
  29. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 7.7×5 topics
  30. Freshwater Biodiversity6▲ 47×2 topics
  31. Ecosystem Functioning6▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Phylogeny6▲ 16×5 topics
  33. Trophic Cascades6▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Adaptive Evolution5▲ 44×2 topics
  35. Ecosystem Management5▲ 41×1 topic
  36. Genetic Variation5▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Marine Fisheries5▲ 60×1 topic
  38. Reproductive Strategies5▲ 57×2 topics
  39. Pregnancy4▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Bacterial Physiology4▲ 89×1 topic

What research is done in West Liberty?

Bacillus and Francisella…15Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research: 15 fractional worksCrustacean biology and e…11Crustacean biology and ecology: 11 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 4 fractional worksBacterial Genetics and Biotechnology: 4 fractional worksThyroid Disorders and Treatments: 4 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 3 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 3 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 3 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 3 fractional worksReproductive tract infections research: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyEcologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeGenetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research Molecular Biology 15 works
  2. 2 Crustacean biology and ecology Ecology 11 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  4. 4 Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology Genetics 4 works
  5. 5 Thyroid Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  6. 6 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 3 works
  7. 7 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 3 works
  8. 8 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  9. 9 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  10. 10 Reproductive tract infections research Microbiology 2 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

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

still counting5%10%15%West Liberty10.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.8% in 2025.

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