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Stephen F. Austin State University

In research, Stephen F. Austin State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,587 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,826 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,568 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,876
of 28,054 · #14,821 all time
Rank in United States
#1,779
of 4,192
Research works
3.6k
▼ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Stephen F. Austin State University 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 #4,587 of 10,521 17.6%193 #3482
Social SciencesField #2,826 of 6,365 19.2%93 #2354
Physical SciencesDomain #9,568 of 12,888 11.6%116 #13481

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Stephen F. Austin 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 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#3,482 #4,587
  2. Social Sciences#2,354 #2,826
  3. Physical Sciences#13,481 #9,568
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: 0.73× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.06× its world share, 31 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.51× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.82× its world share, 33 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.66× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.68× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.21× its world share, 34 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.81× its world share, 22 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.96× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.93× its world share, 33 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 93 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Stephen F. Austin State University?

Ranked on the composite score, Flóra Faragó, Patrick M. Jenlink and Richard N. Conner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stephen F. Austin State University.

  1. 1 Flóra Faragó United States · #414,575 worldwide 43 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Patrick M. Jenlink United States · #416,150 worldwide 64 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Richard N. Conner United States · #469,381 worldwide 214 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Anne A. Fox United States · #515,957 worldwide 47 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Archie P. McDonald United States · #677,710 worldwide 8 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Dan K. Utley United States · #723,598 worldwide 2 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Jerry L. Williams United States · #736,385 worldwide 20 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Mark Walters United States · #808,859 worldwide 30 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 James G. Dickson United States · #918,801 worldwide 60 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Mel E. Finkenberg United States · #949,352 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Stephen F. Austin State University

Which keywords describe research at Stephen F. Austin State University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Leadership, Climate Change, Gender, Student Engagement, Machine Learning, Globalization, Education and Population Dynamics.

▲ 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. Climate Change20▲ 1.98×36 topics
  2. Machine Learning18▲ 1.53×27 topics
  3. Globalization15▲ 2.0×30 topics
  4. Education13▲ 2.1×25 topics
  5. Leadership12▲ 7.0×11 topics
  6. Mental Health11▲ 2.1×19 topics
  7. Gender11▲ 5.4×15 topics
  8. Remote Sensing10▲ 2.1×12 topics
  9. Student Engagement9▲ 6.2×9 topics
  10. Biodiversity9▲ 3.1×12 topics
  11. Innovation8▲ 2.2×9 topics
  12. Identity8▲ 3.0×9 topics
  13. Job Satisfaction7▲ 4.3×7 topics
  14. Population Dynamics7▲ 7.3×7 topics
  15. Language Teaching7▲ 7.1×3 topics
  16. Conservation6▲ 3.9×8 topics
  17. Employee Engagement6▲ 9.7×4 topics
  18. Invasive Species6▲ 3.9×10 topics
  19. Resilience6▲ 3.4×8 topics
  20. Habitat Fragmentation6▲ 7.1×4 topics
  21. Performance Measurement6▲ 5.5×4 topics
  22. Tectonics6▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Community Development6▲ 8.1×2 topics
  24. Teacher Preparation6▲ 21×5 topics
  25. Customer Satisfaction5▲ 4.6×2 topics
  26. Masculinity5▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Competency Models5▲ 49×1 topic
  28. Reflective Practice5▲ 7.2×6 topics
  29. Strategic Thinking5▲ 49×1 topic
  30. Conservation Biology5▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Evidence-Based Practice5▲ 10×5 topics
  32. Urban Regeneration5▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Intersectionality5▲ 7.2×4 topics
  34. Geological Mapping5▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Mega Events5▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Sport Tourism5▲ 35×1 topic
  37. Biomass Estimation4▲ 7.7×3 topics
  38. Second Language Learning4▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Compositional Data Analysis4▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Mineral Prospectivity4▲ 17×1 topic

Which research topics does Stephen F. Austin State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies, Sport and Mega-Event Impacts, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping and Sports, Gender, and Society.

Organizational Leadershi…5Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies: 5 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Imp…5Sport and Mega-Event Impacts: 5 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…4Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 4 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Soci…3Sports, Gender, and Society: 3 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 3 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 3 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…3Online Learning and Analytics: 3 fractional worksDiverse Educational Innovations Studies: 3 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 3 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…2EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 2 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementSociology and Political ScienceArtificial IntelligenceGender Studies6 others

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

  1. 1 Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies Strategy and Management 5 works
  2. 2 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  3. 3 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  4. 4 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 3 works
  5. 5 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 3 works
  6. 6 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  7. 7 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 3 works
  8. 8 Diverse Educational Innovations Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 works
  9. 9 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 3 works
  10. 10 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 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 available48.3%not open51.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.9%domestic only96.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Stephen F. Austin State University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% lower 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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