Pittsburg State University
In research, Pittsburg State University stands highest in Materials Science (#833 of 2,276 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#5,443 of 10,670 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,698 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Polymers and Plastics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (Polymers and Plastics is 18.9× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #5,571 of 22,385 · #3,891 all time
- Rank in United States
- #751 of 3,332
- Research works
- 2.5k ▲ 49% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 52k 20.6 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 8.7% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.99× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 30% world 40%
- International
- 14% world 18%
What is Pittsburg State University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials ScienceField | #833 of 2,276 | 10.1% | 94 | #1626 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #5,443 of 10,670 | 8.5% | 256 | #5140 | |
| MedicineField | #4,698 of 8,541 | 11.1% | 74 | #3603 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #5,748 of 9,902 | 10.9% | 84 | #4070 | |
| EngineeringField | #4,913 of 5,901 | 7.8% | 77 | #5378 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #8,739 of 9,585 | 6.1% | 83 | #4961 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pittsburg 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 of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Materials Science#1,626 #833
- Physical Sciences#5,140 #5,443
- Medicine#3,603 #4,698
- Health Sciences#4,070 #5,748
- Engineering#5,378 #4,913
- Social Sciences#4,961 #8,739
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Pittsburg State University work in?
In 2022-now, 55% of research at Pittsburg State University is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Materials Science (19%), Medicine (17%), Engineering (16%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.
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
- Physical Sciences29354.9%
- Materials Science10419.4%
- Engineering8816.4%
- Environmental Science254.6%
- Energy244.5%
- Computer Science203.6%
- Chemistry163.1%
- Chemical Engineering101.9%
- Mathematics30.6%
- Physics and Astronomy20.5%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
- Health Sciences10219.1%
- Medicine9016.8%
- Health Professions112.0%
- Dentistry10.2%
- Nursing10.1%
- Social Sciences9918.4%
- Social Sciences438.1%
- Arts and Humanities203.7%
- Psychology132.4%
- Business, Management and Accounting102.0%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance71.4%
- Decision Sciences50.9%
- Life Sciences417.6%
What does Pittsburg State University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Polymers and Plastics takes 18.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 40.8 works19×
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 20.1 works8.2×
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield · 23.6 works5.7×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 25 fields, with their numbers
- Chemical Engineering5.58×10 works
- Materials Science5.57×104 works
- Energy4.84×24 works
- Chemistry1.95×16 works
- Arts and Humanities1.30×20 works
- Engineering1.09×88 works
- Environmental Science0.93×25 works
- Decision Sciences0.90×5 works
- Medicine0.87×90 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.83×2 works
- Neuroscience0.80×7 works
- Psychology0.80×13 works
- Health Professions0.75×11 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.69×20 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.64×7 works
- Social Sciences0.64×43 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.63×3 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.61×10 works
- Mathematics0.53×3 works
- Computer Science0.47×20 works
- Dentistry0.40×1 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×9 works
- Nursing0.24×1 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.21×2 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×1 works
- Chemical Engineering 5.6×
- Materials Science 5.6×
- Energy 4.8×
- Chemistry 1.9×
- Arts and Humanities 1.3×
- Engineering 1.1×
- Environmental Science 0.9×
- Decision Sciences 0.9×
- Medicine 0.9×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.8×
- Neuroscience 0.8×
- Psychology 0.8×
- Health Professions 0.8×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.7×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.6×
- Social Sciences 0.6×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.6×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.6×
- Mathematics 0.5×
- Computer Science 0.5×
- Dentistry 0.4×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.3×
- Nursing 0.2×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.2×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.2×
Who are the top researchers at Pittsburg State University?
Ranked on the quality score, Santimukul Santra, Christine C. Rega‐Brodsky and Andrew Guo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pittsburg State University.
- 1
Santimukul Santra
United States · #496,349 worldwide 5.1k citations · 67 works
- 2
Christine C. Rega‐Brodsky
United States · #501,079 worldwide 1.2k citations · 55 works
- 3
Andrew Guo
United States · #623,369 worldwide 3k citations · 33 works
- 4
Sanket D. Bhoyate
United States · #828,017 worldwide 2.2k citations · 49 works
- 5
Ivan Javni
United States · #843,004 worldwide 3.4k citations · 43 works
- 6
Zoran S. Petrovìć
United States · #963,490 worldwide 10k citations · 157 works
- 7
Jonghyun Choi
United States · #1,161,474 worldwide 2.2k citations · 79 works
- 8
Siying Guo
United States · #1,263,222 worldwide 774 citations · 35 works
- 9
Alisa Zlatanić
United States · #1,410,424 worldwide 1.5k citations · 25 works
- 10
Xianmei Wan
United States · #1,513,701 worldwide 1.2k citations · 29 works
Which keywords describe research at Pittsburg State University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanomaterials, Energy Storage, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Biodegradable Polymers, Nanocomposites, Polymer Composites, Graphene and Renewable Resources.
