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Pacific Islands University

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Research works
13
▼ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
32
2.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
88%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Pacific Islands University

Not ranked overall: Pacific Islands University is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Pacific Islands University work in?

In all years, 87% of research at Pacific Islands University is in Social Sciences, 9% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (43%), Social Sciences (40%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (3%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 11 fractional works · 87.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 43.2% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 26.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 9.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 40.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 16.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 13.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 6.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 9.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPacific IslandsUniversity13fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences87%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities543.2%
    2. Social Sciences540.3%
    3. Psychology02.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.9%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences02.6%
    2. Engineering02.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy02.6%
    4. Materials Science00.9%
    5. Environmental Science00.6%
    1. Medicine01.4%
    2. Health Professions00.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.4%
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.

Who are the top researchers at Pacific Islands University?

Ranked on the quality score, Paul B. Drake lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pacific Islands University.

  1. 1 Paul B. Drake Guam · #2,946,738 worldwide 55 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Pacific Islands University

What are the most cited papers from Pacific Islands University?

The most cited paper from Pacific Islands University is "Physiological Ecology of Native and Alien Dry Forest Shrubs in Hawaii" (Susan Cordell, Robert J. Cabin, Lisa J. Hadway, 2002), with 39 citations. Next come "How (not) to Globalize Oceania: Ecology and Politics in Contemporary Pacific Island Performance Arts" (38) and "Impacts of commercial and subsistence fishing on marine and cultural ecosystem services important to the wellbeing of an Indigenous community in Hawai'i" (8).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Physiological Ecology of Native and Alien Dry Forest Shrubs in Hawaii Susan Cordell, Robert J. Cabin, Lisa J. Hadway · Biological Invasions Dec 2002 39
2 How (not) to Globalize Oceania: Ecology and Politics in Contemporary Pacific Island Performance Arts O Heim · Commonwealth Essays and Studies Open access 2018 38
3 Impacts of commercial and subsistence fishing on marine and cultural ecosystem services important to the wellbeing of an Indigenous community in Hawai'i Ron Vave, Nadine Heck, Siddharth Narayan et al. · Ecosystem Services Open access 11 Sep 2024 8
4 Diffusion studies on Si-PIN x-ray detectors with guard-rings for single photon counting sensors Kisung Lee, Joochul Yoon, Young-Jun Jung et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 19 Aug 2010 2
5 Seaweeds and sovereignty: Governance gaps and self-determination within limu stewardship in Hawai’i Gina Kapualanihoapiliokaua McGuire, Alexander Mawyer, James J. Akau et al. · Marine Policy Aug 2025 1
All 10 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Pacific Islands University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies, Historical and Architectural Studies, Religious Tourism and Spaces and Island Studies and Pacific Affairs.

Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies: 0 fractional worksHistorical and Architectural Studies: 0 fractional worksReligious Tourism and Spaces: 0 fractional worksIsland Studies and Pacif…0Island Studies and Pacific Affairs: 0 fractional worksEconomic and Technologic…0Economic and Technological Developments in Russia: 0 fractional worksRussia and Soviet political economy: 0 fractional works
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentArcheologyDemographyDevelopment1 others

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

  1. 1 Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies Geography, Planning and Development 0 works
  2. 2 Historical and Architectural Studies Archeology 0 works
  3. 3 Religious Tourism and Spaces Geography, Planning and Development 0 works
  4. 4 Island Studies and Pacific Affairs Demography 0 works
  5. 5 Economic and Technological Developments in Russia Development 0 works
  6. 6 Russia and Soviet political economy Political Science and International Relations 0 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 available87.6%not open12.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.3%domestic only71.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Pacific Islands University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Pacific Islands University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000025% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Pacific Islands University0.000011% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Pacific Islands University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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