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Appalachian State University

In research, Appalachian State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#934 of 10,521 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#347 of 3,409 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#766 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Gender Studies — Gender Studies is 5.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,353
of 28,054 · #2,856 all time
Rank in United States
#358
of 4,192
Research works
8.2k
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
135k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Appalachian State University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #934 of 10,521 21.6%735 #558
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #347 of 3,409 38.8%65 #1205
Social SciencesField #766 of 6,365 23.3%380 #439
Physical SciencesDomain #3,336 of 12,888 21.2%270 #4261
Health SciencesDomain #3,325 of 11,982 18.9%212 #2353
Environmental ScienceField #986 of 3,551 31.2%85 #1563
Life SciencesDomain #2,445 of 7,800 31.8%110 #4525
Arts and HumanitiesField #754 of 1,998 14.6%113 #679
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,009 of 2,578 23.9%124 #572
MedicineField #4,539 of 10,443 20.1%127 #4607

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Appalachian State 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#558 #934
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,205 #347
  3. Social Sciences#439 #766
  4. Physical Sciences#4,261 #3,336
  5. Health Sciences#2,353 #3,325
  6. Environmental Science#1,563 #986
  7. Life Sciences#4,525 #2,445
  8. Arts and Humanities#679 #754
  9. Sociology and Political Science#572 #1,009
  10. Medicine#4,607 #4,539
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Appalachian State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Gender Studies takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Gender StudiesSubfield · 23.8 works5.0×
← 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: 1.03× its world share, 65 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.04× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 50 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 48 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 43 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.29× its world share, 85 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.12× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.24× its world share, 78 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 127 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.96× its world share, 113 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.50× its world share, 64 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.57× its world share, 44 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.87× its world share, 116 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 380 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Appalachian State University?

Ranked on the composite score, Gregg Marland, B. Schreiber and Todd L. Cherry lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Appalachian State University.

  1. 1 Gregg Marland United States · #74,793 worldwide 301 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 B. Schreiber United States · #78,382 worldwide 170 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Todd L. Cherry United States · #124,600 worldwide 454 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Joel A. Thompson United States · #171,289 worldwide 145 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Carmen Dolores Arbelo Rodríguez United States · #171,812 worldwide 230 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Michael C. Behrent United States · #179,809 worldwide 46 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 William D. Brewer United States · #187,350 worldwide 32 citations · 69 works
  8. 8 Alecia Y. Jackson United States · #193,691 worldwide 145 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Linda L. Johnson United States · #213,867 worldwide 92 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Joy James United States · #254,387 worldwide 42 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Appalachian State University

Which keywords describe research at Appalachian State University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Globalization, Climate Change, Identity, Reflective Practice, Emotion, Gender and Education.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Health62▲ 3.2×33 topics
  2. Climate Change61▲ 1.69×70 topics
  3. Globalization56▲ 2.1×65 topics
  4. Sustainability43▲ 1.34×47 topics
  5. Education42▲ 1.85×43 topics
  6. Public Health39▲ 2.0×32 topics
  7. Social Media37▲ 1.95×27 topics
  8. Identity36▲ 3.8×36 topics
  9. Gender29▲ 4.0×26 topics
  10. Literature28▲ 3.9×25 topics
  11. Social Support25▲ 3.4×15 topics
  12. Human Rights25▲ 1.84×24 topics
  13. Cultural Studies23▲ 4.7×15 topics
  14. Emotion23▲ 8.4×12 topics
  15. Reflective Practice23▲ 9.4×7 topics
  16. Social Justice23▲ 3.0×23 topics
  17. Ethics23▲ 3.6×21 topics
  18. Nationalism23▲ 3.8×14 topics
  19. Technology Integration22▲ 5.5×9 topics
  20. History22▲ 2.4×27 topics
  21. Physical Activity20▲ 3.1×11 topics
  22. Religion20▲ 3.2×19 topics
  23. Higher Education20▲ 2.8×17 topics
  24. Colonialism18▲ 2.9×23 topics
  25. Community Engagement18▲ 4.1×10 topics
  26. Job Satisfaction17▲ 3.0×12 topics
  27. Student Engagement17▲ 3.2×12 topics
  28. Adolescents17▲ 3.4×9 topics
  29. Well-being16▲ 3.2×12 topics
  30. Politics16▲ 4.5×12 topics
  31. Democracy16▲ 3.4×14 topics
  32. Feminism16▲ 4.2×13 topics
  33. Health Outcomes15▲ 4.2×8 topics
  34. Race15▲ 10×11 topics
  35. Narrative14▲ 6.8×7 topics
  36. Teacher Professional Development12▲ 5.8×4 topics
  37. Secularism12▲ 8.5×5 topics
  38. Evidence-Based Practice12▲ 6.8×7 topics
  39. Social Identity11▲ 9.0×5 topics
  40. Neighborhood Effects11▲ 7.5×3 topics

Which research topics does Appalachian State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Media Studies and Communication and Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior.

Food Security and Health…9Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 9 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…9Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 9 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 6 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 6 fractional worksDigital Storytelling and Education: 6 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 6 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 6 fractional worksGeographies of human-ani…6Geographies of human-animal interactions: 6 fractional worksEconomic and Environmental Valuation: 5 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 5 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEducationCommunicationOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 9 works
  2. 2 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 9 works
  3. 3 Media Studies and Communication Communication 6 works
  4. 4 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 6 works
  5. 5 Digital Storytelling and Education Speech and Hearing 6 works
  6. 6 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 6 works
  7. 7 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 6 works
  8. 8 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 6 works
  9. 9 Economic and Environmental Valuation Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  10. 10 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 5 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 available28.9%not open71.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.1%domestic only90.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Appalachian State University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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