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Western Kentucky University

In research, Western Kentucky University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,937 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,750 of 5,988 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,208 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,770
of 22,385 · #6,348 all time
Rank in United States
#660
of 3,332
Research works
7.3k
▼ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
98k
13.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.74×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Western Kentucky University

What is Western Kentucky 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 #2,937 of 9,585 10.1%308 #3613
Social SciencesField #2,750 of 5,988 9.5%142 #3973
Life SciencesDomain #3,208 of 6,403 5.7%62 #5926
PsychologyField #1,411 of 2,121 8.8%64 #1941
Health SciencesDomain #6,623 of 9,902 5.0%122 #12765
MedicineField #6,059 of 8,541 5.3%94 #11932
Physical SciencesDomain #8,051 of 10,670 7.0%214 #7911
EngineeringField #4,473 of 5,901 7.5%65 #5879

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Western Kentucky 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 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#3,613 #2,937
  2. Social Sciences#3,973 #2,750
  3. Life Sciences#5,926 #3,208
  4. Psychology#1,941 #1,411
  5. Health Sciences#12,765 #6,623
  6. Medicine#11,932 #6,059
  7. Physical Sciences#7,911 #8,051
  8. Engineering#5,879 #4,473
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 Western Kentucky University work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Western Kentucky University is in Social Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (14%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 340 fractional works · 42.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 157 fractional works · 19.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 50 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEducation: 34 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 71 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 25 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 20 fractional works · 2.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 43 fractional works · 5.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 32 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 25 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 250 fractional works · 31.4% of its workEngineering: 75 fractional works · 9.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 43 fractional works · 5.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 42 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 26 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 23 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 20 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 138 fractional works · 17.4% of its workMedicine: 108 fractional works · 13.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 67 fractional works · 8.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 28 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWestern KentuckyUniversity795fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences43%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences15719.7%
    2. Psychology718.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities435.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting324.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance253.2%
    6. Decision Sciences111.4%
    1. Engineering759.5%
    2. Computer Science435.4%
    3. Environmental Science425.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences263.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy232.9%
    6. Mathematics202.5%
    7. Materials Science101.3%
    8. Chemistry50.6%
    9. Energy50.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Medicine10813.5%
    2. Health Professions232.9%
    3. Nursing30.4%
    4. Dentistry20.3%
    5. Veterinary20.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences283.5%
    2. Neuroscience182.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology162.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
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: 0.74× its world share, 28 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.41× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 43 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.09× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 75 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.07× its world share, 42 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.10× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.32× its world share, 23 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.10× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 108 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.81× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.89× its world share, 43 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.27× its world share, 32 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.49× its world share, 25 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.92× its world share, 71 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 157 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology2.92×71 works
  2. Mathematics2.10×20 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.09×26 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.89×43 works
  5. Veterinary1.81×2 works
  6. Social Sciences1.56×157 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.49×25 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.42×11 works
  9. Neuroscience1.41×18 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.32×23 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting1.27×32 works
  12. Health Professions1.10×23 works
  13. Environmental Science1.07×42 works
  14. Nursing0.87×3 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.74×28 works
  16. Computer Science0.70×43 works
  17. Medicine0.70×108 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.69×2 works
  19. Energy0.63×5 works
  20. Engineering0.63×75 works
  21. Dentistry0.59×2 works
  22. Chemistry0.39×5 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.38×16 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.37×3 works
  25. Materials Science0.37×10 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.22×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Western Kentucky University?

Ranked on the quality score, Nilesh C. Sharma, Kam C. Chan and Sam G. McFarland lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Western Kentucky University.

  1. 1 Nilesh C. Sharma United States · #239,073 worldwide 3.5k citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Kam C. Chan United States · #272,722 worldwide 13k citations · 436 works
  3. 3 Sam G. McFarland United States · #371,899 worldwide 4.3k citations · 75 works
  4. 4 C. Snyder United States · #395,463 worldwide 1.8k citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Amy M. Brausch United States · #463,204 worldwide 3.5k citations · 80 works
  6. 6 Shivendra V. Sahi United States · #484,368 worldwide 9k citations · 129 works
  7. 7 Ferhan Merdivenci Atici United States · #687,965 worldwide 4.2k citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Xiaoxia Huang United States · #697,504 worldwide 1.7k citations · 76 works
  9. 9 Daniel L. Roenker United States · #826,997 worldwide 7.2k citations · 54 works
  10. 10 Huanjing Wang United States · #974,479 worldwide 2.7k citations · 83 works
All ranked researchers at Western Kentucky University

What are the most cited papers from Western Kentucky University?

