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California State University, Fresno

In research, California State University, Fresno stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,243 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,911 of 6,365 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,716 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,911
of 28,054 · #3,804 all time
Rank in United States
#800
of 4,192
Research works
7.2k
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
109k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is California State University, Fresno 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 #2,243 of 10,521 17.4%415 #1012
Social SciencesField #1,911 of 6,365 17.5%208 #789
MedicineField #3,716 of 10,443 7.0%255 #3196
Health SciencesDomain #4,442 of 11,982 8.0%297 #3241
Physical SciencesDomain #6,728 of 12,888 11.4%337 #3851
Life SciencesDomain #5,211 of 7,800 14.8%134 #6172
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,780 of 2,578 21.6%61 #1198
PsychologyField #1,595 of 2,181 18.4%87 #821
Computer ScienceField #3,627 of 4,667 13.6%81 #3115
EngineeringField #5,663 of 6,636 4.7%122 #3810

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where California State University, Fresno 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#1,012 #2,243
  2. Social Sciences#789 #1,911
  3. Medicine#3,196 #3,716
  4. Health Sciences#3,241 #4,442
  5. Physical Sciences#3,851 #6,728
  6. Life Sciences#6,172 #5,211
  7. Sociology and Political Science#1,198 #1,780
  8. Psychology#821 #1,595
  9. Computer Science#3,115 #3,627
  10. Engineering#3,810 #5,663
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.

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: 0.90× its world share, 50 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 47 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.41× its world share, 27 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.84× its world share, 16 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.88× its world share, 81 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.53× its world share, 28 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.69× its world share, 122 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.72× its world share, 42 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.99× its world share, 26 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.07× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.12× its world share, 255 worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.69× its world share, 58 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.86× its world share, 33 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.42× its world share, 87 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 208 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at California State University, Fresno?

Ranked on the composite score, Keith Putirka, Michael Gorman and Youngwook Kim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is California State University, Fresno.

  1. 1 Keith Putirka United States · #34,529 worldwide 859 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Michael Gorman United States · #48,482 worldwide 102 citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Youngwook Kim United States · #111,126 worldwide 307 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Gustavo Esteva United States · #171,112 worldwide 36 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 William H. Bommer United States · #182,650 worldwide 308 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Pei Xu United States · #194,592 worldwide 64 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Shih-Hsi Liu United States · #197,879 worldwide 166 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Graham Thurgood United States · #236,316 worldwide 139 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Ellen Woo United States · #237,431 worldwide 104 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Wei Wu United States · #319,962 worldwide 80 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at California State University, Fresno

Which keywords describe research at California State University, Fresno?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human-Computer Interaction, Social Justice, Gesture Recognition, Epidemiology, Interactive Evolutionary Computation, Music Generation, Environmental Sustainability and Ethnomusicology.

▲ 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. Epidemiology56▲ 1.21×98 topics
  2. Machine Learning44◆ 1.14×38 topics
  3. Mental Health35▲ 2.0×32 topics
  4. Climate Change35◆ 1.09×50 topics
  5. Education32▲ 1.60×27 topics
  6. Social Justice29▲ 4.1×17 topics
  7. Sustainability28◆ 0.98×41 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence27▲ 1.69×15 topics
  9. Globalization25◆ 1.06×31 topics
  10. Human-Computer Interaction22▲ 11×3 topics
  11. Treatment22▲ 1.54×37 topics
  12. Gesture Recognition20▲ 23×2 topics
  13. Interactive Evolutionary Computation20▲ 79×1 topic
  14. Music Generation20▲ 79×1 topic
  15. Environmental Sustainability19▲ 10×3 topics
  16. Risk Factors19▲ 1.48×31 topics
  17. Ethnomusicology19▲ 41×2 topics
  18. Indigenous Knowledge19▲ 17×2 topics
  19. Cultural Conservation19▲ 62×1 topic
  20. Ecomusicology19▲ 67×1 topic
  21. Diagnosis18▲ 1.68×31 topics
  22. Meta-Analysis18▲ 2.5×12 topics
  23. Social Support17▲ 2.5×15 topics
  24. Student Engagement16▲ 3.4×12 topics
  25. Gender14▲ 2.2×16 topics
  26. Resilience14▲ 2.4×12 topics
  27. Intersectionality12▲ 5.6×6 topics
  28. Well-being12▲ 2.7×13 topics
  29. Diversity12▲ 5.7×8 topics
  30. Coping Strategies12▲ 3.9×7 topics
  31. Academic Performance11▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Academic Achievement10▲ 5.2×10 topics
  33. Vibration Control10▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Hormone Therapy9▲ 9.7×2 topics
  35. Motor Imagery9▲ 6.5×2 topics
  36. Engineering Education9▲ 8.8×4 topics
  37. Wave Propagation9▲ 6.8×2 topics
  38. Acoustic Metamaterials9▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Phononic Crystals9▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Educational Inequality9▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does California State University, Fresno publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Music Technology and Sound Studies, Diverse Musicological Studies, Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research and Education and Critical Thinking Development.

Music Technology and Sou…20Music Technology and Sound Studies: 20 fractional worksDiverse Musicological Studies: 19 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 9 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 7 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 7 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 7 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 6 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticultural Research: 6 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 5 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 5 fractional works
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionMusicBiomedical EngineeringEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 20 works
  2. 2 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 19 works
  3. 3 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 9 works
  4. 4 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 7 works
  5. 5 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  6. 6 Higher Education Research Studies Education 7 works
  7. 7 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  8. 8 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 6 works
  9. 9 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 5 works
  10. 10 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 5 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 available27.0%not open73.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.2%domestic only89.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has California State University, Fresno's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% 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.

Other research institutions in Fresno

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.