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Western Mindanao State University

In research, Western Mindanao State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,174 of 6,365 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,985 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education — Education is 6.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,144
of 28,054 · #21,871 all time
Rank in Philippines
#15
of 184
Research works
392
▲ 710% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1k
2.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
85%
world 28%

What is Western Mindanao State 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 SciencesField #1,174 of 6,365 25.4%93 #3120
Social SciencesDomain #1,985 of 10,521 23.2%140 #5347

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Western Mindanao 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Western Mindanao State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 51.4 works6.8×
← 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: 1.16× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.80× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.70× its world share, 33 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.50× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.59× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 3.18× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.10× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.14× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.77× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.99× its world share, 93 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Western Mindanao State University?

Ranked on the composite score, Frede Moreno and Ericson O. Alieto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Western Mindanao State University.

  1. 1 Frede Moreno Philippines · #1,504,406 worldwide 2 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Ericson O. Alieto Philippines · #1,532,488 worldwide 18 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Western Mindanao State University

Which keywords describe research at Western Mindanao State University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Educational Technology, E-Learning, Online Learning, Technology Integration, Student Engagement, Student Satisfaction, Professional Development and Mobile 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. Educational Technology26▲ 9.0×20 topics
  2. E-Learning21▲ 8.4×12 topics
  3. Online Learning20▲ 9.9×13 topics
  4. Technology Integration20▲ 26×10 topics
  5. Machine Learning17▲ 2.1×17 topics
  6. Education12▲ 2.8×15 topics
  7. Globalization11▲ 2.4×13 topics
  8. Student Engagement11▲ 11×8 topics
  9. Student Satisfaction11▲ 23×2 topics
  10. Mental Health10▲ 2.7×16 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence10▲ 2.8×8 topics
  12. Mobile Learning10▲ 11×4 topics
  13. Professional Development10▲ 19×7 topics
  14. MOOCs9▲ 40×2 topics
  15. Inclusive Education9▲ 10×7 topics
  16. Digital Transformation8▲ 6.4×5 topics
  17. Google Classroom8▲ 31×1 topic
  18. Teacher Perception8▲ 30×1 topic
  19. Learning Analytics8▲ 26×2 topics
  20. Educational Data Mining7▲ 34×1 topic
  21. Massive Open Online Courses7▲ 34×1 topic
  22. Teacher Training7▲ 4.8×10 topics
  23. Big Data7▲ 3.1×8 topics
  24. Teacher Professional Development7▲ 17×4 topics
  25. Sociolinguistics7▲ 14×4 topics
  26. Health Education6▲ 5.8×4 topics
  27. Lifelong Learning6▲ 12×6 topics
  28. Online Education6▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Language Policy6▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Multilingualism6▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Language Teaching6▲ 9.7×3 topics
  32. Teaching Strategies6▲ 8.1×4 topics
  33. Educational Policy6▲ 8.8×5 topics
  34. Pedagogy6▲ 4.6×7 topics
  35. Distance Learning5▲ 6.6×5 topics
  36. Information Literacy5▲ 7.1×4 topics
  37. Cultural Diversity5▲ 8.4×4 topics
  38. Psychological Distress5▲ 7.5×5 topics
  39. Distance Education4▲ 8.9×4 topics
  40. Microlearning4▲ 123×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Technology-Enhanced Education Studies, Online Learning and Analytics, E-Learning and COVID-19 and Multilingual Education and Policy.

Technology-Enhanced Education Studies: 8 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 7 fractional worksE-Learning and COVID-194E-Learning and COVID-19: 4 fractional worksMultilingual Education a…4Multilingual Education and Policy: 4 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 4 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health3COVID-19 and Mental Health: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 3 fractional worksEducational Methods and Media Use: 3 fractional worksEducational Practices and Challenges: 3 fractional works
EducationComputer Science ApplicationsLinguistics and LanguageLanguage and Linguistics4 others

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

  1. 1 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 8 works
  2. 2 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 7 works
  3. 3 E-Learning and COVID-19 Education 4 works
  4. 4 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 4 works
  5. 5 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 4 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 3 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 3 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  9. 9 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 3 works
  10. 10 Educational Practices and Challenges 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 available84.8%not open15.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 710% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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