San Diego State University

32.7k papers and 1.1M indexed citations

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with San Diego State University have published 32.7k papers, which have received a total of 1.1M indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 3.0k papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2.6k papers in Clinical Psychology and 2.3k papers in General Health Professions on the topics of Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (1000 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (666 papers) and Physical Activity and Health (559 papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Clinical Psychology (105.0k citations), Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (103.4k citations) and Sociology and Political Science (97.1k citations). Authors at San Diego State University collaborate with scholars in United States, China and Canada and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine. Some of San Diego State University's most productive authors include James F. Sallis, Jean M. Twenge, F.J. Harris, Robert A. Edwards, Forest Rohwer, Janet Franklin, Adrian Bauman, Edward P. Riley, Brian E. Saelens and Seema Patel.

In The Last Decade

San Diego State University

30.1k papers receiving 1.1M citations

Countries citing scholars working at San Diego State University

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This map shows the geographic impact of research produced by authors working at San Diego State University. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers produced at San Diego State University with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites San Diego State University more than expected).

Fields of papers published by authors at San Diego State University

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers affiliated with San Diego State University at the time of their publication. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers affiliated with San Diego State University at the time of their publication.

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