Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
University · Thousand Oaks · United States

California Lutheran University

In research, California Lutheran University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,659 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

callutheran.eduROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#11,946
of 22,385 · #7,999 all time
Rank in United States
#1,677
of 3,332
Research works
741
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.4k
10.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
California Lutheran University

What is California Lutheran 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 #5,659 of 9,585 14.9%73 #3614

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where California Lutheran 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 fields of science does California Lutheran University work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at California Lutheran University is in Social Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Medicine (12%), Psychology (11%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 81 fractional works · 54.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 37 fractional works · 25.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 8.8% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 10.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 6.4% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 5.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 18.0% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 25 fractional works · 16.7% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 12.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLeadership and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 10.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKCaliforniaLutheran…148fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences54%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3725.0%
    2. Psychology1610.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities96.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting95.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance63.8%
    6. Decision Sciences42.6%
    1. Mathematics74.9%
    2. Computer Science74.7%
    3. Environmental Science42.8%
    4. Engineering31.8%
    5. Chemistry21.0%
    6. Materials Science11.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    10. Energy00.0%
    1. Medicine1812.1%
    2. Health Professions64.3%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology106.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.4%
    4. Neuroscience10.9%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.27× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.84× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.18× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.62× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.20× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.82× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.71× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.77× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.57× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 37 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics4.18×7 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.84×2 works
  3. Psychology3.57×16 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.71×4 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.20×9 works
  6. Social Sciences1.97×37 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.82×9 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.77×6 works
  9. Health Professions1.62×6 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.27×10 works
  11. Nursing0.69×0 works
  12. Chemistry0.66×2 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.64×0 works
  14. Medicine0.63×18 works
  15. Computer Science0.60×7 works
  16. Environmental Science0.57×4 works
  17. Neuroscience0.54×1 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.44×1 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×3 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.36×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.27×1 works
  22. Engineering0.12×3 works
  23. Energy0.05×0 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at California Lutheran University?

Ranked on the quality score, Vlad Vaiman, Dennis Revie and Dazhi Chong lead among researchers whose main affiliation is California Lutheran University.

  1. 1 Vlad Vaiman United States · #270,801 worldwide 2.6k citations · 113 works
  2. 2 Dennis Revie United States · #682,721 worldwide 1.3k citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Dazhi Chong United States · #925,995 worldwide 726 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Louise A. Kelly United States · #932,805 worldwide 4.9k citations · 121 works
  5. 5 Michael Cosenza United States · #1,331,852 worldwide 208 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Da’Shay Portis Templeton United States · #1,558,517 worldwide 75 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Jamie D. Bedics United States · #1,616,787 worldwide 704 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 José Marichal United States · #1,656,343 worldwide 321 citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Sharla Berry United States · #1,742,539 worldwide 420 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Gerhard Apfelthaler United States · #1,873,444 worldwide 821 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at California Lutheran University

What are the most cited papers from California Lutheran University?

The most cited paper from California Lutheran University is "A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes" (Stephen Nayfach et al., 2020), with 1,007 citations. Next come "Everyday Entrepreneurship—A Call for Entrepreneurship Research to Embrace Entrepreneurial Diversity" (800) and "Endothelial Progenitors: A Consensus Statement on Nomenclature" (439).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes Stephen Nayfach et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access267 authors 9 Nov 2020 1,007
2 Everyday Entrepreneurship—A Call for Entrepreneurship Research to Embrace Entrepreneurial Diversity Friederike Welter, Ted Baker, David Bruce Audretsch et al. · Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice May 2016 800
3 Endothelial Progenitors: A Consensus Statement on Nomenclature Reinhold J. Medina, Chad L. Barber, Florence Sabatier et al. · Stem Cells Translational Medicine Open access 10 Mar 2017 439
4 Cell-Phone-Based Platform for Biomedical Device Development and Education Applications Zachary J. Smith, Kaiqin Chu, Alyssa R. Espenson et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 2 Mar 2011 346
5 “I'm Not That Type of Person”: Managing the Stigma of Having an Abortion Kate Cockrill, Adina Nack · Deviant Behavior 14 Aug 2013 244
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at California Lutheran University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Adolescents, Physical Activity, Special Education, Drug Discovery, Leadership, Prevalence and Racial Disparities.

