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Hawaii Pacific University

In research, Hawaii Pacific University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,388 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,977
of 22,385 · #5,016 all time
Rank in United States
#802
of 3,332
Research works
1.1k
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
28k
25.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Hawaii Pacific University

What is Hawaii Pacific 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 #4,388 of 9,585 6.1%87 #3537

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

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Hawaii Pacific University is in Social Sciences, 24% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Medicine (18%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 101 fractional works · 44.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 53 fractional works · 23.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 19 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 fractional works · 5.7% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 20 fractional works · 8.8% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 55 fractional works · 24.5% of its workMedicine: 41 fractional works · 18.0% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLeadership and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 50 fractional works · 21.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 26 fractional works · 11.3% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 9.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHawaii PacificUniversity227fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences24%Social Sciences45%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5323.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities208.8%
    3. Psychology146.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting93.9%
    5. Decision Sciences41.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.8%
    1. Medicine4118.0%
    2. Health Professions115.0%
    3. Nursing31.3%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Environmental Science2611.3%
    2. Engineering83.7%
    3. Computer Science73.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.8%
    5. Materials Science20.7%
    6. Chemistry10.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    8. Energy00.2%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology83.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.3%
    3. Neuroscience52.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.33× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.28× its world share, 26 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.90× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.94× its world share, 41 worksMedicineNursing: 2.73× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.04× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.22× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.68× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.03× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 53 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.04×20 works
  2. Nursing2.73×3 works
  3. Environmental Science2.28×26 works
  4. Psychology2.03×14 works
  5. Health Professions1.90×11 works
  6. Social Sciences1.84×53 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.68×4 works
  8. Neuroscience1.33×5 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.22×9 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.12×4 works
  11. Medicine0.94×41 works
  12. Veterinary0.73×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.69×8 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.69×2 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.68×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.49×5 works
  17. Computer Science0.41×7 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.37×2 works
  19. Chemistry0.28×1 works
  20. Engineering0.25×8 works
  21. Materials Science0.21×2 works
  22. Energy0.18×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.18×1 works
  24. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hawaii Pacific University?

Ranked on the quality score, Thomas Köhler, Hạnh thị Nguyễn and K. David Hyrenbach lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hawaii Pacific University.

  1. 1 Thomas Köhler United States · #555,219 worldwide 1.4k citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Hạnh thị Nguyễn United States · #611,049 worldwide 958 citations · 76 works
  3. 3 K. David Hyrenbach United States · #614,231 worldwide 6.2k citations · 87 works
  4. 4 Thomas A. Stetz United States · #669,508 worldwide 2.2k citations · 80 works
  5. 5 Robert Borofsky United States · #826,106 worldwide 1k citations · 48 works
  6. 6 F. David Horgen United States · #1,018,849 worldwide 3.5k citations · 68 works
  7. 7 Jerome F. Agrusa United States · #1,136,301 worldwide 2.5k citations · 120 works
  8. 8 Gillian Dunn United States · #1,370,420 worldwide 946 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Eric W. Vetter United States · #1,412,813 worldwide 1k citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Carmella Vizza United States · #1,472,258 worldwide 266 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Hawaii Pacific University

What are the most cited papers from Hawaii Pacific University?

