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In research, Wested stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,108 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,514 of 5,988 worldwide) and Education (#1,516 of 1,930 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education and Psychology (Developmental and Educational Psychology is 18.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,043
of 22,385 · #7,940 all time
Rank in United States
#1,376
of 3,332
Research works
905
▲ 130% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
20.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Wested

What is Wested 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 #5,108 of 9,585 9.5%126 #4867
Social SciencesField #4,514 of 5,988 10.2%82 #4087
EducationSubfield #1,516 of 1,930 9.3%61 #1300

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wested 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#4,867 #5,108
  2. Social Sciences#4,087 #4,514
  3. Education#1,300 #1,516
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 Wested work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Wested is in Social Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (37%), Psychology (15%), Medicine (12%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 147 fractional works · 57.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 95 fractional works · 37.2% of its workEducation: 69 fractional works · 27.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 37 fractional works · 14.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 21 fractional works · 8.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 49 fractional works · 19.1% of its workComputer Science: 29 fractional works · 11.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 14 fractional works · 5.4% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 43 fractional works · 17.0% of its workMedicine: 30 fractional works · 11.8% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKWested254fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences58%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences9537.2%
    2. Psychology3714.7%
    3. Decision Sciences62.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities41.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.0%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    1. Computer Science2911.5%
    2. Mathematics72.7%
    3. Engineering41.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy31.2%
    5. Environmental Science31.0%
    6. Materials Science20.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Medicine3011.8%
    2. Health Professions124.7%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.1%
    2. Neuroscience41.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Wested specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Developmental and Educational Psychology takes 18.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 21.0 works18×
  2. EducationSubfield · 69.0 works8.9×
  3. PsychologyField · 37.4 works4.8×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.48× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.32× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.77× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.56× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.83× its world share, 37 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.94× its world share, 95 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.83×37 works
  2. Social Sciences2.94×95 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.56×6 works
  4. Mathematics2.32×7 works
  5. Health Professions1.77×12 works
  6. Computer Science1.48×29 works
  7. Neuroscience1.02×4 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.73×1 works
  9. Nursing0.72×1 works
  10. Medicine0.62×30 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.61×4 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.53×3 works
  13. Veterinary0.48×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.46×2 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.45×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×5 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×4 works
  18. Dentistry0.27×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.21×3 works
  20. Materials Science0.18×2 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×1 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×0 works
  23. Engineering0.12×4 works
  24. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  25. Energy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Wested?

Ranked on the quality score, Prentice Starkey, Ellen B. Mandinach and Linlin Li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wested.

  1. 1 Prentice Starkey United States · #527,685 worldwide 3.5k citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Ellen B. Mandinach United States · #808,098 worldwide 5.3k citations · 154 works
  3. 3 Linlin Li United States · #850,665 worldwide 1.3k citations · 79 works
  4. 4 Aída Walqui United States · #1,008,021 worldwide 1.4k citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Barbara C. Buckley United States · #1,115,531 worldwide 1.6k citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Elise Trumbull United States · #1,121,440 worldwide 1.4k citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Cynthia L. Greenleaf United States · #1,129,461 worldwide 2.2k citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Sarah Guckenburg United States · #1,377,020 worldwide 930 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Mingyu Feng United States · #1,442,456 worldwide 2.5k citations · 95 works
  10. 10 Trevor A. Fronius United States · #1,475,629 worldwide 682 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Wested

What are the most cited papers from Wested?

