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Southern Oregon University

In research, Southern Oregon University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,710 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychology (Psychology is 6.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,242
of 22,385 · #10,967 all time
Rank in United States
#2,005
of 3,332
Research works
839
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
17.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Southern Oregon University

What is Southern Oregon 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 #7,710 of 9,585 11.6%69 #5621

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

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Southern Oregon University is in Social Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Psychology (21%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 74 fractional works · 59.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 26.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 26 fractional works · 20.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 12 fractional works · 9.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 6.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 15.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 8.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 14.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 10.6% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 8.8% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSouthern OregonUniversity125fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences59%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3426.8%
    2. Psychology2620.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities64.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance54.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting32.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Environmental Science118.9%
    2. Computer Science32.8%
    3. Engineering21.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    6. Mathematics00.3%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences118.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology54.1%
    3. Neuroscience21.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine118.8%
    2. Health Professions21.5%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Southern Oregon University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychology takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PsychologyField · 26.2 works6.9×
← 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: 1.77× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.13× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.80× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.62× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.96× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 6.87× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.12× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology6.87×26 works
  2. Social Sciences2.12×34 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.96×5 works
  4. Environmental Science1.80×11 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.77×10 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.62×6 works
  7. Neuroscience1.13×2 works
  8. Veterinary0.98×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.77×5 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.71×3 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.66×1 works
  12. Health Professions0.57×2 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.47×1 works
  14. Medicine0.46×11 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.41×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.35×4 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.34×0 works
  18. Nursing0.29×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.23×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.18×0 works
  21. Engineering0.11×2 works
  22. Energy0.10×0 works
  23. Dentistry0.06×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Southern Oregon University?

Ranked on the quality score, Mark A. Runco, Sidney C. Abrahams and Travis Campbell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southern Oregon University.

  1. 1 Mark A. Runco United States · #153,834 worldwide 29k citations · 451 works
  2. 2 Sidney C. Abrahams United States · #431,516 worldwide 12k citations · 298 works
  3. 3 Travis Campbell United States · #651,399 worldwide 385 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Cody Daniel Christopherson United States · #679,490 worldwide 1.1k citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Paul Condon United States · #772,640 worldwide 2.2k citations · 39 works
  6. 6 John S. Roden United States · #853,126 worldwide 4.2k citations · 67 works
  7. 7 Kevin Sahr United States · #957,961 worldwide 1.9k citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Victoria E. Sturtevant United States · #1,007,154 worldwide 1.5k citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Gregory V. Jones United States · #1,054,264 worldwide 9k citations · 265 works
  10. 10 Edwin Battistella United States · #1,107,689 worldwide 3.9k citations · 139 works
All ranked researchers at Southern Oregon University

What are the most cited papers from Southern Oregon University?

The most cited paper from Southern Oregon University is "A systematic literature review of machine learning methods applied to predictive maintenance" (Thyago Peres Carvalho, Fabrizzio Alphonsus Alves de Melo Nunes Soares, Roberto Oliveira Vita et al., 2019), with 1,544 citations. Next come "Climate Change and Global Wine Quality" (1,217) and "Plant phenolic compounds and the isolation of plant enzymes" (842).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A systematic literature review of machine learning methods applied to predictive maintenance Thyago Peres Carvalho, Fabrizzio Alphonsus Alves de Melo Nunes Soares, Roberto Oliveira Vita et al. · Computers & Industrial Engineering Review 5 Sep 2019 1,544
2 Climate Change and Global Wine Quality Gregory V. Jones, Michael A. White, Owen R. Cooper et al. · Climatic Change 14 Nov 2005 1,217
3 Plant phenolic compounds and the isolation of plant enzymes W.David Loomis, J. Battaile · Phytochemistry May 1966 842
4 Climate Influences on Grapevine Phenology, Grape Composition, and Wine Production and Quality for Bordeaux, France Gregory V. Jones, Robert E. L. Davis · American Journal of Enology and Viticulture 2000 719
5 Committing to ecological restoration Katharine N. Suding, Eric Stowe Higgs, Margaret A. Palmer et al. · Science 7 May 2015 625
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Southern Oregon University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Innovation, Neuroscience, Creativity, Personality Traits, Cognitive Processes, Problem Solving and Psychology.

▲ 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. Education14▲ 6.4×12 topics
  2. Innovation11▲ 8.3×5 topics
  3. Neuroscience11▲ 28×5 topics
  4. Climate Change10▲ 3.0×30 topics
  5. Creativity10▲ 138×2 topics
  6. Personality Traits9▲ 57×3 topics
  7. Cognitive Processes9▲ 133×2 topics
  8. Problem Solving9▲ 167×1 topic
  9. Psychology9▲ 55×1 topic
  10. Mental Health8▲ 4.7×20 topics
  11. Conservation Biology4▲ 30×4 topics
  12. Gender4▲ 6.0×9 topics
  13. Intersectionality4▲ 17×5 topics
  14. Gender Differences4▲ 8.2×7 topics
  15. Biodiversity4▲ 3.9×7 topics
  16. Culture4▲ 5.5×8 topics
  17. History4▲ 4.0×8 topics
  18. Health Disparities3▲ 10×5 topics
  19. Resilience3▲ 5.4×10 topics
  20. Social Justice3▲ 4.5×8 topics
  21. Neoliberalism3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  22. Student Engagement3▲ 5.9×8 topics
  23. Literature3▲ 4.1×5 topics
  24. Colonialism3▲ 4.5×7 topics
  25. Diversity3▲ 12×7 topics
  26. Invasive Species3▲ 5.0×12 topics
  27. Ecosystem Services2▲ 5.1×5 topics
  28. Gender Identity2▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Cultural Competence2▲ 15×5 topics
  30. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 6.1×5 topics
  31. Property Rights2▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Citizen Science2▲ 18×3 topics
  33. Social-Ecological Systems2▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Stigma2▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Economic Institutions2▲ 111×1 topic
  36. Institutional Economics2▲ 97×1 topic
  37. Discrimination2▲ 8.2×1 topic
  38. Ecological Niche2▲ 29×1 topic
  39. LGBTQ+2▲ 42×1 topic
  40. Species Distribution Modeling2▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Southern Oregon University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Creativity in Education and Neuroscience, Economic Theory and Institutions, LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Creativity in Education …9Creativity in Education and Neuroscience: 9 fractional worksEconomic Theory and Institutions: 2 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 2 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksEducation, Achievement, and Giftedness: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…2Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 1 fractional worksIntellectual Property Law: 1 fractional worksArchaeology and Natural History: 1 fractional worksLibrary Science and Information Literacy: 1 fractional works
Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyEconomics and EconometricsSocial PsychologyEcological Modeling5 others

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

  1. 1 Creativity in Education and Neuroscience Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 9 works
  2. 2 Economic Theory and Institutions Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  3. 3 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 2 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  5. 5 Education, Achievement, and Giftedness Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies Plant Science 1 works
  8. 8 Intellectual Property Law Law 1 works
  9. 9 Archaeology and Natural History Anthropology 1 works
  10. 10 Library Science and Information Literacy Library and Information Sciences 1 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 available22.8%not open77.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Southern Oregon University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% 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 Southern Oregon University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Southern Oregon University0.00044% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Southern Oregon 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 2025Southern Oregon University3.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.1% in 2023.

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