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Cal Poly Corporation

In research, Cal Poly Corporation stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,891 of 16,945 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#16,388 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,296
of 28,054 · #24,351 all time
Rank in United States
#3,959
of 4,192
Research works
367
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.1k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Cal Poly Corporation known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #7,891 of 16,945 32.2%158
Physical SciencesDomain #16,388 of 21,541 16.4%148

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cal Poly Corporation 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).

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: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.52× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.75× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.00× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.42× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.21× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.03× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.40× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.44× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Cal Poly Corporation?

Ranked on the composite score, Douglas Keesey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cal Poly Corporation.

  1. 1 Douglas Keesey United States · #556,881 worldwide 3 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Cal Poly Corporation

Which keywords describe research at Cal Poly Corporation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Engineering Education, Democracy, Feminism, Colonialism, Tectonics, History and Social Media.

▲ 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. Identity4▲ 6.0×7 topics
  2. Globalization3▲ 2.2×6 topics
  3. Social Media3▲ 2.9×10 topics
  4. History3▲ 4.8×6 topics
  5. Education3▲ 1.88×11 topics
  6. Engineering Education3▲ 36×3 topics
  7. Colonialism2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  8. Democracy2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  9. Feminism2▲ 11×5 topics
  10. Innovation2▲ 2.9×6 topics
  11. Remote Sensing2▲ 2.5×6 topics
  12. Literature2▲ 5.4×5 topics
  13. Culture2▲ 5.1×4 topics
  14. Nationalism2▲ 5.9×3 topics
  15. Tectonics2▲ 23×2 topics
  16. STEM Education2▲ 5.8×5 topics
  17. Gender2▲ 4.6×7 topics
  18. Geochronology2▲ 35×1 topic
  19. Zircon2▲ 35×1 topic
  20. Lifelong Learning2▲ 10×3 topics
  21. Religion2▲ 4.5×4 topics
  22. Student Engagement2▲ 5.2×4 topics
  23. Geological Mapping2▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Open Innovation2▲ 32×2 topics
  25. Social Movements2▲ 6.3×3 topics
  26. Teaching Methods2▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Compositional Data Analysis1▲ 27×1 topic
  28. Mineral Prospectivity1▲ 27×1 topic
  29. Cosmopolitanism1▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Intrinsic Motivation1▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Participatory Design1▲ 31×2 topics
  32. Politics1▲ 6.2×4 topics
  33. User-Generated Content1▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Activism1▲ 36×2 topics
  35. Data Science1▲ 14×1 topic
  36. Humanitarian Intervention1▲ 39×2 topics
  37. Public Opinion1▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Statistics Anxiety1▲ 107×1 topic
  39. Remote Laboratories1▲ 50×1 topic
  40. Virtual Labs1▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does Cal Poly Corporation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Statistics Education and Methodologies and Experimental Learning in Engineering.

Geological and Geochemic…2Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 2 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…1Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 1 fractional worksStatistics Education and Methodologies: 1 fractional worksExperimental Learning in Engineering: 1 fractional worksInnovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development: 1 fractional worksOpen Source Software Innovations: 1 fractional worksJudicial and Constitutional Studies: 1 fractional worksGrouting, Rheology, and …1Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics: 1 fractional worksEducational Games and Gamification: 1 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 1 fractional works
GeophysicsArtificial IntelligenceStatistics and ProbabilityMedia Technology6 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 2 works
  2. 2 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  3. 3 Statistics Education and Methodologies Statistics and Probability 1 works
  4. 4 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 1 works
  5. 5 Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  6. 6 Open Source Software Innovations Computer Science Applications 1 works
  7. 7 Judicial and Constitutional Studies Law 1 works
  8. 8 Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Educational Games and Gamification Developmental and Educational Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 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 available47.2%not open52.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.6%domestic only88.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cal Poly Corporation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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