The most cited paper from Hawaii Pacific University is "Conservation of the sequence and temporal expression of let-7 heterochronic regulatory RNA" (Amy E. Pasquinelli, Brenda J. Reinhart, Frank John Slack et al., 2000), with 2,585 citations. Next come "Scenarios for Global Biodiversity in the 21st Century" (2,100) and "Spatial and temporal changes in cumulative human impacts on the world’s ocean" (1,623).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Conservation of the sequence and temporal expression of let-7 heterochronic regulatory RNA Amy E. Pasquinelli, Brenda J. Reinhart, Frank John Slack et al. · Nature Nov 2000 2,585
2 Scenarios for Global Biodiversity in the 21st Century Henrique M. Pereira et al. · Science Open access 26 Oct 2010 2,100
3 Spatial and temporal changes in cumulative human impacts on the world’s ocean Benjamin S. Halpern, Melanie R. Frazier, John Potapenko et al. · Nature Communications Open access 14 Jul 2015 1,623
4 Indian Ocean circulation and climate variability Friedrich A. Schott, Shang‐Ping Xie, Julian P. McCreary · Reviews of Geophysics 26 Jan 2009 1,592
5 Validation of ATR FT-IR to identify polymers of plastic marine debris, including those ingested by marine organisms Melissa R. Jung, F. David Horgen, Sara V. Orski et al. · Marine Pollution Bulletin Open access 5 Jan 2018 1,470
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hawaii Pacific University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Colonialism, Religion, Globalization, Nationalism, History, Gender and Politics.

▲ 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. Climate Change18▲ 2.9×40 topics
  2. Globalization11▲ 2.5×19 topics
  3. Epidemiology10◆ 1.13×43 topics
  4. Colonialism9▲ 8.5×11 topics
  5. History8▲ 4.9×8 topics
  6. Religion7▲ 6.8×12 topics
  7. Nationalism7▲ 6.8×8 topics
  8. Gender6▲ 5.4×9 topics
  9. Ethics6▲ 5.1×9 topics
  10. Recycling6▲ 6.6×3 topics
  11. Waste Management6▲ 6.2×2 topics
  12. Politics5▲ 9.0×6 topics
  13. Social Justice5▲ 3.7×9 topics
  14. Philosophy5▲ 4.8×5 topics
  15. Identity5▲ 2.9×5 topics
  16. Vulnerability5▲ 9.0×5 topics
  17. Empire4▲ 22×3 topics
  18. Health Consequences4▲ 6.3×3 topics
  19. Ocean Acidification4▲ 24×3 topics
  20. Conflict4▲ 10×5 topics
  21. Population Dynamics4▲ 6.4×9 topics
  22. Secularism4▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Community4▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Human Health4▲ 10×2 topics
  25. Marine Environment4▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Memory4▲ 6.6×4 topics
  27. Democracy4▲ 4.5×5 topics
  28. Pacific4▲ 81×2 topics
  29. Microplastics3▲ 15×1 topic
  30. Terrestrial Ecosystems3▲ 15×1 topic
  31. Evidence-Based Practice3▲ 11×5 topics
  32. Marine Ecosystems3▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Terrorism3▲ 30×3 topics
  34. Society3▲ 6.9×5 topics
  35. Trophic Cascades3▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Bleaching3▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Coral Reefs3▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Interviewing3▲ 72×2 topics
  39. Fisheries Sustainability3▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Immigration3▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Hawaii Pacific University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis and Occupational Therapy Practice and Research.

Microplastics and Plasti…3Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 3 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosyst…3Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 3 fractional worksOral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis: 3 fractional worksOccupational Therapy Practice and Research: 2 fractional worksAsian American and Pacific Histories: 2 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 2 fractional worksReligion and Society Interactions: 2 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Mana…2Recycling and Waste Management Techniques: 2 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Statistical Modeling Techniques: 2 fractional works
PollutionEcologyHistoryOccupational Therapy6 others

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

  1. 1 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 3 works
  2. 2 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 3 works
  3. 3 Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis History 3 works
  4. 4 Occupational Therapy Practice and Research Occupational Therapy 2 works
  5. 5 Asian American and Pacific Histories Cultural Studies 2 works
  6. 6 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  7. 7 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  10. 10 Advanced Statistical Modeling Techniques Computer Networks and Communications 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 available33.0%not open67.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.1%domestic only82.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hawaii Pacific University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% 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 Hawaii Pacific University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00075% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Hawaii Pacific University0.00072% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hawaii Pacific 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Hawaii Pacific University7.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.9% in 2010.

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