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Central Michigan University

In research, Central Michigan University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,186 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,569 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,922 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,594
of 28,054 · #2,703 all time
Rank in United States
#509
of 4,192
Research works
11k
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
172k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Central Michigan University 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 #2,186 of 10,521 17.5%519 #906
Health SciencesDomain #2,569 of 11,982 13.4%490 #2870
Physical SciencesDomain #3,922 of 12,888 14.9%384 #2799
Social SciencesField #1,974 of 6,365 17.7%218 #753
MedicineField #3,308 of 10,443 12.8%416 #4033
Life SciencesDomain #2,895 of 7,800 14.5%130 #4429
Computer ScienceField #2,576 of 4,667 16.6%82 #3141
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,618 of 2,578 20.8%78 #970
EngineeringField #4,273 of 6,636 12.6%98 #3777
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,690 of 2,578 25.2%71 #873

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Central Michigan University 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#906 #2,186
  2. Health Sciences#2,870 #2,569
  3. Physical Sciences#2,799 #3,922
  4. Social Sciences#753 #1,974
  5. Medicine#4,033 #3,308
  6. Life Sciences#4,429 #2,895
  7. Computer Science#3,141 #2,576
  8. Sociology and Political Science#970 #1,618
  9. Engineering#3,777 #4,273
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#873 #1,690
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: 0.33× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.75× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.46× its world share, 36 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 82 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 24 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.43× its world share, 98 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.14× its world share, 86 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.65× its world share, 34 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.99× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.62× its world share, 21 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.62× its world share, 65 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.42× its world share, 416 worksMedicineNursing: 1.00× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.60× its world share, 70 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.44× its world share, 71 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.61× its world share, 52 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.00× its world share, 93 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 218 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Central Michigan University?

Ranked on the composite score, Koblar Alan Jackson, Terry A. Beehr and Donald A. Tomalia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Central Michigan University.

  1. 1 Koblar Alan Jackson United States · #5,137 worldwide 4k citations · 58 works
  2. 2 Terry A. Beehr United States · #17,270 worldwide 919 citations · 69 works
  3. 3 Donald A. Tomalia United States · #75,813 worldwide 414 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 John B. Mitchell United States · #105,831 worldwide 109 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Debra Ann Poole United States · #109,734 worldwide 150 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Felix Famoye United States · #219,878 worldwide 120 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Neil Douglas Christiansen United States · #227,024 worldwide 151 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Robert Stecker United States · #255,314 worldwide 84 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Thomas Gehring United States · #292,591 worldwide 200 citations · 56 works
  10. 10 David Fleming United States · #292,699 worldwide 50 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Central Michigan University

Which keywords describe research at Central Michigan University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Globalization, Treatment, Mental Health, Gender, Machine Learning, Risk Factors and Climate Change.

▲ 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. Epidemiology88▲ 1.47×112 topics
  2. Machine Learning54◆ 1.07×57 topics
  3. Globalization50▲ 1.66×50 topics
  4. Climate Change40◆ 0.98×52 topics
  5. Mental Health39▲ 1.76×32 topics
  6. Treatment38▲ 2.1×39 topics
  7. Deep Learning35▼ 0.68×56 topics
  8. Sustainability34◆ 0.93×42 topics
  9. Risk Factors33▲ 1.95×33 topics
  10. Inflammation31◆ 0.98×68 topics
  11. Quality of Life30▲ 1.39×42 topics
  12. Social Media29▲ 1.35×16 topics
  13. Gender27▲ 3.3×21 topics
  14. Healthcare26▲ 1.50×18 topics
  15. Public Health26▲ 1.17×40 topics
  16. Diagnosis25▲ 1.78×32 topics
  17. Depression21▲ 1.59×19 topics
  18. Identity20▲ 1.85×29 topics
  19. Genetics19▲ 1.77×17 topics
  20. Literature18▲ 2.2×22 topics
  21. Student Engagement18▲ 3.0×14 topics
  22. Colonialism18▲ 2.5×23 topics
  23. Job Satisfaction18▲ 2.7×9 topics
  24. History18▲ 1.64×20 topics
  25. Well-being17▲ 3.0×13 topics
  26. Feminism17▲ 3.9×12 topics
  27. Social Support17▲ 1.96×14 topics
  28. Prevalence16▲ 2.5×14 topics
  29. Primary Care16▲ 2.7×12 topics
  30. Invasive Species15▲ 2.4×12 topics
  31. Heart Failure14▲ 2.1×13 topics
  32. Medical Education14▲ 3.5×13 topics
  33. Reflective Practice13▲ 4.6×6 topics
  34. Social Movements13▲ 2.8×6 topics
  35. Assessment Methods10▲ 6.2×3 topics
  36. Patient Safety10▲ 4.3×7 topics
  37. Race9▲ 5.5×7 topics
  38. Advertising9▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Faculty Development8▲ 7.2×2 topics
  40. Continuing Medical Education7▲ 7.7×1 topic

Which research topics does Central Michigan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovations in Medical Education, American History and Culture, Fish Ecology and Management Studies and Race, History, and American Society.

Innovations in Medical E…7Innovations in Medical Education: 7 fractional worksAmerican History and Cul…7American History and Culture: 7 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 6 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 6 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 6 fractional worksHistorical Economic and Social Studies: 6 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 6 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Org…6Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 6 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 5 fractional worksWine Industry and Tourism: 5 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMarketingNature and Landscape ConservationSociology and Political Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  2. 2 American History and Culture Marketing 7 works
  3. 3 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works
  4. 4 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  5. 5 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  6. 6 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  7. 7 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 6 works
  8. 8 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 6 works
  9. 9 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 5 works
  10. 10 Wine Industry and Tourism Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 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 available26.3%not open73.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Central Michigan University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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.

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