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Albion College

In research, Albion College stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,275 of 9,330 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,020 of 14,833 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,845 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,054
of 22,385 · #12,675 all time
Rank in United States
#2,145
of 3,332
Research works
1k
▼ 40% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
14.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Albion College

What is Albion College 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 SciencesField #3,275 of 9,330 11.5%282
Social SciencesDomain #6,020 of 14,833 9.8%576
Physical SciencesDomain #11,845 of 17,446 8.8%259
Arts and HumanitiesField #3,117 of 3,511 10.2%159

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Albion College 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 Albion College work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Albion College is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Medicine (12%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 42 fractional works · 42.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 24.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 6.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 34.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11 fractional works · 11.1% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 6.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 14.9% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 11.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKAlbion College100fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences42%

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 Sciences2424.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities66.5%
    3. Psychology55.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting33.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.1%
    6. Decision Sciences10.6%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences1111.1%
    2. Environmental Science77.0%
    3. Computer Science76.8%
    4. Engineering44.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy32.5%
    6. Mathematics11.1%
    7. Energy10.6%
    8. Materials Science00.5%
    9. Chemistry00.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Medicine1211.6%
    2. Health Professions33.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology66.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.6%
    3. Neuroscience00.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
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: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.13× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.08× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.41× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 12 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.24× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.02× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.75× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences7.08×11 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.24×6 works
  3. Social Sciences1.92×24 works
  4. Psychology1.75×5 works
  5. Environmental Science1.41×7 works
  6. Health Professions1.25×3 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.14×2 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.13×6 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.02×3 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.99×2 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.95×0 works
  12. Mathematics0.90×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.87×7 works
  14. Energy0.69×1 works
  15. Medicine0.60×12 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.57×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×2 works
  18. Engineering0.30×4 works
  19. Chemistry0.28×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.26×0 works
  21. Neuroscience0.21×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Albion College?

Ranked on the quality score, Elizabeth M. Brumfiel, Harold L. Pratt and Vicki L. Baker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Albion College.

  1. 1 Elizabeth M. Brumfiel United States · #312,332 worldwide 3.6k citations · 80 works
  2. 2 Harold L. Pratt United States · #399,895 worldwide 2.7k citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Vicki L. Baker United States · #906,517 worldwide 3.3k citations · 102 works
  4. 4 Geoffrey Campbell Cocks United States · #1,076,043 worldwide 1.5k citations · 155 works
  5. 5 Craig Nolan Streu United States · #1,151,898 worldwide 1.5k citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Jeffrey C. Carrier United States · #1,303,423 worldwide 2.9k citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Meghan J. Pifer United States · #1,528,499 worldwide 1.3k citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Abigail Cahill United States · #1,701,644 worldwide 2k citations · 85 works
  9. 9 Ken Saville United States · #2,466,822 worldwide 703 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Allen Horstman United States · #2,495,528 worldwide 548 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Albion College

What are the most cited papers from Albion College?

The most cited paper from Albion College is "Moral disengagement in ethical decision making: A study of antecedents and outcomes." (James R. Detert, Linda Klebe Treviño, Vicki L. Sweitzer, 2008), with 1,324 citations. Next come "WHY EMPLOYEES DO BAD THINGS: MORAL DISENGAGEMENT AND UNETHICAL ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR" (1,158) and "The social desirability response bias in ethics research" (882).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Moral disengagement in ethical decision making: A study of antecedents and outcomes. James R. Detert, Linda Klebe Treviño, Vicki L. Sweitzer · Journal of Applied Psychology 2008 1,324
2 WHY EMPLOYEES DO BAD THINGS: MORAL DISENGAGEMENT AND UNETHICAL ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR Celia Moore, James R. Detert, Linda Klebe Treviño et al. · Personnel Psychology Open access 27 Feb 2012 1,158
3 The social desirability response bias in ethics research Donna M. Randall, Maria F. Fernandes · Journal of Business Ethics Nov 1991 882
4 Obliquity-paced Pliocene West Antarctic ice sheet oscillations T. Naish et al. · Nature Open access Mar 2009 785
5 Counting near-infrared single-photons with 95% efficiency Adriana E. Lita, Aaron Miller, Sae Woo Nam · Optics Express Open access 2008 742
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Albion College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Politics, History, Neoliberalism, Higher Education, Tectonics, Sedimentation, Gender and Migration.

▲ 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. Machine Learning5▲ 1.39×11 topics
  2. History4▲ 6.2×8 topics
  3. Politics4▲ 16×7 topics
  4. Neoliberalism4▲ 10×5 topics
  5. Globalization4▲ 1.81×9 topics
  6. Higher Education4▲ 6.6×7 topics
  7. Gender3▲ 6.4×10 topics
  8. Identity3▲ 4.5×8 topics
  9. Sedimentation3▲ 57×2 topics
  10. Tectonics3▲ 27×3 topics
  11. Innovation3▲ 3.0×8 topics
  12. Physical Activity3▲ 6.4×5 topics
  13. Public Health3▲ 2.1×6 topics
  14. Remote Sensing3▲ 2.6×6 topics
  15. Migration3▲ 8.9×7 topics
  16. Mental Health3▲ 2.0×7 topics
  17. Support Vector Machines3▲ 8.9×3 topics
  18. Culture3▲ 5.1×7 topics
  19. Holocene3▲ 24×2 topics
  20. Sea Level3▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Nationalism2▲ 5.6×5 topics
  22. Hyperspectral Imaging2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  23. Black Sea2▲ 63×1 topic
  24. Colonialism2▲ 4.9×6 topics
  25. Compositional Data Analysis2▲ 37×1 topic
  26. Ethnicity2▲ 6.2×2 topics
  27. Mineral Prospectivity2▲ 37×1 topic
  28. paleoceanography2▲ 84×1 topic
  29. Ecosystem Services2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  30. Genomics2▲ 7.3×5 topics
  31. Plate Tectonics2▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Student Engagement2▲ 4.9×5 topics
  33. Cosmopolitanism2▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Multiculturalism2▲ 9.9×3 topics
  35. Society2▲ 9.6×4 topics
  36. Chronic Diseases2▲ 6.6×2 topics
  37. Ecology2▲ 10.0×3 topics
  38. Science2▲ 6.6×3 topics
  39. Financialization2▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Physical Fitness2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Albion College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Marine and environmental studies, Geological and Geochemical Analysis and Higher Education Practises and Engagement.

Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 2 fractional worksMarine and environmental studies: 2 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 1 fractional worksHigher Education Practises and Engagement: 1 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and Integration: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colonial Histories: 1 fractional worksPhysical Activity and He…1Physical Activity and Health: 1 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 1 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 1 fractional worksUrban Green Space and He…1Urban Green Space and Health: 1 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceOceanographyGeophysicsEducation6 others

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

  1. 1 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  2. 2 Marine and environmental studies Oceanography 2 works
  3. 3 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 1 works
  4. 4 Higher Education Practises and Engagement Education 1 works
  5. 5 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 1 works
  7. 7 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 1 works
  8. 8 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 1 works
  9. 9 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 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 available19.0%not open81.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.4%domestic only94.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Albion College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 40% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Albion College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00043% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Albion College0.00024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Albion College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

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

10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2024Albion College4.6% in 202420102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.0% in 2017.

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