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Midwestern State University

In research, Midwestern State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,472 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,452 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,373
of 28,054 · #19,069 all time
Rank in United States
#2,490
of 4,192
Research works
1.3k
▲ 57% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
8.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Midwestern State 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
Social SciencesDomain #4,472 of 10,521 12.9%89 #5329
Physical SciencesDomain #12,452 of 12,888 4.2%101 #18051

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Midwestern 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.80× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.26× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.90× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.53× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.70× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.34× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.55× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.14× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.46× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 44 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Midwestern State University?

Ranked on the composite score, Walter W. Dalquest, R. J. Williams and Marcos López lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Midwestern State University.

  1. 1 Walter W. Dalquest United States · #190,962 worldwide 127 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 R. J. Williams United States · #249,225 worldwide 138 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Marcos López United States · #537,317 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Mary Coe United States · #685,611 worldwide 9 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Jeffrey Oxford United States · #762,713 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Frank Wyatt United States · #1,096,342 worldwide 11 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 N.L. Passos United States · #1,110,510 worldwide 31 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 G Stefanov United States · #1,167,786 worldwide 10 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Lon Kilgore United States · #1,389,866 worldwide 2 citations · 55 works
  10. 10 Juheon Lee United States · #1,610,974 worldwide 19 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Midwestern State University

Which keywords describe research at Midwestern State University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Inequality, Tectonics, Globalization, Continental Margin, Crustal Structure, Petroleum and Machine Learning.

▲ 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 Learning12▲ 1.44×28 topics
  2. Economic Growth10▲ 4.9×12 topics
  3. Globalization10▲ 2.1×17 topics
  4. Climate Change10▲ 1.43×23 topics
  5. Remote Sensing7▲ 2.5×10 topics
  6. Inequality7▲ 12×5 topics
  7. Tectonics6▲ 21×3 topics
  8. Continental Margin5▲ 31×2 topics
  9. Crustal Structure5▲ 31×2 topics
  10. Petroleum5▲ 40×2 topics
  11. Ecosystem Services5▲ 4.9×4 topics
  12. Health5▲ 4.7×7 topics
  13. Trade4▲ 22×2 topics
  14. Job Satisfaction4▲ 4.2×9 topics
  15. Feedback Control4▲ 10×2 topics
  16. Arctic4▲ 15×1 topic
  17. Religion4▲ 3.5×9 topics
  18. geology4▲ 67×1 topic
  19. Optimization4▲ 3.5×6 topics
  20. Biomass Estimation4▲ 9.6×3 topics
  21. Height4▲ 71×1 topic
  22. Holocene4▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Wages4▲ 71×1 topic
  24. Social-Ecological Systems3▲ 10×2 topics
  25. Fluctuation Theorems3▲ 41×1 topic
  26. Geological Mapping3▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Protein3▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Sea Level3▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Stochastic Thermodynamics3▲ 41×1 topic
  30. Molecular Dynamics3▲ 7.4×2 topics
  31. Community Resilience3▲ 6.8×2 topics
  32. Paleoclimatology3▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Glacial Cycles3▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Monsoon Dynamics3▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Traditional Irrigation3▲ 231×1 topic
  36. User-Generated Content3▲ 8.3×2 topics
  37. Water Sustainability3▲ 231×1 topic
  38. Force Field3▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Prediction3▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Structure3▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does Midwestern State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geological Studies and Exploration, Historical Economic and Social Studies, Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Geological Studies and E…4Geological Studies and Exploration: 4 fractional worksHistorical Economic and …4Historical Economic and Social Studies: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics: 3 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 3 fractional worksArchaeology and Natural History: 3 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dynamics: 3 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 3 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…2Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 2 fractional worksEconomic Theory and Policy: 2 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 2 fractional works
GeologyEconomics and EconometricsStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsAtmospheric Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 4 works
  2. 2 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  3. 3 Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 3 works
  4. 4 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 3 works
  5. 5 Archaeology and Natural History Anthropology 3 works
  6. 6 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 3 works
  7. 7 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  8. 8 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Economic Theory and Policy General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 works
  10. 10 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 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 available24.3%not open75.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.4%domestic only89.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Midwestern State University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 57% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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