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New Mexico Highlands University

In research, New Mexico Highlands University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#15,182 of 17,446 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#13,353 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,174
of 22,385 · #19,763 all time
Rank in United States
#2,504
of 3,332
Research works
778
▲ 60% vs 2018-21
Citations
9k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
New Mexico Highlands University

What is New Mexico Highlands 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
Physical SciencesDomain #15,182 of 17,446 5.1%391
Social SciencesDomain #13,353 of 14,833 6.2%223

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where New Mexico Highlands 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 New Mexico Highlands University work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at New Mexico Highlands University is in Physical Sciences, 38% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (17%), Environmental Science (15%), Psychology (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 60 fractional works · 45.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 14.9% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 7.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 7.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 51 fractional works · 38.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 16.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 11.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 7.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNew MexicoHighlands…134fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences45%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences38%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science2014.9%
    2. Engineering107.3%
    3. Computer Science107.2%
    4. Chemistry86.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences64.2%
    6. Materials Science54.1%
    7. Mathematics10.8%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences2216.7%
    2. Psychology1511.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities107.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.9%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine75.2%
    2. Health Professions53.6%
    3. Veterinary10.4%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    5. Neuroscience00.2%
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: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.67× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.85× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.92× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.67× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.01× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.17× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.36× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.12× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.71× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.64× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry3.85×8 works
  2. Psychology3.64×15 works
  3. Veterinary3.12×1 works
  4. Environmental Science3.01×20 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.71×10 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.67×6 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.67×1 works
  8. Health Professions1.36×5 works
  9. Social Sciences1.32×22 works
  10. Materials Science1.17×6 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.95×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.92×10 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.69×4 works
  14. Mathematics0.68×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.55×2 works
  16. Engineering0.49×10 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.47×3 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.45×1 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.42×1 works
  20. Medicine0.27×7 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.19×0 works
  22. Neuroscience0.14×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.13×0 works
  24. Nursing0.08×0 works
  25. Energy0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at New Mexico Highlands University?

Ranked on the quality score, Sergiu Draguta, Alexandr Fonari and P. Tongwa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is New Mexico Highlands University.

  1. 1 Sergiu Draguta United States · #653,955 worldwide 2.8k citations · 79 works
  2. 2 Alexandr Fonari United States · #1,001,235 worldwide 926 citations · 83 works
  3. 3 P. Tongwa United States · #1,638,956 worldwide 1.2k citations · 110 works
  4. 4 Lara Heflin United States · #2,740,821 worldwide 779 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Clark S. Knowlton United States · #2,953,562 worldwide 590 citations · 69 works
  6. 6 Lora Mangum Shields United States · #3,176,040 worldwide 1.1k citations · 45 works
  7. 7 Georgii Bogdanov United States · #3,496,538 worldwide 381 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Thomas C. Donnelly United States · #3,563,027 worldwide 52 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Evgheni V. Jucov United States · #3,564,196 worldwide 395 citations · 56 works
  10. 10 Thomas R. Brooks United States · #3,769,418 worldwide 207 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at New Mexico Highlands University

What are the most cited papers from New Mexico Highlands University?

The most cited paper from New Mexico Highlands University is "Influence of Connectivity and Porosity on Ligand-Based Luminescence in Zinc Metal−Organic Frameworks" (Christina A. Bauer, Tatiana V. Timofeeva, Thomas B. Settersten et al., 2007), with 670 citations. Next come "Narrative Temporality: Implications for Organizational Research" (315) and "Hydrogen Adsorption in a Highly Stable Porous Rare-Earth Metal-Organic Framework: Sorption Properties and Neutron Diffraction Studies" (314).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Influence of Connectivity and Porosity on Ligand-Based Luminescence in Zinc Metal−Organic Frameworks Christina A. Bauer, Tatiana V. Timofeeva, Thomas B. Settersten et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society 16 May 2007 670
2 Narrative Temporality: Implications for Organizational Research Ann L. Cunliffe, John Teta Luhman, David M. Bøje · Organization Studies Feb 2004 315
3 Hydrogen Adsorption in a Highly Stable Porous Rare-Earth Metal-Organic Framework: Sorption Properties and Neutron Diffraction Studies Junhua Luo, Hongwu Xu, Yun Liu et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society Jul 2008 314
4 Stratospheric effects of energetic particle precipitation in 2003–2004 CORA EINTERZ RANDALL, V. Lynn Harvey, G. L. Manney et al. · Geophysical Research Letters Mar 2005 313
5 Psychological sense of community: Suggestions for future research Jean L. Hill · Journal of Community Psychology Oct 1996 308
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at New Mexico Highlands University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Literature, Culture, Remote Sensing, Invasive Species, Adaptation, Machine Learning and Gender.

