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La Sierra University

In research, La Sierra University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,282 of 14,833 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,368 of 9,330 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#13,688 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,796
of 22,385 · #13,653 all time
Rank in United States
#2,776
of 3,332
Research works
526
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
6k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
La Sierra University

What is La Sierra University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #6,282 of 14,833 7.2%248
Social SciencesField #5,368 of 9,330 5.4%135
Physical SciencesDomain #13,688 of 17,446 5.9%148

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

In 2022-now, 38% of research at La Sierra University is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Environmental Science (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 37 fractional works · 38.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 23.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 7.6% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 31 fractional works · 31.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 14.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 17.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 12.6% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 7.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKLa SierraUniversity96fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences38%

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 Sciences2223.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities77.6%
    3. Psychology43.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance33.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Environmental Science1414.3%
    2. Computer Science55.7%
    3. Engineering44.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy21.6%
    6. Chemistry21.6%
    7. Mathematics11.0%
    8. Materials Science10.8%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology99.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences65.9%
    3. Neuroscience11.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.8%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine77.1%
    2. Health Professions44.6%
    3. Dentistry10.9%
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: 1.24× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.74× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.21× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.73× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.88× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.78× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.74× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.63× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.60× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.21× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science2.88×14 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.63×7 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.21×1 works
  4. Social Sciences1.84×22 works
  5. Dentistry1.78×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.74×9 works
  7. Health Professions1.74×4 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.60×3 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.24×6 works
  10. Psychology1.21×4 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.17×2 works
  12. Chemistry1.00×2 works
  13. Mathematics0.89×1 works
  14. Neuroscience0.83×1 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.82×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.74×2 works
  17. Computer Science0.73×6 works
  18. Medicine0.37×7 works
  19. Engineering0.30×4 works
  20. Materials Science0.23×1 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.18×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at La Sierra University?

Ranked on the quality score, Leslie R. Martin, Arturo Diaz and Matthew L. Murdoch lead among researchers whose main affiliation is La Sierra University.

  1. 1 Leslie R. Martin United States · #318,617 worldwide 5.5k citations · 151 works
  2. 2 Arturo Diaz United States · #995,359 worldwide 2k citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Matthew L. Murdoch United States · #1,010,337 worldwide 5.3k citations · 116 works
  4. 4 George R. Famini United States · #2,226,155 worldwide 1.3k citations · 68 works
  5. 5 Perry L. Wood United States · #2,951,494 worldwide 3.2k citations · 182 works
  6. 6 Leland Y. Wilson United States · #3,184,518 worldwide 615 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Marta S. Grismer United States · #3,711,381 worldwide 382 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 ANTHONY COBOS United States · #3,819,980 worldwide 170 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Andrew Howe United States · #3,913,854 worldwide 44 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Evan S. H. Quah United States · #3,964,350 worldwide 2.7k citations · 179 works
All ranked researchers at La Sierra University

What are the most cited papers from La Sierra University?

The most cited paper from La Sierra University is "The global distribution of tetrapods reveals a need for targeted reptile conservation" (Uri Roll et al., 2017), with 682 citations. Next come "Understanding the Dimensions of Anti-Vaccination Attitudes: the Vaccination Attitudes Examination (VAX) Scale" (413) and "A Species-Level Phylogeny of Extant Snakes with Description of a New Colubrid Subfamily and Genus" (305).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The global distribution of tetrapods reveals a need for targeted reptile conservation Uri Roll et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution Open access 5 Oct 2017 682
2 Understanding the Dimensions of Anti-Vaccination Attitudes: the Vaccination Attitudes Examination (VAX) Scale Leslie R. Martin, Keith J. Petrie · Annals of Behavioral Medicine 2 Mar 2017 413
3 A Species-Level Phylogeny of Extant Snakes with Description of a New Colubrid Subfamily and Genus Alex Figueroa, Alexander D. McKelvy, L. Lee Grismer et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 7 Sep 2016 305
4 White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America Nancy G. Isenberg · Civil War Book Review 21 Jun 2016 300
5 Improving patient adherence: a three-factor model to guide practice M. Robin DiMatteo, Kelly B. Haskard‐Zolnierek, Leslie R. Martin · Health Psychology Review 15 Feb 2011 300
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at La Sierra University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Nationalism, Conservation Biology, Phylogenetic Analysis, Population Dynamics, Religion, Biodiversity and Habitat Fragmentation.

▲ 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 Change12▲ 4.5×21 topics
  2. Nationalism9▲ 20×5 topics
  3. Conservation Biology8▲ 75×3 topics
  4. Phylogenetic Analysis7▲ 23×7 topics
  5. Population Dynamics6▲ 26×6 topics
  6. Religion6▲ 14×5 topics
  7. Biodiversity6▲ 8.4×10 topics
  8. Globalization6▲ 3.1×8 topics
  9. Habitat Fragmentation6▲ 26×3 topics
  10. Amphibian Declines5▲ 200×1 topic
  11. Chytridiomycosis5▲ 200×1 topic
  12. Secularism5▲ 49×2 topics
  13. Democracy4▲ 13×2 topics
  14. Politics4▲ 18×2 topics
  15. Atheism4▲ 177×1 topic
  16. Public Sphere4▲ 78×1 topic
  17. Evolution4▲ 16×9 topics
  18. Federalism3▲ 53×2 topics
  19. American founding3▲ 119×1 topic
  20. Constitutional government3▲ 119×1 topic
  21. Social Support3▲ 5.6×8 topics
  22. Human Rights3▲ 2.9×9 topics
  23. Ecological Niche3▲ 48×1 topic
  24. Species Distribution Modeling3▲ 48×1 topic
  25. DNA Barcoding2▲ 15×5 topics
  26. Primary Care2▲ 6.3×2 topics
  27. Conservation2▲ 5.0×8 topics
  28. Genomics2▲ 7.3×5 topics
  29. Taxonomy2▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Health Care Utilization2▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Health Care Spending2▲ 46×1 topic
  32. Insurance Markets2▲ 46×1 topic
  33. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 11×7 topics
  34. Palestine2▲ 33×2 topics
  35. Phylogeny2▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Ecology2▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Self-Efficacy2▲ 6.9×3 topics
  38. Bacteriophage2▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Lepidoptera2▲ 87×1 topic
  40. Molecular Phylogenetics2▲ 87×1 topic

Which research topics does La Sierra University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Religion and Society Interactions, American Constitutional Law and Politics and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Amphibian and Reptile Bi…5Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 5 fractional worksReligion and Society Interactions: 4 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 3 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 3 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 2 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and…2Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 2 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 2 fractional worksHealth and Wellbeing Research: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural Archaeology Studies: 1 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 1 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsEcological Modeling6 others

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

  1. 1 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  2. 2 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  3. 3 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 3 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 2 works
  7. 7 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 2 works
  8. 8 Health and Wellbeing Research General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies Anthropology 1 works
  10. 10 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 1 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 available35.7%not open64.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.5%domestic only74.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has La Sierra University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is La Sierra University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00032% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%La Sierra University0.00037% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of La Sierra 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 2025La Sierra University6.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.0% in 2012.

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