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Pacific States University

In research, Pacific States University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,079 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,292
of 22,385 · #15,512 all time
Rank in United States
#1,733
of 3,332
Research works
379
▲ 41% vs 2018-21
Citations
2k
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Pacific States University

What is Pacific States University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,079 of 9,585 6.5%69 #8532

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pacific States 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 Pacific States University work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Pacific States University is in Social Sciences, 40% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Computer Science (17%), Engineering (12%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 72 fractional works · 50.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 49 fractional works · 34.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 5.0% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 5.0% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 6.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 57 fractional works · 39.6% of its workComputer Science: 24 fractional works · 16.7% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 7.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 12.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% 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 · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear Energy and Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFuel Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPacific StatesUniversity144fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences50%

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 Sciences4934.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities96.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting64.0%
    4. Psychology53.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.0%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Computer Science2416.7%
    2. Engineering1812.4%
    3. Environmental Science42.7%
    4. Materials Science21.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy21.7%
    6. Mathematics21.7%
    7. Energy21.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.0%
    9. Chemistry10.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine74.6%
    2. Health Professions32.4%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.3%
    2. Neuroscience10.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.15× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.30× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.83× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.19× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.24× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.72× its world share, 50 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2.72×50 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.19×9 works
  3. Computer Science2.15×24 works
  4. Mathematics1.43×2 works
  5. Energy1.30×2 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.24×6 works
  7. Psychology1.03×4 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.92×3 works
  9. Health Professions0.90×3 works
  10. Engineering0.83×18 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.76×2 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.63×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.54×4 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.49×3 works
  15. Materials Science0.49×2 works
  16. Neuroscience0.31×1 works
  17. Chemistry0.30×1 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.30×0 works
  19. Medicine0.24×7 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.22×0 works
  21. Dentistry0.19×0 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×0 works
  23. Nursing0.10×0 works
  24. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Pacific States University?

Ranked on the quality score, Md. Safat Sikder, George Hanshaw and Harvey F. Dingman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pacific States University.

  1. 1 Md. Safat Sikder United States · #967,479 worldwide 778 citations · 69 works
  2. 2 George Hanshaw United States · #1,996,508 worldwide 101 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Harvey F. Dingman United States · #2,265,417 worldwide 589 citations · 63 works
  4. 4 Viktor Ivanovich Kulik United States · #4,576,400 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Ivan Viktorovich Kulik United States · #4,945,741 worldwide 2 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 D. Fox United States · #5,026,974 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Pacific States University

What are the most cited papers from Pacific States University?

The most cited paper from Pacific States University is "The customer is not always right: customer aggression and emotion regulation of service employees" (Alicia A. Grandey, David N. Dickter, Hock‐Peng Sin, 2004), with 939 citations. Next come "A demonstration of SciDB" (169) and "Geopolitical jockeying: Economic nationalism and multinational strategy in historical perspective" (154).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The customer is not always right: customer aggression and emotion regulation of service employees Alicia A. Grandey, David N. Dickter, Hock‐Peng Sin · Journal of Organizational Behavior 30 Mar 2004 939
2 A demonstration of SciDB Philippe Cudré-Mauroux, Hirokazu Kimura, K-T Lim et al. · Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment Aug 2009 169
3 Geopolitical jockeying: Economic nationalism and multinational strategy in historical perspective Christina Lubinski, R. Daniel Wadhwani · Strategic Management Journal Open access 13 Mar 2019 154
4 Risk and Climate Change: Perceptions of Key Policy Actors in Canada Richard C. Stedman · Risk Analysis Oct 2004 119
5 SDSS-V: Pioneering Panoptic Spectroscopy Juna A. Kollmeier et al. · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) PreprintOpen access 9 Nov 2017 114
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Pacific States University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Artificial Intelligence, Language, Social Media, Innovation, Education, Online Learning and Teacher Training.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development15▲ 6.7×19 topics
  2. Artificial Intelligence15▲ 7.1×22 topics
  3. Education11▲ 4.5×17 topics
  4. Social Media10▲ 5.3×9 topics
  5. Language10▲ 28×4 topics
  6. Innovation10▲ 6.4×12 topics
  7. Online Learning8▲ 7.0×7 topics
  8. Machine Learning8▲ 1.66×31 topics
  9. Teacher Training8▲ 8.9×5 topics
  10. Pedagogy8▲ 11×4 topics
  11. Linguistics8▲ 33×3 topics
  12. Digitalization7▲ 24×6 topics
  13. Sustainability7▲ 1.94×12 topics
  14. Educational Technology7▲ 3.9×9 topics
  15. Media7▲ 31×2 topics
  16. Cultural Communication6▲ 131×1 topic
  17. Discourse Analysis6▲ 19×1 topic
  18. E-Learning6▲ 4.5×8 topics
  19. Regional Development6▲ 12×6 topics
  20. Migration6▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Technology6▲ 7.8×6 topics
  22. Digital Literacy6▲ 6.7×3 topics
  23. Digital Economy5▲ 18×8 topics
  24. Geographical Analysis5▲ 86×2 topics
  25. Human Rights5▲ 3.4×10 topics
  26. Youth5▲ 25×3 topics
  27. Legal Regulation5▲ 15×6 topics
  28. Digital Learning4▲ 6.1×2 topics
  29. Digital Transformation4▲ 5.8×7 topics
  30. Geopolitics4▲ 20×5 topics
  31. International Relations4▲ 12×5 topics
  32. Agriculture4▲ 7.3×1 topic
  33. Labor Market4▲ 10.0×2 topics
  34. Rural Transformation4▲ 82×1 topic
  35. Distance Learning4▲ 7.9×4 topics
  36. Cognitive Development4▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Curriculum Design4▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Educational Technologies4▲ 29×2 topics
  39. Human-Computer Interaction4▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Politics3▲ 8.9×3 topics

Which research topics does Pacific States University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication, Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends, Educational Methods and Teacher Development and Digital Media and Visual Art.

Discourse Analysis and C…6Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication: 6 fractional worksRegional Socio-Economic Development Trends: 4 fractional worksEducational Methods and …4Educational Methods and Teacher Development: 4 fractional worksDigital Media and Visual…3Digital Media and Visual Art: 3 fractional worksSocial and Behavioral Studies: 2 fractional worksLaw, AI, and Intellectual Property: 2 fractional worksSociopolitical Dynamics …2Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia: 2 fractional worksPhysical Education and T…2Physical Education and Training Studies: 2 fractional worksEducational Innovations …2Educational Innovations and Challenges: 2 fractional worksHuman Health and Disease2Human Health and Disease: 2 fractional works
Cultural StudiesDemographyInformation SystemsComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design5 others

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

  1. 1 Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication Cultural Studies 6 works
  2. 2 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 4 works
  3. 3 Educational Methods and Teacher Development Information Systems 4 works
  4. 4 Digital Media and Visual Art Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 3 works
  5. 5 Social and Behavioral Studies Health 2 works
  6. 6 Law, AI, and Intellectual Property Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  7. 7 Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Physical Education and Training Studies Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 2 works
  9. 9 Educational Innovations and Challenges Information Systems 2 works
  10. 10 Human Health and Disease Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 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 available50.4%not open49.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.8%domestic only71.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Pacific States University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 41% higher 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 States University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00055% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Pacific States University0.00045% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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