- Cyclic Carbonates
- Homogeneous Catalysts
- Carbon Dioxide
- Visible Light
- Polyhydroxyalkanoates
- Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries
- Nanostructured Anodes
- Drug Delivery
- Tissue Engineering
- Oxygen Reduction
- Catalysis
- Electrochemical Capacitors
- Energy Conversion
- Electrocatalysis
- Self-Healing
- Cathode Materials
- Biomedical Applications
- Polymer Composites
- Biodegradable Polymers
- Energy Storage
- Nanomaterials
- Metal-Organic Frameworks
- Nanocomposites
- Graphene
- Renewable Resources
- Water Splitting
- Shape Memory Polymers
- Rechargeable Batteries
- Carbon-Based Materials
- Catalysts
- Hydrogen Evolution
- Sustainable Energy
- Lithium-ion Batteries
- Battery Materials
- Nanofibers
- Zinc Anode
- Polylactic Acid
- Hydrogenation
- Chemical Synthesis
- Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
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
- Nanomaterials46▲ 8.2×13 topics
- Energy Storage41▲ 12×8 topics
- Metal-Organic Frameworks38▲ 17×4 topics
- Biodegradable Polymers34▲ 36×4 topics
- Nanocomposites32▲ 7.7×16 topics
- Polymer Composites29▲ 20×5 topics
- Graphene27▲ 7.6×10 topics
- Biomedical Applications26▲ 4.1×23 topics
- Renewable Resources24▲ 26×4 topics
- Cathode Materials24▲ 12×3 topics
- Water Splitting23▲ 12×4 topics
- Self-Healing23▲ 108×1 topic
- Shape Memory Polymers23▲ 54×1 topic
- Electrocatalysis21▲ 14×4 topics
- Rechargeable Batteries19▲ 13×2 topics
- Energy Conversion19▲ 17×3 topics
- Carbon-Based Materials18▲ 34×1 topic
- Electrochemical Capacitors18▲ 34×1 topic
- Catalysts18▲ 17×3 topics
- Catalysis18▲ 5.0×18 topics
- Hydrogen Evolution17▲ 25×1 topic
- Oxygen Reduction17▲ 25×1 topic
- Sustainable Energy17▲ 18×2 topics
- Tissue Engineering15▲ 4.8×12 topics
- Lithium-ion Batteries15▲ 6.7×3 topics
- Drug Delivery12▲ 4.2×13 topics
- Battery Materials10▲ 11×1 topic
- Nanostructured Anodes10▲ 11×1 topic
- Nanofibers10▲ 8.8×3 topics
- Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries9▲ 17×1 topic
- Zinc Anode9▲ 17×1 topic
- Polyhydroxyalkanoates8▲ 20×1 topic
- Polylactic Acid8▲ 20×1 topic
- Visible Light8▲ 6.1×3 topics
- Hydrogenation7▲ 8.1×2 topics
- Carbon Dioxide7▲ 8.3×3 topics
- Chemical Synthesis7▲ 16×2 topics
- Homogeneous Catalysts7▲ 24×2 topics
- Lithium-Sulfur Batteries6▲ 8.6×2 topics
- Cyclic Carbonates6▲ 35×1 topic
Which research topics does Pittsburg State University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Polymer composites and self-healing, Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion and Advancements in Battery Materials.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Polymer composites and self-healing Polymers and Plastics 23 works
- 2 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 18 works
- 3 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 17 works
- 4 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 works
- 5 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 9 works
- 6 biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties Biomaterials 8 works
- 7 Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis Process Chemistry and Technology 6 works
- 8 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
- 9 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
- 10 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 5 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Pittsburg State University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 49% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Pittsburg State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0022% in 2024.
Fractional works of Pittsburg State 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.1% in 2000.
Other research institutions in Pittsburg
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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