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Weber State University

In research, Weber State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,802 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#6,568 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,153 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,889
of 22,385 · #5,908 all time
Rank in United States
#795
of 3,332
Research works
2.7k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
34k
12.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Weber State University

What is Weber 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 #3,802 of 9,585 8.7%199 #3088
Physical SciencesDomain #6,568 of 10,670 5.5%120 #6371
Social SciencesField #4,153 of 5,988 7.8%104 #3500

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Weber 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. Social Sciences#3,088 #3,802
  2. Physical Sciences#6,371 #6,568
  3. Social Sciences#3,500 #4,153
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 Weber State University work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Weber State University is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Medicine (10%), Computer Science (7%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 222 fractional works · 49.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 113 fractional works · 25.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 32 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEducation: 28 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 31 fractional works · 7.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 31 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 22 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 18 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 131 fractional works · 29.3% of its workComputer Science: 33 fractional works · 7.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 31 fractional works · 7.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 18 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 16 fractional works · 3.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 61 fractional works · 13.6% of its workMedicine: 43 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 34 fractional works · 7.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWeber StateUniversity448fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences50%

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 Sciences11325.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities317.0%
    3. Psychology316.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting224.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance184.1%
    6. Decision Sciences61.4%
    1. Computer Science337.4%
    2. Engineering317.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy184.0%
    4. Environmental Science183.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences143.2%
    6. Mathematics102.2%
    7. Energy30.8%
    8. Materials Science20.5%
    9. Chemistry20.4%
    1. Medicine439.6%
    2. Health Professions143.2%
    3. Nursing30.8%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences143.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology122.8%
    3. Neuroscience51.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.4%
    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: 0.66× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.67× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.95× its world share, 33 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 31 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.84× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.81× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.21× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 1.54× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.43× its world share, 31 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.52× its world share, 22 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.91× its world share, 18 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.26× its world share, 31 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.00× its world share, 113 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.43×31 works
  2. Psychology2.26×31 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.02×14 works
  4. Social Sciences2.00×113 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.91×18 works
  6. Mathematics1.84×10 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.81×18 works
  8. Nursing1.54×3 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.52×22 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.49×6 works
  11. Health Professions1.21×14 works
  12. Computer Science0.95×33 works
  13. Energy0.82×3 works
  14. Environmental Science0.79×18 works
  15. Neuroscience0.67×5 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.66×14 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×12 works
  18. Medicine0.50×43 works
  19. Engineering0.46×31 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.44×2 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.26×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.25×2 works
  23. Materials Science0.15×2 works
  24. Dentistry0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Weber State University?

Ranked on the quality score, Bradford W. Reyns, Amydee Mackley Fawcett and Sebastian Brockhaus lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Weber State University.

  1. 1 Bradford W. Reyns United States · #285,907 worldwide 3.9k citations · 99 works
  2. 2 Amydee Mackley Fawcett United States · #615,409 worldwide 2.2k citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Sebastian Brockhaus United States · #767,401 worldwide 778 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Lixuan Zhang United States · #877,299 worldwide 1.9k citations · 69 works
  5. 5 Vincent C. Bates United States · #1,130,934 worldwide 448 citations · 52 works
  6. 6 Shaun Duane Hansen United States · #1,569,537 worldwide 1k citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Spencer L. Seager United States · #1,686,174 worldwide 838 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Clinton Amos United States · #1,717,233 worldwide 2k citations · 51 works
  9. 9 William Egbert Robertson United States · #1,718,902 worldwide 591 citations · 53 works
  10. 10 W. Adolph Yonkee United States · #1,789,046 worldwide 1.6k citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Weber State University

What are the most cited papers from Weber State University?

