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Kutztown University

In research, Kutztown University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,353 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,219 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology (Clinical Psychology is 9.4× its share of world research).

kutztown.eduROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#11,783
of 22,385 · #4,352 all time
Rank in United States
#1,648
of 3,332
Research works
1.8k
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
10.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Kutztown University

What is Kutztown 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 #5,353 of 9,585 3.7%176 #1634
Social SciencesField #4,219 of 5,988 3.8%96 #1087

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

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Kutztown University is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (38%), Psychology (18%), Engineering (7%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 192 fractional works · 69.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 104 fractional works · 37.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 53 fractional works · 19.1% of its workEducation: 18 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 49 fractional works · 17.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 27 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 15 fractional works · 5.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 4.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 62 fractional works · 22.6% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 7.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 5.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKutztownUniversity275fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences70%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences10437.8%
    2. Psychology4917.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities196.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting134.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance62.1%
    6. Decision Sciences30.9%
    1. Engineering207.2%
    2. Computer Science155.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences113.9%
    4. Environmental Science82.8%
    5. Mathematics31.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy31.0%
    7. Energy20.6%
    8. Chemistry10.3%
    9. Materials Science10.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences62.0%
    2. Neuroscience51.7%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Health Professions41.4%
    2. Medicine30.9%
    3. Veterinary10.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kutztown University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 9.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 27.0 works9.4×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 5 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.50× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.92× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.79× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.34× its world share, 19 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.47× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.96× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.80× its world share, 49 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.99× its world share, 104 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology5.80×49 works
  2. Social Sciences2.99×104 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.50×11 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.34×19 works
  5. Veterinary1.79×1 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.47×13 works
  7. Neuroscience1.03×5 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.96×6 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.95×2 works
  10. Mathematics0.92×3 works
  11. Computer Science0.69×15 works
  12. Energy0.64×2 works
  13. Environmental Science0.57×8 works
  14. Health Professions0.51×4 works
  15. Engineering0.48×20 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.47×3 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×6 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×3 works
  19. Chemistry0.19×1 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×0 works
  21. Nursing0.12×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.08×1 works
  23. Medicine0.05×3 works

Who are the top researchers at Kutztown University?

Ranked on the quality score, Alexander W. Pisciotta, Gary W. Cordner and Avidan Milevsky lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kutztown University.

  1. 1 Alexander W. Pisciotta United States · #572,225 worldwide 1.1k citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Gary W. Cordner United States · #699,455 worldwide 1.4k citations · 126 works
  3. 3 Avidan Milevsky United States · #803,112 worldwide 1.6k citations · 71 works
  4. 4 Michelle Savescu United States · #861,322 worldwide 993 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Feisal Murshed United States · #907,059 worldwide 800 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Philip Colin Bolger United States · #919,347 worldwide 1k citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Albert S. Fu United States · #1,244,722 worldwide 304 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Yuxia Qian United States · #1,359,014 worldwide 448 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 ALLAN T. BÄCK United States · #1,490,395 worldwide 796 citations · 120 works
  10. 10 Eun Yeon Kang United States · #1,508,726 worldwide 282 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Kutztown University

What are the most cited papers from Kutztown University?

