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California Polytechnic State University

In research, California Polytechnic State University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,080 of 10,670 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,670 of 6,403 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,985 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Architecture and Media Technology (Architecture is 25.4× its share of world research).

calpoly.eduROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#2,057
of 22,385 · #1,855 all time
Rank in United States
#390
of 3,332
Research works
9.2k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
148k
16.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.81×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
California Polytechnic State University

What is California Polytechnic 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,080 of 10,670 6.1%675 #1950
Life SciencesDomain #1,670 of 6,403 7.0%185 #1981
Social SciencesDomain #2,985 of 9,585 6.4%503 #1548
EngineeringField #2,153 of 5,901 4.9%268 #1547
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,356 of 3,157 8.3%107 #1478
Health SciencesDomain #4,496 of 9,902 5.9%149 #4095
Social SciencesField #2,776 of 5,988 6.7%265 #1552
Computer ScienceField #2,123 of 4,417 5.9%117 #2192
MedicineField #4,897 of 8,541 4.4%106 #4393
Environmental ScienceField #1,929 of 3,334 7.0%128 #1894

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where California Polytechnic 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. Physical Sciences#1,950 #2,080
  2. Life Sciences#1,981 #1,670
  3. Social Sciences#1,548 #2,985
  4. Engineering#1,547 #2,153
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,478 #1,356
  6. Health Sciences#4,095 #4,496
  7. Social Sciences#1,552 #2,776
  8. Computer Science#2,192 #2,123
  9. Medicine#4,393 #4,897
  10. Environmental Science#1,894 #1,929
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 California Polytechnic State University work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at California Polytechnic State University is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (21%), Social Sciences (16%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 973 fractional works · 47.5% of its workEngineering: 429 fractional works · 21.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 57 fractional works · 2.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 50 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 50 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 48 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 44 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMedia Technology: 43 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArchitecture: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 176 fractional works · 8.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 53 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 29 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 27 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 153 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEcology: 39 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 34 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 53 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 46 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 45 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOceanography: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 34 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 652 fractional works · 31.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 327 fractional works · 16.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 93 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEducation: 82 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 29 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 101 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 41 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 87 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPhilosophy: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 71 fractional works · 3.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 40 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 29 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 227 fractional works · 11.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 132 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPlant Science: 55 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 62 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 31 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 27 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 196 fractional works · 9.6% of its workMedicine: 141 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 29 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 43 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCaliforniaPolytechnic Stat…2,047fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences32%

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. Engineering42921.0%
    2. Computer Science1768.6%
    3. Environmental Science1537.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy532.6%
    5. Mathematics462.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences452.2%
    7. Materials Science341.7%
    8. Chemistry160.8%
    9. Energy150.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering50.2%
    1. Social Sciences32716.0%
    2. Psychology1014.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities874.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting713.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance402.0%
    6. Decision Sciences261.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1326.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology623.0%
    3. Neuroscience271.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology50.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Medicine1416.9%
    2. Health Professions432.1%
    3. Nursing70.4%
    4. Veterinary30.1%
    5. Dentistry20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does California Polytechnic State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Architecture takes 25.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ArchitectureSubfield · 20.3 works25×
  2. Media TechnologySubfield · 43.0 works6.7×
← 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: 1.36× its world share, 132 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 62 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 26 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 16 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.11× its world share, 176 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 45 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.80× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.40× its world share, 429 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.51× its world share, 153 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 34 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.90× its world share, 46 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.17× its world share, 53 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 44 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 141 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.47× its world share, 87 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.07× its world share, 71 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 26 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 40 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.62× its world share, 101 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 327 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics1.90×46 works
  2. Psychology1.62×101 works
  3. Environmental Science1.51×153 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.47×87 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.40×45 works
  6. Engineering1.40×429 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.36×132 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.30×26 works
  9. Social Sciences1.26×327 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.17×53 works
  11. Computer Science1.11×176 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting1.07×71 works
  13. Veterinary0.94×3 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.92×40 works
  15. Health Professions0.81×44 works
  16. Neuroscience0.80×26 works
  17. Energy0.80×15 works
  18. Nursing0.74×7 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.71×5 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.57×62 works
  21. Chemistry0.49×16 works
  22. Materials Science0.48×34 works
  23. Medicine0.36×141 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.23×5 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.17×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.15×2 works

Who are the top researchers at California Polytechnic State University?

Ranked on the quality score, Clinton D. Francis, Andres W. Martinez and Sarah Kozey Keadle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is California Polytechnic State University.

  1. 1 Clinton D. Francis United States · #94,664 worldwide 6.2k citations · 109 works
  2. 2 Andres W. Martinez United States · #116,454 worldwide 16k citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Sarah Kozey Keadle United States · #139,517 worldwide 7.3k citations · 130 works
  4. 4 James W. Antony United States · #159,505 worldwide 2.5k citations · 73 works
  5. 5 Stefan Andreas Talke United States · #188,353 worldwide 4.7k citations · 160 works
  6. 6 Crow White United States · #199,704 worldwide 5.9k citations · 94 works
  7. 7 Suzanne Phelan United States · #200,995 worldwide 12k citations · 203 works
  8. 8 Seeta A. Sistla United States · #251,070 worldwide 3.8k citations · 76 works
  9. 9 Richard Pollard United States · #267,644 worldwide 3.3k citations · 54 works
  10. 10 Bing Qu United States · #330,953 worldwide 3.4k citations · 151 works
All ranked researchers at California Polytechnic State University

What are the most cited papers from California Polytechnic State University?

