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Georgia State University

In research, Georgia State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#251 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#417 of 6,365 worldwide) and Literature and Literary Theory (#29 of 390 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Music, Gender Studies and Statistics and Probability — Music is 5.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,012
of 28,054 · #634 all time
Rank in United States
#178
of 4,192
Research works
34k
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
902k
26.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Georgia 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 #251 of 10,521 18.2%3,219 #121
Social SciencesField #417 of 6,365 19.0%1,574 #157
Literature and Literary TheorySubfield #29 of 390 21.4%112 #38
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #238 of 2,578 19.3%525 #124
Arts and HumanitiesField #202 of 1,998 17.1%414 #136
PsychologyField #226 of 2,181 16.4%659 #134
Decision SciencesField #73 of 703 17.1%91 #66
Life SciencesDomain #888 of 7,800 14.6%663 #756
Physical SciencesDomain #1,714 of 12,888 15.8%1,086 #1130
Health SciencesDomain #1,692 of 11,982 14.3%1,048 #953

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Georgia 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#121 #251
  2. Social Sciences#157 #417
  3. Literature and Literary Theory#38 #29
  4. Sociology and Political Science#124 #238
  5. Arts and Humanities#136 #202
  6. Psychology#134 #226
  7. Decision Sciences#66 #73
  8. Life Sciences#756 #888
  9. Physical Sciences#1,130 #1,714
  10. Health Sciences#953 #1,692
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 Georgia State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Music takes 5.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MusicSubfield · 26.4 works5.4×
  2. Gender StudiesSubfield · 109.7 works5.0×
  3. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 63.7 works5.0×
  4. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 134.6 works4.9×
  5. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 46.3 works4.7×
  6. Safety ResearchSubfield · 77.3 works4.6×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 76 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 287 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.81× its world share, 49 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.49× its world share, 244 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.44× its world share, 41 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.99× its world share, 465 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 32 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 170 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 117 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 36 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.59× its world share, 113 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.72× its world share, 96 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.76× its world share, 279 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 734 worksMedicineNursing: 1.02× its world share, 30 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.39× its world share, 414 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.34× its world share, 259 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 92 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.71× its world share, 220 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.60× its world share, 659 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.07× its world share, 1,574 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 Georgia State University?

Ranked on the composite score, Detmar W. Straub, Richard Baskerville and George P. Moschis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Georgia State University.

  1. 1 Detmar W. Straub United States · #7,869 worldwide 1.1k citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Richard Baskerville United States · #10,199 worldwide 1.1k citations · 91 works
  3. 3 George P. Moschis United States · #10,712 worldwide 687 citations · 59 works
  4. 4 Glenn W. Harrison United States · #14,691 worldwide 1.1k citations · 96 works
  5. 5 Arun Rai United States · #18,643 worldwide 782 citations · 84 works
  6. 6 Jessica A. Turner United States · #25,449 worldwide 787 citations · 94 works
  7. 7 S. Tamer Çavuşgil United States · #28,584 worldwide 621 citations · 59 works
  8. 8 Naveen Donthu United States · #29,793 worldwide 752 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Daniel Robey United States · #29,908 worldwide 655 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Risa Palm United States · #30,473 worldwide 351 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Georgia State University

Which keywords describe research at Georgia State University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Globalization, Academic Achievement, Epidemiology, Social Support, Gender, Intersectionality and Public Health.

▲ 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 Health322▲ 3.6×38 topics
  2. Epidemiology257◆ 1.08×103 topics
  3. Globalization203▲ 1.72×92 topics
  4. Machine Learning194◆ 0.99×81 topics
  5. Education168▲ 1.63×72 topics
  6. Public Health158▲ 1.81×45 topics
  7. Social Media131▲ 1.53×28 topics
  8. Social Support117▲ 3.5×15 topics
  9. Gender116▲ 3.5×40 topics
  10. Identity110▲ 2.5×55 topics
  11. Social Justice107▲ 3.0×34 topics
  12. Depression101▲ 1.92×22 topics
  13. Academic Achievement90▲ 8.8×10 topics
  14. Resilience89▲ 3.1×12 topics
  15. Ethics88▲ 3.0×38 topics
  16. Technology Integration81▲ 4.4×10 topics
  17. Intersectionality79▲ 7.2×12 topics
  18. Student Engagement78▲ 3.2×14 topics
  19. Prevalence74▲ 3.0×14 topics
  20. Adolescents74▲ 3.3×8 topics
  21. Emotion Regulation73▲ 3.9×9 topics
  22. Health Disparities72▲ 4.5×9 topics
  23. Feminism72▲ 4.2×20 topics
  24. Emotion67▲ 5.4×12 topics
  25. Reflective Practice66▲ 5.9×7 topics
  26. Neurobiology65▲ 4.2×10 topics
  27. Developmental Trajectories62▲ 8.3×3 topics
  28. Teacher Professional Development61▲ 6.2×5 topics
  29. Psychiatric Disorders60▲ 7.5×4 topics
  30. Language Development59▲ 8.1×5 topics
  31. Self-Regulation56▲ 5.2×6 topics
  32. Neighborhood Effects53▲ 8.1×3 topics
  33. Empathy53▲ 7.8×8 topics
  34. Race49▲ 7.4×17 topics
  35. Professional Learning Communities49▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Public Opinion49▲ 6.5×5 topics
  37. School Improvement46▲ 9.2×2 topics
  38. Qualitative Research Methods46▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Teacher Identity46▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Acculturation45▲ 9.9×2 topics

Which research topics does Georgia State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Critical Race Theory in Education.

Teacher Education and Le…46Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 46 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connect…33Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 33 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 33 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in …32Critical Race Theory in Education: 32 fractional worksReading and Literacy Dev…29Reading and Literacy Development: 29 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 26 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma: 26 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …25American Constitutional Law and Politics: 25 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 24 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 24 fractional works
EducationCognitive NeuroscienceClinical PsychologySociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 46 works
  2. 2 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 33 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 33 works
  4. 4 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 32 works
  5. 5 Reading and Literacy Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 29 works
  6. 6 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 26 works
  7. 7 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 26 works
  8. 8 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 25 works
  9. 9 Higher Education Research Studies Education 24 works
  10. 10 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 24 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 available37.7%not open62.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Georgia State University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher 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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