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California State University System

In research, California State University System stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,348 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,568 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,179 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,171
of 22,385 · #2,841 all time
Rank in United States
#401
of 3,332
Research works
6.8k
▲ 39% vs 2018-21
Citations
108k
15.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
California State University System

What is California State University System 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
Social SciencesDomain #1,348 of 9,585 8.4%422 #1264
Physical SciencesDomain #1,568 of 10,670 5.4%176 #2975
Social SciencesField #1,179 of 5,988 8.4%231 #1078
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,027 of 2,526 10.3%76 #1063
Arts and HumanitiesField #934 of 1,896 11.5%64 #770

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where California State University System 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. Social Sciences#1,264 #1,348
  2. Physical Sciences#2,975 #1,568
  3. Social Sciences#1,078 #1,179
  4. Sociology and Political Science#1,063 #1,027
  5. Arts and Humanities#770 #934
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 State University System work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at California State University System is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (33%), Psychology (9%), Arts and Humanities (9%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 493 fractional works · 60.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 269 fractional works · 32.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 87 fractional works · 10.6% of its workEducation: 56 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 38 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSafety Research: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGender Studies: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCultural Studies: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 75 fractional works · 9.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 29 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 28 fractional works · 3.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 72 fractional works · 8.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHistory: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 39 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAccounting: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 25 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 214 fractional works · 26.2% of its workEngineering: 70 fractional works · 8.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 61 fractional works · 7.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 23 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 28 fractional works · 3.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 70 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMedicine: 40 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 27 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 41 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCalifornia StateUniversity System819fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences60%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences26932.9%
    2. Psychology759.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities728.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting394.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance253.0%
    6. Decision Sciences141.7%
    1. Engineering708.6%
    2. Computer Science617.5%
    3. Environmental Science283.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences192.3%
    5. Mathematics111.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy111.3%
    7. Materials Science60.7%
    8. Chemistry50.6%
    9. Energy30.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Medicine404.8%
    2. Health Professions273.3%
    3. Nursing30.3%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences151.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology131.5%
    3. Neuroscience101.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.39× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.96× its world share, 61 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 19 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.57× its world share, 70 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.11× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.26× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.06× its world share, 72 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.48× its world share, 39 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.42× its world share, 25 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.99× its world share, 75 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.60× its world share, 269 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.06×72 works
  2. Psychology2.99×75 works
  3. Social Sciences2.60×269 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.71×14 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.48×39 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.47×19 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.42×25 works
  8. Health Professions1.26×27 works
  9. Mathematics1.11×11 works
  10. Computer Science0.96×61 works
  11. Neuroscience0.74×10 works
  12. Environmental Science0.70×28 works
  13. Nursing0.69×3 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.58×11 works
  15. Engineering0.57×70 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×15 works
  17. Chemistry0.38×5 works
  18. Energy0.37×3 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.33×1 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.30×2 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.29×13 works
  22. Medicine0.25×40 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.21×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.21×6 works
  25. Dentistry0.21×1 works

Who are the top researchers at California State University System?

Ranked on the quality score, Dvora Yanow, Divya Sitaraman and J. A. Fernández-Santamaría lead among researchers whose main affiliation is California State University System.

  1. 1 Dvora Yanow United States · #278,652 worldwide 12k citations · 160 works
  2. 2 Divya Sitaraman United States · #505,721 worldwide 2k citations · 40 works
  3. 3 J. A. Fernández-Santamaría United States · #1,155,655 worldwide 575 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Theodore Roszak United States · #1,227,205 worldwide 2.7k citations · 60 works
  5. 5 Stuart T. Klapp United States · #1,345,570 worldwide 4k citations · 82 works
  6. 6 Bernard C. Hennessy United States · #1,478,406 worldwide 727 citations · 64 works
  7. 7 Arthur E. Whimbey United States · #1,594,120 worldwide 1.4k citations · 85 works
  8. 8 Stephen Fuchs United States · #1,651,420 worldwide 279 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Virgil Salera United States · #1,835,509 worldwide 384 citations · 47 works
  10. 10 Michael Walters Dols United States · #1,883,361 worldwide 1.2k citations · 68 works
All ranked researchers at California State University System

