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Eastern Connecticut State University

In research, Eastern Connecticut State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,393 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,485
of 22,385 · #11,052 all time
Rank in United States
#1,596
of 3,332
Research works
1.3k
▼ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Eastern Connecticut State University

What is Eastern Connecticut 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 #7,393 of 9,585 6.5%83 #4855

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Eastern Connecticut 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 Eastern Connecticut State University work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Eastern Connecticut State University is in Social Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Psychology (9%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (9%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 97 fractional works · 51.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 47 fractional works · 25.2% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 9.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 7.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 56 fractional works · 29.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 7.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 5.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 9.6% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 9.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKEasternConnecticut Stat…188fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences52%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4725.2%
    2. Psychology179.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities157.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting74.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance73.5%
    6. Decision Sciences42.0%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences168.5%
    2. Computer Science137.2%
    3. Environmental Science95.0%
    4. Engineering73.6%
    5. Mathematics73.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy21.2%
    7. Chemistry10.4%
    8. Materials Science10.4%
    1. Medicine126.1%
    2. Health Professions63.3%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences74.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology73.6%
    3. Neuroscience21.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.83× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.92× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.44× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.00× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.01× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.71× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.23× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.62× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.98× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 47 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.44×16 works
  2. Mathematics3.01×7 works
  3. Psychology2.98×17 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.71×15 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.02×4 works
  6. Social Sciences1.99×47 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.62×6 works
  8. Health Professions1.25×6 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.23×8 works
  10. Environmental Science1.00×9 works
  11. Computer Science0.92×13 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.83×7 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.67×7 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.63×0 works
  15. Neuroscience0.62×2 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.56×2 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×1 works
  18. Medicine0.32×12 works
  19. Chemistry0.26×1 works
  20. Engineering0.24×7 works
  21. Nursing0.18×0 works
  22. Dentistry0.12×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.10×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Eastern Connecticut State University?

Ranked on the quality score, Jeffrey Trawick‐Smith, Dickson Cunningham and Kimberly B. Dugan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Eastern Connecticut State University.

  1. 1 Jeffrey Trawick‐Smith United States · #754,038 worldwide 1.1k citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Dickson Cunningham United States · #1,131,895 worldwide 2.4k citations · 88 works
  3. 3 Kimberly B. Dugan United States · #1,220,630 worldwide 1.5k citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Garrett M. Dancik United States · #1,249,644 worldwide 1.7k citations · 166 works
  5. 5 Fatma Pakdil United States · #1,332,265 worldwide 1.6k citations · 65 works
  6. 6 Elizabeth A. Cowles United States · #1,357,119 worldwide 2.1k citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Thomas E. Carter United States · #1,393,347 worldwide 802 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Barbara M. Tucker United States · #1,792,617 worldwide 169 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Kevin Synnott United States · #2,055,879 worldwide 120 citations · 92 works
  10. 10 Alita J. Cousins United States · #2,060,390 worldwide 1k citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Eastern Connecticut State University

What are the most cited papers from Eastern Connecticut State University?

The most cited paper from Eastern Connecticut State University is "The Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2)" (Murray A. Straus, Sherry Hamby, Sue Boney‐McCoy et al., 1996), with 6,964 citations. Next come "Experiential learning: Past and present" (412) and "Extensions of Respondent-Driven Sampling: A New Approach to the Study of Injection Drug Users Aged 18–25" (368).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2) Murray A. Straus, Sherry Hamby, Sue Boney‐McCoy et al. · Journal of Family Issues May 1996 6,964
2 Experiential learning: Past and present Linda Hart Lewis, Carol Williams · New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education Jun 1994 412
3 Extensions of Respondent-Driven Sampling: A New Approach to the Study of Injection Drug Users Aged 18–25 Douglas D. Heckathorn, Salaam Semaan, Robert S. Broadhead et al. · AIDS and Behavior Mar 2002 368
4 Changes in women's mate preferences across the ovulatory cycle. Steven W. Gangestad, Christine E. Garver‐Apgar, Jeffry A. Simpson et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2007 349
5 State Transition Matrices for Terminal Rendezvous Studies: Brief Survey and New Example Thomas E. Carter · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics 1998 325
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Eastern Connecticut State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Gender, Research Methods, Statistical Analysis, Teaching Methods, Religion, Identity and Nationalism.

