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California State University, Fullerton

In research, California State University, Fullerton stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,369 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,134 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,953 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Gender Studies — Gender Studies is 4.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,775
of 28,054 · #2,402 all time
Rank in United States
#533
of 4,192
Research works
11k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
235k
20.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is California State University, Fullerton 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 #1,369 of 10,521 20.0%643 #544
Social SciencesField #1,134 of 6,365 21.7%292 #565
Physical SciencesDomain #3,953 of 12,888 11.6%441 #2693
PsychologyField #807 of 2,181 16.8%111 #456
Health SciencesDomain #4,902 of 11,982 14.6%194 #3010
Computer ScienceField #2,106 of 4,667 11.8%142 #1923
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,301 of 2,578 25.4%92 #608
MedicineField #6,131 of 10,443 13.8%134 #4682
EducationSubfield #1,189 of 1,892 23.6%67 #478
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,632 of 2,578 24.6%86 #838

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 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#544 #1,369
  2. Social Sciences#565 #1,134
  3. Physical Sciences#2,693 #3,953
  4. Psychology#456 #807
  5. Health Sciences#3,010 #4,902
  6. Computer Science#1,923 #2,106
  7. Sociology and Political Science#608 #1,301
  8. Medicine#4,682 #6,131
  9. Education#478 #1,189
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#838 #1,632
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.

What does California State University, Fullerton specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Gender Studies takes 4.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Gender StudiesSubfield · 24.4 works4.9×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 50 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.29× its world share, 29 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.51× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.32× its world share, 142 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.10× its world share, 45 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.64× its world share, 133 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 43 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.55× its world share, 25 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.74× its world share, 23 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.47× its world share, 53 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 134 worksMedicineNursing: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.87× its world share, 74 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.93× its world share, 86 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 21 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.02× its world share, 60 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.63× its world share, 111 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.67× its world share, 292 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, T. J. Massinger, J. Read and Peter T. Daniels lead among researchers whose main affiliation is California State University, Fullerton.

  1. 1 T. J. Massinger United States · #36,035 worldwide 850 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 J. Read United States · #36,695 worldwide 769 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Peter T. Daniels United States · #62,133 worldwide 170 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Maria C. Linder United States · #111,286 worldwide 201 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Stella Ting‐Toomey United States · #113,067 worldwide 360 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Zvi Drezner United States · #138,887 worldwide 596 citations · 90 works
  7. 7 Michael H. Birnbaum United States · #165,076 worldwide 259 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Charles A. Frazee United States · #165,444 worldwide 52 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 David Perkins United States · #168,093 worldwide 93 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Ruchi Agarwal-Rangnath United States · #185,414 worldwide 30 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at California State University, Fullerton

Which keywords describe research at California State University, Fullerton?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Student Engagement, Gender, Machine Learning, Intersectionality, Deep Learning, Social Media and Globalization.

▲ 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. Machine Learning57▲ 1.27×62 topics
  2. Deep Learning53◆ 1.12×65 topics
  3. Mental Health49▲ 2.4×30 topics
  4. Globalization40▲ 1.48×51 topics
  5. Epidemiology39▼ 0.71×63 topics
  6. Social Media36▲ 1.85×23 topics
  7. Education32▲ 1.36×32 topics
  8. Gender32▲ 4.2×29 topics
  9. Student Engagement30▲ 5.4×12 topics
  10. Neural Networks29▲ 1.36×30 topics
  11. Corporate Governance27▲ 2.6×14 topics
  12. Identity24▲ 2.4×27 topics
  13. History21▲ 2.2×24 topics
  14. Social Support21▲ 2.7×15 topics
  15. Literature21▲ 2.8×20 topics
  16. Ethics20▲ 3.0×20 topics
  17. Intersectionality19▲ 7.5×10 topics
  18. Colonialism18▲ 2.8×18 topics
  19. Diversity16▲ 6.8×7 topics
  20. Emotion16▲ 5.6×8 topics
  21. Neoliberalism15▲ 3.0×18 topics
  22. Feminism15▲ 3.8×13 topics
  23. Health Disparities13▲ 3.7×8 topics
  24. Tectonics13▲ 8.1×3 topics
  25. Cancer Risk12▲ 4.1×6 topics
  26. Physical Fitness12▲ 6.4×3 topics
  27. Firm Performance12▲ 4.5×4 topics
  28. Resistance Training11▲ 8.9×2 topics
  29. Academic Performance11▲ 9.6×5 topics
  30. High-Intensity Interval Training11▲ 7.6×2 topics
  31. Race11▲ 6.9×11 topics
  32. Assisted Reproductive Technology10▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Physiological Demands10▲ 11×1 topic
  34. Training Load10▲ 11×1 topic
  35. Educational Inequality10▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Occupational Exposure10▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Working Memory10▲ 7.8×3 topics
  38. Engineering Education9▲ 7.5×4 topics
  39. Emergency Responders9▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Firefighters9▲ 38×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports Performance and Training, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Occupational Health and Performance and Housing Market and Economics.

Sports Performance and T…10Sports Performance and Training: 10 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…9Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 9 fractional worksOccupational Health and Performance: 9 fractional worksHousing Market and Economics: 8 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 8 fractional worksAssisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy: 8 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 8 fractional worksCognitive Abilities and …8Cognitive Abilities and Testing: 8 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 8 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 8 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineGeophysicsOccupational TherapyEconomics and Econometrics6 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 10 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 9 works
  3. 3 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 9 works
  4. 4 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  5. 5 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 8 works
  6. 6 Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 8 works
  7. 7 Higher Education Research Studies Education 8 works
  8. 8 Cognitive Abilities and Testing Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 8 works
  9. 9 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 8 works
  10. 10 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 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.

openly available21.8%not open78.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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.

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