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Washington State University

In research, Washington State University stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#166 of 3,157 worldwide), Life Sciences (#448 of 6,403 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#758 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Environmental Chemistry (Oceanography is 15.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#650
of 22,385 · #504 all time
Rank in United States
#163
of 3,332
Research works
60k
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1M
34.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Washington State University

What is Washington 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #166 of 3,157 13.2%700 #120
Life SciencesDomain #448 of 6,403 10.9%1,483 #326
Health SciencesDomain #758 of 9,902 10.4%1,088 #893
Physical SciencesDomain #901 of 10,670 11.9%3,243 #589
Social SciencesDomain #889 of 9,585 10.9%1,315 #515
MedicineField #802 of 8,541 10.5%830 #927
Plant ScienceSubfield #134 of 1,317 12.2%359 #106
EngineeringField #628 of 5,901 11.4%855 #487
Social SciencesField #962 of 5,988 11.0%610 #478
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #552 of 2,964 9.7%523 #371

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Washington 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#120 #166
  2. Life Sciences#326 #448
  3. Health Sciences#893 #758
  4. Physical Sciences#589 #901
  5. Social Sciences#515 #889
  6. Medicine#927 #802
  7. Plant Science#106 #134
  8. Engineering#487 #628
  9. Social Sciences#478 #962
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#371 #552
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Washington State University work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Washington State University is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (12%), Medicine (12%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,509 fractional works · 44.8% of its workEngineering: 954 fractional works · 12.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 262 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 181 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 123 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 67 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 635 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 479 fractional works · 6.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 65 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 576 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 177 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 105 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 71 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 504 fractional works · 6.4% of its workOceanography: 338 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeophysics: 102 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 336 fractional works · 4.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 111 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 241 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 129 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 121 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1,657 fractional works · 21.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 784 fractional works · 10.0% of its workPlant Science: 404 fractional works · 5.2% of its workFood Science: 104 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 75 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 57 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 582 fractional works · 7.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 302 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGenetics: 100 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiotechnology: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 154 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 65 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 100 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,449 fractional works · 18.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 668 fractional works · 8.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 222 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEducation: 141 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 51 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 338 fractional works · 4.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 102 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 95 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 80 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 144 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMarketing: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 140 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 81 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 95 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 76 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,216 fractional works · 15.5% of its workMedicine: 931 fractional works · 11.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 119 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 93 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 79 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 184 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Professions: 179 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 118 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWashington StateUniversity7,831fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences45%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences19%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering95412.2%
    2. Physics and Astronomy6358.1%
    3. Environmental Science5767.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences5046.4%
    5. Computer Science3364.3%
    6. Materials Science2413.1%
    7. Chemistry1211.5%
    8. Mathematics580.7%
    9. Energy450.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering390.5%
  2. Life Sciences1,65721.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences78410.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5827.4%
    3. Neuroscience1542.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1001.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics380.5%
  3. Social Sciences1,44918.5%
    1. Social Sciences6688.5%
    2. Psychology3384.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1441.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities1401.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance951.2%
    6. Decision Sciences640.8%
  4. Health Sciences1,21615.5%
    1. Medicine93111.9%
    2. Health Professions1792.3%
    3. Nursing500.6%
    4. Veterinary490.6%
    5. Dentistry60.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Washington State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 15.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 338.1 works15×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 479.2 works12×
  3. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 176.7 works10×
  4. VeterinaryField · 49.2 works4.6×
  5. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 503.9 works4.1×
  6. Small AnimalsSubfield · 39.5 works4.1×
  7. GeophysicsSubfield · 102.0 works3.7×
← 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: 2.11× its world share, 784 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.39× its world share, 582 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.27× its world share, 100 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.21× its world share, 154 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.36× its world share, 38 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.44× its world share, 39 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.98× its world share, 121 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 336 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.10× its world share, 504 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.63× its world share, 46 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.81× its world share, 954 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.48× its world share, 576 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.88× its world share, 241 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 58 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.65× its world share, 635 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 179 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 932 worksMedicineNursing: 1.30× its world share, 50 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.62× its world share, 49 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.62× its world share, 140 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 144 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 64 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 96 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.42× its world share, 338 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 668 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.62×49 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.10×504 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy3.65×635 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.11×784 works
  5. Environmental Science1.48×576 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.44×39 works
  7. Psychology1.42×338 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.39×582 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.36×38 works
  10. Nursing1.30×50 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology1.27×100 works
  12. Neuroscience1.21×154 works
  13. Chemistry0.98×121 works
  14. Materials Science0.88×241 works
  15. Health Professions0.87×179 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.85×64 works
  17. Engineering0.81×954 works
  18. Social Sciences0.67×668 works
  19. Energy0.63×46 works
  20. Mathematics0.63×58 works
  21. Medicine0.62×932 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.62×140 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×144 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.57×96 works
  25. Computer Science0.55×336 works
  26. Dentistry0.16×6 works

Who are the top researchers at Washington State University?