The most cited paper from California Polytechnic State University is "SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python" (Pauli Virtanen et al., 2020), with 40,161 citations. Next come "User Acceptance of Computer Technology: A Comparison of Two Theoretical Models" (25,784) and "Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation to Use Computers in the Workplace 1" (6,217).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python Pauli Virtanen et al. · Nature Methods Open access112 authors 3 Feb 2020 40,161
2 User Acceptance of Computer Technology: A Comparison of Two Theoretical Models Fred D. Davis, Richard P. Bagozzi, Paul R. Warshaw · Management Science Aug 1989 25,784
3 Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation to Use Computers in the Workplace 1 Fred D. Davis, Richard P. Bagozzi, Paul R. Warshaw · Journal of Applied Social Psychology Jul 1992 6,217
4 The impacts of climate change in coastal marine systems Christopher D. G. Harley, A. Randall Hughes, Kristin M. Hultgren et al. · Ecology Letters Open access 12 Jan 2006 2,726
5 Jupyter Notebooks – a publishing format for reproducible computational workflows Thomas A. Kluyver, Benjamin Ragan-Kelley, Pérez Fernando et al. · IOS Press eBooks Book chapterOpen access 2016 2,619
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at California Polytechnic State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Engineering Education, Climate Change, STEM Education, Globalization, Sustainability, Assessment Methods, Curriculum Development and Lifelong Learning.

▲ 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. Climate Change111▲ 1.99×76 topics
  2. Machine Learning74◆ 1.08×69 topics
  3. Sustainability71▲ 1.42×64 topics
  4. Globalization68▲ 1.69×64 topics
  5. Deep Learning60▼ 0.85×65 topics
  6. Engineering Education59▲ 33×4 topics
  7. Education52▲ 1.49×45 topics
  8. STEM Education45▲ 4.8×9 topics
  9. Innovation44▲ 2.1×33 topics
  10. Curriculum Development40▲ 2.9×5 topics
  11. Mental Health33◆ 1.13×30 topics
  12. Remote Sensing33▲ 1.31×24 topics
  13. Student Engagement33▲ 4.0×12 topics
  14. Biodiversity32▲ 2.1×22 topics
  15. Identity32▲ 2.2×37 topics
  16. Lifelong Learning27▲ 6.4×8 topics
  17. Invasive Species27▲ 3.1×15 topics
  18. Higher Education27▲ 2.4×19 topics
  19. Gender26▲ 2.4×27 topics
  20. Assessment Methods26▲ 12×3 topics
  21. Conservation25▲ 2.9×17 topics
  22. Entrepreneurship25▲ 3.1×10 topics
  23. Professional Skills22▲ 34×2 topics
  24. Project-Based Learning22▲ 28×3 topics
  25. Accreditation21▲ 42×1 topic
  26. Outcome-Based Education21▲ 42×1 topic
  27. Distance Learning21▲ 2.9×3 topics
  28. Control System20▲ 20×3 topics
  29. Remote Laboratories20▲ 36×1 topic
  30. Virtual Labs20▲ 36×1 topic
  31. Robotics17▲ 3.4×9 topics
  32. Race15▲ 6.3×13 topics
  33. Hands-On Learning14▲ 84×1 topic
  34. Integrated First-Year Curriculum14▲ 84×1 topic
  35. Ecosystem Resilience14▲ 4.5×5 topics
  36. Teacher Preparation14▲ 8.8×4 topics
  37. Social Cognitive Theory12▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Fruit Quality12▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Grapevine12▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Transcriptome Analysis11▲ 9.1×2 topics

Which research topics does California Polytechnic State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Engineering Education and Curriculum Development, Experimental Learning in Engineering, Engineering Education and Pedagogy and Horticultural and Viticultural Research.

Engineering Education and Curriculum Development: 21 fractional worksExperimental Learning in Engineering: 20 fractional worksEngineering Education an…14Engineering Education and Pedagogy: 14 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticu…10Horticultural and Viticultural Research: 10 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 9 fractional worksCareer Development and Diversity: 9 fractional worksBiomedical and Engineeri…9Biomedical and Engineering Education: 9 fractional worksStatistics Education and Methodologies: 8 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 7 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 7 fractional works
Media TechnologyArchitecturePlant ScienceGlobal and Planetary Change5 others

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

  1. 1 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 21 works
  2. 2 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 20 works
  3. 3 Engineering Education and Pedagogy Architecture 14 works
  4. 4 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 10 works
  5. 5 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 9 works
  6. 6 Career Development and Diversity Safety Research 9 works
  7. 7 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 9 works
  8. 8 Statistics Education and Methodologies Statistics and Probability 8 works
  9. 9 Higher Education Research Studies Education 7 works
  10. 10 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 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 available37.4%not open62.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.7%domestic only88.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has California Polytechnic State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% 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 Polytechnic State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0078% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%California Polytechnic State University0.0072% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of California Polytechnic 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 2025California Polytechnic State University6.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.8% in 1997.

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