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Truman State University

In research, Truman State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,299 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,726
of 22,385 · #8,886 all time
Rank in United States
#1,640
of 3,332
Research works
1.7k
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
27k
15.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Truman State University

What is Truman State 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 #7,299 of 9,585 5.0%94 #4800

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Truman 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Truman State University work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Truman State University is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Arts and Humanities (17%), Medicine (13%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 106 fractional works · 50.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 37 fractional works · 17.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 34 fractional works · 16.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 23 fractional works · 11.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 43 fractional works · 20.5% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 7.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 36 fractional works · 17.1% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 13.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEquine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 11.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTruman StateUniversity208fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences51%

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 Sciences3717.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities3416.5%
    3. Psychology2311.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance62.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting41.9%
    6. Decision Sciences10.6%
    1. Computer Science157.4%
    2. Engineering83.7%
    3. Mathematics62.9%
    4. Chemistry52.2%
    5. Environmental Science42.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy31.3%
    7. Materials Science10.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    9. Energy00.2%
    1. Medicine2813.4%
    2. Health Professions63.1%
    3. Veterinary10.6%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology94.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences94.2%
    3. Neuroscience62.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.87× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.66× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.42× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.95× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.46× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.17× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.22× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.72× its world share, 34 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.38× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.60× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 37 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.72×34 works
  2. Veterinary4.22×1 works
  3. Psychology3.60×23 works
  4. Mathematics2.46×6 works
  5. Neuroscience1.66×6 works
  6. Chemistry1.42×5 works
  7. Social Sciences1.41×37 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.38×6 works
  9. Health Professions1.17×6 works
  10. Computer Science0.95×15 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.87×9 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.80×9 works
  13. Medicine0.70×28 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.63×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.59×4 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.58×3 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×1 works
  18. Environmental Science0.41×4 works
  19. Engineering0.25×8 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.23×0 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.20×1 works
  22. Energy0.17×0 works
  23. Nursing0.14×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.11×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Truman State University?

Ranked on the quality score, Eric V. Patterson, Amber Lynn Johnson and M. E. Goggin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Truman State University.

  1. 1 Eric V. Patterson United States · #1,005,134 worldwide 1.7k citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Amber Lynn Johnson United States · #1,077,762 worldwide 856 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 M. E. Goggin United States · #1,098,686 worldwide 2.2k citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Jeffrey R. Vittengl United States · #1,465,924 worldwide 3k citations · 84 works
  5. 5 Zhong Ma United States · #1,977,356 worldwide 1.9k citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Fred Shaffer United States · #2,082,197 worldwide 11k citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Adrien R. Presley United States · #2,095,002 worldwide 2.1k citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Diane Janick‐Buckner United States · #2,206,415 worldwide 1.2k citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Mark Robert Campbell United States · #2,478,314 worldwide 1.3k citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Summer Melody Pennell United States · #2,506,574 worldwide 193 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Truman State University

What are the most cited papers from Truman State University?

The most cited paper from Truman State University is "An Overview of Heart Rate Variability Metrics and Norms" (Fred Shaffer, Jay P. Ginsberg, 2017), with 7,235 citations. Next come "A healthy heart is not a metronome: an integrative review of the heart's anatomy and heart rate variability" (1,898) and "Self-Assembled Metal Colloid Monolayers: An Approach to SERS Substrates" (1,290).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An Overview of Heart Rate Variability Metrics and Norms Fred Shaffer, Jay P. Ginsberg · Frontiers in Public Health Open access 28 Sep 2017 7,235
2 A healthy heart is not a metronome: an integrative review of the heart's anatomy and heart rate variability Fred Shaffer, Rollin McCraty, C Zerr · Frontiers in Psychology Open access 30 Sep 2014 1,898
3 Self-Assembled Metal Colloid Monolayers: An Approach to SERS Substrates Ronit Freeman, Katherine C. Grabar, Keith J. Allison et al. · Science 17 Mar 1995 1,290
4 Heart Rate Variability: New Perspectives on Physiological Mechanisms, Assessment of Self-regulatory Capacity, and Health Risk Rollin McCraty, Fred Shaffer · Global Advances in Health and Medicine Open access 2015 1,063
5 The conservation status of the world’s reptiles Monika Böhm et al. · Biological Conservation Open access244 authors 20 Dec 2012 933
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Truman State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, Gender, Globalization, Identity, History, Culture, Deep Learning and Narrative.

