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Aquinas College

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Research works
95
▼ 69% vs 2018-21
Citations
2k
20.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Aquinas College

Not ranked overall: Aquinas College is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Aquinas College work in?

In all years, 44% of research at Aquinas College is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (17%), Arts and Humanities (17%), Mathematics (15%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 42 fractional works · 44.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 17.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 16 fractional works · 16.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 31 fractional works · 33.2% of its workMathematics: 14 fractional works · 14.6% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 7.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 14.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 8.5% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAquinas College95fractional works, all years
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences44%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1617.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities1616.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance43.9%
    4. Decision Sciences22.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting22.2%
    6. Psychology11.5%
    1. Mathematics1414.6%
    2. Computer Science77.3%
    3. Engineering44.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy22.3%
    5. Chemistry21.7%
    6. Materials Science11.4%
    7. Environmental Science11.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology88.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences44.5%
    3. Neuroscience11.6%
    1. Medicine77.3%
    2. Health Professions11.0%
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: 4.34× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Chemistry: 2.92× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.49× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMathematics: 19.45× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.32× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 6.54× its world share, 0 worksArts and Humanities1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 19.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics19.45×1 works
  2. Arts and Humanities6.54×0 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.34×0 works
  4. Chemistry2.92×0 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy2.32×0 works
  6. Engineering1.49×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.28×0 works
  8. Medicine0.18×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Aquinas College?

Ranked on the quality score, Michael Schraer and C. B. Goodhart lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aquinas College.

  1. 1 Michael Schraer United Kingdom · #2,899,345 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 C. B. Goodhart United Kingdom · #4,936,008 worldwide 512 citations · 73 works
All ranked researchers at Aquinas College

What are the most cited papers from Aquinas College?

The most cited paper from Aquinas College is "Human genetic diversity: Lewontin's fallacy" (A. W. F. Edwards, 2003), with 290 citations. Next come "Herding, social influence and economic decision-making: socio-psychological and neuroscientific analyses" (288) and "Sync-how order emerges from chaos in the universe, nature, and daily life" (191).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Human genetic diversity: Lewontin's fallacy A. W. F. Edwards · BioEssays 18 Jul 2003 290
2 Herding, social influence and economic decision-making: socio-psychological and neuroscientific analyses Michelle Catherine Baddeley · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences Open access 21 Dec 2009 288
3 Sync-how order emerges from chaos in the universe, nature, and daily life A. W. F. Edwards · The Mathematical Intelligencer Open access Dec 2005 191
4 G. H. Hardy (1908) and Hardy–Weinberg Equilibrium A. W. F. Edwards · Genetics Open access Jul 2008 150
5 Coherency and estimation in simultaneous models with censored or qualitative dependent variables Richard W. Blundell, Richard J. Smith · Journal of Econometrics Sep 1994 141
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Aquinas College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Population Genetics, Teaching Methods, Natural Selection, Model Checking, Evolution, Evolutionary Synthesis, Mechanistic Explanation and Philosophy.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology4◆ 1.07×8 topics
  2. Population Genetics4▲ 24×4 topics
  3. Natural Selection3▲ 39×3 topics
  4. Teaching Methods3▲ 25×3 topics
  5. Evolution3▲ 11×3 topics
  6. Model Checking3▲ 29×3 topics
  7. Philosophy3▲ 6.5×8 topics
  8. Religion3▲ 5.1×9 topics
  9. Evolutionary Synthesis3▲ 97×1 topic
  10. Mechanistic Explanation3▲ 97×1 topic
  11. Adaptation2▲ 8.9×2 topics
  12. Social Networks2▲ 13×3 topics
  13. Ethics2▲ 5.5×7 topics
  14. Historical Sources2▲ 81×1 topic
  15. Mathematics Education2▲ 44×1 topic
  16. Culture2▲ 5.0×4 topics
  17. Genetic Dynamics2▲ 83×1 topic
  18. History2▲ 3.0×4 topics
  19. Mutation2▲ 16×1 topic
  20. Society2▲ 9.9×4 topics
  21. Temporal Logic2▲ 29×2 topics
  22. Tropical Geometry2▲ 48×2 topics
  23. Colonialism2▲ 4.0×4 topics
  24. Altruism2▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Cooperation2▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Cultural Studies2▲ 5.2×5 topics
  27. Agency2▲ 40×3 topics
  28. Divine Providence2▲ 95×2 topics
  29. Income Tax2▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Virtue Ethics2▲ 75×2 topics
  31. Bayesian Inference2▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Modular Forms2▲ 33×3 topics
  33. Symplectic Geometry2▲ 32×2 topics
  34. Evolutionary Games2▲ 59×1 topic
  35. Family Planning2▲ 31×2 topics
  36. Gender Inequality2▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Indirect Reciprocity2▲ 59×1 topic
  38. Knowledge Representation2▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Labor Force Participation2▲ 30×1 topic
  40. L-Functions1▲ 39×2 topics

Which research topics does Aquinas College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: History of Science and Medicine, Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques, Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging.

History of Science and M…0History of Science and Medicine: 0 fractional worksThermography and Photoac…0Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques: 0 fractional worksNanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer: 0 fractional worksPhotoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging: 0 fractional worksInsect Pest Control Strategies: 0 fractional worksSugarcane Cultivation and Processing: 0 fractional worksMathematical and Theoretical Analysis: 0 fractional worksHistory and Theory of Ma…0History and Theory of Mathematics: 0 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 0 fractional worksPhilosophy and History of Science: 0 fractional works
History and Philosophy of ScienceMechanics of MaterialsBiomedical EngineeringPlant Science3 others

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

  1. 1 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  2. 2 Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  3. 3 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Insect Pest Control Strategies Plant Science 0 works
  6. 6 Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing Plant Science 0 works
  7. 7 Mathematical and Theoretical Analysis Mathematical Physics 0 works
  8. 8 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 0 works
  9. 9 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 0 works
  10. 10 Philosophy and History of Science History and Philosophy of Science 0 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 available27.6%not open72.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.1%domestic only82.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Aquinas College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 69% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Aquinas College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000024% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Aquinas College0.0000056% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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