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Western International University

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World rank, all time
#33,004
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,928
of 7,310
Research works
124
▲ 232% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.1k
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Western International University

Which fields of science does Western International University work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Western International University is in Health Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (34%), Social Sciences (21%), Health Professions (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 10 fractional works · 46.8% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 34.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 8.6% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 10.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 27.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 21.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 17.8% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWesternInternational…22fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences47%Social Sciences28%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine834.1%
    2. Health Professions210.1%
    3. Nursing12.6%
    1. Social Sciences521.2%
    2. Psychology14.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics16.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences15.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology14.0%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology02.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.8%
    1. Engineering13.2%
    2. Computer Science02.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy02.3%
    4. Environmental Science00.2%
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: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.98× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 17.06× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.83× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.77× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 5.37× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.60× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.67× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 17.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics17.06×1 works
  2. Nursing5.37×1 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology3.98×1 works
  4. Health Professions3.83×2 works
  5. Medicine1.77×8 works
  6. Social Sciences1.67×5 works
  7. Psychology1.60×1 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.05×1 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy1.01×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.46×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.39×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.29×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.23×0 works
  14. Engineering0.21×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.16×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Western International University?

Ranked on the quality score, Selamo Fabrice Molen, W.A. Gilchrist and Adolfo Luis Malcolm Suárez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Western International University.

  1. 1 Selamo Fabrice Molen United States · #3,852,748 worldwide 38 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 W.A. Gilchrist United States · #4,359,859 worldwide 194 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Adolfo Luis Malcolm Suárez United States · #4,564,798 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 William Mauricio United States · #4,894,235 worldwide 42 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 E.L. Bigelow United States · #5,100,071 worldwide 111 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Norman R. Carlson United States · #6,451,198 worldwide 139 citations · 67 works
All ranked researchers at Western International University

What are the most cited papers from Western International University?

The most cited paper from Western International University is "The Meaning and Measurement of Work Ethic: Construction and Initial Validation of a Multidimensional Inventory" (Michael J. Miller, David J. Woehr, Natasha Hudspeth, 2002), with 446 citations. Next come "Seismic attribute technology for reservoir forecasting and monitoring" (342) and "Antioxidant, phytochemical, and therapeutic properties of medicinal plants: a review" (318).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Meaning and Measurement of Work Ethic: Construction and Initial Validation of a Multidimensional Inventory Michael J. Miller, David J. Woehr, Natasha Hudspeth · Journal of Vocational Behavior Jun 2002 446
2 Seismic attribute technology for reservoir forecasting and monitoring Quincy Chen, Steve Sidney · The Leading Edge May 1997 342
3 Antioxidant, phytochemical, and therapeutic properties of medicinal plants: a review Onyenibe Sarah Nwozo, Enor Magdalene Effiong, Patrick Maduabuchi Aja et al. · International Journal of Food Properties Open access 3 Jan 2023 318
4 International Criminal Law Steven Freeland · Australian Journal of Human Rights Jun 2004 175
5 The Customary International Law Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention: Its Current Validity Under the U.N. Charter Jean‐Pierre L. Fonteyne∗ Book chapterOpen access 5 Jul 2017 127
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Which keywords describe research at Western International University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Antiviral Therapy, Health, Immune Response, Liver Disease, Vaccine, Public Health and Mental Illness.

▲ 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 15 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3▲ 3.3×13 topics
  2. Antiviral Therapy2▲ 86×3 topics
  3. Health2▲ 19×2 topics
  4. Immune Response2▲ 13×3 topics
  5. Public Health2▲ 5.4×4 topics
  6. Liver Disease2▲ 80×3 topics
  7. Treatment2▲ 5.5×5 topics
  8. Vaccine2▲ 17×4 topics
  9. Nanoparticles1▲ 5.1×4 topics
  10. Mental Illness1▲ 86×2 topics
  11. Social Support1▲ 11×2 topics
  12. Globalization1▲ 2.8×6 topics
  13. Homelessness1▲ 114×1 topic
  14. Oxidative Stress1▲ 2.8×11 topics
  15. Substance Abuse1▲ 66×1 topic

Which research topics does Western International University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Homelessness and Social Issues, Hepatitis B Virus Studies, Hepatitis C virus research and Diverse Scientific Research Studies.

Homelessness and Social …1Homelessness and Social Issues: 1 fractional worksHepatitis B Virus Studies1Hepatitis B Virus Studies: 1 fractional worksHepatitis C virus research1Hepatitis C virus research: 1 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Resea…1Diverse Scientific Research Studies: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksHuman Resource Development and Performance Evaluation: 0 fractional worksHibiscus Plant Research …0Hibiscus Plant Research Studies: 0 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 0 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 0 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …0Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 0 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEpidemiologyHepatologyNutrition and Dietetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 1 works
  2. 2 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  3. 3 Hepatitis C virus research Hepatology 1 works
  4. 4 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  6. 6 Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation Applied Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Hibiscus Plant Research Studies Pharmacology 0 works
  8. 8 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 0 works
  9. 9 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  10. 10 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 0 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 available52.2%not open47.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.3%domestic only74.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Western International University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 232% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Western International University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00010% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Western International University0.000050% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Western International University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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