▲ 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. Globalization12▲ 2.9×23 topics
  2. Deep Learning12▲ 1.61×27 topics
  3. Literature12▲ 10×17 topics
  4. Gender11▲ 9.6×16 topics
  5. Machine Learning9▲ 1.33×23 topics
  6. Identity8▲ 5.4×17 topics
  7. History8▲ 5.3×15 topics
  8. Mental Health7▲ 2.3×17 topics
  9. Culture6▲ 5.5×8 topics
  10. Human Rights6▲ 2.6×9 topics
  11. Depression5▲ 2.8×9 topics
  12. Cultural Identity5▲ 4.6×8 topics
  13. Narrative5▲ 14×6 topics
  14. Postcolonialism5▲ 15×7 topics
  15. Alchemy4▲ 62×3 topics
  16. Convolutional Neural Networks4▲ 3.0×5 topics
  17. Emotion Regulation4▲ 6.8×5 topics
  18. Race4▲ 18×7 topics
  19. Cultural Studies4▲ 5.6×7 topics
  20. Medical Imaging4▲ 3.9×7 topics
  21. Medicine4▲ 24×5 topics
  22. Colonialism4▲ 4.1×10 topics
  23. Memory4▲ 7.9×6 topics
  24. Occultism4▲ 146×1 topic
  25. Spiritualism4▲ 146×1 topic
  26. Social Movements4▲ 6.0×4 topics
  27. Trauma4▲ 8.0×6 topics
  28. Adaptation3▲ 5.4×5 topics
  29. Society3▲ 8.4×7 topics
  30. Cultural Transmission3▲ 20×3 topics
  31. Cinema3▲ 51×2 topics
  32. Heart Rate Variability3▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Neurobiology3▲ 5.6×6 topics
  34. Clinical Practice3▲ 9.2×4 topics
  35. Film3▲ 94×1 topic
  36. Psychology3▲ 9.9×5 topics
  37. Social History3▲ 16×4 topics
  38. Theory3▲ 81×1 topic
  39. Teaching Methods3▲ 7.8×2 topics
  40. Dictatorship2▲ 68×2 topics

Which research topics does Truman State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices, Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism, History and Theory of Mathematics and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control.

Religious Studies and Sp…4Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices: 4 fractional worksShakespeare, Adaptation,…3Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism: 3 fractional worksHistory and Theory of Ma…2History and Theory of Mathematics: 2 fractional worksHeart Rate Variability a…2Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control: 2 fractional worksGothic Literature and Media Analysis: 2 fractional worksHistory and advancements in chemistry: 2 fractional worksPsychedelics and Drug St…2Psychedelics and Drug Studies: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 2 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies: 2 fractional worksCommunism, Protests, Soc…2Communism, Protests, Social Movements: 2 fractional works
PhilosophyLiterature and Literary TheoryTheoretical Computer ScienceCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices Philosophy 4 works
  2. 2 Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  3. 3 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 2 works
  4. 4 Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Gothic Literature and Media Analysis Cultural Studies 2 works
  6. 6 History and advancements in chemistry Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 2 works
  7. 7 Psychedelics and Drug Studies Clinical Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  9. 9 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  10. 10 Communism, Protests, Social Movements Sociology and Political Science 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 available21.5%not open78.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.6%domestic only94.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Truman State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Truman State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00075% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Truman State University0.00076% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Truman State 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 2025Truman State University5.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.5% in 1995.

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