Question 1

What is La Sierra University known for?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 2

How does La Sierra University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

La Sierra University ranks #18,796 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#13,653 all time), and #2,776 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at La Sierra University?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from La Sierra University?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does La Sierra University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at La Sierra University?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does La Sierra University work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is La Sierra University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

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