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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.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll 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.

  1. Social Sciences#3,040 #8,858
  2. Social Sciences#2,854 #5,640
  3. Physical Sciences#7,522 #10,545
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 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.

Social Sciences: 212 fractional works · 45.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 93 fractional works · 20.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 29 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEducation: 23 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 37 fractional works · 8.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 33 fractional works · 7.1% of its workArcheology: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 25 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 165 fractional works · 35.6% of its workComputer Science: 56 fractional works · 12.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 26 fractional works · 5.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 13 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 39 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMedia Technology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeophysics: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 4.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 15 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 53 fractional works · 11.6% of its workMedicine: 39 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 32 fractional works · 7.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCentralWashington…462fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences46%

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 Sciences9320.1%
    2. Psychology378.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities337.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting255.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance143.0%
    6. Decision Sciences112.4%
    1. Computer Science5612.1%
    2. Engineering398.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences194.2%
    4. Environmental Science194.1%
    5. Chemistry153.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy61.3%
    7. Mathematics51.0%
    8. Materials Science40.9%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine398.4%
    2. Health Professions122.6%
    3. Nursing20.4%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology153.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences81.8%
    3. Neuroscience71.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.37× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.00× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.11× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.56× its world share, 56 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.69× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.56× its world share, 39 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.87× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.59× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.46× its world share, 33 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.65× its world share, 24 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.43× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.40× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.62× its world share, 37 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 93 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.69×20 works
  2. Psychology2.62×37 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.46×33 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.43×11 works
  5. Chemistry2.11×15 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.65×24 works
  7. Veterinary1.59×1 works
  8. Social Sciences1.58×93 works
  9. Computer Science1.56×56 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.40×14 works
  11. Neuroscience1.00×8 works
  12. Health Professions0.98×12 works
  13. Nursing0.88×2 works
  14. Mathematics0.87×5 works
  15. Environmental Science0.83×19 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×16 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.61×1 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.57×6 works
  19. Engineering0.56×39 works
  20. Medicine0.43×39 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.37×8 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.31×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.26×4 works
  24. Energy0.10×0 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works

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. 1 James B. Avey United States · #95,691 worldwide 22k citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Jeremy Paul Winberry United States · #350,504 worldwide 2.5k citations · 116 works
  3. 3 Clay Porter Arango United States · #377,749 worldwide 4k citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Walter Szeliga United States · #553,110 worldwide 2.5k citations · 107 works
  5. 5 T. I. Melbourne United States · #566,006 worldwide 2.3k citations · 125 works
  6. 6 Charles M. Rubin United States · #609,820 worldwide 6.7k citations · 154 works
  7. 7 Susan D. Kaspari United States · #614,037 worldwide 4.1k citations · 107 works
  8. 8 Timothy J. Hargrave United States · #656,859 worldwide 2.1k citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Victor Marcelo Santillan United States · #996,240 worldwide 851 citations · 53 works
  10. 10 Wendy A. Bohrson United States · #1,277,690 worldwide 3.2k citations · 148 works
All ranked researchers at Central Washington University

What are the most cited papers from Central Washington University?

The most cited paper from Central Washington University is "POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL: MEASUREMENT AND RELATIONSHIP WITH PERFORMANCE AND SATISFACTION" (Fred Luthans, Bruce J. Avolio, James B. Avey et al., 2007), with 4,776 citations. Next come "Meta‐analysis of the impact of positive psychological capital on employee attitudes, behaviors, and performance" (1,831) and "The mediating role of psychological capital in the supportive organizational climate—employee performance relationship" (1,356).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL: MEASUREMENT AND RELATIONSHIP WITH PERFORMANCE AND SATISFACTION Fred Luthans, Bruce J. Avolio, James B. Avey et al. · Personnel Psychology Sep 2007 4,776
2 Meta‐analysis of the impact of positive psychological capital on employee attitudes, behaviors, and performance James B. Avey, Rebecca J. Reichard, Fred Luthans et al. · Human Resource Development Quarterly Jun 2011 1,831
3 The mediating role of psychological capital in the supportive organizational climate—employee performance relationship Fred Luthans, Steven M. Norman, Bruce J. Avolio et al. · Journal of Organizational Behavior 15 Jan 2008 1,356
4 Analysis of 81 genes from 64 plastid genomes resolves relationships in angiosperms and identifies genome-scale evolutionary patterns Robert K. Jansen, Zhengqiu Cai, Linda A. Raubeson et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 28 Nov 2007 1,327
5 Psychological capital: A positive resource for combating employee stress and turnover James B. Avey, Fred Luthans, Susan M. Jensen · Human Resource Management Sep 2009 1,254
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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.

▲ 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. Machine Learning23▲ 1.49×39 topics
  2. Globalization17▲ 1.87×25 topics
  3. Sustainability16▲ 1.44×28 topics
  4. Big Data12▲ 2.8×11 topics
  5. Identity12▲ 3.6×17 topics
  6. Mental Health11▲ 1.72×23 topics
  7. Risk Management10▲ 4.5×11 topics
  8. Data Mining10▲ 2.8×7 topics
  9. Deep Neural Networks10▲ 17×2 topics
  10. Cultural Identity9▲ 3.9×12 topics
  11. Supply Chain Management9▲ 2.2×14 topics
  12. Engineering Education9▲ 22×4 topics
  13. Corporate Governance9▲ 2.5×6 topics
  14. Curriculum Development8▲ 2.6×7 topics
  15. Nationalism8▲ 3.9×12 topics
  16. Student Engagement8▲ 4.1×10 topics
  17. Feminism7▲ 5.2×9 topics
  18. Higher Education6▲ 2.6×12 topics
  19. Spatial Analysis6▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Interpretable Models6▲ 25×1 topic
  21. Learning Outcomes6▲ 3.4×7 topics
  22. Machine Learning Interpretability6▲ 25×1 topic
  23. User Interaction6▲ 44×2 topics
  24. Information Visualization6▲ 64×1 topic
  25. STEM Education6▲ 2.9×6 topics
  26. Visual Analytics6▲ 64×1 topic
  27. Lifelong Learning5▲ 5.7×4 topics
  28. Teaching Strategies5▲ 4.0×5 topics
  29. Tectonics5▲ 8.8×3 topics
  30. Geological Mapping5▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Secularism5▲ 9.9×4 topics
  32. Injury Prevention4▲ 8.0×4 topics
  33. Assessment Methods4▲ 9.0×3 topics
  34. Cultural Transmission4▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Holocene4▲ 8.2×2 topics
  36. Asymmetric Synthesis4▲ 16×4 topics
  37. Altruism4▲ 9.6×3 topics
  38. Construction Projects4▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Empire4▲ 9.2×2 topics
  40. 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.

  1. 1 Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  2. 2 Data Visualization and Analytics Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 6 works
  3. 3 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 4 works
  4. 4 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 4 works
  5. 5 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  6. 6 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  7. 7 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 3 works
  8. 8 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 3 works
  9. 9 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 3 works
  10. 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.

openly available28.2%not open71.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.7%domestic only90.3%

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.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

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.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Central Washington University0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Central Washington University4.5% in 2025200020102020

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.

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