▲ 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. Climate Change13▲ 3.6×23 topics
  2. Machine Learning7▲ 1.65×23 topics
  3. Literature7▲ 9.6×8 topics
  4. Remote Sensing6▲ 3.8×7 topics
  5. Culture6▲ 7.9×4 topics
  6. Globalization6▲ 2.1×10 topics
  7. Education5▲ 2.0×12 topics
  8. Mental Health4▲ 2.4×12 topics
  9. Invasive Species4▲ 7.8×6 topics
  10. Biodiversity4▲ 3.8×9 topics
  11. Gender4▲ 5.3×6 topics
  12. Identity4▲ 3.8×5 topics
  13. Adaptation4▲ 8.9×3 topics
  14. Depression4▲ 3.0×5 topics
  15. Resilience3▲ 5.1×5 topics
  16. Conservation3▲ 5.7×4 topics
  17. History3▲ 3.5×4 topics
  18. Society3▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Well-being3▲ 6.2×6 topics
  20. Anxiety3▲ 4.5×3 topics
  21. Ecosystem3▲ 20×2 topics
  22. Soil Properties3▲ 13×2 topics
  23. Art3▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Ecosystem Resilience3▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 9.8×3 topics
  26. Politics3▲ 8.1×2 topics
  27. Psychological Impact3▲ 6.7×3 topics
  28. Cinema3▲ 70×2 topics
  29. Media3▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Crystal Engineering2▲ 17×3 topics
  31. Feminism2▲ 6.3×5 topics
  32. Forest Fires2▲ 43×1 topic
  33. Wildfire Activity2▲ 43×1 topic
  34. Film2▲ 128×1 topic
  35. Holocene2▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Sea Level2▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Social Movements2▲ 5.9×4 topics
  38. Theory2▲ 111×1 topic
  39. Sagebrush2▲ 113×1 topic
  40. Wildlife Habitat2▲ 113×1 topic

Which research topics does New Mexico Highlands University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Fire effects on ecosystems, Giambattista Vico and Joyce, Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism and Rangeland and Wildlife Management.

Fire effects on ecosystems2Fire effects on ecosystems: 2 fractional worksGiambattista Vico and Jo…2Giambattista Vico and Joyce: 2 fractional worksShakespeare, Adaptation,…2Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism: 2 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife M…2Rangeland and Wildlife Management: 2 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 2 fractional worksSexuality, Behavior, and Technology: 2 fractional worksMindfulness and Compassi…1Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions: 1 fractional worksPsychedelics and Drug Studies: 1 fractional worksMarine and environmental studies: 1 fractional worksRace, History, and Ameri…1Race, History, and American Society: 1 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeHistory and Philosophy of ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  2. 2 Giambattista Vico and Joyce History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  3. 3 Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  4. 4 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 2 works
  5. 5 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology Clinical Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions Clinical Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Psychedelics and Drug Studies Clinical Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Marine and environmental studies Oceanography 1 works
  10. 10 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political 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 available29.7%not open70.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.0%domestic only83.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has New Mexico Highlands University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 60% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is New Mexico Highlands University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00056% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%New Mexico Highlands University0.00054% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of New Mexico Highlands 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 2025New Mexico Highlands University6.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.1% in 2024.

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