The most cited paper from Kutztown University is "Maternal and Paternal Parenting Styles in Adolescents: Associations with Self-Esteem, Depression and Life-Satisfaction" (Avidan Milevsky, Melissa J. Schlechter, Sarah Netter et al., 2006), with 501 citations. Next come "APPLICANT REACTIONS TO SELECTION PROCEDURES" (491) and "Quality Improvement Incentives and Product Recall Cost Sharing Contracts" (369).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Maternal and Paternal Parenting Styles in Adolescents: Associations with Self-Esteem, Depression and Life-Satisfaction Avidan Milevsky, Melissa J. Schlechter, Sarah Netter et al. · Journal of Child and Family Studies 11 Sep 2006 501
2 APPLICANT REACTIONS TO SELECTION PROCEDURES James W. Smither, Richard B. Reilly, Roger E. Millsap et al. · Personnel Psychology Mar 1993 491
3 Quality Improvement Incentives and Product Recall Cost Sharing Contracts Gary H. Chao, Seyed M. R. Iravani, R. Canan Savaskan · Management Science 14 May 2009 369
4 Berkeley Supernova Ia Program - I. Observations, data reduction and spectroscopic sample of 582 low-redshift Type Ia supernovae Jeffrey M. Silverman et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Open access 27 Aug 2012 354
5 Procedural justice perceptions, legitimacy beliefs, and compliance with the law: a meta-analysis Glenn D. Walters, Philip Colin Bolger · Journal of Experimental Criminology Review 14 Sep 2018 326
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kutztown University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Criminal Behavior, Developmental Trajectories, Mental Health, Youth Violence, Neighborhood Effects, Crime, Social Structure and Psychopathy.

▲ 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. Criminal Behavior32▲ 271×2 topics
  2. Developmental Trajectories25▲ 76×3 topics
  3. Mental Health25▲ 6.3×16 topics
  4. Neighborhood Effects20▲ 67×3 topics
  5. Youth Violence20▲ 157×3 topics
  6. Crime18▲ 237×1 topic
  7. Social Structure18▲ 169×1 topic
  8. Psychopathy16▲ 168×2 topics
  9. Emotion Recognition15▲ 27×2 topics
  10. Risk Assessment15▲ 8.0×3 topics
  11. Mental Disorders14▲ 45×2 topics
  12. Neurobiological Basis14▲ 146×1 topic
  13. Violent Recidivism14▲ 300×1 topic
  14. Globalization13▲ 2.4×28 topics
  15. Cyberbullying11▲ 61×2 topics
  16. Adolescent Development10▲ 32×2 topics
  17. Aggression10▲ 69×2 topics
  18. Psychological Adjustment10▲ 25×2 topics
  19. Bullying10▲ 130×1 topic
  20. Peer Victimization10▲ 130×1 topic
  21. Racial Disparities9▲ 64×3 topics
  22. Criminal Justice9▲ 14×1 topic
  23. Mass Incarceration9▲ 111×1 topic
  24. Gender8▲ 5.5×15 topics
  25. Emotion Regulation8▲ 9.0×3 topics
  26. Adolescents8▲ 7.5×3 topics
  27. Depression7▲ 3.1×5 topics
  28. Heuristic Algorithms7▲ 60×2 topics
  29. Parenting7▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Psychopathology7▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Anxiety Disorders6▲ 22×1 topic
  32. Children6▲ 10×1 topic
  33. Colonialism6▲ 4.7×10 topics
  34. Higher Education6▲ 4.2×9 topics
  35. Genetic Algorithm6▲ 16×4 topics
  36. Emotion5▲ 9.5×4 topics
  37. Professional Development5▲ 8.8×4 topics
  38. Reflective Practice5▲ 9.7×3 topics
  39. Metaheuristic Algorithms5▲ 39×2 topics
  40. Cutting4▲ 148×1 topic

Which research topics does Kutztown University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Crime Patterns and Interventions, Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending, Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression and Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis.

Crime Patterns and Inter…18Crime Patterns and Interventions: 18 fractional worksPsychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending: 14 fractional worksBullying, Victimization, and Aggression: 10 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 9 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 6 fractional worksOptimization and Packing…4Optimization and Packing Problems: 4 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 4 fractional worksPsychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment: 3 fractional worksVehicle Routing Optimization Methods: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceClinical PsychologySocial PsychologyIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 18 works
  2. 2 Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending Clinical Psychology 14 works
  3. 3 Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression Social Psychology 10 works
  4. 4 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  5. 5 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 6 works
  6. 6 Optimization and Packing Problems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 4 works
  8. 8 Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  9. 9 Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 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 available20.7%not open79.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.4%domestic only95.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kutztown University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% lower 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 Kutztown University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Kutztown University0.00095% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kutztown 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kutztown University4.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.9% in 2007.

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