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Research in Northfield

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Northfield, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Carleton College and St. Olaf College.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.7k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
70k
12.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Northfield

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Which research institutions are in Northfield?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Carleton CollegeUniversity 3,362 #3,961
2St. Olaf CollegeUniversity 2,289 #12,344

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Northfield work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research in Northfield is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Arts and Humanities (17%), Computer Science (9%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 415 fractional works · 52.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 203 fractional works · 25.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 68 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 31 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEducation: 25 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAnthropology: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCultural Studies: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 133 fractional works · 16.8% of its workPhilosophy: 40 fractional works · 5.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 19 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workReligious studies: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMusic: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClassics: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 42 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 22 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 18 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 217 fractional works · 27.4% of its workComputer Science: 69 fractional works · 8.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 34 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 28 fractional works · 3.6% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 27 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 95 fractional works · 12.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 45 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 19 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 66 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMedicine: 49 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNorthfield793fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences52%

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 city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences20325.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities13316.8%
    3. Psychology425.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance222.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting81.0%
    6. Decision Sciences70.9%
    1. Computer Science698.6%
    2. Environmental Science344.3%
    3. Mathematics283.6%
    4. Engineering273.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences243.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy162.0%
    7. Chemistry121.5%
    8. Materials Science40.6%
    9. Energy20.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology455.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences273.4%
    3. Neuroscience192.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine496.1%
    2. Health Professions141.7%
    3. Nursing20.2%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Northfield strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Northfield is most concentrated in Philosophy (11.9× the world share in Philosophy).

  1. PhilosophySubfield · 36.2 works12×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.51× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.89× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.14× its world share, 63 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 30 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.28× its world share, 27 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.96× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.87× its world share, 120 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.32× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.62× its world share, 35 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.09× its world share, 187 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.87×120 works
  2. Mathematics3.28×27 works
  3. Social Sciences2.09×187 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.92×21 works
  5. Psychology1.62×35 works
  6. Neuroscience1.51×17 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.32×20 works
  8. Computer Science1.14×63 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.96×36 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.96×15 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.94×6 works
  12. Chemistry0.89×10 works
  13. Environmental Science0.84×30 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.73×24 works
  15. Health Professions0.72×13 works
  16. Veterinary0.52×0 works
  17. Nursing0.50×2 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.33×2 works
  19. Medicine0.31×43 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×6 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.21×0 works
  22. Engineering0.21×22 works
  23. Energy0.19×1 works
  24. Dentistry0.17×1 works
  25. Materials Science0.14×4 works
  26. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.08×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Northfield?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Ethics, Philosophy, History, Culture, Colonialism, Globalization and Gender.

▲ 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 city'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. Globalization44▲ 2.8×68 topics
  2. Religion37▲ 10.0×26 topics
  3. History32▲ 5.9×21 topics
  4. Ethics30▲ 7.4×26 topics
  5. Culture30▲ 7.1×18 topics
  6. Philosophy28▲ 8.1×17 topics
  7. Colonialism28▲ 7.4×28 topics
  8. Gender27▲ 6.4×31 topics
  9. Literature26▲ 5.9×25 topics
  10. Climate Change25▲ 1.16×57 topics
  11. Identity24▲ 4.2×30 topics
  12. Nationalism24▲ 6.6×20 topics
  13. Education20▲ 1.50×38 topics
  14. Society19▲ 12×11 topics
  15. Gender Differences19▲ 6.3×11 topics
  16. Human Rights18▲ 2.2×27 topics
  17. Neoliberalism16▲ 5.7×17 topics
  18. Feminism16▲ 6.9×14 topics
  19. STEM Education16▲ 4.4×6 topics
  20. Politics15▲ 7.3×12 topics
  21. Higher Education15▲ 3.5×14 topics
  22. Social Justice15▲ 3.1×24 topics
  23. Learning Analytics14▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Computational Thinking13▲ 47×1 topic
  25. Programming Education13▲ 47×1 topic
  26. Technology12▲ 2.9×12 topics
  27. Democracy11▲ 4.1×15 topics
  28. Cultural Studies11▲ 3.8×16 topics
  29. Empathy11▲ 12×7 topics
  30. Teaching Methods10▲ 8.2×6 topics
  31. Neuroscience10▲ 4.2×12 topics
  32. Cultural Transmission9▲ 15×4 topics
  33. Modernization8▲ 5.8×3 topics
  34. Medicine8▲ 12×7 topics
  35. Race8▲ 8.3×13 topics
  36. Public Opinion8▲ 8.0×4 topics
  37. Mathematics Education7▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Divine Providence7▲ 66×2 topics
  39. Imperialism7▲ 12×5 topics
  40. Religious Identity7▲ 14×5 topics

What research is done in Northfield?

Teaching and Learning Pr…12Teaching and Learning Programming: 12 fractional worksTheology and Philosophy of Evil: 6 fractional worksHistory and Theory of Ma…6History and Theory of Mathematics: 6 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …6American Constitutional Law and Politics: 6 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 5 fractional worksMedieval Literature and History: 4 fractional worksReligious Studies and Sp…4Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices: 4 fractional worksJapanese History and Culture: 4 fractional worksComputability, Logic, AI Algorithms: 4 fractional worksRace, History, and Ameri…4Race, History, and American Society: 4 fractional works
Computer Science ApplicationsPhilosophyTheoretical Computer SciencePolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 12 works
  2. 2 Theology and Philosophy of Evil Philosophy 6 works
  3. 3 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 6 works
  4. 4 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  5. 5 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 5 works
  6. 6 Medieval Literature and History Classics 4 works
  7. 7 Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices Philosophy 4 works
  8. 8 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 4 works
  9. 9 Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 4 works
  10. 10 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 4 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Northfield10.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.0% in 2002.

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