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Minnesota State University Moorhead

In research, Minnesota State University Moorhead stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,020 of 14,833 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,508 of 9,330 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,228 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychology (Psychology is 7.9× its share of world research).

mnstate.eduROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#15,497
of 22,385 · #12,705 all time
Rank in United States
#2,223
of 3,332
Research works
1.2k
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Minnesota State University Moorhead

What is Minnesota State University Moorhead 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 #5,020 of 14,833 8.9%664
Social SciencesField #5,508 of 9,330 9.3%298
Physical SciencesDomain #11,228 of 17,446 5.7%296
PsychologyField #2,366 of 3,404 6.2%125
Life SciencesDomain #9,602 of 11,023 5.3%141

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

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Minnesota State University Moorhead is in Social Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Psychology (24%), Social Sciences (21%), Computer Science (7%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 104 fractional works · 61.9% of its workPsychology: 41 fractional works · 24.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 19 fractional works · 11.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 7.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 35 fractional works · 21.0% of its workEducation: 20 fractional works · 12.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 6.6% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 6.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 21.1% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 6.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 8.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMinnesota StateUniversity…169fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences62%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology4124.2%
    2. Social Sciences3521.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting116.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities116.3%
    5. Decision Sciences42.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.5%
    1. Computer Science126.9%
    2. Environmental Science84.5%
    3. Engineering73.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences53.2%
    5. Materials Science10.8%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.7%
    7. Mathematics10.4%
    8. Chemistry10.4%
    9. Energy00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences84.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42.3%
    3. Neuroscience21.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine95.2%
    2. Health Professions42.4%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Minnesota State University Moorhead specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychology takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PsychologyField · 40.8 works7.9×
← 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: 0.95× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.04× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.19× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.05× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.38× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 7.94× its world share, 41 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology7.94×41 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.38×4 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.19×11 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.05×11 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.04×5 works
  6. Social Sciences1.66×35 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.17×1 works
  8. Nursing1.14×1 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.95×8 works
  10. Health Professions0.92×4 works
  11. Environmental Science0.91×8 works
  12. Computer Science0.89×12 works
  13. Neuroscience0.85×2 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.71×3 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.44×4 works
  16. Mathematics0.36×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.30×1 works
  18. Energy0.29×0 works
  19. Medicine0.27×9 works
  20. Engineering0.26×6 works
  21. Chemistry0.25×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.22×1 works
  23. Dentistry0.20×0 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Minnesota State University Moorhead?

Ranked on the quality score, Atif Osmani, Jitendra Pratap Singh and Theodore Gracyk lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Minnesota State University Moorhead.

  1. 1 Atif Osmani United States · #1,062,775 worldwide 881 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Jitendra Pratap Singh United States · #1,263,976 worldwide 1.3k citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Theodore Gracyk United States · #1,879,678 worldwide 1.4k citations · 100 works
  4. 4 Brian D. Wisenden United States · #2,089,672 worldwide 5k citations · 115 works
  5. 5 Edith Hamilton United States · #2,230,904 worldwide 1.6k citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Mark Chekola United States · #2,262,775 worldwide 316 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 B. Scott Titsworth United States · #2,469,469 worldwide 634 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Daniel C. McEwen United States · #2,628,276 worldwide 576 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Eduardo Pablo United States · #2,666,965 worldwide 388 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Shelton A. Gunaratne United States · #2,976,394 worldwide 1.2k citations · 87 works
All ranked researchers at Minnesota State University Moorhead

What are the most cited papers from Minnesota State University Moorhead?

The most cited paper from Minnesota State University Moorhead is "The Astropy Project: Building an Open-science Project and Status of the v2.0 Core Package *" (Adrian M. Price-Whelan et al., 2018), with 7,690 citations. Next come "The Astropy Project : Sustaining and Growing a Community-oriented Open-source Project and the Latest Major Release (v5.0) of the Core Package*" (5,044) and "Examining multi-dimensional trust and multi-faceted risk in initial acceptance of emerging technologies: An empirical study of mobile banking services" (1,120).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Astropy Project: Building an Open-science Project and Status of the v2.0 Core Package * Adrian M. Price-Whelan et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access140 authors 23 Aug 2018 7,690
2 The Astropy Project : Sustaining and Growing a Community-oriented Open-source Project and the Latest Major Release (v5.0) of the Core Package* The Astropy Collaboration et al. · Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Open access136 authors 2022 5,044
3 Examining multi-dimensional trust and multi-faceted risk in initial acceptance of emerging technologies: An empirical study of mobile banking services Xin Robert Luo, Han Li, Jie Zhang et al. · Decision Support Systems 26 Feb 2010 1,120
4 Chemical ecology of predator–prey interactions in aquatic ecosystems: a review and prospectusThe present review is one in the special series of reviews on animal–plant interactions. Maud C. O. Ferrari, Brian D. Wisenden, Douglas P. Chivers · Canadian Journal of Zoology Jul 2010 935
5 astroquery : An Astronomical Web-querying Package in Python Adam Ginsburg et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access 6 Feb 2019 818
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Minnesota State University Moorhead?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Social Justice, Teacher Preparation, Mental Health, Ethical Challenges, Experiential Learning, Meta-Analysis and Community Engagement.

