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Lamar University

In research, Lamar University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,743 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#1,133 of 5,901 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,521 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Management Information Systems and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Management Information Systems is 11.9× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#2,596
of 22,385 · #3,531 all time
Rank in United States
#446
of 3,332
Research works
4.4k
▲ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
67k
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%

What is Lamar 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,743 of 10,670 11.7%602 #2402
EngineeringField #1,133 of 5,901 11.5%314 #1567
Computer ScienceField #1,521 of 4,417 13.9%121 #2426
Environmental ScienceField #1,166 of 3,334 11.9%66 #1523
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #811 of 2,176 13.2%80 #1436
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,157 of 2,581 18.0%89 #1897
Social SciencesDomain #4,464 of 9,585 11.8%284 #3423
Health SciencesDomain #6,689 of 9,902 14.7%71 #10279
Social SciencesField #5,086 of 5,988 8.5%88 #3371

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,402 #1,743
  2. Engineering#1,567 #1,133
  3. Computer Science#2,426 #1,521
  4. Environmental Science#1,523 #1,166
  5. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,436 #811
  6. Business, Management and Accounting#1,897 #1,157
  7. Social Sciences#3,423 #4,464
  8. Health Sciences#10,279 #6,689
  9. Social Sciences#3,371 #5,086
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Lamar University work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Lamar University is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (32%), Computer Science (13%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 680 fractional works · 61.0% of its workEngineering: 352 fractional works · 31.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 90 fractional works · 8.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 42 fractional works · 3.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 35 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 32 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 27 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 19 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 15 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedia Technology: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 140 fractional works · 12.6% of its workInformation Systems: 41 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 39 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 28 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 73 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 29 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 24 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 20 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 18 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCatalysis: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 317 fractional works · 28.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 103 fractional works · 9.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 55 fractional works · 4.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 21 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 98 fractional works · 8.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 37 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEducation: 21 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 49 fractional works · 4.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 31 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 18 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 18 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 82 fractional works · 7.3% of its workMedicine: 40 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 39 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 37 fractional works · 3.3% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKLamar University1,115fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences61%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences28%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering35231.6%
    2. Computer Science14012.6%
    3. Environmental Science736.5%
    4. Materials Science292.6%
    5. Energy242.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy181.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences161.4%
    8. Chemistry100.9%
    9. Chemical Engineering90.8%
    10. Mathematics80.7%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting1039.3%
    2. Social Sciences988.8%
    3. Psychology494.4%
    4. Decision Sciences312.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance181.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities171.5%
    1. Medicine403.6%
    2. Health Professions393.5%
    3. Nursing20.2%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Neuroscience121.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology111.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences110.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Lamar University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management Information Systems takes 11.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 54.6 works12×
  2. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 34.6 works6.0×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.25× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.58× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.62× its world share, 140 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.37× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.11× its world share, 352 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.32× its world share, 73 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.74× its world share, 29 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.73× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 39 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.53× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.88× its world share, 103 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.90× its world share, 31 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 18 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.43× its world share, 49 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 98 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences2.90×31 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.88×103 works
  3. Energy2.37×24 works
  4. Chemical Engineering2.25×9 works
  5. Engineering2.11×352 works
  6. Computer Science1.62×140 works
  7. Psychology1.43×49 works
  8. Environmental Science1.32×73 works
  9. Health Professions1.32×39 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.90×16 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.75×18 works
  12. Materials Science0.74×29 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.73×18 works
  14. Social Sciences0.70×98 works
  15. Neuroscience0.66×12 works
  16. Mathematics0.63×8 works
  17. Chemistry0.58×10 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.53×17 works
  19. Nursing0.38×2 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.22×2 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×11 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.19×11 works
  23. Medicine0.19×40 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.14×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Lamar University?

Ranked on the quality score, Suying Wei, Xingru Yan and Huige Wei lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lamar University.

  1. 1 Suying Wei United States · #18,112 worldwide 18k citations · 232 works
  2. 2 Xingru Yan United States · #122,722 worldwide 8.9k citations · 133 works
  3. 3 Huige Wei United States · #157,002 worldwide 4.4k citations · 68 works
  4. 4 Sujing Wang United States · #164,421 worldwide 9.2k citations · 241 works
  5. 5 Qingliang He United States · #325,881 worldwide 4.6k citations · 82 works
  6. 6 Margot Gage Witvliet United States · #338,532 worldwide 1.7k citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Che‐Jen Lin United States · #389,992 worldwide 10k citations · 222 works
  8. 8 Shyam S. Shukla United States · #450,172 worldwide 5.1k citations · 58 works
  9. 9 Chun‐Da Chen United States · #654,408 worldwide 1.7k citations · 58 works
  10. 10 Gino Martin Canlas United States · #677,853 worldwide 417 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Lamar University

What are the most cited papers from Lamar University?

