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California Lutheran University

In research, California Lutheran University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,281 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,604
of 28,054 · #19,212 all time
Rank in United States
#1,436
of 4,192
Research works
741
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.4k
10.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is California Lutheran 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 #3,281 of 10,521 25.9%73 #4411

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 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: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.36× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.13× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.61× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.09× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.74× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.66× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.37× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.66× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.85× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.79× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.36× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at California Lutheran University?

Ranked on the composite score, Vlad Vaiman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is California Lutheran University.

  1. 1 Vlad Vaiman United States · #495,671 worldwide 50 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at California Lutheran University

Which keywords describe research at California Lutheran University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Adolescents, Physical Activity, Drug Discovery, Globalization, Epidemiology, Prevalence and Intersectionality.

▲ 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 Health9▲ 4.6×16 topics
  2. Epidemiology7▲ 1.32×12 topics
  3. Globalization6▲ 2.2×14 topics
  4. Adolescents5▲ 9.3×5 topics
  5. Physical Activity4▲ 6.4×7 topics
  6. Social Media4▲ 2.2×10 topics
  7. Public Health4▲ 1.92×8 topics
  8. Risk Factors4▲ 2.4×4 topics
  9. Depression3▲ 2.8×7 topics
  10. Obesity3▲ 3.3×8 topics
  11. Drug Discovery3▲ 11×4 topics
  12. Social Support3▲ 4.0×5 topics
  13. Prevalence3▲ 5.4×5 topics
  14. Leadership3▲ 4.3×6 topics
  15. Religion3▲ 4.1×5 topics
  16. Colonialism2▲ 3.8×5 topics
  17. Emotion Regulation2▲ 5.8×4 topics
  18. Intersectionality2▲ 10×4 topics
  19. Model Theory2▲ 187×1 topic
  20. Racial Disparities2▲ 35×2 topics
  21. Topological Dynamics2▲ 187×1 topic
  22. Special Education2▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Technology Integration2▲ 5.3×3 topics
  24. Injury Prevention2▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Acculturation2▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Educational Inequality2▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Medicinal Chemistry2▲ 5.2×2 topics
  28. Reflective Practice2▲ 7.8×3 topics
  29. Student Achievement2▲ 18×4 topics
  30. Emotion2▲ 6.7×4 topics
  31. Psychological Adjustment2▲ 9.7×3 topics
  32. Athletic Training2▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Developmental Trajectories2▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Disproportionality2▲ 189×1 topic
  35. Diversity2▲ 7.6×3 topics
  36. Professional Learning Communities2▲ 29×2 topics
  37. School Discipline2▲ 142×1 topic
  38. Deuterium2▲ 110×1 topic
  39. Gender Dynamics2▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Isotope Chemistry2▲ 110×1 topic

Which research topics does California Lutheran University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Topology and Set Theory, Education Discipline and Inequality, Chemical Reactions and Isotopes and Suicide and Self-Harm Studies.

Advanced Topology and Se…2Advanced Topology and Set Theory: 2 fractional worksEducation Discipline and…2Education Discipline and Inequality: 2 fractional worksChemical Reactions and Isotopes: 2 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm Studies: 2 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 2 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 2 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 1 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in …1Critical Race Theory in Education: 1 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 1 fractional worksLaw in Society and Culture: 1 fractional works
Geometry and TopologyEducationPharmaceutical ScienceClinical Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Topology and Set Theory Geometry and Topology 2 works
  2. 2 Education Discipline and Inequality Education 2 works
  3. 3 Chemical Reactions and Isotopes Pharmaceutical Science 2 works
  4. 4 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 2 works
  6. 6 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Law in Society and Culture Law 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has California Lutheran University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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