▲ 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. Education15▲ 5.1×20 topics
  2. Social Justice11▲ 11×8 topics
  3. Mental Health9▲ 3.7×12 topics
  4. Teacher Preparation7▲ 58×4 topics
  5. Sustainability7▲ 1.75×11 topics
  6. Climate Change7▲ 1.47×19 topics
  7. Meta-Analysis6▲ 6.2×6 topics
  8. Ethical Challenges6▲ 16×2 topics
  9. Experiential Learning6▲ 67×4 topics
  10. Community Engagement5▲ 9.9×4 topics
  11. Group Dynamics5▲ 103×2 topics
  12. Curriculum Development5▲ 4.1×3 topics
  13. Psychotherapy5▲ 264×1 topic
  14. Transactional Analysis5▲ 830×1 topic
  15. Corporate Governance4▲ 3.5×7 topics
  16. Qualitative Research4▲ 3.0×5 topics
  17. Student Engagement4▲ 6.0×8 topics
  18. Critical Pedagogy4▲ 28×2 topics
  19. Evidence-Based Practice4▲ 17×5 topics
  20. Higher Education4▲ 4.3×8 topics
  21. Place-Based Education4▲ 288×1 topic
  22. Professional Identity4▲ 26×2 topics
  23. Reflective Practice4▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Resilience4▲ 4.5×7 topics
  25. Rural Communities4▲ 41×1 topic
  26. Cultural Competence4▲ 17×3 topics
  27. Leadership4▲ 4.4×8 topics
  28. Active Learning3▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Narrative Analysis3▲ 38×2 topics
  30. Technology Integration3▲ 6.3×4 topics
  31. Ethical Principles3▲ 70×1 topic
  32. Multicultural Counseling3▲ 161×1 topic
  33. Trauma3▲ 8.8×3 topics
  34. Intervention3▲ 44×2 topics
  35. Open Dialogue Approach3▲ 147×1 topic
  36. Professional Development3▲ 8.5×6 topics
  37. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy3▲ 147×1 topic
  38. Special Education3▲ 28×3 topics
  39. Child-Centered3▲ 112×1 topic
  40. Play Therapy3▲ 112×1 topic

Which research topics does Minnesota State University Moorhead publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy, Indigenous and Place-Based Education, Counseling Practices and Supervision and Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics.

Transactional Analysis i…5Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy: 5 fractional worksIndigenous and Place-Bas…4Indigenous and Place-Based Education: 4 fractional worksCounseling Practices and…3Counseling Practices and Supervision: 3 fractional worksCounseling, Therapy, and…3Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics: 3 fractional worksChild Therapy and Development: 3 fractional worksDiverse Educational Innovations Studies: 2 fractional worksOutdoor and Experiential…2Outdoor and Experiential Education: 2 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 2 fractional worksEgo Development and Educational Practices: 2 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evol…2Plant Diversity and Evolution: 2 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyEducationSocial PsychologyGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences1 others

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

  1. 1 Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy Clinical Psychology 5 works
  2. 2 Indigenous and Place-Based Education Education 4 works
  3. 3 Counseling Practices and Supervision Social Psychology 3 works
  4. 4 Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics Clinical Psychology 3 works
  5. 5 Child Therapy and Development Clinical Psychology 3 works
  6. 6 Diverse Educational Innovations Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  7. 7 Outdoor and Experiential Education Social Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 2 works
  9. 9 Ego Development and Educational Practices Clinical Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available21.8%not open78.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Minnesota State University Moorhead's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% 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 Minnesota State University Moorhead as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00039% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Minnesota State University Moorhead0.00048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Minnesota State University Moorhead 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Minnesota State University Moorhead5.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.8% in 2021.

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