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Western Washington University

In research, Western Washington University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,100 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,841 of 5,988 worldwide) and Psychology (#1,129 of 2,121 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,728
of 22,385 · #2,220 all time
Rank in United States
#655
of 3,332
Research works
7.5k
▼ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
163k
21.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.75×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Western Washington University

What is Western Washington 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 #2,100 of 9,585 9.6%433 #880
Social SciencesField #1,841 of 5,988 9.6%248 #732
PsychologyField #1,129 of 2,121 11.8%69 #838
Life SciencesDomain #3,735 of 6,403 4.8%89 #3351
Health SciencesDomain #6,613 of 9,902 8.4%61 #3349
Physical SciencesDomain #7,244 of 10,670 5.7%297 #2351
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,801 of 2,526 9.1%75 #864
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,618 of 1,896 7.9%64 #581
Computer ScienceField #3,936 of 4,417 3.9%64 #2817

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Western Washington 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#880 #2,100
  2. Social Sciences#732 #1,841
  3. Psychology#838 #1,129
  4. Life Sciences#3,351 #3,735
  5. Health Sciences#3,349 #6,613
  6. Physical Sciences#2,351 #7,244
  7. Sociology and Political Science#864 #1,801
  8. Arts and Humanities#581 #1,618
  9. Computer Science#2,817 #3,936
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 Washington University work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Western Washington University is in Social Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Psychology (8%), Arts and Humanities (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 466 fractional works · 48.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 268 fractional works · 27.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 80 fractional works · 8.3% of its workEducation: 55 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 29 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGender Studies: 19 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAnthropology: 19 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCultural Studies: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 75 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 31 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 18 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 69 fractional works · 7.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 17 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 28 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 17 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 329 fractional works · 34.2% of its workComputer Science: 68 fractional works · 7.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 22 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 66 fractional works · 6.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedia Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 64 fractional works · 6.7% of its workGeophysics: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOceanography: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 51 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEcology: 18 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 19 fractional works · 2.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 100 fractional works · 10.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 44 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 31 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAging: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 30 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 20 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 21 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 67 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMedicine: 45 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWesternWashington…963fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences48%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences26827.8%
    2. Psychology757.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities697.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting282.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance171.8%
    6. Decision Sciences90.9%
    1. Computer Science687.1%
    2. Engineering666.9%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences646.7%
    4. Environmental Science515.3%
    5. Mathematics192.0%
    6. Chemistry181.8%
    7. Materials Science181.8%
    8. Physics and Astronomy171.7%
    9. Energy60.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology444.6%
    2. Neuroscience303.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences212.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Medicine454.7%
    2. Health Professions222.2%
    3. Nursing10.1%
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: 0.46× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 44 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.93× its world share, 30 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.17× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.91× its world share, 68 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.25× its world share, 64 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 66 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.06× its world share, 51 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.70× its world share, 19 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.77× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 45 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.47× its world share, 69 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.91× its world share, 28 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.85× its world share, 18 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.57× its world share, 76 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 268 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.25×64 works
  2. Psychology2.57×76 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.47×69 works
  4. Social Sciences2.20×268 works
  5. Neuroscience1.93×30 works
  6. Mathematics1.70×19 works
  7. Chemistry1.17×18 works
  8. Environmental Science1.06×51 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.94×9 works
  10. Computer Science0.91×68 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.91×28 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.86×44 works
  13. Health Professions0.85×22 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.85×18 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.77×16 works
  16. Energy0.67×6 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.66×2 works
  18. Materials Science0.52×18 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.46×21 works
  20. Engineering0.46×66 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.42×4 works
  22. Medicine0.24×45 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.20×1 works
  24. Nursing0.17×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Western Washington University?

Ranked on the quality score, Kate C. McLean, David U. Hooper and Jeffrey B. Carroll lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Western Washington University.

  1. 1 Kate C. McLean United States · #19,825 worldwide 14k citations · 286 works
  2. 2 David U. Hooper United States · #40,941 worldwide 40k citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Jeffrey B. Carroll United States · #124,982 worldwide 3.3k citations · 71 works
  4. 4 Adriana M. Manago United States · #150,133 worldwide 3.1k citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Melissa Susanne Rice United States · #171,247 worldwide 11k citations · 236 works
  6. 6 Todd Donovan United States · #175,444 worldwide 7.1k citations · 191 works
  7. 7 Andrew G. Bunn United States · #195,129 worldwide 8.7k citations · 117 works
  8. 8 Mark E. Bussell United States · #241,548 worldwide 4.2k citations · 59 works
  9. 9 Tim Kowalczyk United States · #296,636 worldwide 7.8k citations · 78 works
  10. 10 Suzanne Strom United States · #331,818 worldwide 5.6k citations · 97 works
All ranked researchers at Western Washington University

What are the most cited papers from Western Washington University?