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

The most cited paper from California State University System is "GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral" (B. P. Abbott et al., 2017), with 9,794 citations. Next come "GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs" (3,658) and "An institution-based view of international business strategy: a focus on emerging economies" (3,260).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,124 authors 16 Oct 2017 9,794
2 GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review X Open access1,149 authors 4 Sep 2019 3,658
3 An institution-based view of international business strategy: a focus on emerging economies Mike W. Peng, Denis Y. L. Wang, Yi Jiang · Journal of International Business Studies Open access 3 Apr 2008 3,260
4 Beyond Big and Little: The Four C Model of Creativity James C. Kaufman, Ronald A. Beghetto · Review of General Psychology Mar 2009 2,650
5 GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2 B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,049 authors Jun 2017 2,530
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at California State University System?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Gender, Globalization, Intersectionality, Identity, Education, Colonialism and Ethics.

▲ 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. Mental Health40▲ 3.4×35 topics
  2. Globalization39▲ 2.5×62 topics
  3. Education31▲ 2.2×46 topics
  4. Machine Learning27◆ 1.00×48 topics
  5. Gender26▲ 6.0×30 topics
  6. Sustainability26▲ 1.31×50 topics
  7. Identity23▲ 3.9×29 topics
  8. Human Rights20▲ 2.5×31 topics
  9. Ethics20▲ 4.7×22 topics
  10. Colonialism20▲ 5.0×26 topics
  11. Social Justice18▲ 3.8×26 topics
  12. Student Engagement18▲ 5.5×13 topics
  13. Intersectionality18▲ 12×12 topics
  14. History18▲ 3.1×25 topics
  15. Literature17▲ 3.8×20 topics
  16. Neoliberalism16▲ 5.5×16 topics
  17. Nationalism16▲ 4.3×16 topics
  18. Feminism15▲ 6.4×15 topics
  19. Higher Education15▲ 3.5×19 topics
  20. Big Data15▲ 1.88×17 topics
  21. Social Support14▲ 3.1×16 topics
  22. Diversity13▲ 9.1×6 topics
  23. Culture13▲ 3.0×14 topics
  24. Discrimination12▲ 7.3×7 topics
  25. International Relations12▲ 6.2×14 topics
  26. Religion12▲ 3.2×15 topics
  27. Resilience12▲ 3.0×13 topics
  28. Social Movements10▲ 4.3×15 topics
  29. Health Disparities10▲ 4.8×8 topics
  30. Teacher Education10▲ 9.7×4 topics
  31. Politics10▲ 4.6×12 topics
  32. Technology Integration10▲ 3.8×7 topics
  33. Race9▲ 9.2×11 topics
  34. Professional Development9▲ 5.2×9 topics
  35. Cultural Competence9▲ 8.2×7 topics
  36. Cosmopolitanism8▲ 9.5×5 topics
  37. Academic Performance8▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Language Policy8▲ 6.9×4 topics
  39. Gender Identity7▲ 8.1×3 topics
  40. Racism7▲ 32×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Critical Race Theory in Education, Higher Education Research Studies, LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy and Ethics and Social Impacts of AI.

Critical Race Theory in …7Critical Race Theory in Education: 7 fractional worksHigher Education Researc…5Higher Education Research Studies: 5 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 5 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 4 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 4 fractional worksCorporate Taxation and Avoidance: 4 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 4 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Cor…4Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 4 fractional worksLatin American and Latino Studies: 4 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEducationSocial PsychologySafety Research4 others

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

  1. 1 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  2. 2 Higher Education Research Studies Education 5 works
  3. 3 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 5 works
  4. 4 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 4 works
  5. 5 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 4 works
  6. 6 Corporate Taxation and Avoidance Accounting 4 works
  7. 7 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 4 works
  8. 8 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  9. 9 Latin American and Latino Studies Cultural Studies 4 works
  10. 10 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 3 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 available22.1%not open77.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 39% higher 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 State University System as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0028% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%California State University System0.0048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of California State University System 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 State University System8.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.0% in 2007.

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