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Governors State University

In research, Governors State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,306 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,596 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Social Psychology (Social Psychology is 6.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,428
of 22,385 · #10,763 all time
Rank in United States
#1,440
of 3,332
Research works
1.5k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Governors State University

What is Governors 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 #5,306 of 9,585 7.3%143 #5516
Social SciencesField #4,596 of 5,988 6.5%76 #5270

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

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Governors State University is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Psychology (14%), Medicine (8%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 214 fractional works · 60.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 111 fractional works · 31.3% of its workEducation: 33 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 30 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 51 fractional works · 14.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 21 fractional works · 5.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 20 fractional works · 5.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 21 fractional works · 5.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% 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: 70 fractional works · 19.9% of its workComputer Science: 28 fractional works · 7.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 48 fractional works · 13.5% of its workMedicine: 30 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGovernors StateUniversity354fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences60%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences11131.3%
    2. Psychology5114.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities215.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting143.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance113.1%
    6. Decision Sciences61.8%
    1. Computer Science287.8%
    2. Environmental Science195.5%
    3. Engineering92.4%
    4. Chemistry51.3%
    5. Materials Science30.8%
    6. Mathematics20.7%
    7. Energy20.6%
    8. Physics and Astronomy20.5%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    1. Medicine308.4%
    2. Health Professions174.9%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences113.2%
    2. Neuroscience61.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Governors State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Social Psychology takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Social PsychologySubfield · 20.5 works6.6×
← 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: 0.67× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.01× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.10× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.84× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.06× its world share, 21 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.20× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.82× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.45× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.73× its world share, 51 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.47× its world share, 111 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.73×51 works
  2. Social Sciences2.47×111 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.06×21 works
  4. Health Professions1.84×17 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.82×6 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.45×11 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.20×14 works
  8. Environmental Science1.10×19 works
  9. Computer Science1.01×28 works
  10. Neuroscience0.97×6 works
  11. Chemistry0.86×5 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.67×11 works
  13. Energy0.67×2 works
  14. Mathematics0.60×2 works
  15. Medicine0.44×30 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.27×0 works
  17. Nursing0.27×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.26×5 works
  19. Materials Science0.22×3 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.22×2 works
  21. Veterinary0.17×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×1 works
  23. Engineering0.16×8 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Governors State University?

Ranked on the quality score, Erin Katherine Grey, Xiaoyong Chen and Eman Tadros lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Governors State University.

  1. 1 Erin Katherine Grey United States · #767,614 worldwide 1.4k citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Xiaoyong Chen United States · #873,609 worldwide 2.2k citations · 94 works
  3. 3 Eman Tadros United States · #1,444,481 worldwide 1.4k citations · 177 works
  4. 4 Joseph Addison United States · #1,797,960 worldwide 1.6k citations · 1,332 works
  5. 5 David L. Conrad United States · #2,034,857 worldwide 1.2k citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Elaine P. Maimon United States · #2,052,887 worldwide 787 citations · 78 works
  7. 7 Daniel J. Casagrande United States · #2,055,646 worldwide 946 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Wonsuk Cha United States · #2,211,748 worldwide 274 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Andrae M. Marak United States · #2,258,529 worldwide 184 citations · 43 works
  10. 10 John B. Johnson United States · #2,276,343 worldwide 137 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Governors State University

What are the most cited papers from Governors State University?

The most cited paper from Governors State University is "The ecology of adolescent activity and experience" (Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Reed W. Larson, Suzanne Prescott, 1977), with 784 citations. Next come "Perceptual Evaluation of Voice Quality" (741) and "Oropharyngeal swallowing in normal adults of different ages" (673).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The ecology of adolescent activity and experience Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Reed W. Larson, Suzanne Prescott · Journal of Youth and Adolescence Sep 1977 784
2 Perceptual Evaluation of Voice Quality Jody E. Kreiman, Bruce R. Gerratt, Gail B. Kempster et al. · Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research Feb 1993 741
3 Oropharyngeal swallowing in normal adults of different ages JoAnne Robbins, John Hamilton, Gregory L. Lof et al. · Gastroenterology Sep 1992 673
4 Communication and cross-cultural adaptation : an integrative theory Young Yun Kim May 1988 428
5 An Internet of Things Framework for Smart Energy in Buildings: Designs, Prototype, and Experiments Jianli Pan, Raj Jain, Subharthi Paul et al. · IEEE Internet of Things Journal Open access 16 Mar 2015 316
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Governors State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Social Support, Student Engagement, Well-being, Emotion Regulation, Gender, Higher Education and Resilience.

▲ 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. Mental Health27▲ 5.3×25 topics
  2. Machine Learning16▲ 1.34×26 topics
  3. Social Support15▲ 7.8×8 topics
  4. Climate Change13▲ 1.36×27 topics
  5. Student Engagement12▲ 8.3×11 topics
  6. Education12▲ 1.89×24 topics
  7. Well-being11▲ 8.0×11 topics
  8. Globalization10▲ 1.50×26 topics
  9. Quality of Life10▲ 2.0×15 topics
  10. Gender10▲ 5.1×15 topics
  11. Social Media10▲ 1.98×15 topics
  12. Higher Education10▲ 5.1×12 topics
  13. Healthcare9▲ 2.3×12 topics
  14. Resilience9▲ 5.3×11 topics
  15. Artificial Intelligence9▲ 1.81×13 topics
  16. Educational Technology8▲ 2.0×14 topics
  17. Emotion Regulation8▲ 7.4×5 topics
  18. Big Data8▲ 2.3×9 topics
  19. Social Justice7▲ 3.2×12 topics
  20. Racial Disparities7▲ 35×3 topics
  21. Political Economy6▲ 6.8×6 topics
  22. Diversity6▲ 9.4×3 topics
  23. Feminism5▲ 5.2×8 topics
  24. Gender Differences5▲ 4.1×11 topics
  25. Community Engagement5▲ 4.6×7 topics
  26. Intersectionality5▲ 7.9×7 topics
  27. Neuroscience5▲ 4.8×6 topics
  28. Relationships5▲ 36×2 topics
  29. Psychiatric Disorders5▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Gender Roles5▲ 12×5 topics
  31. Criminal Justice5▲ 6.0×3 topics
  32. Academic Performance5▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Transition4▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Educational Inequality4▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Attachment4▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Learning Analytics4▲ 9.7×2 topics
  37. Mass Incarceration4▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Parenting4▲ 9.7×2 topics
  39. Prison System4▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Teacher Education4▲ 9.1×4 topics

Which research topics does Governors State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, Higher Education Research Studies, Attachment and Relationship Dynamics and Online Learning and Analytics.

Criminal Justice and Cor…4Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 4 fractional worksHigher Education Researc…4Higher Education Research Studies: 4 fractional worksAttachment and Relationship Dynamics: 4 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…3Online Learning and Analytics: 3 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …3Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 3 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 3 fractional worksFamily Dynamics and Relationships: 3 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…2Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 2 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma: 2 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEducationSocial PsychologyComputer Science Applications6 others

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

  1. 1 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  2. 2 Higher Education Research Studies Education 4 works
  3. 3 Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Social Psychology 4 works
  4. 4 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 3 works
  5. 5 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 3 works
  6. 6 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 3 works
  7. 7 Family Dynamics and Relationships Demography 3 works
  8. 8 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 2 works
  9. 9 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 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 available35.2%not open64.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.4%domestic only94.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Governors State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Governors State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00068% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Governors State University0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Governors 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%Governors State University10.9% 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 10.9% in 2025.

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