Ranked on the quality score, Yuehe Lin, Doğan Gürsoy and Susmita Bose lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Washington State University.

  1. 1 Yuehe Lin United States · #2,324 worldwide 83k citations · 741 works
  2. 2 Doğan Gürsoy United States · #6,566 worldwide 31k citations · 338 works
  3. 3 Susmita Bose United States · #10,298 worldwide 31k citations · 368 works
  4. 4 Riley E. Dunlap United States · #13,076 worldwide 35k citations · 208 works
  5. 5 Amit Kumar Bandyopadhyay United States · #15,429 worldwide 38k citations · 466 works
  6. 6 Hanwu Lei United States · #18,761 worldwide 13k citations · 185 works
  7. 7 Dan Du United States · #22,649 worldwide 44k citations · 602 works
  8. 8 Markus Flury United States · #22,916 worldwide 18k citations · 294 works
  9. 9 John Browse United States · #31,135 worldwide 35k citations · 262 works
  10. 10 Shichao Ding United States · #31,411 worldwide 7.1k citations · 126 works
All ranked researchers at Washington State University

What are the most cited papers from Washington State University?

The most cited paper from Washington State University is "Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method" (Kenneth J. Livak, Thomas D. Schmittgen, 2001), with 184,956 citations. Next come "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger" (14,545) and "UMAP: Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection" (10,200).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method Kenneth J. Livak, Thomas D. Schmittgen · Methods Dec 2001 184,956
2 Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,011 authors 11 Feb 2016 14,545
3 UMAP: Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection Leland McInnes, John Healy, Nathaniel Saul et al. · The Journal of Open Source Software Open access 2 Sep 2018 10,200
4 GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,124 authors 16 Oct 2017 9,794
5 Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al. · The Lancet Open access654 authors Oct 2016 7,829
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Washington State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar Wind, Climate Change, Hydrological Modeling, Geodetic Measurements, Sea Level Rise, GRACE, groundwater depletion and Ionosphere.

▲ 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. Climate Change651▲ 3.1×97 topics
  2. Solar Wind461▲ 65×2 topics
  3. Hydrological Modeling340▲ 18×5 topics
  4. Geodetic Measurements332▲ 40×2 topics
  5. Sea Level Rise329▲ 33×3 topics
  6. GRACE325▲ 86×1 topic
  7. groundwater depletion325▲ 86×1 topic
  8. Ionosphere318▲ 74×1 topic
  9. Magnetosphere318▲ 74×1 topic
  10. Epidemiology296◆ 0.95×125 topics
  11. Microbial Communities198▲ 5.8×10 topics
  12. Machine Learning183▼ 0.70×77 topics
  13. Deep Learning157▼ 0.58×73 topics
  14. Methane Oxidation157▲ 26×2 topics
  15. Anaerobic157▲ 31×1 topic
  16. Gas Hydrates157▲ 31×1 topic
  17. Sustainability154▼ 0.81×79 topics
  18. Coronal Mass Ejections142▲ 50×1 topic
  19. Solar Dynamics Observatory142▲ 50×1 topic
  20. Public Health142▲ 1.24×48 topics
  21. Mental Health138▲ 1.23×36 topics
  22. Oxidative Stress136◆ 1.06×59 topics
  23. Biodiversity96▲ 1.61×31 topics
  24. Genetics94▲ 1.70×26 topics
  25. Invasive Species74▲ 2.2×21 topics
  26. Genetic Diversity69▲ 2.0×20 topics
  27. High-Energy Astrophysics62▲ 30×1 topic
  28. Particle Acceleration62▲ 30×1 topic
  29. Genomics58▲ 2.5×12 topics
  30. Tomography57▲ 4.1×5 topics
  31. Genetic Variation52▲ 3.0×9 topics
  32. Genome Sequencing47▲ 3.8×9 topics
  33. Circadian Rhythms45▲ 5.3×2 topics
  34. Host-Pathogen Interactions43▲ 6.7×5 topics
  35. Seismic Noise40▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Surface Wave40▲ 11×1 topic
  37. Pathogen Transmission39▲ 7.2×3 topics
  38. Transcriptome Analysis39▲ 8.3×3 topics
  39. Anthocyanins36▲ 6.5×3 topics
  40. Grapevine33▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Washington State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics.

Geophysics and Gravity M…325Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 325 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…318Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 318 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Rel…157Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 157 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma D…142Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 142 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 62 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 40 fractional worksHorticultural and Viticultural Research: 28 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 25 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 25 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 24 fractional works
OceanographyAstronomy and AstrophysicsEnvironmental ChemistryNuclear and High Energy Physics4 others

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

  1. 1 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 325 works
  2. 2 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 318 works
  3. 3 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 157 works
  4. 4 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 142 works
  5. 5 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 62 works
  6. 6 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 40 works
  7. 7 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 28 works
  8. 8 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 25 works
  9. 9 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 25 works
  10. 10 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 24 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 available33.4%not open66.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.2%domestic only87.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Washington State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% 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 Washington State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.030% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Washington State University0.026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Washington 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 2025Washington State University10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.8% in 2020.

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