▲ 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 Health10▲ 4.5×17 topics
  2. Epidemiology8▲ 1.30×14 topics
  3. Globalization6▲ 2.1×16 topics
  4. Adolescents6▲ 10×5 topics
  5. Social Media5▲ 2.4×11 topics
  6. Physical Activity5▲ 6.5×7 topics
  7. Education4▲ 1.77×11 topics
  8. Public Health4▲ 1.96×9 topics
  9. Obesity4▲ 3.6×8 topics
  10. Risk Factors4▲ 2.5×4 topics
  11. Leadership4▲ 5.4×6 topics
  12. Prevalence4▲ 6.1×5 topics
  13. Depression3▲ 2.6×7 topics
  14. Special Education3▲ 39×3 topics
  15. Drug Discovery3▲ 10×4 topics
  16. Racial Disparities3▲ 42×2 topics
  17. Social Support3▲ 4.0×5 topics
  18. Intersectionality3▲ 10×4 topics
  19. Emotion Regulation3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  20. Model Theory3▲ 198×1 topic
  21. Topological Dynamics3▲ 198×1 topic
  22. Colonialism3▲ 3.8×7 topics
  23. Religion3▲ 3.9×5 topics
  24. Disproportionality3▲ 235×1 topic
  25. School Discipline3▲ 174×1 topic
  26. Student Achievement2▲ 18×4 topics
  27. Psychological Adjustment2▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Technology Integration2▲ 4.8×3 topics
  29. Educational Inequality2▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Injury Prevention2▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Acculturation2▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Reflective Practice2▲ 7.1×3 topics
  33. Academic Performance2▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Diversity2▲ 7.4×3 topics
  35. Functional Analysis2▲ 38×2 topics
  36. Athletic Training2▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Developmental Trajectories2▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Human Resource Management2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  39. Professional Learning Communities2▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Talent Management2▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does California Lutheran University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Topology and Set Theory, Education Discipline and Inequality, Critical Race Theory in Education and Chemical Reactions and Isotopes.

Advanced Topology and Se…3Advanced Topology and Set Theory: 3 fractional worksEducation Discipline and…3Education Discipline and Inequality: 3 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in Education: 2 fractional worksChemical Reactions and Isotopes: 2 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activi…2Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 2 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm Studies: 2 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Banach Space Th…2Advanced Banach Space Theory: 2 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 2 fractional worksFinancial Markets and Investment Strategies: 1 fractional works
Geometry and TopologyEducationSociology and Political SciencePharmaceutical Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Topology and Set Theory Geometry and Topology 3 works
  2. 2 Education Discipline and Inequality Education 3 works
  3. 3 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Chemical Reactions and Isotopes Pharmaceutical Science 2 works
  5. 5 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 2 works
  8. 8 Advanced Banach Space Theory Mathematical Physics 2 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 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 available29.1%not open70.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.7%domestic only90.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has California Lutheran University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% 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 California Lutheran University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%California Lutheran University0.00066% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of California Lutheran 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%California Lutheran University10.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.7% in 2013.

Other research institutions in Thousand Oaks

All research institutions in Thousand Oaks

Share California Lutheran University's ranking

California Lutheran University on Science Explorer

A card with California Lutheran University's standing and the fields it leads in, for a post or a slide. A link to this page previews as the same card.

Download the card

1200 × 630 PNG, sized for social posts, drawn from the latest snapshot.

Badges for a website1Each links back here and updates with every snapshot

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about California Lutheran University. Keep it to the research: no personal attacks, advertising or links. Any reader can report a post, which collapses it for everyone until it is opened.