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Sonoma State University

In research, Sonoma State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,678 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,266 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,279
of 22,385 · #7,254 all time
Rank in United States
#1,414
of 3,332
Research works
2.4k
▼ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
65k
27.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Sonoma State University

What is Sonoma 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 #3,678 of 9,585 8.9%121 #2975
Social SciencesField #4,266 of 5,988 7.6%66 #3004

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

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Sonoma State University is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 129 fractional works · 56.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 72 fractional works · 31.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 25 fractional works · 10.9% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 20 fractional works · 8.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 18 fractional works · 7.8% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 61 fractional works · 26.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 9.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSonoma StateUniversity229fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences26%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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7231.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting208.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities187.8%
    4. Psychology125.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance73.0%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Environmental Science198.4%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences135.5%
    3. Engineering125.4%
    4. Computer Science83.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy31.1%
    6. Energy20.8%
    7. Materials Science10.6%
    8. Chemistry10.6%
    9. Mathematics10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology93.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences83.4%
    3. Neuroscience31.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine125.2%
    2. Health Professions52.0%
    3. Nursing20.7%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
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: 0.71× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.52× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.69× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.78× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.72× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.68× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.42× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.78× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.48× its world share, 72 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.52×13 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.72×18 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.68×20 works
  4. Social Sciences2.48×72 works
  5. Psychology1.78×12 works
  6. Environmental Science1.69×19 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.42×7 works
  8. Nursing1.38×2 works
  9. Energy0.84×2 works
  10. Health Professions0.78×5 works
  11. Neuroscience0.75×3 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.73×9 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.71×8 works
  14. Veterinary0.69×0 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.55×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.51×3 works
  17. Computer Science0.47×8 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×1 works
  19. Chemistry0.36×1 works
  20. Engineering0.36×12 works
  21. Medicine0.27×12 works
  22. Mathematics0.26×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.18×1 works
  24. Decision Sciences0.15×0 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sonoma State University?

Ranked on the quality score, L. R. Cominsky, Kathy Calkins Charmaz and Jon M. Fukuto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sonoma State University.

  1. 1 L. R. Cominsky United States · #130,246 worldwide 45k citations · 284 works
  2. 2 Kathy Calkins Charmaz United States · #140,476 worldwide 61k citations · 170 works
  3. 3 Jon M. Fukuto United States · #141,679 worldwide 20k citations · 225 works
  4. 4 Merlin Mack Hanauer United States · #336,620 worldwide 1.8k citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Heather J. Smith United States · #363,016 worldwide 9.1k citations · 143 works
  6. 6 Brian Joseph Gillespie United States · #488,474 worldwide 1.9k citations · 87 works
  7. 7 Matthew L. Clark United States · #602,578 worldwide 5k citations · 87 works
  8. 8 Daniel E. Crocker United States · #889,931 worldwide 9.6k citations · 341 works
  9. 9 Stephanie S. Covington United States · #1,044,830 worldwide 3.1k citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Richard W. Paul United States · #1,061,143 worldwide 1.5k citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Sonoma State University

What are the most cited papers from Sonoma State University?

The most cited paper from Sonoma State University is "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger" (B. P. Abbott et al., 2016), with 14,545 citations. Next come "GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral" (9,794) and "The Swift Gamma‐Ray Burst Mission" (4,258).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,011 authors 11 Feb 2016 14,545
2 GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,124 authors 16 Oct 2017 9,794
3 The Swift Gamma‐Ray Burst Mission Neil A. Gehrels et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 20 Aug 2004 4,258
4 Constructions of masculinity and their influence on men's well-being: a theory of gender and health Will H. Courtenay · Social Science & Medicine May 2000 4,089
5 GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review X Open access1,149 authors 4 Sep 2019 3,658
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sonoma State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Intersectionality, Feminism, Gender, Conservation, History, Globalization and Social Justice.

▲ 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. Climate Change18▲ 2.9×33 topics
  2. Globalization10▲ 2.2×26 topics
  3. Intersectionality9▲ 21×9 topics
  4. Feminism7▲ 11×8 topics
  5. Gender7▲ 5.9×17 topics
  6. History7▲ 4.4×14 topics
  7. Social Justice6▲ 4.8×16 topics
  8. Mental Health6▲ 1.90×16 topics
  9. Education6▲ 1.54×12 topics
  10. Conservation6▲ 6.1×9 topics
  11. Innovation6▲ 2.5×12 topics
  12. Ethics6▲ 5.0×10 topics
  13. Identity6▲ 3.4×15 topics
  14. Consumer Behavior6▲ 3.9×7 topics
  15. Colonialism5▲ 5.0×14 topics
  16. Population Dynamics5▲ 8.8×7 topics
  17. Corporate Governance5▲ 2.9×12 topics
  18. Social Capital5▲ 3.9×6 topics
  19. Acoustic Communication4▲ 35×2 topics
  20. Literature4▲ 3.2×8 topics
  21. Anthropogenic Noise4▲ 58×1 topic
  22. Marine Mammals4▲ 58×1 topic
  23. Nationalism4▲ 3.7×8 topics
  24. Predator-Prey Interactions4▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Resilience4▲ 3.2×8 topics
  26. Neoliberalism3▲ 4.2×6 topics
  27. Teacher Education3▲ 10×3 topics
  28. Wine Choice3▲ 84×1 topic
  29. Wine Tourism3▲ 84×1 topic
  30. Academic Achievement3▲ 7.1×8 topics
  31. Discrimination3▲ 5.9×2 topics
  32. Health Disparities3▲ 4.7×6 topics
  33. Cold War3▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Cultural Diversity3▲ 5.2×4 topics
  35. Ecosystem Resilience3▲ 7.3×3 topics
  36. Feminist Theory2▲ 25×3 topics
  37. Community2▲ 8.7×4 topics
  38. Geological Mapping2▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Institutional Theory2▲ 9.9×3 topics
  40. Voting Behavior2▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does Sonoma State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Marine animal studies overview, Wine Industry and Tourism, Geological Modeling and Analysis and Critical Race Theory in Education.

Marine animal studies ov…4Marine animal studies overview: 4 fractional worksWine Industry and Tourism3Wine Industry and Tourism: 3 fractional worksGeological Modeling and Analysis: 2 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in Education: 2 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 2 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 2 fractional worksGender Politics and Repr…2Gender Politics and Representation: 2 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 2 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural Archaeology Studies: 2 fractional worksAugmented Reality Applic…2Augmented Reality Applications: 2 fractional works
EcologyTourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementGeochemistry and PetrologySociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 4 works
  2. 2 Wine Industry and Tourism Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 3 works
  3. 3 Geological Modeling and Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 2 works
  4. 4 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  7. 7 Gender Politics and Representation Gender Studies 2 works
  8. 8 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies Anthropology 2 works
  10. 10 Augmented Reality Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 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 available24.8%not open75.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sonoma State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Sonoma State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00075% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Sonoma State University0.00074% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sonoma 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.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Sonoma State University7.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.1% in 2012.

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