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California State University, Long Beach

In research, California State University, Long Beach stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,240 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#2,960 of 12,888 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,805 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,866
of 28,054 · #1,869 all time
Rank in United States
#543
of 4,192
Research works
12k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
223k
18.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is California State University, Long Beach 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 #2,240 of 10,521 20.5%666 #619
Physical SciencesDomain #2,960 of 12,888 14.0%500 #1852
Health SciencesDomain #2,805 of 11,982 15.2%159 #1814
Social SciencesField #1,734 of 6,365 22.7%339 #455
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,084 of 2,578 23.2%120 #511
Computer ScienceField #2,323 of 4,667 15.5%119 #2549
EngineeringField #3,453 of 6,636 9.7%196 #1991
EducationSubfield #1,190 of 1,892 25.2%61 #402
PsychologyField #1,422 of 2,181 16.8%133 #572
MedicineField #7,242 of 10,443 13.5%100 #4342

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where California State University, Long Beach 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#619 #2,240
  2. Physical Sciences#1,852 #2,960
  3. Health Sciences#1,814 #2,805
  4. Social Sciences#455 #1,734
  5. Sociology and Political Science#511 #1,084
  6. Computer Science#2,549 #2,323
  7. Engineering#1,991 #3,453
  8. Education#402 #1,190
  9. Psychology#572 #1,422
  10. Medicine#4,342 #7,242
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: 0.28× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.88× its world share, 19 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.09× its world share, 119 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 32 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.45× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.93× its world share, 196 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 62 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.57× its world share, 28 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.77× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.72× its world share, 22 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 55 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 100 worksMedicineNursing: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.39× its world share, 97 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.08× its world share, 49 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.10× its world share, 33 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.11× its world share, 133 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.91× its world share, 339 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at California State University, Long Beach?

Ranked on the composite score, Raymond E. Lindgren, Lindsay Pérez Huber and Leon L. Wiltse lead among researchers whose main affiliation is California State University, Long Beach.

  1. 1 Raymond E. Lindgren United States · #12,690 worldwide 291 citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Lindsay Pérez Huber United States · #27,137 worldwide 302 citations · 44 works
  3. 3 Leon L. Wiltse United States · #88,699 worldwide 280 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 William F. Sater United States · #128,450 worldwide 51 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Scott L. Hershberger United States · #131,837 worldwide 239 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Diane Steigerwald United States · #133,123 worldwide 33 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Victor Benassi United States · #146,832 worldwide 161 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Claude Goldenberg United States · #169,925 worldwide 112 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Alexandra Jaffe United States · #221,611 worldwide 55 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 José Manuel Cruz Valdovinos United States · #247,311 worldwide 4 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at California State University, Long Beach

Which keywords describe research at California State University, Long Beach?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Gender, Identity, Globalization, Colonialism, Intersectionality, Machine Learning and History.

▲ 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 Health67▲ 3.2×33 topics
  2. Globalization57▲ 2.1×60 topics
  3. Machine Learning54▲ 1.17×60 topics
  4. Deep Learning43◆ 0.90×55 topics
  5. Identity40▲ 3.9×42 topics
  6. Gender37▲ 4.9×33 topics
  7. Climate Change36◆ 0.94×58 topics
  8. Colonialism34▲ 5.0×27 topics
  9. Human Rights31▲ 2.1×28 topics
  10. Public Health28▲ 1.40×29 topics
  11. History27▲ 2.8×28 topics
  12. Education27◆ 1.12×39 topics
  13. Healthcare24▲ 1.53×21 topics
  14. Social Justice23▲ 2.8×25 topics
  15. Depression23▲ 1.85×18 topics
  16. Literature22▲ 2.9×27 topics
  17. Ethics21▲ 3.2×24 topics
  18. Religion21▲ 3.2×20 topics
  19. Culture21▲ 2.8×16 topics
  20. Social Support20▲ 2.6×15 topics
  21. Intersectionality19▲ 7.6×10 topics
  22. Feminism19▲ 4.7×19 topics
  23. Student Engagement18▲ 3.2×12 topics
  24. Health Disparities18▲ 4.8×8 topics
  25. Neoliberalism17▲ 3.4×19 topics
  26. Social Movements17▲ 4.0×9 topics
  27. Nationalism16▲ 2.5×15 topics
  28. Democracy16▲ 3.3×17 topics
  29. Well-being16▲ 2.9×13 topics
  30. Emotion Regulation15▲ 3.5×8 topics
  31. Psychological Impact15▲ 3.3×7 topics
  32. Discrimination14▲ 5.2×6 topics
  33. Race14▲ 9.0×13 topics
  34. Memory14▲ 3.9×10 topics
  35. Methane Storage13▲ 7.0×2 topics
  36. Career Development12▲ 7.1×6 topics
  37. Stigma11▲ 5.9×4 topics
  38. Acculturation10▲ 9.8×2 topics
  39. Postcolonialism10▲ 6.0×11 topics
  40. Channel Estimation10▲ 8.0×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware Security and COVID-19 and Mental Health.

Metal-Organic Frameworks…7Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications: 7 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, …7LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 7 fractional worksPhysical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware Security: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 7 fractional worksPolitical and Social Dyn…7Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America: 7 fractional worksCareer Development and Diversity: 7 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 6 fractional worksRocket and propulsion sy…6Rocket and propulsion systems research: 6 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 6 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 6 fractional works
Inorganic ChemistrySocial PsychologyHardware and ArchitectureClinical Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 7 works
  2. 2 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 7 works
  3. 3 Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware Security Hardware and Architecture 7 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 7 works
  5. 5 Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  6. 6 Career Development and Diversity Safety Research 7 works
  7. 7 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 6 works
  8. 8 Rocket and propulsion systems research Aerospace Engineering 6 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 6 works
  10. 10 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 6 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 available21.2%not open78.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.0%domestic only91.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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.

Other research institutions in Long Beach

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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.