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Missouri Southern State University

In research, Missouri Southern State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,146 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,150
of 28,054 · #31,716 all time
Rank in United States
#3,459
of 4,192
Research works
336
▲ 106% vs 2013–17
Citations
3k
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Missouri Southern 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 #11,146 of 16,945 17.5%178

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Missouri Southern 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: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 5.80× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.72× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.46× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.25× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.14× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.65× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.00× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.48× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Missouri Southern State University?

Ranked on the composite score, Logan Ross and Susan C. Jorgensen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Missouri Southern State University.

  1. 1 Logan Ross United States · #1,496,671 worldwide 1 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Susan C. Jorgensen United States · #1,608,038 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Missouri Southern State University

Which keywords describe research at Missouri Southern State University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Gender, Literature, Colonialism, Society, Identity, Postcolonialism and Nationalism.

▲ 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. History5▲ 12×8 topics
  2. Gender5▲ 14×7 topics
  3. Literature5▲ 14×8 topics
  4. Colonialism4▲ 14×5 topics
  5. Epidemiology4▲ 1.44×23 topics
  6. Society4▲ 28×4 topics
  7. Identity3▲ 7.0×4 topics
  8. Corporate Governance3▲ 6.2×6 topics
  9. Postcolonialism3▲ 37×4 topics
  10. Nationalism3▲ 8.9×5 topics
  11. Literary Criticism2▲ 78×2 topics
  12. Teaching Methods2▲ 26×4 topics
  13. Race2▲ 32×2 topics
  14. Business Ethics2▲ 41×2 topics
  15. Modernist Poetry2▲ 463×1 topic
  16. Sylvia Plath2▲ 463×1 topic
  17. Innovation2▲ 3.1×6 topics
  18. Assessment Methods2▲ 28×2 topics
  19. Organizational Culture2▲ 7.8×2 topics
  20. Power2▲ 43×1 topic
  21. Public Sphere2▲ 53×1 topic
  22. Mathematics Education2▲ 60×2 topics
  23. Ethical Decision Making2▲ 87×1 topic
  24. Heat Transfer2▲ 5.2×1 topic
  25. Historical Sources2▲ 150×1 topic
  26. Mathematical Concepts2▲ 150×1 topic
  27. Moral Identity2▲ 112×1 topic
  28. Numerical Methods2▲ 31×1 topic
  29. Orthogonal Polynomials2▲ 197×1 topic
  30. Quadrature Methods2▲ 197×1 topic
  31. Reflective Practice2▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Competency-Based Education2▲ 25×1 topic
  33. Health Outcomes2▲ 8.3×2 topics
  34. Professional Identity Formation2▲ 36×1 topic
  35. Psychoanalysis2▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Social Determinants2▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Social Impact2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  38. Food Insecurity1▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Nutritional Consequences1▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Pregnancy1▲ 10×4 topics

Which research topics does Missouri Southern State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Poetry Analysis and Criticism, Literature: history, themes, analysis, History and Theory of Mathematics and Mathematical functions and polynomials.

Poetry Analysis and Crit…2Poetry Analysis and Criticism: 2 fractional worksLiterature: history, the…2Literature: history, themes, analysis: 2 fractional worksHistory and Theory of Mathematics: 2 fractional worksMathematical functions a…2Mathematical functions and polynomials: 2 fractional worksHeat Transfer and Numeri…2Heat Transfer and Numerical Methods: 2 fractional worksEthics in Business and Education: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional worksFood Security and Health…1Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 1 fractional worksAfrican history and culture studies: 1 fractional worksMathematics and Applications: 1 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryTheoretical Computer ScienceApplied MathematicsComputational Mechanics5 others

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

  1. 1 Poetry Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  2. 2 Literature: history, themes, analysis Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  3. 3 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 2 works
  4. 4 Mathematical functions and polynomials Applied Mathematics 2 works
  5. 5 Heat Transfer and Numerical Methods Computational Mechanics 2 works
  6. 6 Ethics in Business and Education Information Systems and Management 2 works
  7. 7 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 African history and culture studies Anthropology 1 works
  10. 10 Mathematics and Applications Geometry and Topology 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 available32.9%not open67.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.3%domestic only93.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Missouri Southern State University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 106% 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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