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Western Michigan University

In research, Western Michigan University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,830 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#2,844 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,422 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Developmental and Educational Psychology — Developmental and Educational Psychology is 4.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,427
of 28,054 · #1,793 all time
Rank in United States
#488
of 4,192
Research works
18k
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
280k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Western Michigan University 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 #1,830 of 10,521 21.4%683 #732
Physical SciencesDomain #2,844 of 12,888 13.8%607 #1560
Social SciencesField #1,422 of 6,365 24.4%314 #571
Health SciencesDomain #3,679 of 11,982 11.4%402 #2441
Computer ScienceField #1,624 of 4,667 14.2%121 #1088
MedicineField #3,641 of 10,443 10.9%316 #4957
EngineeringField #2,880 of 6,636 11.6%232 #1746
EducationSubfield #902 of 1,892 31.5%86 #322
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,303 of 2,578 26.3%88 #641
Life SciencesDomain #4,073 of 7,800 13.7%126 #2766

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Western Michigan 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 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#732 #1,830
  2. Physical Sciences#1,560 #2,844
  3. Social Sciences#571 #1,422
  4. Health Sciences#2,441 #3,679
  5. Computer Science#1,088 #1,624
  6. Medicine#4,957 #3,641
  7. Engineering#1,746 #2,880
  8. Education#322 #902
  9. Sociology and Political Science#641 #1,303
  10. Life Sciences#2,766 #4,073
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 Western Michigan University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Developmental and Educational Psychology takes 4.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 34.9 works4.2×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 54 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.25× its world share, 37 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.72× its world share, 11 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.60× its world share, 17 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.86× its world share, 121 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 41 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.85× its world share, 232 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.96× its world share, 86 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.66× its world share, 42 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.32× its world share, 28 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.55× its world share, 22 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.63× its world share, 78 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.90× its world share, 316 worksMedicineNursing: 0.51× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.47× its world share, 77 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.01× its world share, 59 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.44× its world share, 43 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.37× its world share, 53 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.47× its world share, 137 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 314 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Western Michigan University?

Ranked on the composite score, Daniel L. Stufflebeam, Gary Chartrand and E. M. Bernstein lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Western Michigan University.

  1. 1 Daniel L. Stufflebeam United States · #21,270 worldwide 329 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Gary Chartrand United States · #41,564 worldwide 388 citations · 58 works
  3. 3 E. M. Bernstein United States · #47,254 worldwide 743 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 William W. Cobern United States · #49,392 worldwide 260 citations · 48 works
  5. 5 K. T. Korista United States · #53,166 worldwide 572 citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Lewis Pyenson United States · #59,317 worldwide 114 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Clifford Davidson United States · #85,528 worldwide 54 citations · 86 works
  8. 8 Paul Adams United States · #100,939 worldwide 155 citations · 54 works
  9. 9 Arthur T. White United States · #122,368 worldwide 377 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Susan Pozo United States · #126,296 worldwide 196 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Western Michigan University

Which keywords describe research at Western Michigan University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Evidence-Based Practice, Epidemiology, Mental Health, Special Education, Globalization, Behavioral Interventions, Reflective Practice and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Epidemiology83◆ 1.15×106 topics
  2. Machine Learning60◆ 1.02×63 topics
  3. Globalization53▲ 1.50×62 topics
  4. Mental Health53▲ 2.0×35 topics
  5. Deep Learning49▼ 0.78×58 topics
  6. Climate Change46◆ 0.94×54 topics
  7. Sustainability39◆ 0.88×51 topics
  8. Quality of Life37▲ 1.42×42 topics
  9. Evidence-Based Practice34▲ 14×7 topics
  10. Education31◆ 0.99×45 topics
  11. Identity29▲ 2.2×36 topics
  12. Risk Factors29▲ 1.47×32 topics
  13. Public Health29◆ 1.11×39 topics
  14. Higher Education28▲ 2.9×18 topics
  15. Economic Growth26▲ 1.70×22 topics
  16. Student Engagement26▲ 3.6×13 topics
  17. Meta-Analysis24▲ 2.2×17 topics
  18. Special Education23▲ 22×4 topics
  19. Depression23▲ 1.44×20 topics
  20. Religion23▲ 2.6×21 topics
  21. Nationalism22▲ 2.7×17 topics
  22. Well-being22▲ 3.1×13 topics
  23. Gender22▲ 2.2×26 topics
  24. Social Justice22▲ 2.0×24 topics
  25. Behavioral Interventions22▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Reflective Practice21▲ 6.3×7 topics
  27. Resilience19▲ 2.2×13 topics
  28. Functional Analysis18▲ 30×1 topic
  29. Positive Behavior Support18▲ 60×1 topic
  30. Complexity Theory16▲ 18×4 topics
  31. Medical Education15▲ 3.3×10 topics
  32. Politics15▲ 3.1×12 topics
  33. Concept Mapping14▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Realist Synthesis14▲ 43×1 topic
  35. Theory-Based Evaluation14▲ 43×1 topic
  36. Executive Functioning13▲ 5.6×3 topics
  37. Assessment Methods13▲ 6.3×3 topics
  38. Faculty Development13▲ 9.1×2 topics
  39. Autism Spectrum Disorders12▲ 6.7×2 topics
  40. Career Development12▲ 5.8×6 topics

Which research topics does Western Michigan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Behavioral and Psychological Studies, Evaluation and Performance Assessment, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research and Innovations in Medical Education.

Behavioral and Psychological Studies: 18 fractional worksEvaluation and Performance Assessment: 14 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 9 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 8 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 8 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and …7Surgical Simulation and Training: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 7 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Graph Theory Re…6Advanced Graph Theory Research: 6 fractional works
Developmental and Educational PsychologyManagement Science and Operations ResearchCognitive NeurosciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6 others

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

  1. 1 Behavioral and Psychological Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology 18 works
  2. 2 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 14 works
  3. 3 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 9 works
  4. 4 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  5. 5 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 8 works
  6. 6 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 8 works
  7. 7 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 7 works
  8. 8 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 7 works
  9. 9 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  10. 10 Advanced Graph Theory Research Computational Theory and Mathematics 6 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 available29.0%not open71.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.2%domestic only90.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Western Michigan University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower 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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