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Southeastern Louisiana University

In research, Southeastern Louisiana University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,205 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,237 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

World rank, 2022-now
#8,959
of 22,385 · #11,253 all time
Rank in United States
#1,214
of 3,332
Research works
2.8k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
40k
14.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%

What is Southeastern Louisiana 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 #7,205 of 9,585 4.9%119 #5721
Physical SciencesDomain #8,237 of 10,670 3.6%107 #14838

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

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Southeastern Louisiana University is in Social Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (16%), Engineering (12%), Psychology (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 140 fractional works · 42.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 53 fractional works · 16.1% of its workEducation: 21 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 30 fractional works · 9.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 28 fractional works · 8.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClassics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 17 fractional works · 5.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 120 fractional works · 36.4% of its workEngineering: 40 fractional works · 12.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 27 fractional works · 8.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 5.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 41 fractional works · 12.3% of its workMedicine: 23 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 30 fractional works · 9.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSoutheasternLouisiana…331fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences42%

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 Sciences5316.1%
    2. Psychology309.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities288.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting175.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance102.9%
    6. Decision Sciences20.6%
    1. Engineering4012.1%
    2. Computer Science278.2%
    3. Environmental Science195.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy103.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences92.8%
    6. Chemistry61.9%
    7. Mathematics51.4%
    8. Materials Science30.9%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine236.9%
    2. Health Professions164.8%
    3. Nursing20.5%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology123.5%
    2. Neuroscience82.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences82.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.48× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.51× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.21× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.05× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.80× its world share, 40 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.17× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.17× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.40× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.82× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.97× its world share, 28 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.62× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.34× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.95× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 53 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.97×28 works
  2. Psychology2.95×30 works
  3. Health Professions1.82×16 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.79×9 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.62×17 works
  6. Neuroscience1.51×8 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.40×10 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.34×10 works
  9. Social Sciences1.27×53 works
  10. Chemistry1.21×6 works
  11. Environmental Science1.17×19 works
  12. Mathematics1.17×4 works
  13. Computer Science1.05×27 works
  14. Nursing0.99×2 works
  15. Engineering0.80×40 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.65×12 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.62×2 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.57×2 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.48×8 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.43×0 works
  21. Veterinary0.37×0 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.36×0 works
  23. Medicine0.36×23 works
  24. Materials Science0.27×3 works
  25. Energy0.11×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Southeastern Louisiana University?

Ranked on the quality score, Paul A. Keddy, Nina N. Simmons‐Mackie and Aura Kagan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southeastern Louisiana University.

  1. 1 Paul A. Keddy United States · #145,751 worldwide 19k citations · 284 works
  2. 2 Nina N. Simmons‐Mackie United States · #559,342 worldwide 5.9k citations · 127 works
  3. 3 Aura Kagan United States · #692,975 worldwide 3.9k citations · 62 works
  4. 4 April Marie Wright United States · #912,850 worldwide 7.1k citations · 90 works
  5. 5 Ann Oliver Cheek United States · #1,179,127 worldwide 2.1k citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Bijay T. Bhattarai United States · #1,669,208 worldwide 541 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 T. Findley United States · #1,882,951 worldwide 892 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 William B. Robison United States · #2,107,889 worldwide 870 citations · 78 works
  9. 9 John Lyman Mason United States · #2,445,055 worldwide 865 citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Marc Riedel United States · #2,502,712 worldwide 1.4k citations · 66 works
All ranked researchers at Southeastern Louisiana University

What are the most cited papers from Southeastern Louisiana University?

The most cited paper from Southeastern Louisiana University is "Ecosystem Decay of Amazonian Forest Fragments: a 22‐Year Investigation" (William Frederick Laurance, Thomas Ε. Lovejoy, Heraldo Luis De Vasconcelos et al., 2002), with 1,855 citations. Next come "Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run" (1,324) and "Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light" (1,243).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Ecosystem Decay of Amazonian Forest Fragments: a 22‐Year Investigation William Frederick Laurance, Thomas Ε. Lovejoy, Heraldo Luis De Vasconcelos et al. · Conservation Biology Open access 28 May 2002 1,855
2 Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run J. Aasi et al. · Classical and Quantum Gravity Open access870 authors 13 May 2015 1,324
3 Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light J. Aasi et al. · Nature Photonics Open access660 authors 19 Jul 2013 1,243
4 LIGO: the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory B. P. Abbott et al. · Reports on Progress in Physics Open access501 authors 30 Jun 2009 1,218
5 Predictions for the rates of compact binary coalescences observable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors J. Abadie et al. · Classical and Quantum Gravity Open access710 authors 16 Jul 2010 1,156
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Southeastern Louisiana University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Anxiety, Literature, COVID-19, Mental Health, Pandemic, Healthcare Workers, Higher Education and Depression.

▲ 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 Change12▲ 1.39×27 topics
  2. Mental Health12▲ 2.5×19 topics
  3. COVID-1912▲ 2.7×11 topics
  4. Pandemic10▲ 3.2×5 topics
  5. Education10▲ 1.81×24 topics
  6. Depression10▲ 3.3×9 topics
  7. Anxiety10▲ 6.0×9 topics
  8. Globalization9▲ 1.40×23 topics
  9. History9▲ 3.8×15 topics
  10. Literature9▲ 4.8×13 topics
  11. Higher Education8▲ 4.7×12 topics
  12. Online Learning8▲ 2.9×7 topics
  13. Healthcare Workers7▲ 8.5×3 topics
  14. Population Dynamics6▲ 7.5×8 topics
  15. Conservation6▲ 4.4×9 topics
  16. Psychological Impact6▲ 5.9×4 topics
  17. Identity6▲ 2.5×14 topics
  18. Social Isolation6▲ 9.3×2 topics
  19. Society6▲ 9.2×5 topics
  20. Psychological Distress6▲ 7.0×1 topic
  21. Quarantine6▲ 12×1 topic
  22. Culture6▲ 3.2×9 topics
  23. Phylogenetic Analysis5▲ 5.1×6 topics
  24. Student Engagement5▲ 4.0×9 topics
  25. Engineering Education5▲ 17×4 topics
  26. Cognitive Engagement5▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Distance Education4▲ 7.0×2 topics
  28. Student Satisfaction4▲ 7.3×2 topics
  29. Teaching Methods4▲ 8.1×4 topics
  30. Instructional Design4▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Blended Learning4▲ 8.9×1 topic
  32. Community of Inquiry4▲ 22×1 topic
  33. Motor Imagery4▲ 9.5×2 topics
  34. Stock Market4▲ 5.3×2 topics
  35. Manuscripts4▲ 52×2 topics
  36. Medieval4▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Molecular Phylogeny4▲ 6.7×5 topics
  38. Backpropagation Learning3▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Project-Based Learning3▲ 26×3 topics
  40. Self-Organizing Maps3▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Southeastern Louisiana University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: COVID-19 and Mental Health, Online and Blended Learning, COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts and Neural Networks and Applications.

  1. 1 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 6 works
  2. 2 Online and Blended Learning Education 4 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  4. 4 Neural Networks and Applications Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  5. 5 Medieval Literature and History Classics 3 works
  6. 6 Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 3 works
  7. 7 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  8. 8 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 2 works
  9. 9 Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  10. 10 Matrix Theory and Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 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 available26.2%not open73.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.0%domestic only93.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Southeastern Louisiana University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower 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 Southeastern Louisiana University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Southeastern Louisiana University0.00096% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Southeastern Louisiana 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Southeastern Louisiana University7.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.8% in 2002.

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