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Emporia State University

In research, Emporia State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#797 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,620 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,920 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,900
of 28,054 · #6,859 all time
Rank in United States
#1,188
of 4,192
Research works
1.9k
▲ 80% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Emporia State 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 SciencesField #797 of 6,365 15.5%67 #524
Social SciencesDomain #1,620 of 10,521 18.6%132 #910
Physical SciencesDomain #11,920 of 12,888 17.1%66 #14266

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Emporia 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 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#524 #797
  2. Social Sciences#910 #1,620
  3. Physical Sciences#14,266 #11,920
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: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.09× its world share, 39 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.14× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.41× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.33× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.02× its world share, 23 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.35× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.04× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.36× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.23× its world share, 67 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Emporia State University?

Ranked on the composite score, Minnie M. Miller, Marshall D. Sundberg and Stephen F. Davis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Emporia State University.

  1. 1 Minnie M. Miller United States · #366,188 worldwide 2 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Marshall D. Sundberg United States · #366,661 worldwide 99 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Stephen F. Davis United States · #400,909 worldwide 98 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 William E. Thompson United States · #415,364 worldwide 52 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 William H. Clamurro United States · #469,201 worldwide 5 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Josep Antoni Ysern i Lagarda United States · #508,578 worldwide 1 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Andrew Smith United States · #611,085 worldwide 55 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Jeffrey H. Bair United States · #618,535 worldwide 26 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 David R. Edds United States · #793,811 worldwide 42 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 John Breukelman United States · #901,779 worldwide 4 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Emporia State University

Which keywords describe research at Emporia State University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Divide, Cultural Competence, Diversity, Library Services, Social Inclusion, Academic Libraries, Technology Integration and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Machine Learning14▲ 1.83×26 topics
  2. Digital Divide13▲ 20×7 topics
  3. Globalization11▲ 2.3×21 topics
  4. Social Media10▲ 3.0×12 topics
  5. Education10▲ 2.4×20 topics
  6. Educational Technology10▲ 3.4×16 topics
  7. Cultural Competence9▲ 30×4 topics
  8. Diversity9▲ 22×4 topics
  9. Library Services8▲ 357×1 topic
  10. Social Inclusion8▲ 117×1 topic
  11. Big Data8▲ 3.9×10 topics
  12. Innovation8▲ 3.3×17 topics
  13. Academic Libraries8▲ 166×3 topics
  14. Healthcare8▲ 2.8×11 topics
  15. E-Learning8▲ 3.1×9 topics
  16. Artificial Intelligence7▲ 2.3×13 topics
  17. Online Learning7▲ 3.7×7 topics
  18. Technology Integration7▲ 9.8×8 topics
  19. Higher Education6▲ 4.6×11 topics
  20. Invasive Species6▲ 5.8×9 topics
  21. Supply Chain Management6▲ 2.6×9 topics
  22. Social Capital6▲ 4.6×10 topics
  23. Digital Literacy5▲ 3.8×3 topics
  24. Student Engagement5▲ 5.4×8 topics
  25. Technology5▲ 4.0×10 topics
  26. Information Literacy5▲ 7.7×3 topics
  27. Social Movements5▲ 6.7×2 topics
  28. Critical Thinking4▲ 18×3 topics
  29. Online Research4▲ 73×2 topics
  30. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 7.5×3 topics
  31. Professionalism4▲ 9.7×2 topics
  32. Institutional Theory4▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Information Behavior4▲ 171×1 topic
  34. Library Instruction4▲ 171×1 topic
  35. Organizational Change4▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Institutional Entrepreneurship4▲ 57×1 topic
  37. Sensemaking4▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Student Satisfaction4▲ 7.8×2 topics
  39. Semantic Web3▲ 15×5 topics
  40. Cooperative Learning3▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Emporia State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Library Science and Administration, Library Science and Information Literacy, Management and Organizational Studies and Web and Library Services.

Library Science and Admi…8Library Science and Administration: 8 fractional worksLibrary Science and Information Literacy: 4 fractional worksManagement and Organizational Studies: 4 fractional worksWeb and Library Services: 3 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 3 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 2 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…2Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 2 fractional worksMisinformation and Its I…2Misinformation and Its Impacts: 2 fractional worksFish Ecology and Managem…2Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…2Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 2 fractional works
Library and Information SciencesOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementInformation SystemsDevelopmental and Educational Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 8 works
  2. 2 Library Science and Information Literacy Library and Information Sciences 4 works
  3. 3 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
  4. 4 Web and Library Services Information Systems 3 works
  5. 5 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 3 works
  6. 6 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 2 works
  7. 7 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 2 works
  8. 8 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  10. 10 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 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 available26.7%not open73.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.3%domestic only92.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Emporia State University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 80% 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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