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Foster-Miller (United States)

In research, Foster-Miller (United States) stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,264 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,106 of 6,365 worldwide) and Education (#1,336 of 1,892 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aquatic Science, Education and Economics and Econometrics — Aquatic Science is 57.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,771
of 28,054 · #19,351 all time
Rank in United States
#2,879
of 4,192
Research works
945
▼ 54% vs 2013–17
Citations
8k
8.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Foster-Miller (United States) 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 #6,264 of 10,521 26.1%182 #9175
Social SciencesField #4,106 of 6,365 22.4%133 #5076
EducationSubfield #1,336 of 1,892 17.6%100 #2423

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Foster-Miller (United States) 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#9,175 #6,264
  2. Social Sciences#5,076 #4,106
  3. Education#2,423 #1,336
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 Foster-Miller (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aquatic Science takes 57.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 28.4 works57×
  2. EducationSubfield · 100.2 works12×
  3. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 27.4 works6.4×
  4. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 27.5 works4.7×
  5. Social SciencesField · 132.9 works3.9×
← 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: 2.63× its world share, 34 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.84× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.73× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.87× its world share, 133 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Foster-Miller (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, P. Tayebati, James MacQueen and Larry E. Miller lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Foster-Miller (United States).

  1. 1 P. Tayebati United States · #255,096 worldwide 133 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 James MacQueen United States · #755,010 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Larry E. Miller United States · #873,532 worldwide 68 citations · 56 works
  4. 4 Steven R. Finch United States · #916,892 worldwide 83 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Donald R. DelBalzo United States · #1,419,530 worldwide 25 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Foster-Miller (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Foster-Miller (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teaching Methods, Language Teaching, Pedagogy, Educational Technologies, Digital Education, Student Competencies, Climate Change Impact and Irrigation.

▲ 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. Teaching Methods98▲ 254×2 topics
  2. Language Teaching98▲ 142×3 topics
  3. Pedagogy98▲ 74×2 topics
  4. Educational Technologies98▲ 461×2 topics
  5. Digital Education98▲ 277×1 topic
  6. Student Competencies98▲ 713×1 topic
  7. Globalization31▲ 5.9×6 topics
  8. Sustainability30▲ 4.6×10 topics
  9. Renewable Energy29▲ 7.3×3 topics
  10. Climate Change Impact29▲ 47×3 topics
  11. Irrigation28▲ 718×1 topic
  12. Water Efficiency28▲ 718×1 topic
  13. Economic Development27▲ 12×3 topics
  14. Digital Economy27▲ 54×2 topics
  15. Industrial Enterprises27▲ 488×1 topic
  16. Innovation Economics27▲ 488×1 topic
  17. Migration12▲ 13×4 topics
  18. Postcolonialism12▲ 35×4 topics
  19. Biopolitics12▲ 63×2 topics
  20. Global Governance12▲ 19×2 topics
  21. Crisis Management11▲ 98×1 topic
  22. Education Reform11▲ 259×1 topic
  23. Climate Change10▲ 1.31×18 topics
  24. Cultural Heritage8▲ 5.5×4 topics
  25. Sufism5▲ 40×2 topics
  26. Divan Poetry5▲ 67×1 topic
  27. Turkish Literature5▲ 67×1 topic
  28. Biodiversity5▲ 2.3×7 topics
  29. Water Quality4▲ 4.1×4 topics
  30. Culture4▲ 2.9×4 topics
  31. Neoliberalism4▲ 4.4×3 topics
  32. Lake Baikal4▲ 196×1 topic
  33. ecological change4▲ 196×1 topic
  34. Digital Labour Theory4▲ 191×1 topic
  35. Innovative Pedagogies4▲ 191×1 topic
  36. Modernization3▲ 6.9×2 topics
  37. Air Force3▲ 8.9×1 topic
  38. Ethnography3▲ 6.2×3 topics
  39. Transport Policy3▲ 8.6×1 topic
  40. Warfare3▲ 8.9×1 topic

Which research topics does Foster-Miller (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Engineering and Agricultural Innovations, Economic and Industrial Development and Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies.

Education, Innovation an…98Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 98 fractional worksEngineering and Agricult…28Engineering and Agricultural Innovations: 28 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial …27Economic and Industrial Development: 27 fractional worksMedical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies: 11 fractional worksTurkish Literature and Culture: 5 fractional worksWater Resources and Management: 4 fractional worksContemporary art, education, critique: 4 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 3 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 3 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 3 fractional works
EducationAquatic ScienceEconomics and EconometricsPolitical Science and International Relations6 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 98 works
  2. 2 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 28 works
  3. 3 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 27 works
  4. 4 Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  5. 5 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 5 works
  6. 6 Water Resources and Management Ecology 4 works
  7. 7 Contemporary art, education, critique Cultural Studies 4 works
  8. 8 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 3 works
  9. 9 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 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 available50.8%not open49.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.6%domestic only84.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Foster-Miller (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 54% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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