The most cited paper from Wested is "Defining Twenty-First Century Skills" (Marilyn Binkley, Ola Erstad, Joan L. Herman et al., 2011), with 1,721 citations. Next come "How and what teachers learn: a shifting perspective" (903) and "Is Peer Victimization Associated with Academic Achievement? A Meta-analytic Review" (649).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Defining Twenty-First Century Skills Marilyn Binkley, Ola Erstad, Joan L. Herman et al. Book chapter 13 Oct 2011 1,721
2 How and what teachers learn: a shifting perspective Lee S. Shulman, Judith H. Shulman · Journal of Curriculum Studies Mar 2004 903
3 Is Peer Victimization Associated with Academic Achievement? A Meta-analytic Review Jonathan Nakamoto, David A. Schwartz · Social Development Open access 26 Mar 2009 649
4 Scaffolding Instruction for English Language Learners: A Conceptual Framework Aída Walqui · International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 15 Mar 2006 610
5 A Systemic View of Implementing Data Literacy in Educator Preparation Ellen B. Mandinach, Edith S. Gummer · Educational Researcher 2013 490
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Wested?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Educational Technology, Education, Self-Regulation, Student Engagement, Academic Achievement, Motivation, Technology Integration and STEM Education.

▲ 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. Education23▲ 5.2×27 topics
  2. Educational Technology23▲ 7.6×14 topics
  3. Self-Regulation18▲ 39×3 topics
  4. Student Engagement16▲ 16×9 topics
  5. Academic Achievement16▲ 36×6 topics
  6. Motivation15▲ 14×5 topics
  7. Technology Integration14▲ 17×9 topics
  8. STEM Education13▲ 12×8 topics
  9. Student Achievement12▲ 55×7 topics
  10. Collaborative Learning12▲ 66×2 topics
  11. Learning Analytics12▲ 38×2 topics
  12. Gender Differences12▲ 12×8 topics
  13. Metacognition11▲ 29×3 topics
  14. Child Development11▲ 10×6 topics
  15. Cognitive Apprenticeship11▲ 86×1 topic
  16. Scaffolding11▲ 86×1 topic
  17. Online Learning9▲ 4.2×6 topics
  18. Professional Development9▲ 17×6 topics
  19. Teacher Professional Development9▲ 21×5 topics
  20. Reflective Practice8▲ 17×5 topics
  21. Special Education8▲ 54×4 topics
  22. Teacher Preparation8▲ 42×4 topics
  23. Professional Learning Communities8▲ 61×2 topics
  24. Pedagogy8▲ 5.9×7 topics
  25. Early Childhood Education7▲ 35×2 topics
  26. Educational Interventions7▲ 31×2 topics
  27. MOOCs7▲ 30×2 topics
  28. School Engagement7▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Student-Teacher Relationships7▲ 58×1 topic
  30. Educational Inequality7▲ 45×2 topics
  31. Learning Outcomes7▲ 6.3×4 topics
  32. Computational Thinking7▲ 77×1 topic
  33. Programming Education7▲ 77×1 topic
  34. Educational Leadership6▲ 19×3 topics
  35. Cognitive Development6▲ 19×4 topics
  36. Executive Functioning6▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Language Development6▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Adolescent Development5▲ 18×5 topics
  39. Digital Divide5▲ 8.2×6 topics
  40. Education Policy5▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does Wested publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods, Early Childhood Education and Development, Teaching and Learning Programming and Online Learning and Analytics.

Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 11 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 7 fractional worksTeaching and Learning Pr…7Teaching and Learning Programming: 7 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…5Online Learning and Analytics: 5 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 5 fractional worksSchool Choice and Performance: 5 fractional worksCognitive and developmen…5Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills: 5 fractional worksEducation Discipline and Inequality: 3 fractional worksIntelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning: 3 fractional worksMathematics Education and Teaching Techniques: 3 fractional works
Developmental and Educational PsychologyEducationComputer Science ApplicationsStatistics and Probability1 others

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

  1. 1 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 11 works
  2. 2 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 7 works
  3. 3 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 7 works
  4. 4 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 5 works
  5. 5 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 5 works
  6. 6 School Choice and Performance Education 5 works
  7. 7 Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills Statistics and Probability 5 works
  8. 8 Education Discipline and Inequality Education 3 works
  9. 9 Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  10. 10 Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques Education 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 available27.0%not open73.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.5%domestic only85.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wested's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 130% higher 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 Wested as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Wested0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Wested 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%30%Wested10.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.8% in 2016.

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