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Washington State University Vancouver

In research, Washington State University Vancouver stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,284 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,485 of 10,521 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,848 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,639
of 28,054 · #4,803 all time
Rank in United States
#885
of 4,192
Research works
2.5k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
59k
23.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Washington State University Vancouver 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 #6,284 of 12,888 12.5%186 #6648
Social SciencesDomain #5,485 of 10,521 20.7%121 #1468
EngineeringField #4,848 of 6,636 9.7%99 #4043

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Washington State University Vancouver 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#6,648 #6,284
  2. Social Sciences#1,468 #5,485
  3. Engineering#4,043 #4,848
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: 0.84× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.10× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 30 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.53× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.65× its world share, 99 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.66× its world share, 33 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.73× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 29 worksMedicineNursing: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.18× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.55× its world share, 31 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 54 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Washington State University Vancouver?

Ranked on the composite score, John A. Harrison, Thomas M. Tripp and Tahira M. Probst lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Washington State University Vancouver.

  1. 1 John A. Harrison United States · #95,137 worldwide 333 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Thomas M. Tripp United States · #109,404 worldwide 241 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Tahira M. Probst United States · #116,445 worldwide 228 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Dave Kim United States · #146,546 worldwide 158 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Jerry Goodstein United States · #191,550 worldwide 651 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Deepti Singh United States · #192,236 worldwide 221 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Brian N. Tissot United States · #207,028 worldwide 180 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Karen B. Schmaling United States · #216,439 worldwide 241 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Sharon D. Kruse United States · #371,373 worldwide 77 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Armando Estrada United States · #509,876 worldwide 19 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Washington State University Vancouver

Which keywords describe research at Washington State University Vancouver?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Renewable Energy Integration, Power Electronics, Mental Health, Invasive Species, Neuromorphic Computing, Habitat Fragmentation and Biodiversity.

▲ 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 Change30▲ 2.7×47 topics
  2. Mental Health18▲ 3.0×19 topics
  3. Deep Learning15◆ 1.11×27 topics
  4. Globalization13▲ 1.62×16 topics
  5. Neural Networks13▲ 2.0×14 topics
  6. Biodiversity12▲ 3.9×11 topics
  7. Renewable Energy Integration11▲ 8.4×5 topics
  8. Power Electronics11▲ 8.4×6 topics
  9. Invasive Species11▲ 6.2×11 topics
  10. Renewable Energy10▲ 1.73×19 topics
  11. Neuromorphic Computing9▲ 19×2 topics
  12. Global Warming8▲ 5.1×12 topics
  13. Habitat Fragmentation8▲ 9.5×4 topics
  14. Synaptic Plasticity8▲ 9.3×4 topics
  15. Resilience8▲ 3.9×12 topics
  16. Memristor7▲ 21×1 topic
  17. Resistive Switching7▲ 21×1 topic
  18. Global Change6▲ 6.2×4 topics
  19. Lab-on-a-Chip6▲ 13×4 topics
  20. Job Satisfaction6▲ 3.7×9 topics
  21. Conservation6▲ 3.6×11 topics
  22. Stress6▲ 4.0×7 topics
  23. Emotion6▲ 6.9×6 topics
  24. Wireless Communications5▲ 7.6×2 topics
  25. Psychiatric Disorders5▲ 9.8×3 topics
  26. Fault Tolerance5▲ 8.1×3 topics
  27. Health Outcomes5▲ 4.5×4 topics
  28. Engineering Education5▲ 14×4 topics
  29. Antenna5▲ 14×1 topic
  30. Microstrip5▲ 14×1 topic
  31. Electrode Arrays5▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Neural Stimulation5▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Photovoltaic Systems4▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Unemployment4▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Biological Invasions4▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Economic Crisis4▲ 8.2×1 topic
  37. Microfluidics4▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Multilevel Converters4▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Precarious Employment4▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Voltage Source Inverters4▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Washington State University Vancouver publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Memory and Neural Computing, Antenna Design and Analysis, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering and Multilevel Inverters and Converters.

Advanced Memory and Neur…7Advanced Memory and Neural Computing: 7 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analy…5Antenna Design and Analysis: 5 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neural Engineering: 5 fractional worksMultilevel Inverters and Converters: 4 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 4 fractional worksPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 3 fractional worksPlant and animal studies3Plant and animal studies: 3 fractional worksMicrofluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies: 3 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 3 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringAerospace EngineeringCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 works
  2. 2 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Neuroscience and Neural Engineering Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 5 works
  4. 4 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 4 works
  6. 6 Photoreceptor and optogenetics research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 4 works
  7. 7 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  9. 9 Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 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 available29.9%not open70.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Washington State University Vancouver's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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.

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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.