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West Visayas State University

In research, West Visayas State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,854 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,542 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education (Education is 6.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,709
of 22,385 · #17,831 all time
Rank in Philippines
#65
of 182
Research works
597
▲ 104% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
3.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.74×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
82%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
West Visayas State University

What is West Visayas 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 #4,854 of 9,585 7.7%169 #6772
Social SciencesField #3,542 of 5,988 8.6%105 #5643

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where West Visayas 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 West Visayas State University work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at West Visayas State University is in Social Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (38%), Psychology (13%), Computer Science (10%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 221 fractional works · 61.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 135 fractional works · 37.6% of its workEducation: 74 fractional works · 20.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 29 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 46 fractional works · 12.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 17 fractional works · 4.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 13 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 18 fractional works · 5.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 4.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 61 fractional works · 17.1% of its workComputer Science: 35 fractional works · 9.7% of its workInformation Systems: 22 fractional works · 6.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 44 fractional works · 12.1% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 20 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 33 fractional works · 9.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWest VisayasState University359fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences62%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences13537.6%
    2. Psychology4612.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting185.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities144.0%
    5. Decision Sciences41.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.1%
    1. Computer Science359.7%
    2. Environmental Science92.6%
    3. Mathematics82.1%
    4. Engineering72.0%
    5. Materials Science20.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
    1. Medicine226.2%
    2. Health Professions205.5%
    3. Nursing20.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences226.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology72.0%
    3. Neuroscience20.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does West Visayas State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 74.5 works6.8×
← 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: 1.28× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.24× its world share, 35 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.80× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.07× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.39× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.54× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.17× its world share, 46 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.97× its world share, 135 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.17×46 works
  2. Social Sciences2.97×135 works
  3. Health Professions2.07×20 works
  4. Mathematics1.80×8 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.54×18 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.39×14 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.29×4 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.28×22 works
  9. Computer Science1.24×35 works
  10. Nursing0.98×2 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.68×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.51×9 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.51×4 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×7 works
  15. Neuroscience0.37×2 works
  16. Medicine0.32×22 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.26×1 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×1 works
  19. Engineering0.13×7 works
  20. Materials Science0.12×2 works
  21. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  22. Energy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at West Visayas State University?

Ranked on the quality score, Neña Vanessa A. Cabiles, Ryan Michael Oducado and John Erwin Pedroso lead among researchers whose main affiliation is West Visayas State University.

  1. 1 Neña Vanessa A. Cabiles Philippines · #578,941 worldwide 64 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Ryan Michael Oducado Philippines · #1,560,097 worldwide 1.7k citations · 124 works
  3. 3 John Erwin Pedroso Philippines · #2,370,297 worldwide 97 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Liela C. Buenviaje Philippines · #3,948,159 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Melanie I. Vidad Philippines · #4,105,206 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Roberto G. Sagge Philippines · #4,206,981 worldwide 40 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Genesis Gabion Camarista Philippines · #4,753,436 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 A Baron Philippines · #4,804,008 worldwide 4 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at West Visayas State University

What are the most cited papers from West Visayas State University?

The most cited paper from West Visayas State University is "Reduced Neuron-Specific Expression of the TAF1 Gene Is Associated with X-Linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism" (Satoshi Makino, Ryuji Kaji, Satoshi Ando et al., 2007), with 291 citations. Next come "Plant Leaf Detection and Disease Recognition using Deep Learning" (269) and "Faculty Perception toward Online Education in a State College in the Philippines during the Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) Pandemic" (239).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reduced Neuron-Specific Expression of the TAF1 Gene Is Associated with X-Linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism Satoshi Makino, Ryuji Kaji, Satoshi Ando et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics Open access 5 Feb 2007 291
2 Plant Leaf Detection and Disease Recognition using Deep Learning Sammy V. Militante, Bobby D. Gerardo, Nanette V. Dionisio · 2019 IEEE Eurasia Conference on IOT, Communication and Engineering (ECICE) Conference paper Oct 2019 269
3 Faculty Perception toward Online Education in a State College in the Philippines during the Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) Pandemic Rome B. Moralista, Ryan Michael Oducado · Universal Journal of Educational Research Open access Oct 2020 239
4 Online Learning in Nursing Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Stress, Satisfaction, and Academic Performance Ryan Michael Oducado, Homelo Estoque · Journal Of Nursing Practice Open access Apr 2021 183
5 A global multicenter study on reference values: 1. Assessment of methods for derivation and comparison of reference intervals Kiyoshi Ichihara, Yeşim Özarda, Julian H. Barth et al. · Clinica Chimica Acta Open access 22 Sep 2016 105
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at West Visayas State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Educational Technology, E-Learning, Technology Integration, Mental Health, Online Learning, Education, Teaching Strategies and Mobile Learning.

▲ 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. Educational Technology42▲ 9.8×24 topics
  2. E-Learning30▲ 8.8×15 topics
  3. Technology Integration28▲ 25×10 topics
  4. Mental Health27▲ 5.3×22 topics
  5. Education26▲ 4.2×26 topics
  6. Online Learning23▲ 7.7×13 topics
  7. Sustainability17▲ 1.94×25 topics
  8. Teaching Strategies15▲ 15×4 topics
  9. Globalization14▲ 2.1×22 topics
  10. Mobile Learning14▲ 12×6 topics
  11. COVID-1914▲ 3.0×10 topics
  12. Teacher Professional Development14▲ 24×5 topics
  13. Student Engagement14▲ 9.4×13 topics
  14. Student Satisfaction13▲ 20×2 topics
  15. 21st Century Skills13▲ 13×5 topics
  16. Pandemic13▲ 3.6×6 topics
  17. Depression13▲ 4.0×6 topics
  18. Professional Development12▲ 16×8 topics
  19. Anxiety12▲ 6.8×3 topics
  20. Healthcare Workers11▲ 13×2 topics
  21. Psychological Distress11▲ 13×4 topics
  22. Lifelong Learning11▲ 15×8 topics
  23. Online Education11▲ 16×4 topics
  24. Psychological Impact11▲ 9.3×1 topic
  25. Quarantine11▲ 20×1 topic
  26. Meta-Analysis10▲ 4.8×8 topics
  27. Google Classroom10▲ 26×1 topic
  28. Teacher Perception10▲ 25×1 topic
  29. Self-Efficacy9▲ 10×8 topics
  30. Digital Literacy9▲ 4.5×7 topics
  31. Distance Education9▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Media Literacy9▲ 4.8×5 topics
  33. Motivation9▲ 6.1×7 topics
  34. Inclusive Education9▲ 6.9×8 topics
  35. Health Education9▲ 5.6×6 topics
  36. Critical Thinking Skills8▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Teacher Education8▲ 17×5 topics
  38. Nursing Education8▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Reflective Practice7▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Higher-Order Thinking7▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does West Visayas State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: COVID-19 and Mental Health, Technology-Enhanced Education Studies, Education and Critical Thinking Development and Education and Learning Interventions.

COVID-19 and Mental Health: 11 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 10 fractional worksEducation and Critical T…7Education and Critical Thinking Development: 7 fractional worksEducation and Learning I…5Education and Learning Interventions: 5 fractional worksE-Learning and COVID-19: 5 fractional worksMathematics Education and Pedagogy: 5 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…4Online Learning and Analytics: 4 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 4 fractional worksEducational Methods and Media Use: 3 fractional worksDigital Storytelling and Education: 3 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyEducationInformation SystemsApplied Mathematics2 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 11 works
  2. 2 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 10 works
  3. 3 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 7 works
  4. 4 Education and Learning Interventions Information Systems 5 works
  5. 5 E-Learning and COVID-19 Education 5 works
  6. 6 Mathematics Education and Pedagogy Applied Mathematics 5 works
  7. 7 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 4 works
  8. 8 Online and Blended Learning Education 4 works
  9. 9 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 3 works
  10. 10 Digital Storytelling and Education Speech and Hearing 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 available81.9%not open18.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.3%domestic only90.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has West Visayas State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 104% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 West Visayas State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00094% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%West Visayas State University0.0021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of West Visayas 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 2025West Visayas State University7.9% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.0% in 2021.

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