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Dickinson State University

In research, Dickinson State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,008 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,781
of 22,385 · #14,955 all time
Rank in United States
#2,770
of 3,332
Research works
510
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.9k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Dickinson State University

What is Dickinson State 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 #8,008 of 9,585 6.7%61 #7798

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dickinson State 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 fields of science does Dickinson State University work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Dickinson State University is in Social Sciences, 12% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (40%), Business, Management and Accounting (14%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (9%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 75 fractional works · 71.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 41 fractional works · 39.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 10.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 10.1% of its workLaw: 10 fractional works · 10.0% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 14.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 9.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 7.4% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 12.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 8.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDickinson StateUniversity104fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences72%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4139.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1514.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance109.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities54.6%
    5. Psychology32.9%
    6. Decision Sciences10.7%
    1. Environmental Science43.4%
    2. Engineering32.7%
    3. Computer Science22.0%
    4. Energy21.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.0%
    7. Mathematics00.2%
    8. Materials Science00.2%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences44.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.7%
    3. Neuroscience10.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    1. Medicine54.5%
    2. Health Professions33.0%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
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: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.57× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.60× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.46× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.44× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.15× its world share, 41 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.46×15 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.44×10 works
  3. Social Sciences3.15×41 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.60×5 works
  5. Energy1.57×2 works
  6. Health Professions1.14×3 works
  7. Psychology0.96×3 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.88×4 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.75×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.68×4 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.62×1 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.61×1 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.58×1 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.51×3 works
  15. Neuroscience0.40×1 works
  16. Dentistry0.33×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.26×2 works
  18. Medicine0.23×5 works
  19. Engineering0.18×3 works
  20. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Dickinson State University?

Ranked on the quality score, Joshua J. Steffan, Taiwo O. Soetan and Samantha J. Prince lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dickinson State University.

  1. 1 Joshua J. Steffan United States · #993,283 worldwide 2.3k citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Taiwo O. Soetan United States · #1,237,834 worldwide 698 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Samantha J. Prince United States · #1,465,203 worldwide 125 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Eric Charles Brevik United States · #1,591,968 worldwide 12k citations · 375 works
  5. 5 George S. McClellan United States · #2,299,352 worldwide 421 citations · 77 works
  6. 6 Lynn C. Burgess United States · #2,313,031 worldwide 787 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Elizabeth Freedman Fowler United States · #2,450,504 worldwide 172 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Woodrow W. Poland United States · #2,625,315 worldwide 642 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 L. R. Waldron United States · #3,017,521 worldwide 112 citations · 54 works
  10. 10 Tonya M. Evans United States · #3,206,260 worldwide 65 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Dickinson State University

What are the most cited papers from Dickinson State University?

The most cited paper from Dickinson State University is "Soils and sustainable development goals of the United Nations: An International Union of Soil Sciences perspective" (Rattan Lal et al., 2021), with 495 citations. Next come "Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Global Collaborative to Maximize Contributions in the Fight Against COVID-19" (482) and "Effects of soil management techniques on soil water erosion in apricot orchards" (462).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Soils and sustainable development goals of the United Nations: An International Union of Soil Sciences perspective Rattan Lal et al. · Geoderma Regional Open access 19 Apr 2021 495
2 Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Global Collaborative to Maximize Contributions in the Fight Against COVID-19 Aaron W. Bivins et al. · Environmental Science & Technology Open access 12 Jun 2020 482
3 Effects of soil management techniques on soil water erosion in apricot orchards Saskia Deborah Keesstra, Paulo Alexandre Da Silva Pereira, Agata Novara et al. · The Science of The Total Environment Open access 15 Feb 2016 462
4 The use of electromagnetic induction techniques in soils studies James A. Doolittle, Eric Charles Brevik · Geoderma 4 Mar 2014 447
5 Predicting Responses to Psychedelics: A Prospective Study Eline C. H. M. Haijen, Mendel Kaelen, Leor Roseman et al. · Frontiers in Pharmacology Open access 2 Nov 2018 436
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Dickinson State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Corporate Governance, Criminal Justice, Environmental Law, Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property, International Law and Transnational Law.

▲ 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. Human Rights12▲ 12×21 topics
  2. Corporate Governance8▲ 9.9×7 topics
  3. Criminal Justice6▲ 28×4 topics
  4. Constitutional Law6▲ 47×4 topics
  5. Environmental Law6▲ 30×6 topics
  6. Intellectual Property6▲ 52×3 topics
  7. International Law6▲ 17×10 topics
  8. Globalization5▲ 2.5×18 topics
  9. Transnational Law5▲ 445×2 topics
  10. Property Rights5▲ 71×5 topics
  11. Regulation5▲ 8.7×6 topics
  12. International Justice5▲ 661×1 topic
  13. Policy Dimensions5▲ 661×1 topic
  14. Artificial Intelligence5▲ 3.1×8 topics
  15. Economic Development4▲ 5.2×9 topics
  16. Arbitration4▲ 141×2 topics
  17. Legal Education4▲ 43×3 topics
  18. Social Capital3▲ 6.4×4 topics
  19. Health Impacts3▲ 38×1 topic
  20. Liability3▲ 122×2 topics
  21. Welfare Rights Advice3▲ 210×1 topic
  22. Regulatory Challenges3▲ 35×3 topics
  23. Global Trade3▲ 13×2 topics
  24. Consumer Redress2▲ 249×1 topic
  25. Entrepreneurship2▲ 6.1×4 topics
  26. Finance2▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Online Dispute Resolution2▲ 249×1 topic
  28. Genetic Diversity2▲ 5.4×4 topics
  29. Global Governance2▲ 9.8×6 topics
  30. Poverty Reduction2▲ 18×3 topics
  31. Gender Equality2▲ 7.8×2 topics
  32. Transnational Corporations2▲ 87×2 topics
  33. Accountability2▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Legal Semiotics2▲ 102×1 topic
  35. Visual Jurisprudence2▲ 102×1 topic
  36. Enforcement2▲ 71×2 topics
  37. Marker-Assisted Selection2▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Plant Breeding2▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Population Genetics2▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Quantitative Genetics2▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does Dickinson State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Legal Systems and Judicial Processes, Legal Education and Practice Innovations, Dispute Resolution and Class Actions and Law in Society and Culture.

Legal Systems and Judici…5Legal Systems and Judicial Processes: 5 fractional worksLegal Education and Practice Innovations: 3 fractional worksDispute Resolution and C…2Dispute Resolution and Class Actions: 2 fractional worksLaw in Society and Culture: 2 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 2 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 2 fractional worksCorporate Law and Human …2Corporate Law and Human Rights: 2 fractional worksLaw, Economics, and Judicial Systems: 2 fractional worksInternational Arbitration and Investment Law: 2 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsLawStrategy and ManagementEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Legal Systems and Judicial Processes Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  2. 2 Legal Education and Practice Innovations Law 3 works
  3. 3 Dispute Resolution and Class Actions Strategy and Management 2 works
  4. 4 Law in Society and Culture Law 2 works
  5. 5 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 2 works
  7. 7 Corporate Law and Human Rights Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  8. 8 Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  9. 9 International Arbitration and Investment Law Strategy and Management 2 works
  10. 10 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 1 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 available55.3%not open44.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.8%domestic only87.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Dickinson State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Dickinson State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00050% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Dickinson State University0.00046% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Dickinson State 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 2025Dickinson State University7.8% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.8% in 2018.

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