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Texas State University

In research, Texas State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#775 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#733 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,797 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality — Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality is 4.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,091
of 28,054 · #1,953 all time
Rank in United States
#325
of 4,192
Research works
13k
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
218k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Texas 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 #775 of 10,521 29.1%1,015 #667
Social SciencesField #733 of 6,365 31.2%518 #623
Physical SciencesDomain #1,797 of 12,888 19.3%935 #1977
Health SciencesDomain #2,567 of 11,982 19.3%276 #1634
EducationSubfield #414 of 1,892 36.2%134 #328
PsychologyField #487 of 2,181 25.3%214 #603
EngineeringField #1,570 of 6,636 19.9%330 #2137
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #672 of 2,578 29.6%160 #635
Business, Management and AccountingField #673 of 2,578 35.2%93 #833
Computer ScienceField #1,361 of 4,667 19.0%238 #1152

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Texas 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#667 #775
  2. Social Sciences#623 #733
  3. Physical Sciences#1,977 #1,797
  4. Health Sciences#1,634 #2,567
  5. Education#328 #414
  6. Psychology#603 #487
  7. Engineering#2,137 #1,570
  8. Sociology and Political Science#635 #672
  9. Business, Management and Accounting#833 #673
  10. Computer Science#1,152 #1,361
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 Texas State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality takes 4.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySubfield · 25.5 works4.4×
← 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: 0.73× its world share, 84 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 61 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 40 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 19 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.27× its world share, 238 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 28 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.91× its world share, 330 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.29× its world share, 155 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.74× its world share, 62 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.08× its world share, 59 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.59× its world share, 32 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.42× its world share, 90 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 167 worksMedicineNursing: 1.15× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.31× its world share, 91 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.19× its world share, 93 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 37 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.17× its world share, 60 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.90× its world share, 214 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 518 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Texas State University?

Ranked on the composite score, Roger Bastide, Ziliang Zong and Yijuan Lu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Texas State University.

  1. 1 Roger Bastide United States · #32,297 worldwide 108 citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Ziliang Zong United States · #65,054 worldwide 311 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Yijuan Lu United States · #70,827 worldwide 251 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 John Ross United States · #74,646 worldwide 214 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Madan M. Dey United States · #91,129 worldwide 255 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 John L. Walker United States · #99,933 worldwide 246 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 R. W. Dixon United States · #100,582 worldwide 257 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Subasish Das United States · #117,438 worldwide 462 citations · 79 works
  9. 9 Walter Doyle United States · #118,853 worldwide 186 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Anne H. H. Ngu United States · #129,858 worldwide 256 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Texas State University

Which keywords describe research at Texas State University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Mental Health, Climate Change, Sustainability, Risk Factors, Machine Learning, Driver Behavior and Globalization.

▲ 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. Deep Learning116▲ 1.40×66 topics
  2. Mental Health82▲ 2.3×37 topics
  3. Climate Change82▲ 1.25×74 topics
  4. Machine Learning78◆ 0.99×66 topics
  5. Sustainability72▲ 1.21×58 topics
  6. Globalization62▲ 1.30×61 topics
  7. Social Media54▲ 1.57×25 topics
  8. Education52▲ 1.26×41 topics
  9. Environmental Impact52▲ 1.26×37 topics
  10. Risk Factors51▲ 1.92×21 topics
  11. Neural Networks45▲ 1.22×28 topics
  12. Public Health44▲ 1.24×37 topics
  13. Social Justice37▲ 2.6×20 topics
  14. Social Support35▲ 2.6×15 topics
  15. Identity34▲ 1.95×31 topics
  16. Student Engagement30▲ 3.1×12 topics
  17. Invasive Species29▲ 2.8×18 topics
  18. Diversity26▲ 6.1×8 topics
  19. Driver Behavior24▲ 13×2 topics
  20. Spatial Analysis23▲ 10×3 topics
  21. Developmental Trajectories23▲ 7.6×3 topics
  22. Intersectionality22▲ 5.0×10 topics
  23. Reflective Practice22▲ 4.9×7 topics
  24. Neighborhood Effects22▲ 8.3×3 topics
  25. Experiential Learning22▲ 18×6 topics
  26. Teacher Professional Development22▲ 5.5×4 topics
  27. Youth Violence21▲ 19×3 topics
  28. Recycled Materials21▲ 7.5×2 topics
  29. Injury Severity20▲ 10×2 topics
  30. Geopolymer20▲ 5.8×2 topics
  31. Pedestrian Safety20▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Teacher Education20▲ 6.5×6 topics
  33. Traffic Accidents20▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Crash Prediction Models20▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Road Safety20▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Criminal Behavior18▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Teacher Preparation18▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Academic Performance18▲ 8.6×4 topics
  39. Delinquency16▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Alkali-Activated Materials16▲ 7.6×1 topic

Which research topics does Texas State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Traffic and Road Safety, Concrete and Cement Materials Research, Crime Patterns and Interventions and Innovative concrete reinforcement materials.

Traffic and Road Safety20Traffic and Road Safety: 20 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Mate…16Concrete and Cement Materials Research: 16 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Inter…15Crime Patterns and Interventions: 15 fractional worksInnovative concrete rein…13Innovative concrete reinforcement materials: 13 fractional worksUrban Transport and Accessibility: 11 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 11 fractional worksMathematics Education an…11Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques: 11 fractional worksGaze Tracking and Assistive Technology: 10 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm Studies: 10 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in …10Critical Race Theory in Education: 10 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityCivil and Structural EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceTransportation3 others

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

  1. 1 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 20 works
  2. 2 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 16 works
  3. 3 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 15 works
  4. 4 Innovative concrete reinforcement materials Civil and Structural Engineering 13 works
  5. 5 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 11 works
  6. 6 Higher Education Research Studies Education 11 works
  7. 7 Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques Education 11 works
  8. 8 Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology Human-Computer Interaction 10 works
  9. 9 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 10 works
  10. 10 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 10 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 available25.3%not open74.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.3%domestic only87.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Texas State University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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.