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Wright State University

In research, Wright State University stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,199 of 10,521 worldwide), Computer Science (#1,251 of 4,667 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,155 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,352
of 28,054 · #1,331 all time
Rank in United States
#609
of 4,192
Research works
21k
▼ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
405k
19.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Wright 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 SciencesDomain #2,199 of 10,521 17.9%353 #967
Computer ScienceField #1,251 of 4,667 19.0%169 #733
MedicineField #3,155 of 10,443 11.2%496 #1845
Health SciencesDomain #3,629 of 11,982 11.7%563 #1142
Social SciencesField #1,952 of 6,365 20.8%134 #1043
Physical SciencesDomain #4,825 of 12,888 13.7%450 #1185
EngineeringField #3,535 of 6,636 12.4%153 #623
Life SciencesDomain #4,270 of 7,800 11.6%191 #2338
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #1,203 of 1,884 20.4%66 #405
PsychologyField #1,461 of 2,181 17.0%80 #558

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wright 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).

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#967 #2,199
  2. Computer Science#733 #1,251
  3. Medicine#1,845 #3,155
  4. Health Sciences#1,142 #3,629
  5. Social Sciences#1,043 #1,952
  6. Physical Sciences#1,185 #4,825
  7. Engineering#623 #3,535
  8. Life Sciences#2,338 #4,270
  9. Artificial Intelligence#405 #1,203
  10. Psychology#558 #1,461
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.

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: 0.44× its world share, 32 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 101 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.67× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.63× its world share, 41 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.51× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.40× its world share, 169 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.66× its world share, 153 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 54 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 21 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.80× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.21× its world share, 50 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.66× its world share, 496 worksMedicineNursing: 1.69× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.11× its world share, 50 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.73× its world share, 36 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 27 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.69× its world share, 80 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 134 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 1.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wright State University?

Ranked on the composite score, J. C. Slater, Marian K. Kazimierczuk and Rubin Battino lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wright State University.

  1. 1 J. C. Slater United States · #5,676 worldwide 1.7k citations · 58 works
  2. 2 Marian K. Kazimierczuk United States · #16,581 worldwide 899 citations · 121 works
  3. 3 Rubin Battino United States · #17,244 worldwide 617 citations · 71 works
  4. 4 Amit Sheth United States · #17,496 worldwide 2.2k citations · 279 works
  5. 5 D. C. Look United States · #17,908 worldwide 1.1k citations · 88 works
  6. 6 Nikolaos Bourbakis United States · #27,403 worldwide 718 citations · 95 works
  7. 7 Abdul Ahad S. Awwal United States · #27,960 worldwide 415 citations · 56 works
  8. 8 Alex F. Roche United States · #28,333 worldwide 359 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Lawrence A. Kurdek United States · #38,489 worldwide 534 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 John M. Pascoe United States · #46,071 worldwide 633 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Wright State University

Which keywords describe research at Wright State University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Complications, Treatment, Diagnosis, Mental Health and Cancer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology88▲ 1.42×115 topics
  2. Deep Learning70▲ 1.32×64 topics
  3. Machine Learning66▲ 1.29×59 topics
  4. Mental Health36▲ 1.60×33 topics
  5. Treatment36▲ 1.93×40 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress35▲ 1.37×42 topics
  7. Inflammation34◆ 1.07×66 topics
  8. Cancer33▲ 1.59×46 topics
  9. Diagnosis32▲ 2.2×37 topics
  10. Neural Networks27◆ 1.14×28 topics
  11. Complications27▲ 3.4×16 topics
  12. Public Health27▲ 1.18×38 topics
  13. Risk Factors26▲ 1.55×30 topics
  14. Quality of Life25◆ 1.10×38 topics
  15. Healthcare24▲ 1.40×14 topics
  16. Big Data24▲ 1.68×17 topics
  17. Depression21▲ 1.55×22 topics
  18. Mortality20▲ 2.2×13 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders19▲ 2.2×16 topics
  20. Management19▲ 1.53×25 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome19▲ 1.48×22 topics
  22. Meta-Analysis18▲ 1.91×19 topics
  23. Ethics17▲ 2.3×16 topics
  24. Student Engagement17▲ 2.7×12 topics
  25. Surgical Management15▲ 2.4×19 topics
  26. Guidelines15▲ 2.0×12 topics
  27. IoT Security14▲ 2.8×3 topics
  28. Neoliberalism14▲ 2.5×10 topics
  29. Medical Education14▲ 3.4×12 topics
  30. Surgery14▲ 2.5×11 topics
  31. Patient Satisfaction13▲ 2.7×7 topics
  32. Capitalism11▲ 10×5 topics
  33. Substance Use Disorders10▲ 9.0×2 topics
  34. Signal Processing10▲ 4.5×4 topics
  35. Semantic Web10▲ 6.7×5 topics
  36. Assessment Methods9▲ 5.5×3 topics
  37. Faculty Development9▲ 7.6×3 topics
  38. Hardware Trojans8▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Physical Unclonable Functions8▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Professional Identity Formation8▲ 7.7×1 topic

Which research topics does Wright State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware Security, Innovations in Medical Education, Big Data and Business Intelligence and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment.

Physical Unclonable Func…8Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware Security: 8 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…8Innovations in Medical Education: 8 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 7 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 6 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 6 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 6 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detecti…6Advanced Malware Detection Techniques: 6 fractional worksSemantic Web and Ontologies: 6 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 5 fractional works
Hardware and ArchitecturePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthManagement Information SystemsComputer Networks and Communications5 others

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

  1. 1 Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware Security Hardware and Architecture 8 works
  2. 2 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  3. 3 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 7 works
  4. 4 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  5. 5 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 6 works
  6. 6 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 6 works
  7. 7 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 6 works
  8. 8 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 6 works
  9. 9 Semantic Web and Ontologies Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  10. 10 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 5 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 available39.2%not open60.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wright State University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% 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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