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Palawan State University

In research, Palawan State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,865 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education (Education is 7.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,945
of 22,385 · #20,482 all time
Rank in Philippines
#110
of 182
Research works
297
▲ 148% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
5.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
84%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Palawan State University

What is Palawan State 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 #7,865 of 9,585 5.8%75 #11060

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

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Palawan State University is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (37%), Environmental Science (10%), Computer Science (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 99 fractional works · 56.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 66 fractional works · 37.3% of its workEducation: 39 fractional works · 22.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 6.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 6.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Sciences: 50 fractional works · 28.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 9.7% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 9.0% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 5.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLeadership and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 7.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPalawan StateUniversity176fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences56%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6637.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting126.9%
    3. Psychology116.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities63.6%
    5. Decision Sciences31.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.9%
    1. Environmental Science179.7%
    2. Computer Science169.0%
    3. Engineering84.3%
    4. Mathematics42.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.6%
    6. Chemistry10.8%
    7. Energy10.8%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Medicine63.3%
    2. Health Professions52.7%
    3. Nursing31.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences105.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Palawan State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 39.5 works7.3×
← 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: 1.23× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.16× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.95× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.69× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.02× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 3.96× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.24× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.14× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.00× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.95× its world share, 66 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing3.96×3 works
  2. Social Sciences2.95×66 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.14×12 works
  4. Psychology2.00×11 works
  5. Environmental Science1.95×17 works
  6. Mathematics1.69×4 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.52×3 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.24×6 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.23×10 works
  10. Computer Science1.16×16 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.05×3 works
  12. Health Professions1.02×5 works
  13. Energy0.84×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.52×1 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.45×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.40×2 works
  17. Engineering0.29×8 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×2 works
  19. Medicine0.17×6 works
  20. Neuroscience0.12×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Palawan State University?

Ranked on the quality score, Michael Angelo A. Legarde, Michael D. Pido and Peter Widmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Palawan State University.

  1. 1 Michael Angelo A. Legarde Philippines · #1,938,411 worldwide 23 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Michael D. Pido Philippines · #1,969,448 worldwide 1.3k citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Peter Widmann Philippines · #2,681,055 worldwide 479 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Sabine Schoppe Philippines · #4,216,663 worldwide 284 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Mark Joseph J. Buncag Philippines · #4,603,095 worldwide 65 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 YU PIN ANG Philippines · #5,124,307 worldwide 50 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 RENE ALFRED ANTON BUSTAMANTE Philippines · #6,106,417 worldwide 74 citations · 58 works
All ranked researchers at Palawan State University

What are the most cited papers from Palawan State University?

The most cited paper from Palawan State University is "Fish wars: Conflict and collaboration in fisheries management in Southeast Asia" (Robert S. Pomeroy, John E. Parks, Richard Β. Pollnac et al., 2007), with 253 citations. Next come "A bibliometric analysis of sustainable oil and gas production research using VOSviewer" (165) and "Quantification of blue carbon in seagrass ecosystems of Southeast Asia and their potential for climate change mitigation" (152).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fish wars: Conflict and collaboration in fisheries management in Southeast Asia Robert S. Pomeroy, John E. Parks, Richard Β. Pollnac et al. · Marine Policy Open access 31 May 2007 253
2 A bibliometric analysis of sustainable oil and gas production research using VOSviewer Justine Klaire Tamala, Edcel Iolo Maramag, Kaye Anne Simeon et al. · Cleaner Engineering and Technology Open access 7 Feb 2022 165
3 Quantification of blue carbon in seagrass ecosystems of Southeast Asia and their potential for climate change mitigation Milica Stankovic, Rohani Ambo‐Rappe, Filipo Carly et al. · The Science of The Total Environment 6 Apr 2021 152
4 Coastal transitions: Small-scale fisheries, livelihoods, and maritime zone developments in Southeast Asia Michael Fabinyi, Ben Belton, Wolfram Dressler et al. · Journal of Rural Studies Open access 25 Mar 2022 135
5 Positive affect catalyzes academic engagement: Cross-sectional, longitudinal, and experimental evidence Ronnel Bornasal King, Dennis M. McInerney, Fraide A. Ganotice et al. · Learning and Individual Differences Apr 2015 130
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Palawan State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Educational Technology, E-Learning, Online Learning, Technology Integration, Student Engagement, Teaching Strategies, Mobile Learning and Globalization.