The most cited paper from Western Washington University is "EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING: A CONSENSUS OF CURRENT KNOWLEDGE" (David U. Hooper, F. Stuart Chapin, John J. Ewel et al., 2005), with 8,101 citations. Next come "Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity" (7,502) and "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Current Knowledge and Future Challenges" (4,673).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING: A CONSENSUS OF CURRENT KNOWLEDGE David U. Hooper, F. Stuart Chapin, John J. Ewel et al. · Ecological Monographs Open access Feb 2005 8,101
2 Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity Bradley J. Cardinale, J. Emmett Duffy, Andrew Gonzalez et al. · Nature Open access Jun 2012 7,502
3 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Current Knowledge and Future Challenges Michel Loreau, Shahid Naeem, Pablo Inchausti et al. · Science 26 Oct 2001 4,673
4 Consequences of changing biodiversity F. Stuart Chapin, Erika S. Zavaleta, Valerie T. Eviner et al. · Nature Open access May 2000 4,302
5 LSST: From Science Drivers to Reference Design and Anticipated Data Products Željko Ivezić et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access327 authors 10 Mar 2019 3,523
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Western Washington University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Globalization, History, Colonialism, Identity, Climate Change, Intersectionality and Tectonics.

▲ 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. Globalization40▲ 2.1×53 topics
  2. Climate Change39▲ 1.50×53 topics
  3. Gender30▲ 5.8×27 topics
  4. Education29▲ 1.73×38 topics
  5. Machine Learning29◆ 0.89×47 topics
  6. Mental Health27▲ 1.99×30 topics
  7. History26▲ 3.8×23 topics
  8. Identity24▲ 3.5×31 topics
  9. Colonialism21▲ 4.7×23 topics
  10. Culture18▲ 3.6×20 topics
  11. Social Justice18▲ 3.1×19 topics
  12. Social Media18▲ 1.32×23 topics
  13. Literature17▲ 3.2×18 topics
  14. Nationalism17▲ 3.9×16 topics
  15. STEM Education16▲ 3.7×6 topics
  16. Intersectionality16▲ 8.7×7 topics
  17. Tectonics15▲ 13×3 topics
  18. Democracy13▲ 3.8×12 topics
  19. Religion13▲ 2.9×17 topics
  20. Ethics13▲ 2.6×23 topics
  21. Politics12▲ 4.8×12 topics
  22. Student Engagement12▲ 3.1×12 topics
  23. Teacher Preparation12▲ 16×4 topics
  24. Feminism11▲ 4.1×10 topics
  25. Neuroscience11▲ 3.7×10 topics
  26. Community Engagement10▲ 3.3×10 topics
  27. Society10▲ 5.6×10 topics
  28. Social Movements10▲ 3.6×7 topics
  29. Global Governance10▲ 4.2×10 topics
  30. Emotion9▲ 4.7×9 topics
  31. Plate Tectonics9▲ 6.5×3 topics
  32. Race9▲ 7.9×11 topics
  33. Self-Regulation9▲ 5.0×4 topics
  34. Academic Achievement9▲ 5.2×8 topics
  35. Public Opinion8▲ 7.0×5 topics
  36. Engineering Education8▲ 9.6×4 topics
  37. Holocene8▲ 7.1×3 topics
  38. Sedimentation8▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Social Identity7▲ 8.3×4 topics
  40. Sea Level7▲ 7.9×2 topics

Which research topics does Western Washington University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geological formations and processes, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research and Science Education and Pedagogy.

Geological and Geochemic…7Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 7 fractional worksGeological formations an…6Geological formations and processes: 6 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 6 fractional worksScience Education and Pe…6Science Education and Pedagogy: 6 fractional worksBiochemical and Structur…5Biochemical and Structural Characterization: 5 fractional worksSocial and Intergroup Psychology: 5 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 5 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…5Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 5 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in Education: 5 fractional worksGender Politics and Representation: 4 fractional works
GeophysicsEarth-Surface ProcessesAtmospheric ScienceEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 7 works
  2. 2 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 6 works
  3. 3 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 6 works
  4. 4 Science Education and Pedagogy Education 6 works
  5. 5 Biochemical and Structural Characterization Molecular Biology 5 works
  6. 6 Social and Intergroup Psychology Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  7. 7 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 5 works
  8. 8 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 5 works
  9. 9 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  10. 10 Gender Politics and Representation Gender Studies 4 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 available31.3%not open68.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.0%domestic only91.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Western Washington University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% 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 Washington University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0045% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Western Washington University0.0034% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Western Washington 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Western Washington University6.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.9% in 2008.

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