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Florida State University

In research, Florida State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#158 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#165 of 6,365 worldwide) and Psychology (#57 of 2,181 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Music, History and Philosophy of Science and Condensed Matter Physics — Music is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#518
of 28,054 · #211 all time
Rank in United States
#106
of 4,192
Research works
56k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7M
31.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Florida 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 SciencesDomain #158 of 10,521 24.3%2,803 #64
Social SciencesField #165 of 6,365 25.8%1,269 #49
PsychologyField #57 of 2,181 25.2%737 #45
Physical SciencesDomain #558 of 12,888 18.4%1,975 #204
Health SciencesDomain #1,013 of 11,982 17.5%1,049 #677
EducationSubfield #162 of 1,892 33.4%231 #58
Clinical PsychologySubfield #65 of 738 24.4%271 #39
Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield #25 of 261 30.8%128 #14
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #257 of 2,578 24.7%430 #68
Life SciencesDomain #927 of 7,800 20.4%641 #502

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Florida 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#64 #158
  2. Social Sciences#49 #165
  3. Psychology#45 #57
  4. Physical Sciences#204 #558
  5. Health Sciences#677 #1,013
  6. Education#58 #162
  7. Clinical Psychology#39 #65
  8. Developmental and Educational Psychology#14 #25
  9. Sociology and Political Science#68 #257
  10. Life Sciences#502 #927
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.

What does Florida State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Music takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MusicSubfield · 31.6 works6.0×
  2. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 44.4 works4.5×
  3. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 45.2 works4.4×
  4. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 128.3 works4.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.32× its world share, 99 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 299 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 33 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.91× its world share, 200 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.03× its world share, 104 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 349 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.82× its world share, 185 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 21 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 489 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.88× its world share, 282 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.75× its world share, 169 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.73× its world share, 132 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.63× its world share, 235 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.18× its world share, 201 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.65× its world share, 812 worksMedicineNursing: 0.88× its world share, 28 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.98× its world share, 371 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.83× its world share, 172 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 86 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.22× its world share, 168 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.74× its world share, 737 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 1,269 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Florida State University?

Ranked on the composite score, Roy F. Baumeister, Richard K. Wagner and Xiaoming Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Florida State University.

  1. 1 Roy F. Baumeister · #2,038 worldwide 3.6k citations · 181 works
  2. 2 Richard K. Wagner · #6,540 worldwide 1.6k citations · 58 works
  3. 3 Xiaoming Wang · #8,653 worldwide 1.1k citations · 67 works
  4. 4 Neil Charness · #8,980 worldwide 779 citations · 81 works
  5. 5 Howard Baer · #9,450 worldwide 2.1k citations · 114 works
  6. 6 Frank D. Fincham · #10,494 worldwide 1.3k citations · 108 works
  7. 7 Joseph K. Torgesen · #12,292 worldwide 1.4k citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Michael S. Chapman · #12,992 worldwide 589 citations · 53 works
  9. 9 Thomas E. Joiner · #14,551 worldwide 1.4k citations · 145 works
  10. 10 Joey F. George · #15,354 worldwide 875 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Florida State University

Which keywords describe research at Florida State University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Emotion Regulation, Social Support, Climate Change, Developmental Trajectories, Depression, Adolescents and Gender.

▲ 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. Mental Health288▲ 3.0×38 topics
  2. Climate Change221▲ 1.27×92 topics
  3. Epidemiology214▼ 0.84×126 topics
  4. Machine Learning166▼ 0.78×82 topics
  5. Globalization150▲ 1.18×84 topics
  6. Public Health137▲ 1.46×51 topics
  7. Social Support132▲ 3.6×16 topics
  8. Depression130▲ 2.3×21 topics
  9. Emotion Regulation117▲ 5.8×9 topics
  10. Social Media112▲ 1.21×28 topics
  11. Identity108▲ 2.3×50 topics
  12. Risk Factors108▲ 1.52×34 topics
  13. Gender103▲ 3.0×44 topics
  14. Adolescents93▲ 3.9×8 topics
  15. Resilience91▲ 2.9×16 topics
  16. Meta-Analysis84▲ 2.2×19 topics
  17. Developmental Trajectories81▲ 10×3 topics
  18. Well-being78▲ 3.1×14 topics
  19. Religion76▲ 2.5×30 topics
  20. Culture74▲ 2.1×27 topics
  21. Student Engagement73▲ 2.8×14 topics
  22. Global Warming72▲ 2.7×13 topics
  23. Prevalence72▲ 2.7×14 topics
  24. Anxiety70▲ 2.3×11 topics
  25. Psychopathology66▲ 5.6×3 topics
  26. Self-Regulation65▲ 5.7×6 topics
  27. Neighborhood Effects64▲ 9.1×3 topics
  28. Anxiety Disorders61▲ 8.4×2 topics
  29. Health Disparities60▲ 3.5×9 topics
  30. Language Development60▲ 7.7×5 topics
  31. Academic Achievement59▲ 5.4×10 topics
  32. Emotion59▲ 4.4×12 topics
  33. Parenting51▲ 6.1×2 topics
  34. Ocean Circulation50▲ 5.9×3 topics
  35. Public Opinion46▲ 5.7×5 topics
  36. Behavioral Problems42▲ 8.0×1 topic
  37. Criminal Behavior42▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Neurobiological Correlates41▲ 6.4×3 topics
  39. Youth Violence40▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Racial Disparities37▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Florida State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Reading and Literacy Development, Crime Patterns and Interventions and Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis.

Child and Adolescent Psy…42Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 42 fractional worksReading and Literacy Dev…30Reading and Literacy Development: 30 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 30 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Cor…28Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 28 fractional worksClimate variability and …28Climate variability and models: 28 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 24 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 21 fractional worksResilience and Mental He…20Resilience and Mental Health: 20 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 20 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma: 20 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyDevelopmental and Educational PsychologySociology and Political ScienceGlobal and Planetary Change3 others

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

  1. 1 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 42 works
  2. 2 Reading and Literacy Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 30 works
  3. 3 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 30 works
  4. 4 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 28 works
  5. 5 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 28 works
  6. 6 Health disparities and outcomes Health 24 works
  7. 7 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 21 works
  8. 8 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 20 works
  9. 9 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 20 works
  10. 10 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 20 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 available27.9%not open72.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.4%domestic only87.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Florida State University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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