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Purdue University Fort Wayne

In research, Purdue University Fort Wayne stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,047 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,521 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,648 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,925
of 28,054 · #17,215 all time
Rank in United States
#1,788
of 4,192
Research works
1k
▲ 995% vs 2013–17
Citations
8k
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Purdue University Fort Wayne known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #5,047 of 10,521 20.9%142 #6650
Social SciencesField #4,521 of 6,365 19.5%69 #6297
Physical SciencesDomain #10,648 of 12,888 8.4%192 #13795
Computer ScienceField #4,089 of 4,667 8.6%67 #5473
EngineeringField #6,002 of 6,636 8.4%73 #8558

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Purdue University Fort Wayne 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#6,650 #5,047
  2. Social Sciences#6,297 #4,521
  3. Physical Sciences#13,795 #10,648
  4. Computer Science#5,473 #4,089
  5. Engineering#8,558 #6,002
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 0.67× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.16× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.15× its world share, 67 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.22× its world share, 73 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.22× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.84× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.17× its world share, 25 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.25× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.78× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 68 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Purdue University Fort Wayne?

Ranked on the composite score, Zhuming Bi, Adam Coffman and Zafar Nazarov lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Purdue University Fort Wayne.

  1. 1 Zhuming Bi United States · #126,796 worldwide 269 citations · 72 works
  2. 2 Adam Coffman United States · #356,005 worldwide 29 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Zafar Nazarov United States · #878,458 worldwide 30 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 William Moebs United States · #1,153,874 worldwide 3 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Steven Stevenson United States · #1,622,752 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Purdue University Fort Wayne

Which keywords describe research at Purdue University Fort Wayne?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Engineering Education, Deep Learning, STEM Education, Gender, Student Engagement, Identity and Big Data.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Machine Learning29▲ 2.2×35 topics
  2. Deep Learning26▲ 1.94×39 topics
  3. Engineering Education14▲ 39×4 topics
  4. Globalization13▲ 1.71×25 topics
  5. STEM Education12▲ 6.5×6 topics
  6. Healthcare11▲ 2.5×14 topics
  7. Education11▲ 1.63×20 topics
  8. Big Data11▲ 3.0×12 topics
  9. Gender10▲ 4.7×24 topics
  10. Identity10▲ 3.4×16 topics
  11. Neural Networks9▲ 1.50×19 topics
  12. Student Engagement9▲ 5.8×8 topics
  13. Mental Health9▲ 1.54×19 topics
  14. Artificial Intelligence9▲ 1.59×13 topics
  15. Curriculum Development8▲ 3.0×5 topics
  16. Religion8▲ 4.3×15 topics
  17. History8▲ 2.9×18 topics
  18. Convolutional Neural Networks7▲ 2.5×8 topics
  19. Nationalism7▲ 3.8×7 topics
  20. Conservation6▲ 3.7×10 topics
  21. Learning Analytics6▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Aquaculture6▲ 6.0×6 topics
  23. Distance Learning6▲ 4.7×3 topics
  24. Colonialism6▲ 3.3×12 topics
  25. Remote Laboratories6▲ 52×1 topic
  26. Virtual Labs6▲ 52×1 topic
  27. Educational Data Mining5▲ 13×1 topic
  28. Massive Open Online Courses5▲ 13×1 topic
  29. Approximation Algorithms4▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Assessment Methods4▲ 10×2 topics
  31. Professional Skills4▲ 34×2 topics
  32. Algorithmic Applications4▲ 31×2 topics
  33. Project-Based Learning4▲ 29×3 topics
  34. Teaching Methods4▲ 7.2×3 topics
  35. Accreditation4▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Outcome-Based Education4▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Digital Twin4▲ 7.4×2 topics
  38. Graph Theory4▲ 9.0×3 topics
  39. Nonlinear Equations4▲ 7.5×4 topics
  40. Mathematics Education4▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Purdue University Fort Wayne publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Experimental Learning in Engineering, Online Learning and Analytics, Engineering Education and Curriculum Development and Advanced Graph Theory Research.

Experimental Learning in…6Experimental Learning in Engineering: 6 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…5Online Learning and Analytics: 5 fractional worksEngineering Education and Curriculum Development: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Graph Theory Research: 4 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 4 fractional worksEngineering Education and Pedagogy: 4 fractional worksBalkans: History, Politics, Society: 3 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …3Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 3 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 3 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 3 fractional works
Media TechnologyComputer Science ApplicationsComputational Theory and MathematicsIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 6 works
  2. 2 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 5 works
  3. 3 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 4 works
  4. 4 Advanced Graph Theory Research Computational Theory and Mathematics 4 works
  5. 5 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Engineering Education and Pedagogy Architecture 4 works
  7. 7 Balkans: History, Politics, Society Cultural Studies 3 works
  8. 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 3 works
  9. 9 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  10. 10 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 3 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 available34.9%not open65.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.5%domestic only85.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Purdue University Fort Wayne's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 995% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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