California State University, Fullerton
In research, California State University, Fullerton stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,916 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,434 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,356 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Gender Studies (Gender Studies is 4.8× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #4,502 of 22,385 · #4,070 all time
- Rank in United States
- #626 of 3,332
- Research works
- 11k ▼ 19% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 235k 20.7 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 7.0% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.68× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 22% world 40%
- International
- 10% world 18%
What is California State University, Fullerton known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #2,916 of 9,585 | 8.0% | 643 | #1765 | |
| Social SciencesField | #2,434 of 5,988 | 8.7% | 292 | #1934 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #5,356 of 10,670 | 5.3% | 441 | #4948 | |
| PsychologyField | #1,502 of 2,121 | 7.1% | 111 | #1242 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #7,062 of 9,902 | 7.4% | 194 | #7151 | |
| Business, Management and AccountingField | #1,936 of 2,581 | 9.3% | 86 | #1816 | |
| Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield | #1,896 of 2,526 | 8.7% | 92 | #1709 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #4,897 of 6,403 | 4.8% | 100 | #7268 | |
| MedicineField | #6,608 of 8,541 | 6.5% | 134 | #7659 | |
| Arts and HumanitiesField | #1,565 of 1,896 | 7.7% | 74 | #1848 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where California State University, Fullerton 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.
- Social Sciences#1,765 #2,916
- Social Sciences#1,934 #2,434
- Physical Sciences#4,948 #5,356
- Psychology#1,242 #1,502
- Health Sciences#7,151 #7,062
- Business, Management and Accounting#1,816 #1,936
- Sociology and Political Science#1,709 #1,896
- Life Sciences#7,268 #4,897
- Medicine#7,659 #6,608
- Arts and Humanities#1,848 #1,565
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 State University, Fullerton work in?
In 2022-now, 47% of research at California State University, Fullerton is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Computer Science (10%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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
- Social Sciences70946.7%
- Social Sciences32021.1%
- Psychology1248.2%
- Business, Management and Accounting966.3%
- Arts and Humanities825.4%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance634.1%
- Decision Sciences241.6%
- Physical Sciences47931.5%
- Computer Science15510.2%
- Engineering1419.3%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences513.4%
- Environmental Science463.0%
- Mathematics291.9%
- Physics and Astronomy241.6%
- Materials Science140.9%
- Chemistry120.8%
- Energy70.4%
- Chemical Engineering10.0%
- Health Sciences21314.0%
- Medicine1499.8%
- Health Professions583.8%
- Nursing40.2%
- Dentistry20.1%
- Veterinary00.0%
- Life Sciences1187.8%
What does California State University, Fullerton specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Gender Studies takes 4.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Gender StudiesSubfield · 26.2 works4.8×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Psychology2.68×124 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2.16×51 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.96×96 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.93×63 works
- Arts and Humanities1.88×82 works
- Social Sciences1.67×320 works
- Decision Sciences1.64×24 works
- Mathematics1.60×28 works
- Health Professions1.44×58 works
- Computer Science1.32×156 works
- Neuroscience1.30×32 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.76×61 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.71×24 works
- Engineering0.62×141 works
- Environmental Science0.61×46 works
- Medicine0.51×149 works
- Chemistry0.50×12 works
- Nursing0.50×4 works
- Energy0.47×6 works
- Dentistry0.31×2 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×20 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.26×1 works
- Materials Science0.26×14 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.23×4 works
- Chemical Engineering0.12×1 works
- Veterinary0.07×0 works
- Psychology 2.7×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 2.2×
- Business, Management and Accounting 2.0×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.9×
- Arts and Humanities 1.9×
- Social Sciences 1.7×
- Decision Sciences 1.6×
- Mathematics 1.6×
- Health Professions 1.4×
- Computer Science 1.3×
- Neuroscience 1.3×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.8×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.7×
- Engineering 0.6×
- Environmental Science 0.6×
- Medicine 0.5×
- Chemistry 0.5×
- Nursing 0.5×
- Energy 0.5×
- Dentistry 0.3×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.3×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.3×
- Materials Science 0.3×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.2×
- Chemical Engineering 0.1×
- Veterinary 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at California State University, Fullerton?
Ranked on the quality score, Fabian Magaña-Sandoval, J. Read and Ofir Turel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is California State University, Fullerton.