The most cited paper from Lamar University is "Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) in Wastewater Treatment" (Yang Deng, Renzun Zhao, 2015), with 1,936 citations. Next come "Electrocoagulation (EC) — science and applications" (1,503) and "Fundamentals, present and future perspectives of electrocoagulation" (1,328).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) in Wastewater Treatment Yang Deng, Renzun Zhao · Current Pollution Reports Open access Sep 2015 1,936
2 Electrocoagulation (EC) — science and applications M. Yousuf A. Mollah, Robert Schennach, José R. Parga et al. · Journal of Hazardous Materials Jun 2001 1,503
3 Fundamentals, present and future perspectives of electrocoagulation M. Yousuf A. Mollah, Paul Morkovsky, Jewel Andrew Gomes et al. · Journal of Hazardous Materials 30 Sep 2004 1,328
4 Psychological Entitlement: Interpersonal Consequences and Validation of a Self-Report Measure William Keith Campbell, Angelica M. Bonacci, Jeremy A. Shelton et al. · Journal of Personality Assessment 22 Jul 2004 1,277
5 Global Λ hyperon polarization in nuclear collisions Adamczyk Lh et al. · Nature Open access339 authors Aug 2017 942
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lamar University?

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

▲ 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. Machine Learning112▲ 3.0×65 topics
  2. Supply Chain Management92▲ 9.2×16 topics
  3. Sustainability85▲ 3.1×44 topics
  4. Deep Learning69▲ 1.79×54 topics
  5. Big Data66▲ 6.2×16 topics
  6. Internet of Things49▲ 5.1×16 topics
  7. Renewable Energy44▲ 2.7×36 topics
  8. Healthcare43▲ 3.4×13 topics
  9. Neural Networks41▲ 2.4×26 topics
  10. Cyber-Physical Systems35▲ 12×7 topics
  11. Security34▲ 4.6×17 topics
  12. Firm Performance32▲ 16×2 topics
  13. Predictive Analytics32▲ 26×2 topics
  14. Analytics31▲ 32×1 topic
  15. Business Intelligence31▲ 32×1 topic
  16. Energy Efficiency31▲ 3.0×26 topics
  17. Privacy27▲ 8.3×6 topics
  18. Artificial Intelligence26▲ 1.66×22 topics
  19. Risk Management25▲ 4.8×9 topics
  20. Smart Grid25▲ 6.2×7 topics
  21. Data Mining24▲ 3.0×10 topics
  22. Digital Twin23▲ 15×3 topics
  23. Risk Perception19▲ 6.5×6 topics
  24. IoT18▲ 4.3×12 topics
  25. Cloud Manufacturing18▲ 18×1 topic
  26. Smart Manufacturing18▲ 18×1 topic
  27. Electric Vehicles18▲ 5.6×4 topics
  28. Cybersecurity17▲ 6.1×4 topics
  29. Big Data Analytics16▲ 6.9×4 topics
  30. Anomaly Detection16▲ 5.0×4 topics
  31. IoT Security16▲ 4.5×3 topics
  32. Smart Contracts14▲ 8.2×2 topics
  33. Blockchain14▲ 5.5×1 topic
  34. Decentralization14▲ 6.0×1 topic
  35. Game Theory14▲ 7.3×4 topics
  36. Forecasting13▲ 6.1×5 topics
  37. Sign Language12▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Neural Correlates12▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Bilingualism11▲ 7.4×4 topics
  40. Cognitive Development11▲ 8.0×3 topics

Which research topics does Lamar University publish most on?

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

  1. 1 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 31 works
  2. 2 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 18 works
  3. 3 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 14 works
  4. 4 Hearing Impairment and Communication Developmental and Educational Psychology 10 works
  5. 5 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 10 works
  6. 6 Smart Grid Security and Resilience Control and Systems Engineering 9 works
  7. 7 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 8 works
  8. 8 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 8 works
  9. 9 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 8 works
  10. 10 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lamar University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Lamar University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0053% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Lamar University0.0061% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Lamar 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 counting10%20%Lamar University15.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.5% in 1993.

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