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Eastern Kentucky University

In research, Eastern Kentucky University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,098 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,899 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,019 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,506
of 28,054 · #7,740 all time
Rank in United States
#2,034
of 4,192
Research works
3.4k
▼ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
45k
13.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
18%
world 28%

What is Eastern Kentucky 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 #6,098 of 10,521 14.1%166 #2074
Social SciencesField #4,899 of 6,365 13.5%89 #1554
Physical SciencesDomain #11,019 of 12,888 9.8%75 #9117

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Eastern Kentucky 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#2,074 #6,098
  2. Social Sciences#1,554 #4,899
  3. Physical Sciences#9,117 #11,019
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: 0.71× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.61× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.35× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.83× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.49× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.75× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.24× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.20× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.57× its world share, 35 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.18× its world share, 89 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Eastern Kentucky University?

Ranked on the composite score, Walter S Borowski, Catherine Clément and Avi Brisman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Eastern Kentucky University.

  1. 1 Walter S Borowski United States · #82,100 worldwide 266 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Catherine Clément United States · #351,031 worldwide 63 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Avi Brisman United States · #356,205 worldwide 90 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Peter B. Kraska United States · #418,014 worldwide 46 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Richard E. Day United States · #462,588 worldwide 23 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Robert W. Mitchell United States · #538,676 worldwide 90 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 David Coleman United States · #625,110 worldwide 1 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Tom Barker United States · #789,400 worldwide 7 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Dana Howell United States · #811,599 worldwide 13 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Judah Schept United States · #815,937 worldwide 28 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Eastern Kentucky University

Which keywords describe research at Eastern Kentucky University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Well-being, Quality of Life, Invasive Species, Mental Health, Evidence-Based Practice, Reflective Practice, Higher Education and Occupational Science.

▲ 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. Quality of Life16▲ 3.5×18 topics
  2. Epidemiology16▲ 1.24×39 topics
  3. Mental Health14▲ 3.0×30 topics
  4. Climate Change13▲ 1.51×25 topics
  5. Globalization12▲ 1.93×29 topics
  6. Well-being12▲ 9.6×9 topics
  7. Invasive Species10▲ 7.3×9 topics
  8. Higher Education8▲ 4.8×10 topics
  9. Evidence-Based Practice8▲ 19×5 topics
  10. Biodiversity7▲ 3.0×9 topics
  11. Gender7▲ 4.2×15 topics
  12. Reflective Practice7▲ 12×5 topics
  13. Identity6▲ 2.8×15 topics
  14. Occupational Science6▲ 113×1 topic
  15. Therapy Practice6▲ 113×1 topic
  16. Meta-Analysis6▲ 3.4×7 topics
  17. Resilience6▲ 3.9×8 topics
  18. Emotion6▲ 8.8×7 topics
  19. Ethics6▲ 3.6×8 topics
  20. Colonialism6▲ 3.6×15 topics
  21. Student Perceptions6▲ 9.3×6 topics
  22. Technology Integration5▲ 5.4×5 topics
  23. Academic Achievement5▲ 9.6×6 topics
  24. Health5▲ 4.0×6 topics
  25. Conservation5▲ 3.6×8 topics
  26. Feminism5▲ 5.6×8 topics
  27. Habitat Fragmentation5▲ 7.1×4 topics
  28. Language Development5▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Professional Development4▲ 7.0×5 topics
  30. Disability4▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Teacher Professional Development4▲ 8.2×4 topics
  32. Intersectionality4▲ 7.1×5 topics
  33. Professional Learning Communities4▲ 28×2 topics
  34. Social Cognition4▲ 7.3×6 topics
  35. Affect4▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Anthropocene4▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Illegal Wildlife Trade4▲ 85×1 topic
  38. Parrot Poaching4▲ 85×1 topic
  39. Professional Practice4▲ 33×2 topics
  40. Educational Leadership4▲ 8.7×2 topics

Which research topics does Eastern Kentucky University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Occupational Therapy Practice and Research, Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies and Geographies of human-animal interactions.

Occupational Therapy Practice and Research: 6 fractional worksWildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses: 4 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…3Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 3 fractional worksGeographies of human-ani…3Geographies of human-animal interactions: 3 fractional worksReflective Practices in Education: 3 fractional worksHistorical Economic and Social Studies: 3 fractional worksInterprofessional Educat…3Interprofessional Education and Collaboration: 3 fractional worksFinite Group Theory Research: 2 fractional worksAssistive Technology in Communication and Mobility: 2 fractional worksRace, History, and Ameri…2Race, History, and American Society: 2 fractional works
Occupational TherapyNature and Landscape ConservationEducationGeography, Planning and Development4 others

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

  1. 1 Occupational Therapy Practice and Research Occupational Therapy 6 works
  2. 2 Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  3. 3 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 3 works
  4. 4 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 3 works
  5. 5 Reflective Practices in Education Education 3 works
  6. 6 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  7. 7 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 3 works
  8. 8 Finite Group Theory Research Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 2 works
  9. 9 Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility Occupational Therapy 2 works
  10. 10 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 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 available18.5%not open81.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.6%domestic only94.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Eastern Kentucky University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% lower 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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