Central Washington University
In research, Central Washington University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,858 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,640 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,545 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.
- World rank, 2022-now
- #15,524 of 22,385 · #7,030 all time
- Rank in United States
- #2,227 of 3,332
- Research works
- 3k ▼ 18% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 48k 16.1 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 5.6% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.70× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 28% world 40%
- International
- 10% world 18%
What is Central Washington University 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 | #8,858 of 9,585 | 6.1% | 195 | #3040 | |
| Social SciencesField | #5,640 of 5,988 | 5.9% | 85 | #2854 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #10,545 of 10,670 | 2.9% | 150 | #7522 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Central Washington 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 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#3,040 #8,858
- Social Sciences#2,854 #5,640
- Physical Sciences#7,522 #10,545
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 Central Washington University work in?
In 2022-now, 46% of research at Central Washington University is in Social Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Computer Science (12%), Engineering (8%). It does 1.8× 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 25 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences21245.8%
- Social Sciences9320.1%
- Psychology378.0%
- Arts and Humanities337.1%
- Business, Management and Accounting255.3%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance143.0%
- Decision Sciences112.4%
- Physical Sciences16535.6%
- Computer Science5612.1%
- Engineering398.4%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences194.2%
- Environmental Science194.1%
- Chemistry153.3%
- Physics and Astronomy61.3%
- Mathematics51.0%
- Materials Science40.9%
- Chemical Engineering00.1%
- Energy00.1%
- Health Sciences5311.6%
- Medicine398.4%
- Health Professions122.6%
- Nursing20.4%
- Veterinary10.2%
- Life Sciences327.0%
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: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 25 fields, with their numbers
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2.69×20 works
- Psychology2.62×37 works
- Arts and Humanities2.46×33 works
- Decision Sciences2.43×11 works
- Chemistry2.11×15 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.65×24 works
- Veterinary1.59×1 works
- Social Sciences1.58×93 works
- Computer Science1.56×56 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.40×14 works
- Neuroscience1.00×8 works
- Health Professions0.98×12 works
- Nursing0.88×2 works
- Mathematics0.87×5 works
- Environmental Science0.83×19 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×16 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.61×1 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.57×6 works
- Engineering0.56×39 works
- Medicine0.43×39 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.37×8 works
- Chemical Engineering0.31×0 works
- Materials Science0.26×4 works
- Energy0.10×0 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 2.7×
- Psychology 2.6×
- Arts and Humanities 2.5×
- Decision Sciences 2.4×
- Chemistry 2.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting 1.6×
- Veterinary 1.6×
- Social Sciences 1.6×
- Computer Science 1.6×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.4×
- Neuroscience 1.0×
- Health Professions 1.0×
- Nursing 0.9×
- Mathematics 0.9×
- Environmental Science 0.8×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.6×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.6×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.6×
- Engineering 0.6×
- Medicine 0.4×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.4×
- Chemical Engineering 0.3×
- Materials Science 0.3×
- Energy 0.1×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Central Washington University?
Ranked on the quality score, James B. Avey, Jeremy Paul Winberry and Clay Porter Arango lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Central Washington University.
- 1
James B. Avey
United States · #95,691 worldwide 22k citations · 63 works
- 2
Jeremy Paul Winberry
United States · #350,504 worldwide 2.5k citations · 116 works
- 3
Clay Porter Arango
United States · #377,749 worldwide 4k citations · 41 works
- 4
Walter Szeliga
United States · #553,110 worldwide 2.5k citations · 107 works
- 5
T. I. Melbourne
United States · #566,006 worldwide 2.3k citations · 125 works
- 6
Charles M. Rubin
United States · #609,820 worldwide 6.7k citations · 154 works
- 7
Susan D. Kaspari
United States · #614,037 worldwide 4.1k citations · 107 works
- 8
Timothy J. Hargrave
United States · #656,859 worldwide 2.1k citations · 23 works
- 9
Victor Marcelo Santillan
United States · #996,240 worldwide 851 citations · 53 works
- 10
Wendy A. Bohrson
United States · #1,277,690 worldwide 3.2k citations · 148 works
Which keywords describe research at Central Washington University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Neural Networks, Engineering Education, Identity, Globalization, Risk Management, Big Data and Sustainability.
- Project Success
- Construction Projects
- Asymmetric Synthesis
- Cultural Transmission
- Injury Prevention
- Geological Mapping
- Teaching Strategies
- Visual Analytics
- Information Visualization
- Machine Learning Interpretability
- Interpretable Models
- Higher Education
- Student Engagement
- Curriculum Development
- Engineering Education
- Cultural Identity
- Data Mining
- Mental Health
- Big Data
- Globalization
- Machine Learning
- Sustainability
- Identity
- Risk Management
- Deep Neural Networks
- Supply Chain Management
- Corporate Governance
- Nationalism
- Feminism
- Spatial Analysis
- Learning Outcomes
- User Interaction
- STEM Education
- Lifelong Learning
- Tectonics
- Secularism
- Assessment Methods
- Holocene
- Altruism
- Empire
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 Learning23▲ 1.49×39 topics
- Globalization17▲ 1.87×25 topics
- Sustainability16▲ 1.44×28 topics
- Big Data12▲ 2.8×11 topics
- Identity12▲ 3.6×17 topics
- Mental Health11▲ 1.72×23 topics
- Risk Management10▲ 4.5×11 topics
- Data Mining10▲ 2.8×7 topics
- Deep Neural Networks10▲ 17×2 topics
- Cultural Identity9▲ 3.9×12 topics
- Supply Chain Management9▲ 2.2×14 topics
- Engineering Education9▲ 22×4 topics
- Corporate Governance9▲ 2.5×6 topics
- Curriculum Development8▲ 2.6×7 topics
- Nationalism8▲ 3.9×12 topics
- Student Engagement8▲ 4.1×10 topics
- Feminism7▲ 5.2×9 topics
- Higher Education6▲ 2.6×12 topics
- Spatial Analysis6▲ 15×2 topics
- Interpretable Models6▲ 25×1 topic
- Learning Outcomes6▲ 3.4×7 topics
- Machine Learning Interpretability6▲ 25×1 topic
- User Interaction6▲ 44×2 topics
- Information Visualization6▲ 64×1 topic
- STEM Education6▲ 2.9×6 topics
- Visual Analytics6▲ 64×1 topic
- Lifelong Learning5▲ 5.7×4 topics
- Teaching Strategies5▲ 4.0×5 topics
- Tectonics5▲ 8.8×3 topics
- Geological Mapping5▲ 13×2 topics
- Secularism5▲ 9.9×4 topics
- Injury Prevention4▲ 8.0×4 topics
- Assessment Methods4▲ 9.0×3 topics
- Cultural Transmission4▲ 13×4 topics
- Holocene4▲ 8.2×2 topics
- Asymmetric Synthesis4▲ 16×4 topics
- Altruism4▲ 9.6×3 topics
- Construction Projects4▲ 18×1 topic
- Empire4▲ 9.2×2 topics
- Project Success4▲ 20×1 topic
Which research topics does Central Washington University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI), Data Visualization and Analytics, Construction Project Management and Performance and Engineering Education and Curriculum Development.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Artificial Intelligence 6 works
- 2 Data Visualization and Analytics Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 6 works
- 3 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 4 works
- 4 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 4 works
- 5 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 3 works
- 6 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 3 works
- 7 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 3 works
- 8 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 3 works
- 9 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 3 works
- 10 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Central Washington University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 18% 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 Central Washington University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0018% in 2024.
Fractional works of Central Washington University 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 14.9% in 2001.
Other research institutions in Ellensburg
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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