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Ball State University

In research, Ball State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,018 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,701 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,149 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Developmental and Educational Psychology (Developmental and Educational Psychology is 6.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,518
of 22,385 · #3,285 all time
Rank in United States
#629
of 3,332
Research works
11k
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
187k
17.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Ball State University

What is Ball State 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 #3,018 of 9,585 6.3%755 #1679
Social SciencesField #2,701 of 5,988 5.2%388 #1400
Physical SciencesDomain #6,149 of 10,670 7.1%220 #5547
PsychologyField #1,234 of 2,121 8.4%166 #1061
Health SciencesDomain #6,248 of 9,902 6.5%195 #5024
Computer ScienceField #3,072 of 4,417 14.7%61 #2053
MedicineField #6,558 of 8,541 6.8%131 #6943
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,996 of 2,526 6.2%127 #1277
EducationSubfield #1,716 of 1,930 5.2%107 #1067
Life SciencesDomain #5,759 of 6,403 6.3%83 #4646

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ball 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 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#1,679 #3,018
  2. Social Sciences#1,400 #2,701
  3. Physical Sciences#5,547 #6,149
  4. Psychology#1,061 #1,234
  5. Health Sciences#5,024 #6,248
  6. Computer Science#2,053 #3,072
  7. Medicine#6,943 #6,558
  8. Sociology and Political Science#1,277 #1,996
  9. Education#1,067 #1,716
  10. Life Sciences#4,646 #5,759
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 Ball State University work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Ball State University is in Social Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Psychology (13%), Medicine (11%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 843 fractional works · 60.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 425 fractional works · 30.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 137 fractional works · 9.7% of its workEducation: 122 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 32 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGender Studies: 24 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 188 fractional works · 13.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 57 fractional works · 4.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 53 fractional works · 3.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 44 fractional works · 3.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 26 fractional works · 1.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 115 fractional works · 8.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 29 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHistory: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 55 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 38 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 28 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 22 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 247 fractional works · 17.6% of its workComputer Science: 69 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 22 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 48 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 45 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 31 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 222 fractional works · 15.8% of its workMedicine: 153 fractional works · 10.9% of its workPhysiology: 21 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 63 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 32 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 94 fractional works · 6.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 34 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 27 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBall StateUniversity1,406fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences60%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences42530.2%
    2. Psychology18813.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities1158.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting553.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance382.7%
    6. Decision Sciences221.6%
    1. Computer Science694.9%
    2. Engineering483.4%
    3. Environmental Science453.2%
    4. Mathematics312.2%
    5. Chemistry191.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences130.9%
    7. Materials Science80.6%
    8. Physics and Astronomy80.6%
    9. Energy50.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    1. Medicine15310.9%
    2. Health Professions634.5%
    3. Nursing50.3%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology352.5%
    2. Neuroscience342.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences221.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ball State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Developmental and Educational Psychology takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 43.8 works6.8×
← 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: 0.33× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 34 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.87× its world share, 19 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 69 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 48 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 45 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.88× its world share, 31 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.71× its world share, 63 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 153 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.82× its world share, 115 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.22× its world share, 55 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.27× its world share, 38 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.39× its world share, 188 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.39× its world share, 425 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.39×188 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.82×115 works
  3. Social Sciences2.39×425 works
  4. Mathematics1.88×31 works
  5. Health Professions1.71×63 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.64×22 works
  7. Neuroscience1.50×34 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.27×38 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.22×55 works
  10. Chemistry0.87×19 works
  11. Nursing0.70×5 works
  12. Environmental Science0.64×45 works
  13. Computer Science0.63×69 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.60×13 works
  15. Medicine0.57×153 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.46×35 works
  17. Energy0.39×5 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×22 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.31×2 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.25×8 works
  21. Engineering0.23×48 works
  22. Veterinary0.19×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.17×8 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.14×1 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ball State University?

Ranked on the quality score, Jagdish Khubchandani, DAVID L. COSTILL and Leonard A. Kaminsky lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ball State University.

