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Western Connecticut State University

In research, Western Connecticut State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,238 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,289
of 22,385 · #8,931 all time
Rank in United States
#2,012
of 3,332
Research works
1k
▼ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
12.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Western Connecticut State University

What is Western Connecticut 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 #6,238 of 9,585 6.3%78 #4461

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

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Western Connecticut State University is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Medicine (9%), Business, Management and Accounting (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 83 fractional works · 59.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 42 fractional works · 30.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 10.3% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 8.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 21.5% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 6.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 11.6% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 9.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 7.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWesternConnecticut Stat…139fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences60%

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 Sciences4230.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting118.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities107.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance85.6%
    5. Psychology85.5%
    6. Decision Sciences43.0%
    1. Computer Science96.5%
    2. Mathematics64.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences53.7%
    4. Environmental Science43.2%
    5. Engineering32.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.9%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    9. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Medicine139.1%
    2. Health Professions32.3%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42.8%
    2. Neuroscience31.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
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: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.20× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.84× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.37× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.85× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.44× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.47× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.05× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.63× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.81× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.42× its world share, 42 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics3.85×6 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.05×4 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.63×8 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.47×11 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.44×10 works
  6. Social Sciences2.42×42 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.37×5 works
  8. Psychology1.81×8 works
  9. Neuroscience1.20×3 works
  10. Health Professions0.88×3 works
  11. Computer Science0.84×9 works
  12. Environmental Science0.65×4 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.54×1 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×4 works
  15. Nursing0.49×0 works
  16. Medicine0.47×13 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.40×3 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.39×1 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.23×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.17×0 works
  21. Engineering0.15×3 works
  22. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Western Connecticut State University?

Ranked on the quality score, Neeta P. Connally, Lai Van Vo and Xiaodi Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Western Connecticut State University.

  1. 1 Neeta P. Connally United States · #692,068 worldwide 1.6k citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Lai Van Vo United States · #1,015,229 worldwide 537 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Xiaodi Wang United States · #1,119,703 worldwide 1.5k citations · 80 works
  4. 4 David J. Sheskin United States · #1,579,904 worldwide 4.1k citations · 65 works
  5. 5 P. K. Lu United States · #1,735,953 worldwide 1.6k citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Christine Hegel United States · #1,986,243 worldwide 174 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Marcia A. B. Delcourt United States · #2,113,749 worldwide 933 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 C. Sandifer United States · #2,154,884 worldwide 108 citations · 80 works
  9. 9 Oluwole Owoye United States · #2,195,334 worldwide 1.1k citations · 57 works
  10. 10 Joshua Rosenthal United States · #2,201,288 worldwide 1k citations · 68 works
All ranked researchers at Western Connecticut State University

What are the most cited papers from Western Connecticut State University?

The most cited paper from Western Connecticut State University is "Project-Based Learning for the 21st Century: Skills for the Future" (Stephanie Bell, 2010), with 2,472 citations. Next come "Managing social norms for persuasive impact" (1,035) and "Lyme Disease Testing by Large Commercial Laboratories in the United States" (402).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Project-Based Learning for the 21st Century: Skills for the Future Stephanie Bell · The Clearing House A Journal of Educational Strategies Issues and Ideas 27 Jan 2010 2,472
2 Managing social norms for persuasive impact Robert B. Cialdini, Linda J. Demaine, Brad J. Sagarin et al. · Social Influence Open access Mar 2006 1,035
3 Lyme Disease Testing by Large Commercial Laboratories in the United States Alison F. Hinckley, Neeta P. Connally, James I. Meek et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access 30 May 2014 402
4 The TESS Objects of Interest Catalog from the TESS Prime Mission Natalia M. Guerrero et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access105 authors Jun 2021 392
5 The Importance of Father Love: History and Contemporary Evidence Ronald P. Rohner, Robert A. Veneziano · Review of General Psychology Dec 2001 367
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Western Connecticut State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Philosophy, Education, Literature, Politics, Economic Growth, Governance, Climate Change and Genomics.

▲ 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. Climate Change7▲ 1.84×25 topics
  2. Education7▲ 2.9×12 topics
  3. Deep Learning6▲ 1.17×12 topics
  4. Economic Growth5▲ 4.5×11 topics
  5. Philosophy5▲ 7.8×4 topics
  6. Literature5▲ 6.2×4 topics
  7. Globalization4▲ 1.58×17 topics
  8. Politics4▲ 11×5 topics
  9. Governance4▲ 8.5×4 topics
  10. Mental Health4▲ 1.92×14 topics
  11. Innovation4▲ 2.6×10 topics
  12. Social Capital4▲ 5.2×8 topics
  13. Corporate Governance4▲ 3.5×9 topics
  14. Ethics3▲ 4.9×7 topics
  15. Regulation3▲ 4.7×6 topics
  16. Genomics3▲ 8.1×3 topics
  17. Nationalism3▲ 5.1×5 topics
  18. Violence3▲ 16×5 topics
  19. Cultural Literacy3▲ 642×1 topic
  20. History3▲ 3.1×4 topics
  21. Psychological Explorations3▲ 642×1 topic
  22. Religion3▲ 4.7×4 topics
  23. Identity3▲ 2.9×5 topics
  24. Monetary Policy3▲ 8.6×5 topics
  25. Poverty Reduction3▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Social Identity3▲ 22×3 topics
  27. Gender3▲ 3.6×6 topics
  28. Law Enforcement3▲ 33×2 topics
  29. Arctic2▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Ocean Circulation2▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Police Legitimacy2▲ 148×1 topic
  32. Procedural Justice2▲ 148×1 topic
  33. Economy2▲ 21×3 topics
  34. High-Dimensional Data2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  35. Firm Performance2▲ 7.8×2 topics
  36. Special Education2▲ 23×4 topics
  37. Cryptanalysis2▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Development Policies2▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Foreign Aid2▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Tropical Geometry2▲ 40×2 topics

Which research topics does Western Connecticut State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research, Policing Practices and Perceptions, International Development and Aid and Polynomial and algebraic computation.

Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research: 3 fractional worksPolicing Practices and Perceptions: 2 fractional worksInternational Developmen…2International Development and Aid: 2 fractional worksPolynomial and algebraic…2Polynomial and algebraic computation: 2 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 2 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 2 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…1EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…1Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 1 fractional worksVietnamese History and C…1Vietnamese History and Culture Studies: 1 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…1Digital Marketing and Social Media: 1 fractional works
PhilosophyPolitical Science and International RelationsDevelopmentComputational Theory and Mathematics4 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research Philosophy 3 works
  2. 2 Policing Practices and Perceptions Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  3. 3 International Development and Aid Development 2 works
  4. 4 Polynomial and algebraic computation Computational Theory and Mathematics 2 works
  5. 5 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 2 works
  6. 6 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  7. 7 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 1 works
  8. 8 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  9. 9 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 1 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 available21.5%not open78.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.9%domestic only94.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Western Connecticut State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Western Connecticut State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00054% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Western Connecticut State University0.00037% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Western Connecticut 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 counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Western Connecticut State University3.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.3% in 2018.

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