▲ 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. History9▲ 7.0×12 topics
  2. Machine Learning9▲ 1.39×18 topics
  3. Gender8▲ 8.1×13 topics
  4. Mental Health8▲ 2.9×16 topics
  5. Research Methods8▲ 26×2 topics
  6. Identity7▲ 5.1×13 topics
  7. Statistical Analysis7▲ 22×3 topics
  8. Teaching Methods7▲ 23×3 topics
  9. Religion7▲ 7.7×8 topics
  10. Education6▲ 1.97×10 topics
  11. Nationalism6▲ 6.9×7 topics
  12. Literature5▲ 4.9×9 topics
  13. Climate Change Impacts5▲ 22×2 topics
  14. Educational Reform5▲ 21×2 topics
  15. Data Science5▲ 24×1 topic
  16. Sea-Level Rise5▲ 21×3 topics
  17. Statistics Anxiety5▲ 181×1 topic
  18. Sediment Transport5▲ 15×2 topics
  19. Regulation4▲ 4.3×3 topics
  20. Coastal Dynamics4▲ 79×1 topic
  21. Prevalence4▲ 5.4×6 topics
  22. Shoreline Change4▲ 79×1 topic
  23. Colonialism4▲ 4.5×5 topics
  24. Data Visualization4▲ 36×2 topics
  25. Psychological Impact4▲ 5.9×4 topics
  26. Society4▲ 9.7×3 topics
  27. International Relations3▲ 7.6×6 topics
  28. Parallel Computing3▲ 15×1 topic
  29. R language3▲ 210×1 topic
  30. Race3▲ 15×6 topics
  31. Tectonics3▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Social Sciences3▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Comorbidity3▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Finance3▲ 8.7×3 topics
  35. Publication Guidelines3▲ 5368×1 topic
  36. Social History3▲ 20×3 topics
  37. Survey Design3▲ 5368×1 topic
  38. Biodiversity Management3▲ 113×2 topics
  39. Impulsivity3▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Liquidity3▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Eastern Connecticut State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Statistics Education and Methodologies, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Data Analysis with R and Diverse Academic Research Areas.

Statistics Education and Methodologies: 5 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Dynamics: 4 fractional worksData Analysis with R3Data Analysis with R: 3 fractional worksDiverse Academic Researc…3Diverse Academic Research Areas: 3 fractional worksGambling Behavior and Treatments: 3 fractional worksBanking stability, regulation, efficiency: 2 fractional worksSexual Assault and Victi…2Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies: 2 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 2 fractional worksArchaeology and Natural History: 2 fractional worksLiterature: history, themes, analysis: 2 fractional works
Statistics and ProbabilityEarth-Surface ProcessesArtificial IntelligenceEducation6 others

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

  1. 1 Statistics Education and Methodologies Statistics and Probability 5 works
  2. 2 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 4 works
  3. 3 Data Analysis with R Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  4. 4 Diverse Academic Research Areas Education 3 works
  5. 5 Gambling Behavior and Treatments Clinical Psychology 3 works
  6. 6 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 2 works
  7. 7 Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies Gender Studies 2 works
  8. 8 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Archaeology and Natural History Anthropology 2 works
  10. 10 Literature: history, themes, analysis Literature and Literary Theory 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 available27.7%not open72.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Eastern Connecticut State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% 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 Eastern Connecticut State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00039% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Eastern Connecticut State University0.00081% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Eastern Connecticut 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 2025Eastern Connecticut State University7.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.1% in 2012.

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