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SUNY Fredonia

In research, SUNY Fredonia stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,024 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,720 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,213 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences — Earth and Planetary Sciences is 6.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,984
of 28,054 · #8,662 all time
Rank in United States
#1,948
of 4,192
Research works
2.2k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
33k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

What is SUNY Fredonia 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
Physical SciencesDomain #8,024 of 12,888 16.2%61 #6697
Social SciencesDomain #6,720 of 10,521 10.9%134 #2528
Social SciencesField #4,213 of 6,365 14.4%66 #2267

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where SUNY Fredonia 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. Physical Sciences#6,697 #8,024
  2. Social Sciences#2,528 #6,720
  3. Social Sciences#2,267 #4,213
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.

What does SUNY Fredonia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 21.0 works6.2×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.20× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.58× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 7 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.24× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.68× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.33× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.20× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.89× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.42× its world share, 66 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at SUNY Fredonia?

Ranked on the composite score, William Graebner, John A. Krout and Robert Rie lead among researchers whose main affiliation is SUNY Fredonia.

  1. 1 William Graebner United States · #71,674 worldwide 100 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 John A. Krout United States · #137,752 worldwide 92 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Robert Rie United States · #152,777 worldwide 26 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 A. L. McLeod United States · #213,360 worldwide 39 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 William T. Hagan United States · #249,153 worldwide 33 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 W. Dirk Raat United States · #288,373 worldwide 41 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Gary G. Lash United States · #361,930 worldwide 178 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 James W. Loewen United States · #399,803 worldwide 35 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Jon Kraus United States · #484,226 worldwide 41 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Richard M. Robinson United States · #494,238 worldwide 71 citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at SUNY Fredonia

Which keywords describe research at SUNY Fredonia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Neoliberalism, Politics, Conservation, Globalization, Business Ethics, Public Policy and Capitalism.

▲ 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. Globalization14▲ 3.3×32 topics
  2. Ethics14▲ 13×11 topics
  3. Neoliberalism12▲ 16×10 topics
  4. Sustainability12▲ 2.2×11 topics
  5. Climate Change10▲ 1.73×27 topics
  6. Conservation9▲ 10×9 topics
  7. Politics9▲ 16×7 topics
  8. Business Ethics9▲ 52×2 topics
  9. Public Policy9▲ 8.5×5 topics
  10. Human Rights9▲ 4.0×10 topics
  11. Capitalism8▲ 57×2 topics
  12. Psychoanalysis8▲ 46×3 topics
  13. Identity8▲ 4.9×15 topics
  14. Social Justice8▲ 6.0×12 topics
  15. Environmental Movement8▲ 438×1 topic
  16. Renewable Energy8▲ 2.4×1 topic
  17. Resistance8▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Social Cognitive Theory8▲ 81×2 topics
  19. Lacanian Discourse Analysis7▲ 837×1 topic
  20. Organizational Culture7▲ 8.6×3 topics
  21. Subjectivity7▲ 253×1 topic
  22. Ethical Decision Making7▲ 106×1 topic
  23. Moral Identity7▲ 137×1 topic
  24. Gender6▲ 5.4×12 topics
  25. Nationalism6▲ 5.9×10 topics
  26. Tectonics6▲ 22×3 topics
  27. International Law4▲ 6.5×3 topics
  28. Equality4▲ 31×2 topics
  29. Institutional Theory4▲ 19×3 topics
  30. Plate Tectonics4▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Race4▲ 17×7 topics
  32. Evolution4▲ 7.2×5 topics
  33. Paleoproductivity4▲ 64×1 topic
  34. Paleoredox4▲ 64×1 topic
  35. Multiculturalism3▲ 8.3×4 topics
  36. Shareholder Value3▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Property Rights3▲ 22×3 topics
  38. Cosmopolitanism3▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Holocene3▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Paleoclimatology3▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does SUNY Fredonia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: American Environmental and Regional History, Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics, Ethics in Business and Education and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.

American Environmental and Regional History: 8 fractional worksPsychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics: 7 fractional worksEthics in Business and Education: 7 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 4 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 3 fractional worksPolitical Philosophy and Ethics: 3 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 3 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 2 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 2 fractional worksLaw, Economics, and Judicial Systems: 2 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawClinical PsychologyInformation Systems and ManagementPaleontology6 others

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

  1. 1 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 8 works
  2. 2 Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics Clinical Psychology 7 works
  3. 3 Ethics in Business and Education Information Systems and Management 7 works
  4. 4 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 4 works
  5. 5 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 3 works
  6. 6 Political Philosophy and Ethics Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  7. 7 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  8. 8 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 2 works
  9. 9 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 2 works
  10. 10 Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems Economics and Econometrics 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 available16.2%not open83.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has SUNY Fredonia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.