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Cal Poly Humboldt

In research, Cal Poly Humboldt stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,965 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,945 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,624 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Global and Planetary Change and Ecology — Global and Planetary Change is 6.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,524
of 28,054 · #2,864 all time
Rank in United States
#1,000
of 4,192
Research works
6.8k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
141k
20.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Cal Poly Humboldt 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 #1,965 of 10,521 20.3%222 #1017
Social SciencesField #2,945 of 6,365 21.0%119 #1259
Physical SciencesDomain #7,624 of 12,888 16.8%153 #3573
Environmental ScienceField #2,765 of 3,551 17.6%75 #1347

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cal Poly Humboldt 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#1,017 #1,965
  2. Social Sciences#1,259 #2,945
  3. Physical Sciences#3,573 #7,624
  4. Environmental Science#1,347 #2,765
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 Cal Poly Humboldt specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Global and Planetary Change takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 21.7 works6.2×
  2. EcologySubfield · 21.2 works5.8×
← 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: 1.54× its world share, 34 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.05× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.74× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.25× its world share, 75 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.77× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.15× its world share, 42 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.65× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.49× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.23× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.03× its world share, 119 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Cal Poly Humboldt?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard N. Brown, Jeffrey M. Kane and Karen A.Foss lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cal Poly Humboldt.

  1. 1 Richard N. Brown United States · #137,288 worldwide 289 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Jeffrey M. Kane United States · #194,487 worldwide 491 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Karen A.Foss United States · #222,627 worldwide 141 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Philipp Dann United States · #255,933 worldwide 39 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 John Gimbel United States · #262,060 worldwide 61 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Elizabeth A. Eschenbach United States · #265,006 worldwide 117 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Jeffrey M. Black United States · #313,111 worldwide 98 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Hermann Danuser United States · #461,414 worldwide 9 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Heinz Grünert United States · #553,718 worldwide 1 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Henry S. Tropp United States · #579,989 worldwide 13 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Cal Poly Humboldt

Which keywords describe research at Cal Poly Humboldt?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Conservation, Globalization, Habitat Fragmentation, Ecosystem Resilience and Gender.

▲ 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. Climate Change53▲ 4.2×70 topics
  2. Globalization23▲ 2.5×54 topics
  3. Biodiversity20▲ 5.9×22 topics
  4. Invasive Species19▲ 9.7×14 topics
  5. Human Rights16▲ 3.4×41 topics
  6. Conservation15▲ 7.6×14 topics
  7. Gender14▲ 5.5×20 topics
  8. Habitat Fragmentation13▲ 12×5 topics
  9. Identity12▲ 3.7×29 topics
  10. Ecosystem Resilience12▲ 17×5 topics
  11. Remote Sensing12▲ 2.0×21 topics
  12. Mental Health11▲ 1.64×23 topics
  13. Colonialism10▲ 4.8×19 topics
  14. Biogeography10▲ 8.7×13 topics
  15. Nationalism10▲ 4.8×20 topics
  16. Ecosystem10▲ 20×3 topics
  17. Global Change10▲ 8.4×5 topics
  18. Population Dynamics10▲ 8.6×10 topics
  19. Literature9▲ 3.4×19 topics
  20. Ethics8▲ 3.6×22 topics
  21. Social Justice8▲ 3.0×19 topics
  22. Culture8▲ 3.3×18 topics
  23. Soil Properties8▲ 9.9×3 topics
  24. Resilience8▲ 3.5×10 topics
  25. Conservation Biology7▲ 15×4 topics
  26. Cultural Studies7▲ 4.2×11 topics
  27. Forest Fires7▲ 36×1 topic
  28. Wildfire Activity7▲ 36×1 topic
  29. Migration7▲ 4.4×13 topics
  30. Molecular Phylogeny7▲ 9.7×9 topics
  31. Biological Invasions7▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Memory7▲ 6.0×12 topics
  33. Citizen Science7▲ 15×4 topics
  34. Community Ecology6▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Trophic Cascades6▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Global Governance6▲ 5.9×9 topics
  37. Species Richness6▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Functional Diversity6▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Habitat Selection6▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Model Evaluation5▲ 9.2×2 topics

Which research topics does Cal Poly Humboldt publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fire effects on ecosystems, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Fire effects on ecosystems: 7 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 6 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…4Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 4 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…4Species Distribution and Climate Change: 4 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 4 fractional worksEuropean history and politics: 3 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…3Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 3 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evol…3Plant Diversity and Evolution: 3 fractional worksPlant Water Relations an…3Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 3 fractional worksAging and Gerontology Re…3Aging and Gerontology Research: 3 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationEcologyEcological Modeling4 others

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

  1. 1 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 7 works
  2. 2 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works
  3. 3 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 4 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 4 works
  5. 5 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 4 works
  6. 6 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  7. 7 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 3 works
  8. 8 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  9. 9 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  10. 10 Aging and Gerontology Research Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 3 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 available29.1%not open70.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.3%domestic only63.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cal Poly Humboldt's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower 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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