Data
West Virginia University
| Fields | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fields | 224 | 199 | 182 | 181 | 188 | 199 | 181 | 155 | 170 | 143 |
| Science and engineering | 176 | 150 | 128 | 130 | 137 | 137 | 126 | 107 | 135 | 105 |
| Science | 136 | 113 | 99 | 102 | 111 | 102 | 99 | 84 | 102 | 81 |
| Life science | 58 | 47 | 35 | 44 | 53 | 46 | 41 | 31 | 43 | 38 |
| Agricultural sciences | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 6 |
| Biological sciences | 30 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 25 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 25 |
| Health | 15 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 7 |
| Physical sciences and earth sciences | 28 | 16 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 10 |
| Chemistry | 10 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 4 |
| Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences | 8 | . | . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | . | 1 | 2 |
| Physics and astronomy | 10 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Mathematics and computer sciences | 7 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 |
| Computer sciences | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Mathematics | 6 | . | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | . | 5 | 2 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 43 | 41 | 34 | 34 | 39 | 39 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 28 |
| Psychology | 22 | 29 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 15 |
| Economics | 10 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 |
| Political science and government | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Other social sciences | 9 | 4 | . | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Engineering | 40 | 37 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 35 | 27 | 23 | 33 | 24 |
| Aeronautical/astronautical engineering | 2 | . | 4 | . | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Biological/biomedical sciences | 2 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . | 1 |
| Chemical engineering | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Civil engineering | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Electrical engineering | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| Industrial engineering | 4 | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Materials/metallurgical engineering | 1 | . | 3 | 3 | 1 | . | 1 | . | 1 | . |
| Mechanical engineering | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 7 |
| Other engineering | 9 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Non-science and engineering | 48 | 49 | 54 | 51 | 51 | 62 | 55 | 48 | 35 | 38 |
| Education | 24 | 19 | 32 | 29 | 31 | 37 | 42 | 30 | 23 | 23 |
| Education administration | 5 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| Education research | 8 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 9 |
| Teacher education | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | . |
| Teaching fields | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Other education | 7 | . | . | . | . | . | 2 | 1 | . | 1 |
| Humanities | 18 | 25 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 13 |
| History | 9 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Letters | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | . | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| Other humanities | 8 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Other | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Business management/administration | 1 | 1 | . | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | 1 | 1 |
| Communication | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Fields not elsewhere classified (nec) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . | . | . | . |
