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Lamar University

In research, Lamar University stands highest in Engineering (#1,672 of 6,636 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#3,444 of 12,888 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,690 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Management Information Systems and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering — Management Information Systems is 12.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,126
of 28,054 · #4,563 all time
Rank in United States
#709
of 4,192
Research works
4.4k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
67k
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Lamar 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
EngineeringField #1,672 of 6,636 18.1%314 #1968
Physical SciencesDomain #3,444 of 12,888 20.3%602 #2827
Health SciencesDomain #4,690 of 11,982 20.6%71 #8491
Social SciencesDomain #4,411 of 10,521 21.1%284 #3831
Computer ScienceField #2,039 of 4,667 28.6%121 #3005
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,239 of 2,318 20.9%80 #1994
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,521 of 2,578 25.5%89 #2045
Social SciencesField #4,669 of 6,365 16.7%88 #2922
Environmental ScienceField #2,617 of 3,551 24.0%66 #2984

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lamar 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. Engineering#1,968 #1,672
  2. Physical Sciences#2,827 #3,444
  3. Health Sciences#8,491 #4,690
  4. Social Sciences#3,831 #4,411
  5. Computer Science#3,005 #2,039
  6. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,994 #1,239
  7. Business, Management and Accounting#2,045 #1,521
  8. Social Sciences#2,922 #4,669
  9. Environmental Science#2,984 #2,617
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.

What does Lamar University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management Information Systems takes 12.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 49.1 works12×
  2. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 29.9 works5.9×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.30× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.58× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.57× its world share, 121 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.57× its world share, 23 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.12× its world share, 314 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.34× its world share, 66 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.71× its world share, 24 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.76× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.35× its world share, 35 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.58× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.80× its world share, 89 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.97× its world share, 28 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.79× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.48× its world share, 45 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 88 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Lamar University?

Ranked on the composite score, Weihang Zhu, Suying Wei and Che‐Jen Lin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lamar University.

  1. 1 Weihang Zhu · #60,419 worldwide 304 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Suying Wei · #73,686 worldwide 434 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Che‐Jen Lin · #80,373 worldwide 448 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Sujing Wang · #84,491 worldwide 496 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 Enno Koehn · #147,040 worldwide 102 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Thomas Ho · #201,668 worldwide 390 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Bo Sun · #204,020 worldwide 210 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Xing Wu · #214,527 worldwide 169 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 David L. Cocke · #224,900 worldwide 379 citations · 46 works
  10. 10 Xuejun Fan · #227,049 worldwide 315 citations · 88 works
All ranked researchers at Lamar University

Which keywords describe research at Lamar University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Supply Chain Management, Machine Learning, Big Data, Sustainability, Internet of Things, Cyber-Physical Systems, Firm Performance and Predictive Analytics.

▲ 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. Machine Learning99▲ 3.1×61 topics
  2. Supply Chain Management87▲ 9.5×16 topics
  3. Sustainability81▲ 3.4×40 topics
  4. Big Data61▲ 6.8×14 topics
  5. Deep Learning61▲ 1.79×50 topics
  6. Internet of Things45▲ 5.2×15 topics
  7. Healthcare39▲ 3.5×13 topics
  8. Renewable Energy38▲ 2.7×32 topics
  9. Neural Networks36▲ 2.4×24 topics
  10. Cyber-Physical Systems32▲ 12×7 topics
  11. Firm Performance32▲ 17×2 topics
  12. Predictive Analytics31▲ 29×2 topics
  13. Analytics31▲ 34×1 topic
  14. Business Intelligence31▲ 34×1 topic
  15. Security29▲ 4.5×14 topics
  16. Energy Efficiency28▲ 3.0×23 topics
  17. Privacy23▲ 8.0×5 topics
  18. Data Mining23▲ 3.1×10 topics
  19. Smart Grid22▲ 5.9×7 topics
  20. Digital Twin21▲ 16×3 topics
  21. Risk Management21▲ 4.4×8 topics
  22. Risk Perception18▲ 6.7×6 topics
  23. Electric Vehicles18▲ 6.0×4 topics
  24. Cloud Manufacturing17▲ 19×1 topic
  25. Smart Manufacturing17▲ 19×1 topic
  26. IoT16▲ 4.4×10 topics
  27. Big Data Analytics16▲ 7.4×4 topics
  28. Anomaly Detection14▲ 4.8×4 topics
  29. IoT Security14▲ 4.4×3 topics
  30. Cybersecurity14▲ 5.7×3 topics
  31. Smart Contracts14▲ 8.5×2 topics
  32. Blockchain13▲ 5.6×1 topic
  33. Decentralization13▲ 6.3×1 topic
  34. Forecasting13▲ 6.6×5 topics
  35. Sign Language11▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Neural Correlates11▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Engineering Education11▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Bilingualism11▲ 8.0×4 topics
  39. Cognitive Development11▲ 8.5×3 topics
  40. Early Intervention10▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Lamar University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Big Data and Business Intelligence, Digital Transformation in Industry, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security and Hearing Impairment and Communication.

Big Data and Business In…31Big Data and Business Intelligence: 31 fractional worksDigital Transformation i…17Digital Transformation in Industry: 17 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…13Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 13 fractional worksHearing Impairment and Communication: 10 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 10 fractional worksSmart Grid Security and Resilience: 8 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 8 fractional worksQuality and Supply Management: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 7 fractional worksSupply Chain Resilience and Risk Management: 7 fractional works
Management Information SystemsIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringInformation SystemsDevelopmental and Educational Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Big Data and Business IntelligenceManagement Information Systems 31 works
  2. 2 Digital Transformation in IndustryIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering 17 works
  3. 3 Blockchain Technology Applications and SecurityInformation Systems 13 works
  4. 4 Hearing Impairment and CommunicationDevelopmental and Educational Psychology 10 works
  5. 5 Artificial Intelligence in HealthcareHealth Information Management 10 works
  6. 6 Smart Grid Security and ResilienceControl and Systems Engineering 8 works
  7. 7 Electric Vehicles and InfrastructureElectrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  8. 8 Quality and Supply ManagementManagement Information Systems 7 works
  9. 9 Advanced Battery Technologies ResearchAutomotive Engineering 7 works
  10. 10 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk ManagementStrategy and Management 7 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 available31.9%not open68.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.3%domestic only84.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lamar University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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