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Westminster University

In research, Westminster University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,324 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#14,495
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,995
of 7,310
Research works
359
▼ 47% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.4k
15.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Westminster University

What is Westminster University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #5,324 of 14,833 9.4%200

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Westminster 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 fields of science does Westminster University work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Westminster University is in Social Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Computer Science (12%), Arts and Humanities (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 22 fractional works · 47.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 19.6% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 10.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 8.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 8.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 30.0% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 11.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 12.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 5.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWestminsterUniversity47fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences9%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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences919.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities48.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting48.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance37.1%
    5. Psychology23.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.7%
    1. Computer Science511.5%
    2. Environmental Science37.0%
    3. Engineering36.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy12.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.9%
    6. Mathematics00.8%
    7. Materials Science00.4%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology47.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.6%
    3. Neuroscience11.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.2%
    1. Medicine35.9%
    2. Veterinary12.1%
    3. Health Professions11.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
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: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.42× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.48× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.41× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 15.76× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.09× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.52× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.31× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 15.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary15.76×1 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.31×3 works
  3. Arts and Humanities3.09×4 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.52×4 works
  5. Social Sciences1.55×9 works
  6. Computer Science1.48×5 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.42×4 works
  8. Environmental Science1.41×3 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.24×1 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.21×1 works
  11. Psychology1.12×2 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.95×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.88×1 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.74×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.69×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.55×1 works
  17. Health Professions0.45×1 works
  18. Engineering0.41×3 works
  19. Medicine0.31×3 works
  20. Nursing0.12×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.10×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Westminster University?

Ranked on the quality score, Greg Gagne, Bonnie K. Baxter and Mark D. Rubinfeld lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Westminster University.

  1. 1 Greg Gagne United States · #1,316,483 worldwide 2k citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Bonnie K. Baxter United States · #1,565,450 worldwide 2.3k citations · 108 works
  3. 3 Mark D. Rubinfeld United States · #1,614,037 worldwide 769 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Christopher M. Davids United States · #1,710,023 worldwide 410 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Tricia D. Shepherd United States · #1,809,648 worldwide 430 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Sheng Xiao United States · #2,041,746 worldwide 428 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Helen H. Hu United States · #2,137,752 worldwide 948 citations · 92 works
  8. 8 Marilee Coles‐Ritchie United States · #2,735,922 worldwide 98 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Lance Newman United States · #2,987,053 worldwide 107 citations · 51 works
  10. 10 Spencer Bagley United States · #3,170,832 worldwide 133 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Westminster University

What are the most cited papers from Westminster University?

The most cited paper from Westminster University is "Locating Narrative Inquiry Historically: Thematics in the Turn to Narrative" (Stefinee Pinnegar, J. Gary Daynes, 2007), with 646 citations. Next come "Learning to Learn Using Gradient Descent" (587) and "Interpreting and reporting 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data" (288).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Locating Narrative Inquiry Historically: Thematics in the Turn to Narrative Stefinee Pinnegar, J. Gary Daynes Book chapter 2007 646
2 Learning to Learn Using Gradient Descent Sepp Hochreiter, A. Steven Younger, Peter R. Conwell · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 2001 587
3 Interpreting and reporting 40Ar/39Ar geochronologic data Allen J. Schaen et al. · Geological Society of America Bulletin Open access Jul 2020 288
4 Effortful control, executive attention, and emotional regulation in 7–10-year-old children Jennifer Simonds, Jessica E. Kieras, M. Rosario Rueda et al. · Cognitive Development 19 Sep 2007 259
5 Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Programs in Data Science Richard D. De Veaux et al. · Annual Review of Statistics and Its Application Open access 9 Jan 2017 249
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Westminster University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, STEM Education, History, Engineering Education, Economic Growth, Philosophy, Gender Differences and Social Justice.

▲ 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. Literature3▲ 11×7 topics
  2. STEM Education2▲ 12×3 topics
  3. Machine Learning2▲ 1.54×9 topics
  4. History2▲ 6.7×5 topics
  5. Educational Technology2▲ 3.8×4 topics
  6. Economic Growth2▲ 5.2×6 topics
  7. Education2▲ 2.5×6 topics
  8. Engineering Education2▲ 42×3 topics
  9. Globalization2▲ 1.87×6 topics
  10. Philosophy2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  11. Social Justice2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  12. Gender Differences2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  13. Entrepreneurship1▲ 7.4×3 topics
  14. Student Engagement1▲ 7.6×3 topics
  15. Teaching Strategies1▲ 11×2 topics
  16. Culture1▲ 5.5×2 topics
  17. Racial Disparities1▲ 54×2 topics
  18. Society1▲ 15×2 topics
  19. Colonialism1▲ 5.3×4 topics
  20. Computational Thinking1▲ 78×1 topic
  21. Distance Learning1▲ 7.2×2 topics
  22. Higher Education1▲ 4.8×2 topics
  23. Programming Education1▲ 78×1 topic
  24. Self-Efficacy1▲ 9.6×4 topics
  25. Active Learning1▲ 13×1 topic
  26. Flipped Classroom1▲ 73×1 topic
  27. Intersectionality1▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Regulation1▲ 4.2×3 topics
  29. Remote Laboratories1▲ 90×1 topic
  30. Social Impact1▲ 5.8×2 topics
  31. Virtual Labs1▲ 90×1 topic
  32. Animal Welfare1▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Community Engagement1▲ 6.6×2 topics
  34. Disproportionality1▲ 285×1 topic
  35. Medieval1▲ 61×1 topic
  36. Phylogenetic Analysis1▲ 7.2×4 topics
  37. Race1▲ 18×3 topics
  38. School Discipline1▲ 212×1 topic
  39. Stress Indicators1▲ 69×1 topic
  40. Teacher Professional Development1▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Westminster University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Teaching and Learning Programming, Experimental Learning in Engineering, Innovative Teaching Methods and Education Discipline and Inequality.

Teaching and Learning Pr…1Teaching and Learning Programming: 1 fractional worksExperimental Learning in…1Experimental Learning in Engineering: 1 fractional worksInnovative Teaching Methods: 1 fractional worksEducation Discipline and…1Education Discipline and Inequality: 1 fractional worksMedieval Literature and …1Medieval Literature and History: 1 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 1 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 1 fractional worksInnovation and Socioecon…1Innovation and Socioeconomic Development: 1 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 1 fractional works
Computer Science ApplicationsMedia TechnologyEducationClassics5 others

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

  1. 1 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 1 works
  2. 2 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 1 works
  3. 3 Innovative Teaching Methods Education 1 works
  4. 4 Education Discipline and Inequality Education 1 works
  5. 5 Medieval Literature and History Classics 1 works
  6. 6 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 1 works
  7. 7 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  8. 8 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 1 works
  9. 9 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 1 works
  10. 10 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 1 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 available24.3%not open75.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.3%domestic only92.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Westminster University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 47% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Westminster University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00017% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Westminster University0.00017% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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