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Empire State University

In research, Empire State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,178 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,181 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,632
of 22,385 · #8,325 all time
Rank in United States
#1,472
of 3,332
Research works
1k
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.6k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Empire State University

What is Empire 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 #6,178 of 9,585 9.3%110 #2872
Social SciencesField #4,181 of 5,988 8.9%69 #3891

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

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Empire State University is in Social Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (40%), Computer Science (12%), Psychology (8%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 127 fractional works · 65.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 79 fractional works · 40.5% of its workEducation: 27 fractional works · 14.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 21 fractional works · 11.0% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Administration: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 6.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 36 fractional works · 18.6% of its workComputer Science: 23 fractional works · 11.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 26 fractional works · 13.1% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Terminology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKEmpire StateUniversity196fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences65%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7940.5%
    2. Psychology168.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities136.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting105.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance52.5%
    6. Decision Sciences41.9%
    1. Computer Science2311.7%
    2. Engineering94.4%
    3. Environmental Science21.2%
    4. Mathematics10.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Medicine168.1%
    2. Health Professions94.4%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    1. Neuroscience31.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
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: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.51× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.69× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.32× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.57× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.17× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.75× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.20× its world share, 79 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.20×79 works
  2. Psychology2.75×16 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.32×13 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.97×4 works
  5. Health Professions1.69×9 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.57×10 works
  7. Computer Science1.51×23 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.17×5 works
  9. Nursing1.11×1 works
  10. Neuroscience0.95×3 works
  11. Mathematics0.58×1 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.48×0 works
  13. Medicine0.42×16 works
  14. Engineering0.29×9 works
  15. Environmental Science0.24×2 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.22×1 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×2 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×1 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Empire State University?

Ranked on the quality score, Gina C. Torino, Karis M. Jones and Luis José Camacho lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Empire State University.

  1. 1 Gina C. Torino United States · #413,765 worldwide 8.3k citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Karis M. Jones United States · #947,567 worldwide 151 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Luis José Camacho United States · #959,456 worldwide 279 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Gayle S. Stever United States · #990,037 worldwide 721 citations · 82 works
  5. 5 Sewon Kim United States · #1,543,810 worldwide 564 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Nadine T. Fernandez United States · #1,591,846 worldwide 564 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Robert N. Seidel United States · #1,685,709 worldwide 426 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Elizabeth Bradley United States · #1,687,386 worldwide 660 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Victoria Vernon United States · #1,725,735 worldwide 393 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Himanee Gupta‐Carlson United States · #1,871,504 worldwide 81 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Empire State University

What are the most cited papers from Empire State University?

The most cited paper from Empire State University is "Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy" (Thomas P. Mackey, Trudi Jacobson, 2011), with 568 citations. Next come "Patients with ALS can use sensorimotor rhythms to operate a brain-computer interface" (540) and "Determinants of knowledge sharing in a public sector organization" (441).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reframing Information Literacy as a Metaliteracy Thomas P. Mackey, Trudi Jacobson · College & Research Libraries Open access 2011 568
2 Patients with ALS can use sensorimotor rhythms to operate a brain-computer interface Andrea Kübler, Femke Nijboer, Jürgen Mellinger et al. · Neurology 24 May 2005 540
3 Determinants of knowledge sharing in a public sector organization Angela Titi Amayah · Journal of Knowledge Management 24 May 2013 441
4 Light, Temperature, and Anthocyanin Production Isaac Rabino, Alberto L. Mancinelli · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY Open access Jul 1986 395
5 A Preliminary Study of Some Ecological Correlates of Child Abuse: The Impact of Socioeconomic Stress on Mothers James Garbarino · Child Development Mar 1976 331
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Empire State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Higher Education, Globalization, Student Engagement, Gender, Machine Learning, Online Learning, Lifelong Learning and Learning Analytics.

▲ 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. Globalization13▲ 3.5×21 topics
  2. Machine Learning13▲ 1.94×20 topics
  3. Higher Education9▲ 8.9×11 topics
  4. Student Engagement8▲ 10×6 topics
  5. Mental Health8▲ 2.7×15 topics
  6. Online Learning8▲ 4.7×2 topics
  7. Gender7▲ 6.9×12 topics
  8. Healthcare6▲ 2.9×9 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 2.3×8 topics
  10. E-Learning6▲ 3.4×6 topics
  11. Social Media6▲ 2.3×11 topics
  12. Big Data6▲ 3.1×10 topics
  13. Educational Technology6▲ 2.6×10 topics
  14. Identity6▲ 4.2×10 topics
  15. History5▲ 4.0×10 topics
  16. Lifelong Learning5▲ 12×5 topics
  17. Learning Analytics5▲ 20×2 topics
  18. Labor Movement4▲ 109×1 topic
  19. Union Revitalization4▲ 109×1 topic
  20. Distance Education4▲ 11×2 topics
  21. Diversity4▲ 12×4 topics
  22. Educational Data Mining4▲ 24×1 topic
  23. Massive Open Online Courses4▲ 24×1 topic
  24. Cognitive Engagement4▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Feminism4▲ 6.7×5 topics
  26. Blended Learning4▲ 14×1 topic
  27. Social Movements4▲ 6.2×5 topics
  28. Student Satisfaction4▲ 10×1 topic
  29. Acculturation4▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Health Equity4▲ 6.2×4 topics
  31. Professional Development4▲ 8.7×5 topics
  32. Adult Education3▲ 55×2 topics
  33. Informal Learning3▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Teacher Education3▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Employment Patterns3▲ 37×2 topics
  36. Stereotypes3▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Gender Roles3▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Reflective Practice3▲ 8.5×5 topics
  39. Career Development3▲ 13×4 topics
  40. Student Participation3▲ 48×2 topics

Which research topics does Empire State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Labor Movements and Unions, Online Learning and Analytics, Online and Blended Learning and Digital Economy and Work Transformation.

Labor Movements and Unions4Labor Movements and Unions: 4 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…4Online Learning and Analytics: 4 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learn…4Online and Blended Learning: 4 fractional worksDigital Economy and Work…3Digital Economy and Work Transformation: 3 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 3 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 3 fractional worksHigher Education Learnin…2Higher Education Learning Practices: 2 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 2 fractional worksHigher Education Practises and Engagement: 2 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…2Migration, Health and Trauma: 2 fractional works
Public AdministrationComputer Science ApplicationsEducationSociology and Political Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Labor Movements and Unions Public Administration 4 works
  2. 2 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 4 works
  3. 3 Online and Blended Learning Education 4 works
  4. 4 Digital Economy and Work Transformation Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  5. 5 Education Systems and Policy Education 3 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 3 works
  7. 7 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 2 works
  8. 8 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Higher Education Practises and Engagement Education 2 works
  10. 10 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 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 available24.6%not open75.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.9%domestic only94.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Empire State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower 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 Empire State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00072% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Empire State University0.00081% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Empire 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%Empire State University10.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% 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 2021.

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