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Kent State University

In research, Kent State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#546 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#358 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,041 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,289
of 28,054 · #771 all time
Rank in United States
#214
of 4,192
Research works
26k
▼ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
612k
23.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Kent 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 #546 of 10,521 23.2%1,124 #274
Social SciencesField #358 of 6,365 24.1%525 #197
Physical SciencesDomain #1,041 of 12,888 18.7%882 #754
PsychologyField #405 of 2,181 21.8%265 #244
Health SciencesDomain #3,050 of 11,982 17.3%354 #994
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #718 of 2,578 23.9%204 #287
EngineeringField #1,912 of 6,636 15.6%199 #1502
EducationSubfield #590 of 1,892 30.2%102 #252
Life SciencesDomain #2,582 of 7,800 14.7%240 #1941
MedicineField #3,509 of 10,443 15.0%258 #2596

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kent 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#274 #546
  2. Social Sciences#197 #358
  3. Physical Sciences#754 #1,041
  4. Psychology#244 #405
  5. Health Sciences#994 #3,050
  6. Sociology and Political Science#287 #718
  7. Engineering#1,502 #1,912
  8. Education#252 #590
  9. Life Sciences#1,941 #2,582
  10. Medicine#2,596 #3,509
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.

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: 0.35× its world share, 43 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 110 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.31× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.81× its world share, 76 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.84× its world share, 34 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.09× its world share, 219 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 49 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.44× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 198 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.88× its world share, 113 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.07× its world share, 98 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.06× its world share, 63 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.61× its world share, 93 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.21× its world share, 83 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 258 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.92× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.88× its world share, 141 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.18× its world share, 99 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 36 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.03× its world share, 58 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.34× its world share, 265 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 525 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kent State University?

Ranked on the composite score, Alan Rubin, Phillip D. Rumrill and B. D. Anderson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kent State University.

  1. 1 Alan Rubin United States · #8,304 worldwide 916 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Phillip D. Rumrill United States · #15,432 worldwide 297 citations · 63 works
  3. 3 B. D. Anderson United States · #23,318 worldwide 895 citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Richard S. Varga United States · #29,391 worldwide 443 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Mietek Jaroniec United States · #30,028 worldwide 2.4k citations · 183 works
  6. 6 Rebecca B. Rubin United States · #30,273 worldwide 365 citations · 45 works
  7. 7 August Meier United States · #37,362 worldwide 165 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Richard Feinberg United States · #42,170 worldwide 203 citations · 76 works
  9. 9 S. Margetis United States · #42,732 worldwide 656 citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Elliott Rudwick United States · #46,124 worldwide 120 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Kent State University

Which keywords describe research at Kent State University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Colloidal Crystals, Globalization, Nanoparticles, Nanostructured Materials, Self-Organization, Liquid Crystals and Photoinduced Motions.

▲ 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 Health94▲ 2.5×35 topics
  2. Globalization84▲ 1.64×66 topics
  3. Machine Learning79◆ 0.93×76 topics
  4. Climate Change69◆ 0.99×77 topics
  5. Nanoparticles68▲ 2.1×26 topics
  6. Education63▲ 1.42×55 topics
  7. Social Media62▲ 1.68×25 topics
  8. Sustainability58◆ 0.91×58 topics
  9. Depression50▲ 2.2×19 topics
  10. Public Health44▲ 1.17×38 topics
  11. Identity43▲ 2.3×39 topics
  12. Social Justice41▲ 2.7×26 topics
  13. Colonialism40▲ 3.3×26 topics
  14. Gender40▲ 2.9×33 topics
  15. Well-being40▲ 4.0×13 topics
  16. Social Support38▲ 2.6×16 topics
  17. Colloidal Crystals38▲ 32×2 topics
  18. Anxiety38▲ 3.1×11 topics
  19. Nationalism37▲ 3.1×20 topics
  20. History35▲ 1.92×27 topics
  21. Nanostructured Materials34▲ 7.8×4 topics
  22. Self-Organization33▲ 44×3 topics
  23. Liquid Crystals32▲ 77×1 topic
  24. Photoinduced Motions32▲ 77×1 topic
  25. Emotion Regulation31▲ 3.8×9 topics
  26. Student Engagement29▲ 2.8×11 topics
  27. Corpus Linguistics29▲ 5.2×5 topics
  28. Resilience29▲ 2.3×15 topics
  29. Feminism28▲ 3.8×16 topics
  30. Psychological Impact28▲ 3.2×8 topics
  31. Self-Assembly28▲ 3.2×11 topics
  32. Stress27▲ 2.8×11 topics
  33. Adolescents26▲ 2.7×8 topics
  34. Neurobiology23▲ 3.5×10 topics
  35. Self-Regulation23▲ 5.0×5 topics
  36. Embodiment23▲ 4.7×5 topics
  37. Translation20▲ 4.5×5 topics
  38. Social Identity20▲ 8.1×5 topics
  39. Lattice QCD17▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Attachment16▲ 7.2×3 topics

Which research topics does Kent State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Liquid Crystal Research Advancements, Translation Studies and Practices, COVID-19 and Mental Health and Impact of Technology on Adolescents.

Liquid Crystal Research …32Liquid Crystal Research Advancements: 32 fractional worksTranslation Studies and Practices: 14 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 13 fractional worksImpact of Technology on Adolescents: 13 fractional worksAdvanced Materials and Mechanics: 12 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 12 fractional worksConsumer Behavior in Bra…11Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification: 11 fractional worksAfrican studies and soci…11African studies and sociopolitical issues: 11 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Col…10High-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 10 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…9Digital Marketing and Social Media: 9 fractional works
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsLanguage and LinguisticsClinical PsychologySociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Liquid Crystal Research Advancements Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 32 works
  2. 2 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 14 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 13 works
  4. 4 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  5. 5 Advanced Materials and Mechanics Mechanical Engineering 12 works
  6. 6 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 12 works
  7. 7 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Marketing 11 works
  8. 8 African studies and sociopolitical issues Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  9. 9 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10 works
  10. 10 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 9 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 available30.4%not open69.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.5%domestic only88.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kent State University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% lower 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.

Other research institutions in Kent

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.