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McNeese State University

In research, McNeese State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,725 of 14,833 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,964 of 9,330 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#13,558 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,129
of 22,385 · #14,401 all time
Rank in United States
#2,162
of 3,332
Research works
1.1k
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
McNeese State University

What is McNeese State 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 #8,725 of 14,833 5.7%458
Social SciencesField #5,964 of 9,330 5.6%197
Physical SciencesDomain #13,558 of 17,446 5.3%451
Life SciencesDomain #8,922 of 11,023 2.8%137
Environmental ScienceField #4,898 of 5,407 2.8%137

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

In 2022-now, 52% of research at McNeese State University is in Physical Sciences, 37% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (20%), Social Sciences (13%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 56 fractional works · 51.9% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 19.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 11.0% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 5.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 36.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 12.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 9.4% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMcNeese StateUniversity108fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences37%

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. Engineering2219.9%
    2. Environmental Science1211.0%
    3. Computer Science65.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy44.1%
    5. Materials Science43.3%
    6. Mathematics33.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.1%
    8. Energy21.4%
    9. Chemistry10.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.4%
    1. Social Sciences1412.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting109.4%
    3. Psychology54.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance54.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities32.9%
    6. Decision Sciences22.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences44.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology22.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    1. Health Professions11.3%
    2. Medicine11.2%
    3. Nursing10.9%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
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: 0.84× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.01× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.51× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.33× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.21× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.94× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.61× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.82× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 1.78× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.01× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.92× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.07× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.06× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.61× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting2.92×10 works
  2. Mathematics2.61×3 works
  3. Environmental Science2.21×12 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.07×2 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.06×5 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology2.01×2 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.82×4 works
  8. Nursing1.78×1 works
  9. Psychology1.61×5 works
  10. Energy1.51×2 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.34×2 works
  12. Engineering1.33×22 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.31×0 works
  14. Chemical Engineering1.17×0 works
  15. Veterinary1.13×0 works
  16. Social Sciences1.02×14 works
  17. Arts and Humanities1.01×3 works
  18. Materials Science0.94×4 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.84×4 works
  20. Computer Science0.75×6 works
  21. Chemistry0.50×1 works
  22. Health Professions0.48×1 works
  23. Neuroscience0.28×0 works
  24. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×1 works
  25. Medicine0.06×1 works

Who are the top researchers at McNeese State University?

Ranked on the quality score, Boggavarapu Kiran, Joe Gray Taylor and Kaisar R. Khan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is McNeese State University.

  1. 1 Boggavarapu Kiran United States · #1,047,864 worldwide 6.5k citations · 91 works
  2. 2 Joe Gray Taylor United States · #1,616,519 worldwide 624 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Kaisar R. Khan United States · #1,732,179 worldwide 1.7k citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Susie S. Cox United States · #2,494,667 worldwide 511 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Jess Feist United States · #2,631,597 worldwide 819 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Joseph Sneddon United States · #2,835,707 worldwide 4.2k citations · 226 works
  7. 7 Linda Brannon United States · #2,883,620 worldwide 933 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Philippe R. Girard United States · #3,105,179 worldwide 364 citations · 65 works
  9. 9 Charles R. Norman United States · #3,811,969 worldwide 137 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Carl A. Bartling United States · #3,939,494 worldwide 406 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at McNeese State University

What are the most cited papers from McNeese State University?

The most cited paper from McNeese State University is "Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light" (J. Aasi et al., 2013), with 1,243 citations. Next come "Predictions for the rates of compact binary coalescences observable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors" (1,156) and "A gravitational wave observatory operating beyond the quantum shot-noise limit" (956).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light J. Aasi et al. · Nature Photonics Open access660 authors 19 Jul 2013 1,243
2 Predictions for the rates of compact binary coalescences observable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors J. Abadie et al. · Classical and Quantum Gravity Open access710 authors 16 Jul 2010 1,156
3 A gravitational wave observatory operating beyond the quantum shot-noise limit J. Abadie et al. · Nature Physics Open access615 authors 11 Sep 2011 956
4 Multivariate Control Charts for Individual Observations Nola D. Tracy, John C. Young, Robert L Mason · Journal of Quality Technology Apr 1992 595
5 Strategic Decision Making: The Effects of Cognitive Diversity, Conflict, and Trust on Decision Outcomes Bradley J. Olson, Satyanarayana Parayitam, Yongjian Bao · Journal of Management Apr 2007 399
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at McNeese State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Engineering Education, Climate Change, Innovation, Population Dynamics, Identity, Globalization, Sea-Level Rise and R&D.

▲ 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 Change8▲ 2.7×19 topics
  2. Innovation5▲ 4.6×6 topics
  3. Engineering Education5▲ 51×4 topics
  4. Globalization5▲ 2.3×9 topics
  5. Sustainability4▲ 1.61×10 topics
  6. Identity4▲ 4.5×7 topics
  7. Population Dynamics3▲ 12×5 topics
  8. Renewable Energy3▲ 2.0×7 topics
  9. Remote Sensing3▲ 2.1×3 topics
  10. STEM Education3▲ 5.5×3 topics
  11. Corporate Governance2▲ 3.1×6 topics
  12. Distance Learning2▲ 6.7×2 topics
  13. R&D2▲ 30×2 topics
  14. Sea-Level Rise2▲ 20×5 topics
  15. Curriculum Development2▲ 3.2×3 topics
  16. Remote Laboratories2▲ 85×1 topic
  17. Student Engagement2▲ 5.6×7 topics
  18. Virtual Labs2▲ 85×1 topic
  19. Leadership2▲ 4.3×4 topics
  20. Colonialism2▲ 4.2×3 topics
  21. Technological Change2▲ 52×2 topics
  22. Conservation2▲ 4.3×5 topics
  23. Employment2▲ 55×1 topic
  24. Firm Survival2▲ 88×1 topic
  25. Job Satisfaction2▲ 4.2×5 topics
  26. Sediment Transport2▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Electric Vehicles2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  28. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 7.1×2 topics
  29. Quality Assurance2▲ 9.6×5 topics
  30. Renewable Energy Integration2▲ 5.0×3 topics
  31. Satellite Imagery2▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Postcolonialism2▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Project-Based Learning2▲ 41×3 topics
  34. Simulation2▲ 5.9×2 topics
  35. Information Systems2▲ 8.6×3 topics
  36. Economy2▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Mediation Analysis2▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Race2▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Habitat Selection1▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Patient Flow1▲ 59×2 topics

Which research topics does McNeese State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Experimental Learning in Engineering, Firm Innovation and Growth, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories and Colonialism, slavery, and trade.

Experimental Learning in…2Experimental Learning in Engineering: 2 fractional worksFirm Innovation and Growth2Firm Innovation and Growth: 2 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 1 fractional worksColonialism, slavery, and trade: 1 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…1Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 1 fractional worksVietnamese History and Culture Studies: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…1Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 1 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 1 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 1 fractional works
Media TechnologyEconomics and EconometricsAstronomy and AstrophysicsAnthropology5 others

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

  1. 1 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 2 works
  2. 2 Firm Innovation and Growth Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  3. 3 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  4. 4 Colonialism, slavery, and trade Anthropology 1 works
  5. 5 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  6. 6 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  7. 7 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  9. 9 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  10. 10 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 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 available20.0%not open80.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.9%domestic only94.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has McNeese State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% 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 McNeese State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00057% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%McNeese State University0.00046% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of McNeese State 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 2025McNeese State University9.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.4% in 1997.

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