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Montclair State University

In research, Montclair State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#937 of 10,521 worldwide), Psychology (#259 of 2,181 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,452 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Social Psychology and Clinical Psychology — Social Psychology is 4.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,803
of 28,054 · #3,798 all time
Rank in United States
#537
of 4,192
Research works
7.4k
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
118k
15.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Montclair 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 #937 of 10,521 22.8%732 #745
PsychologyField #259 of 2,181 21.1%165 #357
Social SciencesField #1,452 of 6,365 24.5%367 #759
EducationSubfield #637 of 1,892 32.0%107 #354
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,008 of 2,578 23.6%132 #784
Physical SciencesDomain #5,378 of 12,888 18.4%363 #4495
Health SciencesDomain #6,151 of 11,982 14.4%142 #6535
Life SciencesDomain #4,098 of 7,800 17.0%97 #6908
Computer ScienceField #2,597 of 4,667 20.3%128 #3036
Environmental ScienceField #2,330 of 3,551 19.2%89 #2126

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Montclair 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#745 #937
  2. Psychology#357 #259
  3. Social Sciences#759 #1,452
  4. Education#354 #637
  5. Sociology and Political Science#784 #1,008
  6. Physical Sciences#4,495 #5,378
  7. Health Sciences#6,535 #6,151
  8. Life Sciences#6,908 #4,098
  9. Computer Science#3,036 #2,597
  10. Environmental Science#2,126 #2,330
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Montclair State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Social Psychology takes 4.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Social PsychologySubfield · 53.1 works4.5×
  2. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 59.9 works4.3×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.57× its world share, 34 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.24× its world share, 128 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 36 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 66 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.35× its world share, 89 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.73× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.29× its world share, 45 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 91 worksMedicineNursing: 0.77× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.02× its world share, 78 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.30× its world share, 56 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.67× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.57× its world share, 45 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.06× its world share, 165 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.17× its world share, 367 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Montclair State University?

Ranked on the composite score, Michael A. Jones, Michael P. Weinstein and R. M. Martin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Montclair State University.

  1. 1 Michael A. Jones United States · #14,700 worldwide 703 citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Michael P. Weinstein United States · #92,079 worldwide 167 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 R. M. Martin United States · #115,172 worldwide 495 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Michele Knobel United States · #122,925 worldwide 159 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Mary Boyle United States · #138,840 worldwide 157 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Ernestine Schlant United States · #142,425 worldwide 58 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Rita D. Jacobs United States · #147,336 worldwide 45 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Ana María Villegas United States · #164,618 worldwide 643 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Mary Emily Call United States · #185,936 worldwide 865 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Yang Deng United States · #205,093 worldwide 285 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Montclair State University

Which keywords describe research at Montclair State University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Education, Globalization, Intersectionality, Health Disparities, Teacher Education, Academic Achievement 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. Mental Health79▲ 4.0×32 topics
  2. Machine Learning51▲ 1.17×59 topics
  3. Deep Learning50◆ 1.09×58 topics
  4. Globalization48▲ 1.85×58 topics
  5. Education47▲ 2.1×44 topics
  6. Sustainability42▲ 1.30×50 topics
  7. Climate Change40◆ 1.11×57 topics
  8. Social Media35▲ 1.82×26 topics
  9. Social Support26▲ 3.5×14 topics
  10. Gender26▲ 3.6×34 topics
  11. Resilience25▲ 3.9×12 topics
  12. Social Justice24▲ 3.1×22 topics
  13. Intersectionality23▲ 9.6×9 topics
  14. Gender Differences23▲ 4.5×15 topics
  15. Identity22▲ 2.3×32 topics
  16. Health Disparities22▲ 6.2×8 topics
  17. Child Development21▲ 3.8×8 topics
  18. Colonialism20▲ 3.2×24 topics
  19. Teacher Education19▲ 11×6 topics
  20. Academic Achievement19▲ 8.5×8 topics
  21. STEM Education19▲ 3.1×8 topics
  22. Adolescents19▲ 3.7×6 topics
  23. Emotion Regulation19▲ 4.5×8 topics
  24. Student Engagement18▲ 3.3×12 topics
  25. Reflective Practice17▲ 6.8×6 topics
  26. Technology Integration17▲ 4.1×9 topics
  27. Feminism15▲ 4.1×16 topics
  28. Human-Robot Interaction15▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Teacher Professional Development15▲ 6.7×3 topics
  30. Acculturation14▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Diversity14▲ 6.0×6 topics
  32. Developmental Trajectories13▲ 8.1×3 topics
  33. Language Development13▲ 8.0×5 topics
  34. Professional Learning Communities13▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Psychological Adjustment13▲ 6.5×4 topics
  36. Cultural Competence12▲ 7.3×6 topics
  37. Educational Inequality12▲ 16×3 topics
  38. Special Education12▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Critical Race Theory12▲ 63×1 topic
  40. Racism12▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Montclair State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Critical Race Theory in Education, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Migration, Health and Trauma.

Critical Race Theory in …12Critical Race Theory in Education: 12 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…10Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 10 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 8 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 8 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 8 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 7 fractional worksEducation Discipline and Inequality: 7 fractional worksTeaching and Learning Pr…7Teaching and Learning Programming: 7 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 7 fractional worksRacial and Ethnic Identity Research: 6 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEducationClinical PsychologyComputer Science Applications1 others

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

  1. 1 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  2. 2 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 10 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 8 works
  4. 4 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 8 works
  5. 5 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 8 works
  6. 6 Higher Education Research Studies Education 7 works
  7. 7 Education Discipline and Inequality Education 7 works
  8. 8 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 7 works
  9. 9 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 7 works
  10. 10 Racial and Ethnic Identity Research Sociology and Political Science 6 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 available25.2%not open74.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Montclair State University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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