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Wested

In research, Wested stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,646 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,745 of 6,365 worldwide) and Education (#1,118 of 1,892 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education and Psychology — Education is 9.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,684
of 28,054 · #10,634 all time
Rank in United States
#2,215
of 4,192
Research works
905
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
20.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Wested 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
Social SciencesDomain #4,646 of 10,521 27.9%126 #3506
Social SciencesField #3,745 of 6,365 32.4%82 #2665
EducationSubfield #1,118 of 1,892 31.2%61 #803

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 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. Social Sciences#3,506 #4,646
  2. Social Sciences#2,665 #3,745
  3. Education#803 #1,118
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.

What does Wested specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 9.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 60.7 works9.1×
  2. PsychologyField · 32.7 works4.9×
← 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: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.57× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.26× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.83× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.64× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.33× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.93× its world share, 33 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.97× its world share, 82 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wested?

Ranked on the composite score, Ellen B. Mandinach, Senta A. Raizen and Edys Quellmalz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wested.

  1. 1 Ellen B. Mandinach United States · #43,562 worldwide 203 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Senta A. Raizen United States · #280,421 worldwide 307 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Edys Quellmalz United States · #764,650 worldwide 50 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Alice Klein United States · #875,505 worldwide 62 citations · 72 works
  5. 5 Inge Kronberg United States · #943,848 worldwide 5 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Cathy Ringstaff United States · #1,155,338 worldwide 43 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Wested

Which keywords describe research at Wested?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Educational Technology, Self-Regulation, Student Engagement, Education, Motivation, Academic Achievement, Student Achievement and Technology Integration.

▲ 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. Educational Technology19▲ 7.5×12 topics
  2. Education18▲ 4.8×25 topics
  3. Self-Regulation16▲ 42×3 topics
  4. Student Engagement15▲ 17×7 topics
  5. Motivation14▲ 15×5 topics
  6. Academic Achievement14▲ 37×6 topics
  7. Student Achievement12▲ 63×7 topics
  8. Technology Integration11▲ 17×6 topics
  9. Collaborative Learning11▲ 67×2 topics
  10. Child Development10▲ 11×6 topics
  11. Learning Analytics10▲ 38×2 topics
  12. Metacognition10▲ 30×3 topics
  13. STEM Education10▲ 10×7 topics
  14. Gender Differences10▲ 12×8 topics
  15. Cognitive Apprenticeship10▲ 88×1 topic
  16. Scaffolding10▲ 88×1 topic
  17. Online Learning9▲ 4.9×6 topics
  18. Special Education8▲ 63×4 topics
  19. Reflective Practice8▲ 18×5 topics
  20. Teacher Professional Development8▲ 21×4 topics
  21. Early Childhood Education7▲ 42×2 topics
  22. Educational Interventions7▲ 35×2 topics
  23. Professional Development7▲ 16×4 topics
  24. School Engagement7▲ 67×1 topic
  25. Student-Teacher Relationships7▲ 67×1 topic
  26. Learning Outcomes7▲ 7.1×4 topics
  27. Pedagogy7▲ 6.2×6 topics
  28. Professional Learning Communities6▲ 65×2 topics
  29. Educational Inequality6▲ 51×2 topics
  30. Cognitive Development6▲ 20×4 topics
  31. Educational Leadership6▲ 20×3 topics
  32. Executive Functioning6▲ 20×3 topics
  33. Education Policy5▲ 36×2 topics
  34. Educational Data Mining5▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Massive Open Online Courses5▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Teacher Preparation5▲ 34×3 topics
  37. Computational Thinking5▲ 70×1 topic
  38. Programming Education5▲ 70×1 topic
  39. Language Development5▲ 18×3 topics
  40. Socioeconomic Status5▲ 41×1 topic

Which research topics does Wested publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods, Early Childhood Education and Development, Online Learning and Analytics and Teaching and Learning Programming.

Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 10 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 7 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…5Online Learning and Analytics: 5 fractional worksTeaching and Learning Pr…5Teaching and Learning Programming: 5 fractional worksSchool Choice and Performance: 5 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 4 fractional worksCognitive and developmen…4Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills: 4 fractional worksEducation Discipline and Inequality: 3 fractional worksIntelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning: 3 fractional worksEducation and Technology Integration: 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 10 works
  2. 2 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 7 works
  3. 3 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 5 works
  4. 4 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 5 works
  5. 5 School Choice and Performance Education 5 works
  6. 6 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 4 works
  7. 7 Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills Statistics and Probability 4 works
  8. 8 Education Discipline and Inequality Education 3 works
  9. 9 Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  10. 10 Education and Technology Integration 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wested's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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