- 1
Fabian Magaña-Sandoval
United States · #3,146 worldwide 71k citations · 122 works
- 2
J. Read
United States · #12,128 worldwide 60k citations · 154 works
- 3
Ofir Turel
United States · #25,422 worldwide 14k citations · 370 works
- 4
D. A. Melchor
United States · #59,087 worldwide 5.6k citations · 48 works
- 5
Aaron W. Lukaszewski
United States · #180,889 worldwide 2.7k citations · 76 works
- 6
Sudarshan Kurwadkar
United States · #284,158 worldwide 3.2k citations · 67 works
- 7
Lucía Alcalá
United States · #374,281 worldwide 846 citations · 40 works
- 8
G. Serna
United States · #375,318 worldwide 26k citations · 33 works
- 9
Stella Ting‐Toomey
United States · #501,221 worldwide 9.5k citations · 106 works
- 10
Michele M. Wood
United States · #522,629 worldwide 3.2k citations · 100 works
Which keywords describe research at California State University, Fullerton?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Gender, Student Engagement, Machine Learning, Intersectionality, Deep Learning, Social Media and Corporate Governance.
- Geochronology
- Educational Inequality
- Intelligence
- Training Load
- Academic Performance
- Race
- Physical Fitness
- Cancer Risk
- Health Disparities
- Feminism
- Diversity
- Colonialism
- Social Support
- Literature
- Corporate Governance
- Neural Networks
- Education
- Social Media
- Epidemiology
- Deep Learning
- Machine Learning
- Mental Health
- Globalization
- Climate Change
- Gender
- Student Engagement
- Identity
- History
- Ethics
- Intersectionality
- Emotion
- Neoliberalism
- Tectonics
- Firm Performance
- High-Intensity Interval Training
- Resistance Training
- Physiological Demands
- Working Memory
- Assisted Reproductive Technology
- Occupational Exposure
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
- Machine Learning66▲ 1.30×68 topics
- Deep Learning58◆ 1.10×68 topics
- Mental Health53▲ 2.4×30 topics
- Epidemiology43▼ 0.71×64 topics
- Globalization43▲ 1.43×53 topics
- Social Media40▲ 1.89×23 topics
- Climate Change36◆ 0.88×56 topics
- Education35▲ 1.34×35 topics
- Gender35▲ 4.3×30 topics
- Neural Networks32▲ 1.35×32 topics
- Student Engagement32▲ 5.2×12 topics
- Corporate Governance31▲ 2.7×15 topics
- Identity27▲ 2.5×29 topics
- Literature25▲ 3.0×20 topics
- History23▲ 2.1×25 topics
- Social Support22▲ 2.8×15 topics
- Ethics22▲ 2.8×22 topics
- Colonialism21▲ 3.0×21 topics
- Intersectionality21▲ 7.2×11 topics
- Diversity17▲ 6.5×7 topics
- Emotion17▲ 5.3×10 topics
- Feminism16▲ 3.6×13 topics
- Neoliberalism16▲ 2.9×19 topics
- Health Disparities16▲ 4.0×8 topics
- Tectonics14▲ 7.8×3 topics
- Cancer Risk13▲ 4.0×6 topics
- Firm Performance13▲ 4.9×4 topics
- Physical Fitness13▲ 5.9×3 topics
- High-Intensity Interval Training12▲ 7.3×2 topics
- Race12▲ 6.5×12 topics
- Resistance Training12▲ 8.6×2 topics
- Academic Performance12▲ 8.8×5 topics
- Physiological Demands10▲ 11×1 topic
- Training Load10▲ 11×1 topic
- Working Memory10▲ 7.7×3 topics
- Intelligence10▲ 16×3 topics
- Assisted Reproductive Technology10▲ 11×2 topics
- Educational Inequality10▲ 11×4 topics
- Occupational Exposure10▲ 12×2 topics
- Geochronology10▲ 9.3×1 topic
Which research topics does California State University, Fullerton publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Sports Performance and Training, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Corporate Finance and Governance and Occupational Health and Performance.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 10 works
- 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 10 works
- 3 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 10 works
- 4 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 9 works
- 5 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 9 works
- 6 Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 8 works
- 7 Higher Education Research Studies Education 8 works
- 8 Facility Location and Emergency Management Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 8 works
- 9 Cognitive Abilities and Testing Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 8 works
- 10 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 8 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has California State University, Fullerton's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 19% lower than in 2018-2021.
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 State University, Fullerton as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0062% in 2024.
Fractional works of California State University, Fullerton 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.6% in 1990.
Other research institutions in Fullerton
- Marshall B. Ketchum University
- St. Jude Medical Center
- Fullerton College
- Hope International University
- Hayfield University
- Grace Mission University
- Microwave Products and Technology (United States)
- CSUF Auxiliary Services
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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