  1. 1 Jagdish Khubchandani United States · #13,512 worldwide 138k citations · 358 works
  2. 2 DAVID L. COSTILL United States · #177,336 worldwide 30k citations · 395 works
  3. 3 Leonard A. Kaminsky United States · #244,582 worldwide 15k citations · 338 works
  4. 4 Richard J. Petts United States · #258,051 worldwide 3.3k citations · 92 works
  5. 5 Bernard E. Whitley United States · #318,737 worldwide 10k citations · 147 works
  6. 6 Sergiy V. Rosokha United States · #329,892 worldwide 4.8k citations · 343 works
  7. 7 Scott W. Trappe United States · #334,297 worldwide 15k citations · 309 works
  8. 8 Toby L. Chambers United States · #481,153 worldwide 1k citations · 44 works
  9. 9 Mary E. Kite United States · #528,347 worldwide 7.4k citations · 147 works
  10. 10 Thomas Holtgraves United States · #530,107 worldwide 6.5k citations · 142 works
All ranked researchers at Ball State University

What are the most cited papers from Ball State University?

The most cited paper from Ball State University is "Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-years for 32 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2015" (Christina Fitzmaurice et al., 2016), with 6,333 citations. Next come "Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases for 10 Causes, 1990 to 2015" (3,906) and "Role of proline under changing environments" (2,864).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-years for 32 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2015 Christina Fitzmaurice et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access185 authors 5 Dec 2016 6,333
2 Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases for 10 Causes, 1990 to 2015 Gregory A. Roth et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access171 authors 17 May 2017 3,906
3 Role of proline under changing environments Shamsul Hayat, Qaiser Hayat, Mohammed Nasser Alyemeni et al. · Plant Signaling & Behavior Open access 5 Sep 2012 2,864
4 Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017 Christina Fitzmaurice et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access628 authors 27 Sep 2019 2,699
5 Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2016 Christina Fitzmaurice et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access153 authors 2 Jun 2018 1,550
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ball State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Education, Identity, Gender, Reflective Practice, Academic Achievement, Globalization and Social Justice.

▲ 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. Mental Health62▲ 3.1×34 topics
  2. Education61▲ 2.5×56 topics
  3. Epidemiology53◆ 0.95×57 topics
  4. Globalization53▲ 1.90×71 topics
  5. Identity41▲ 4.0×42 topics
  6. Gender36▲ 4.7×32 topics
  7. Social Media36▲ 1.84×23 topics
  8. Social Justice34▲ 4.1×25 topics
  9. Student Engagement29▲ 5.2×11 topics
  10. Reflective Practice28▲ 11×7 topics
  11. Well-being27▲ 5.0×13 topics
  12. Academic Achievement26▲ 11×10 topics
  13. Feminism25▲ 6.0×16 topics
  14. Resilience23▲ 3.3×11 topics
  15. Nationalism22▲ 3.4×22 topics
  16. Intersectionality21▲ 7.9×10 topics
  17. Evidence-Based Practice21▲ 11×7 topics
  18. Teacher Professional Development20▲ 8.9×4 topics
  19. Technology Integration20▲ 4.4×9 topics
  20. Executive Functioning19▲ 11×3 topics
  21. Teacher Education19▲ 10×4 topics
  22. Self-Regulation18▲ 7.3×5 topics
  23. Special Education18▲ 22×4 topics
  24. Neurodevelopmental Disorders18▲ 9.4×5 topics
  25. Autism Spectrum Disorders17▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Coping Strategies17▲ 4.9×7 topics
  27. Cultural Diversity17▲ 5.5×7 topics
  28. Early Intervention17▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Diversity17▲ 6.9×10 topics
  30. Professional Development17▲ 5.8×10 topics
  31. Emotion Recognition16▲ 6.0×4 topics
  32. Neuroanatomy16▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Educational Leadership15▲ 8.6×2 topics
  34. Brain Connectivity15▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Social Skills Interventions15▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Language Development15▲ 8.5×5 topics
  37. High-Intensity Interval Training15▲ 9.7×2 topics
  38. Professional Learning Communities15▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Qualitative Research Methods14▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Teacher Identity14▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does Ball State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Cardiovascular and exercise physiology and Behavioral and Psychological Studies.

Autism Spectrum Disorder…15Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: 15 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…14Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 14 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 11 fractional worksBehavioral and Psychological Studies: 11 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 10 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in Education: 10 fractional worksEducator Training and Historical Pedagogy: 10 fractional worksRace, History, and Ameri…8Race, History, and American Society: 8 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 8 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 7 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceEducationComplementary and alternative medicineDevelopmental and Educational Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 15 works
  2. 2 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 14 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 11 works
  4. 4 Behavioral and Psychological Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology 11 works
  5. 5 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 10 works
  6. 6 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  7. 7 Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  8. 8 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  9. 9 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 8 works
  10. 10 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 7 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 available21.2%not open78.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ball State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% 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 Ball State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0057% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Ball State University0.0052% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ball State 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 2025Ball State University8.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.6% in 2000.

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