The most cited paper from Western Kentucky University is "Bullying in the digital age: A critical review and meta-analysis of cyberbullying research among youth." (Robin Marie Kowalski, Gary W. Giumetti, Amber N. Schroeder et al., 2014), with 3,241 citations. Next come "The 6dF Galaxy Survey: baryon acoustic oscillations and the local Hubble constant" (2,649) and "CANDELS: THE COSMIC ASSEMBLY NEAR-INFRARED DEEP EXTRAGALACTIC LEGACY SURVEY" (2,197).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Bullying in the digital age: A critical review and meta-analysis of cyberbullying research among youth. Robin Marie Kowalski, Gary W. Giumetti, Amber N. Schroeder et al. · Psychological Bulletin Review 10 Feb 2014 3,241
2 The 6dF Galaxy Survey: baryon acoustic oscillations and the local Hubble constant Florian Beutler, Chris Blake, Matthew Colless et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Open access 25 Jul 2011 2,649
3 CANDELS: THE COSMIC ASSEMBLY NEAR-INFRARED DEEP EXTRAGALACTIC LEGACY SURVEY Norman A. Grogin et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access107 authors Dec 2011 2,197
4 CANDELS: THE COSMIC ASSEMBLY NEAR-INFRARED DEEP EXTRAGALACTIC LEGACY SURVEY—THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS, IMAGING DATA PRODUCTS, AND MOSAICS Anton M. Koekemoer et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access124 authors Dec 2011 2,094
5 Atmospheric Effects on Shopping Behavior Louis W. Turley, Ronald E. Milliman · Journal of Business Research Aug 2000 1,913
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Western Kentucky University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Gender, Risk Factors, Climate Change, Epidemiology, Spatial Analysis, Driver Behavior and Social Support.

▲ 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. Mental Health34▲ 3.0×28 topics
  2. Epidemiology33◆ 1.03×69 topics
  3. Climate Change29▲ 1.34×50 topics
  4. Globalization22▲ 1.38×39 topics
  5. Risk Factors22▲ 2.5×21 topics
  6. Education19▲ 1.42×29 topics
  7. Gender18▲ 4.2×24 topics
  8. Depression16▲ 2.4×15 topics
  9. Social Media16▲ 1.46×21 topics
  10. Identity14▲ 2.5×21 topics
  11. Social Support14▲ 3.4×11 topics
  12. Remote Sensing14▲ 1.40×23 topics
  13. Economic Growth14▲ 2.1×16 topics
  14. History12▲ 2.1×17 topics
  15. Social Justice11▲ 2.4×17 topics
  16. Student Engagement11▲ 3.5×10 topics
  17. Adolescents11▲ 3.7×6 topics
  18. Emotion Regulation11▲ 4.3×8 topics
  19. Literature11▲ 2.5×17 topics
  20. Spatial Analysis10▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Driver Behavior10▲ 16×2 topics
  22. Nationalism10▲ 2.8×13 topics
  23. Well-being10▲ 3.1×8 topics
  24. Religion9▲ 2.6×13 topics
  25. Injury Severity9▲ 14×2 topics
  26. Road Safety9▲ 29×1 topic
  27. Traffic Accidents9▲ 26×1 topic
  28. Democracy8▲ 3.1×8 topics
  29. Digital Divide8▲ 3.9×6 topics
  30. Injury Prevention8▲ 8.0×5 topics
  31. Developmental Trajectories8▲ 8.1×3 topics
  32. Diversity8▲ 5.5×8 topics
  33. Anxiety Disorders7▲ 7.8×2 topics
  34. Race7▲ 7.2×10 topics
  35. Suicide7▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Parenting6▲ 6.6×2 topics
  37. Socioeconomic Factors6▲ 6.7×3 topics
  38. Behavioral Interventions6▲ 9.8×2 topics
  39. Behavioral Problems6▲ 9.1×1 topic
  40. Masculinity6▲ 8.3×3 topics

Which research topics does Western Kentucky University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Traffic and Road Safety, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Injury Epidemiology and Prevention and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations.

Traffic and Road Safety9Traffic and Road Safety: 9 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 6 fractional worksInjury Epidemiology and Prevention: 4 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 4 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 4 fractional worksStability and Controllab…4Stability and Controllability of Differential Equations: 4 fractional worksVisual perception and processing mechanisms: 4 fractional worksAgriculture and Farm Safety: 3 fractional worksHigher Education Researc…3Higher Education Research Studies: 3 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityClinical PsychologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthAtmospheric Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 9 works
  2. 2 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 6 works
  3. 3 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  4. 4 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 4 works
  5. 5 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 4 works
  6. 6 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  7. 7 Stability and Controllability of Differential Equations Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Visual perception and processing mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  9. 9 Agriculture and Farm Safety Plant Science 3 works
  10. 10 Higher Education Research Studies 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 available40.1%not open59.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.6%domestic only92.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Western Kentucky University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% lower 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 Western Kentucky University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0032% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Western Kentucky University0.0026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Western Kentucky 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 2025Western Kentucky University8.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.8% in 1994.

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