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Coastal Carolina University

In research, Coastal Carolina University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,911 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#7,142 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,822 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,734
of 28,054 · #9,835 all time
Rank in United States
#1,457
of 4,192
Research works
1.9k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Coastal Carolina 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 #3,911 of 10,521 18.3%241 #3086
Physical SciencesDomain #7,142 of 12,888 15.2%99 #6977
Social SciencesField #3,822 of 6,365 16.3%126 #2181

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Coastal Carolina 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#3,086 #3,911
  2. Physical Sciences#6,977 #7,142
  3. Social Sciences#2,181 #3,822
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: 0.57× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.16× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.77× its world share, 35 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.17× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.00× its world share, 35 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.64× its world share, 34 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.65× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.32× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.48× its world share, 126 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Coastal Carolina University?

Ranked on the composite score, William M. Jones, Catherine Scott and James O. Luken lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Coastal Carolina University.

  1. 1 William M. Jones United States · #412,965 worldwide 49 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Catherine Scott United States · #572,832 worldwide 64 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 James O. Luken United States · #627,358 worldwide 85 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Vladislav Gulis United States · #717,453 worldwide 85 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Sathish Kumar United States · #792,337 worldwide 74 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 P. T. Gayes United States · #854,326 worldwide 66 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Varavut Limpasuvan United States · #1,227,278 worldwide 97 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Allison Faix United States · #1,369,171 worldwide 4 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Terry F. Pettijohn United States · #1,405,045 worldwide 15 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Hugh S. Lamont United States · #1,495,713 worldwide 4 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Coastal Carolina University

Which keywords describe research at Coastal Carolina University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Gender, Corporate Governance, Climate Change, Social Media, Globalization, Ethics and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Climate Change23▲ 2.2×45 topics
  2. Identity20▲ 6.8×25 topics
  3. Globalization18▲ 2.3×36 topics
  4. Social Media17▲ 3.0×17 topics
  5. Gender17▲ 7.8×21 topics
  6. Corporate Governance15▲ 5.2×13 topics
  7. Mental Health14▲ 2.4×29 topics
  8. Ethics10▲ 5.2×16 topics
  9. History10▲ 3.5×15 topics
  10. Literature10▲ 4.5×19 topics
  11. Public Health10▲ 1.63×23 topics
  12. Remote Sensing9▲ 1.82×14 topics
  13. Culture8▲ 3.9×13 topics
  14. Firm Performance8▲ 10×3 topics
  15. Nationalism8▲ 4.2×10 topics
  16. Feminism7▲ 6.6×9 topics
  17. Philosophy7▲ 4.2×8 topics
  18. Student Engagement7▲ 4.6×11 topics
  19. Financial Constraints7▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Religion7▲ 3.8×14 topics
  21. Social Capital7▲ 3.3×13 topics
  22. Colonialism7▲ 3.7×13 topics
  23. Investor Protection6▲ 20×1 topic
  24. Masculinity6▲ 19×3 topics
  25. Ownership Structure6▲ 20×1 topic
  26. Sea-Level Rise6▲ 13×5 topics
  27. Global Governance6▲ 6.3×8 topics
  28. Ecosystem Services6▲ 3.7×7 topics
  29. Well-being6▲ 3.6×9 topics
  30. Fan Culture5▲ 50×1 topic
  31. Sport5▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Public Opinion5▲ 10×6 topics
  33. Fisheries Sustainability5▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Intersectionality5▲ 6.9×7 topics
  35. Injury Prevention4▲ 8.3×4 topics
  36. Race4▲ 9.1×10 topics
  37. Stakeholder Engagement4▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Coastal Protection4▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Stereotypes4▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Wave Modeling4▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Coastal Carolina University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Finance and Governance, Sports, Gender, and Society, Fish Ecology and Management Studies and Public Relations and Crisis Communication.

Corporate Finance and Governance: 6 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Society: 5 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 3 fractional worksPublic Relations and Crisis Communication: 3 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 3 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 3 fractional worksCommunication in Educati…3Communication in Education and Healthcare: 3 fractional worksAuditing, Earnings Management, Governance: 3 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 3 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Dynam…2Coastal and Marine Dynamics: 2 fractional works
AccountingGender StudiesNature and Landscape ConservationCommunication5 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 6 works
  2. 2 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 5 works
  3. 3 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  4. 4 Public Relations and Crisis Communication Communication 3 works
  5. 5 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  6. 6 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 3 works
  7. 7 Communication in Education and Healthcare Social Psychology 3 works
  8. 8 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 3 works
  9. 9 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 3 works
  10. 10 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 2 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 available30.4%not open69.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Coastal Carolina University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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