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Missouri Western State University

In research, Missouri Western State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,481 of 14,833 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,443 of 9,330 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#14,343 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,058
of 22,385 · #16,618 all time
Rank in United States
#2,652
of 3,332
Research works
748
▼ 33% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.6k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Missouri Western State University

What is Missouri Western 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 #7,481 of 14,833 6.6%399
Social SciencesField #6,443 of 9,330 5.0%191
Physical SciencesDomain #14,343 of 17,446 6.1%190

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

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Missouri Western State University is in Social Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Psychology (10%), Medicine (7%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 62 fractional works · 57.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 28.0% of its workEducation: 18 fractional works · 16.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 10.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 6.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 21.4% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 6.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 11.3% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 9.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMissouri WesternState University108fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences58%

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. Social Sciences3028.0%
    2. Psychology1110.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities76.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting76.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance43.9%
    6. Decision Sciences32.7%
    1. Computer Science76.3%
    2. Engineering65.8%
    3. Environmental Science43.3%
    4. Chemistry32.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy21.5%
    6. Mathematics10.9%
    7. Materials Science00.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    9. Energy00.2%
    1. Medicine87.0%
    2. Health Professions32.6%
    3. Nursing11.3%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences65.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.3%
    3. Neuroscience21.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
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: 1.13× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.77× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 2.72× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.27× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.98× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.83× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.83× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.31× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.22× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.31×11 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.83×3 works
  3. Nursing2.72×1 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.27×7 works
  5. Social Sciences2.22×30 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.98×7 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.83×4 works
  8. Chemistry1.77×3 works
  9. Neuroscience1.19×2 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.13×6 works
  11. Health Professions0.98×3 works
  12. Computer Science0.80×7 works
  13. Mathematics0.76×1 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.69×2 works
  15. Environmental Science0.66×4 works
  16. Dentistry0.63×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.43×2 works
  18. Engineering0.39×6 works
  19. Medicine0.37×8 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.29×0 works
  21. Energy0.21×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.09×0 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Missouri Western State University?

Ranked on the quality score, Corey N. White, Brett C. Luthans and Csengele Éva Barta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Missouri Western State University.

  1. 1 Corey N. White United States · #565,366 worldwide 2.5k citations · 64 works
  2. 2 Brett C. Luthans United States · #646,544 worldwide 3.2k citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Csengele Éva Barta United States · #1,387,888 worldwide 2.1k citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Alec Sithole United States · #1,496,004 worldwide 591 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Brian C. Cronk United States · #1,800,756 worldwide 794 citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Kelly Bouas Henry United States · #1,943,538 worldwide 878 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Amit Verma United States · #1,953,719 worldwide 578 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Bin Qiu United States · #2,057,773 worldwide 240 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Haruka Konishi United States · #2,159,982 worldwide 336 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Mark W. Lewis United States · #2,466,918 worldwide 969 citations · 60 works
All ranked researchers at Missouri Western State University

What are the most cited papers from Missouri Western State University?

The most cited paper from Missouri Western State University is "Positive psychological capital: beyond human and social capital" (Fred Luthans, Kyle W. Luthans, Brett C. Luthans, 2003), with 1,564 citations. Next come "The unconstrained binary quadratic programming problem: a survey" (497) and "An exploration of the brand identity–brand image linkage: A communications perspective" (487).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Positive psychological capital: beyond human and social capital Fred Luthans, Kyle W. Luthans, Brett C. Luthans · Business Horizons 30 Dec 2003 1,564
2 The unconstrained binary quadratic programming problem: a survey Gary A. Kochenberger, Jin‐Kao Hao, Fred Glover et al. · Journal of Combinatorial Optimization 17 Apr 2014 497
3 An exploration of the brand identity–brand image linkage: A communications perspective Shiva Nandan · Journal of Brand Management Apr 2005 487
4 Student Attraction, Persistence and Retention in STEM Programs: Successes and Continuing Challenges Alec Sithole, Edward T. Chiyaka, Peter McCarthy et al. · Higher Education Studies Open access 16 Jan 2017 366
5 Relationship between positive psychological capital and creative performance David S. Sweetman, Fred Luthans, James B. Avey et al. · Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration 3 Oct 2010 356
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Missouri Western State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Student Engagement, STEM Education, Teacher Preparation, Reflective Practice, Higher Education, Education and Learning Outcomes.

▲ 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. History6▲ 8.0×8 topics
  2. Education6▲ 3.1×13 topics
  3. Student Engagement5▲ 13×7 topics
  4. Innovation4▲ 3.9×6 topics
  5. STEM Education4▲ 8.8×6 topics
  6. Teacher Preparation4▲ 50×3 topics
  7. Higher Education4▲ 6.9×7 topics
  8. Reflective Practice4▲ 18×4 topics
  9. Learning Outcomes4▲ 7.9×5 topics
  10. Professional Development3▲ 15×4 topics
  11. Culture3▲ 5.9×4 topics
  12. Educational Technology3▲ 2.6×4 topics
  13. Society3▲ 16×4 topics
  14. Feminism3▲ 10.0×5 topics
  15. Technology Integration3▲ 9.1×3 topics
  16. Philosophy3▲ 6.2×2 topics
  17. Science3▲ 11×2 topics
  18. Student Perceptions3▲ 15×4 topics
  19. Experiential Learning3▲ 48×4 topics
  20. Model-Based Learning2▲ 37×2 topics
  21. Colonialism2▲ 4.5×4 topics
  22. Educational Leadership2▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Inquiry-Based Teaching2▲ 80×1 topic
  24. Professional Learning Communities2▲ 43×2 topics
  25. Scientific Literacy2▲ 80×1 topic
  26. Democracy2▲ 5.7×2 topics
  27. Discrimination2▲ 9.5×2 topics
  28. Teaching Strategies2▲ 7.0×3 topics
  29. Biography2▲ 96×1 topic
  30. Emotion2▲ 8.7×5 topics
  31. Observations2▲ 103×1 topic
  32. Qualitative Research Methods2▲ 45×1 topic
  33. Teacher Professional Development2▲ 11×1 topic
  34. Academic Performance2▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Active Learning2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  36. Teaching Methods2▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Assessment2▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Financial Constraints2▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Public Opinion2▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Teacher Education2▲ 12×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Science Education and Pedagogy, History of Science and Medicine, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies and Diverse Educational Innovations Studies.

Science Education and Pe…2Science Education and Pedagogy: 2 fractional worksHistory of Science and M…2History of Science and Medicine: 2 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…2Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 2 fractional worksDiverse Educational Inno…1Diverse Educational Innovations Studies: 1 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 1 fractional worksReflective Practices in Education: 1 fractional worksHigher Education Researc…1Higher Education Research Studies: 1 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 1 fractional worksStudent Assessment and Feedback: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…1Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 1 fractional works
EducationHistory and Philosophy of ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesAccounting1 others

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

  1. 1 Science Education and Pedagogy Education 2 works
  2. 2 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  3. 3 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 2 works
  4. 4 Diverse Educational Innovations Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  5. 5 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 1 works
  6. 6 Reflective Practices in Education Education 1 works
  7. 7 Higher Education Research Studies Education 1 works
  8. 8 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 1 works
  9. 9 Student Assessment and Feedback Education 1 works
  10. 10 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 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 available24.5%not open75.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% 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 Missouri Western State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00048% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Missouri Western State University0.00042% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Missouri Western 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 2025Missouri Western State University2.3% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.0% in 2015.

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