▲ 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. Educational Technology21▲ 10×20 topics
  2. E-Learning14▲ 8.4×12 topics
  3. Online Learning11▲ 7.7×10 topics
  4. Technology Integration10▲ 19×7 topics
  5. Globalization10▲ 2.9×15 topics
  6. Student Engagement9▲ 13×10 topics
  7. Climate Change8▲ 1.68×24 topics
  8. Education8▲ 2.5×17 topics
  9. Environmental Impact7▲ 2.5×18 topics
  10. Teaching Strategies7▲ 14×4 topics
  11. Mobile Learning6▲ 11×4 topics
  12. Higher Education6▲ 6.7×8 topics
  13. Student Satisfaction6▲ 19×2 topics
  14. Teacher Professional Development6▲ 20×5 topics
  15. Distance Learning6▲ 9.0×7 topics
  16. Digital Literacy5▲ 5.4×6 topics
  17. Identity5▲ 4.2×5 topics
  18. Student Motivation5▲ 15×4 topics
  19. Job Satisfaction5▲ 6.5×7 topics
  20. Student Perceptions5▲ 16×4 topics
  21. Motivation5▲ 6.7×6 topics
  22. Teacher Training5▲ 4.5×9 topics
  23. Learning Outcomes5▲ 6.4×8 topics
  24. Online Education5▲ 14×6 topics
  25. Inclusive Education5▲ 7.2×6 topics
  26. Digital Transformation4▲ 4.8×5 topics
  27. Experiential Learning4▲ 49×3 topics
  28. Google Classroom4▲ 25×1 topic
  29. Professional Development4▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Teacher Perception4▲ 23×1 topic
  31. Teacher Preparation4▲ 34×5 topics
  32. Language Policy4▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Multilingualism4▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Employability4▲ 57×2 topics
  35. Cultural Sustaining Pedagogy4▲ 47×1 topic
  36. Translanguaging4▲ 47×1 topic
  37. Metacognition4▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Vocational Education3▲ 22×3 topics
  39. Career Development3▲ 15×4 topics
  40. Organizational Commitment3▲ 9.1×4 topics

Which research topics does Palawan State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Technology-Enhanced Education Studies, Multilingual Education and Policy, Diverse Educational Innovations Studies and Mathematics Education and Pedagogy.

Technology-Enhanced Educ…4Technology-Enhanced Education Studies: 4 fractional worksMultilingual Education a…4Multilingual Education and Policy: 4 fractional worksDiverse Educational Innovations Studies: 3 fractional worksMathematics Education and Pedagogy: 3 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 3 fractional worksPhilippine History and Culture: 3 fractional worksHigher Education and Employability: 2 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…2Online Learning and Analytics: 2 fractional worksE-Learning and COVID-19: 2 fractional worksHospitality and Tourism Education: 2 fractional works
EducationLinguistics and LanguageGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesApplied Mathematics3 others

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

  1. 1 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 4 works
  2. 2 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 4 works
  3. 3 Diverse Educational Innovations Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 works
  4. 4 Mathematics Education and Pedagogy Applied Mathematics 3 works
  5. 5 Education Systems and Policy Education 3 works
  6. 6 Philippine History and Culture Anthropology 3 works
  7. 7 Higher Education and Employability Education 2 works
  8. 8 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 2 works
  9. 9 E-Learning and COVID-19 Education 2 works
  10. 10 Hospitality and Tourism Education Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 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 available84.2%not open15.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.8%domestic only83.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Palawan State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 148% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Palawan State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00024% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Palawan State University0.0010% in 20251990200020102020

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

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