The most cited paper from Weber State University is "Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600-1860" (Levi S. Peterson, Richard Slotkin, 1974), with 944 citations. Next come "Measuring Information Systems Service Quality: Concerns on the Use of the SERVQUAL Questionnaire1" (600) and "Phylogenomics reveals multiple losses of nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbiosis" (482).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600-1860 Levi S. Peterson, Richard Slotkin · Western Historical Quarterly 1974 944
2 Measuring Information Systems Service Quality: Concerns on the Use of the SERVQUAL Questionnaire1 Thomas P. Van Dyke, Leon A. Kappelman, Victor R. Prybutok · MIS Quarterly Jun 1997 600
3 Phylogenomics reveals multiple losses of nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbiosis Maximilian Griesmann et al. · Science Open access 24 May 2018 482
4 Intentions and beliefs in students' understanding and acceptance of biological evolution Gale M. Sinatra, Sherry A. Southerland, Frances McConaughy et al. · Journal of Research in Science Teaching 17 Apr 2003 475
5 A meta-analysis of consumer impulse buying Clinton Amos, Gary R. Holmes, William C. Keneson · Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services Review 14 Dec 2013 445
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Weber State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Student Engagement, Cultural Impact, Engineering Education, Globalization, Education, Social Media and Climate Change.

▲ 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. Machine Learning16◆ 1.10×34 topics
  2. Climate Change15▲ 1.25×35 topics
  3. Mental Health14▲ 2.3×22 topics
  4. Globalization14▲ 1.61×30 topics
  5. Education13▲ 1.66×27 topics
  6. Social Media12▲ 1.88×17 topics
  7. Public Health10▲ 1.61×18 topics
  8. Student Engagement9▲ 5.1×11 topics
  9. Innovation9▲ 1.85×15 topics
  10. Higher Education8▲ 3.2×14 topics
  11. Ethics7▲ 3.3×12 topics
  12. History7▲ 2.3×17 topics
  13. Social Justice7▲ 2.6×10 topics
  14. Neoliberalism7▲ 4.2×15 topics
  15. STEM Education7▲ 3.4×5 topics
  16. Cultural Impact6▲ 28×2 topics
  17. Engineering Education6▲ 16×5 topics
  18. Healthcare Workers6▲ 5.3×5 topics
  19. Security Council6▲ 25×2 topics
  20. Genocide5▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Teacher Education5▲ 9.3×5 topics
  22. Holocene5▲ 10×3 topics
  23. Humanitarian Intervention5▲ 33×1 topic
  24. Responsibility to Protect5▲ 42×1 topic
  25. Professional Development5▲ 5.5×7 topics
  26. Monetary Policy5▲ 4.6×6 topics
  27. Reflective Practice5▲ 5.6×5 topics
  28. Emotion5▲ 5.1×8 topics
  29. Spectroscopy5▲ 6.2×2 topics
  30. Diversity5▲ 5.9×6 topics
  31. Radio Astronomy4▲ 45×1 topic
  32. Student Perceptions4▲ 5.6×6 topics
  33. Transits of Venus4▲ 107×1 topic
  34. Conflict4▲ 6.0×9 topics
  35. Intrinsic Motivation4▲ 8.2×4 topics
  36. Sea Level4▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Exercise4▲ 7.7×3 topics
  38. Geological Mapping4▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Historical Astronomy4▲ 52×2 topics
  40. Stereotypes4▲ 9.3×2 topics

Which research topics does Weber State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Peace and Security Dynamics, History and Developments in Astronomy, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

Global Peace and Securit…5Global Peace and Security Dynamics: 5 fractional worksHistory and Developments…4History and Developments in Astronomy: 4 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 4 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…4Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 4 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…4Astro and Planetary Science: 4 fractional worksHistorical Astronomy and Related Studies: 4 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 3 fractional worksService-Learning and Com…3Service-Learning and Community Engagement: 3 fractional worksEngineering Education and Curriculum Development: 2 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 2 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsAstronomy and AstrophysicsAtmospheric ScienceArtificial Intelligence3 others

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

  1. 1 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  2. 2 History and Developments in Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  3. 3 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 4 works
  4. 4 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  5. 5 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  6. 6 Historical Astronomy and Related Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  7. 7 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 3 works
  8. 8 Service-Learning and Community Engagement Education 3 works
  9. 9 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 2 works
  10. 10 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 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 available27.0%not open73.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.6%domestic only93.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Weber State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% 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 Weber State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0017% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Weber State University0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Weber 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Weber State University8.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.2% in 2011.

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