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Assumption College

In research, Assumption College stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,444 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,678
of 22,385 · #15,318 all time
Rank in United States
#2,079
of 3,332
Research works
716
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.7k
10.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Assumption College

What is Assumption College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #6,444 of 9,585 6.4%100 #7329

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

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Assumption College is in Social Sciences, 13% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Arts and Humanities (16%), Psychology (11%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 119 fractional works · 71.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 60 fractional works · 36.0% of its workEducation: 17 fractional works · 10.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 6.2% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 27 fractional works · 16.0% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 11.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 22 fractional works · 13.2% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 9.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAssumptionCollege167fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences71%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6036.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities2716.0%
    3. Psychology1911.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting84.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance52.8%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Computer Science63.3%
    2. Materials Science42.2%
    3. Environmental Science31.9%
    4. Chemistry31.8%
    5. Engineering31.8%
    6. Physics and Astronomy20.9%
    7. Mathematics10.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    9. Energy00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences95.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42.2%
    3. Neuroscience21.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine73.9%
    2. Health Professions42.1%
    3. Nursing00.2%
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: 1.11× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.15× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.55× its world share, 27 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.41× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.31× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.74× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.84× its world share, 60 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.55×27 works
  2. Psychology3.74×19 works
  3. Social Sciences2.84×60 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.41×8 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.31×5 works
  6. Chemistry1.15×3 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.11×9 works
  8. Neuroscience0.84×2 works
  9. Health Professions0.81×4 works
  10. Mathematics0.66×1 works
  11. Materials Science0.64×4 works
  12. Nursing0.47×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×4 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.42×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.42×6 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.42×2 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.41×1 works
  18. Environmental Science0.38×3 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.30×0 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.28×0 works
  21. Energy0.22×0 works
  22. Medicine0.21×7 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×0 works
  24. Engineering0.12×3 works

Who are the top researchers at Assumption College?

Ranked on the quality score, Smriti Rao, Samantha E. Goldman and Paula A. Fitzpatrick lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Assumption College.

  1. 1 Smriti Rao United States · #826,849 worldwide 645 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Samantha E. Goldman United States · #1,070,453 worldwide 835 citations · 53 works
  3. 3 Paula A. Fitzpatrick United States · #1,208,307 worldwide 2.5k citations · 84 works
  4. 4 Maria Kalpidou United States · #1,946,710 worldwide 774 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Lisa Andries D’Souza United States · #2,564,363 worldwide 236 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Bryan Carella United States · #2,750,158 worldwide 67 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Angela M. Kaufman-Parks United States · #2,827,495 worldwide 128 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 John F. McClymer United States · #2,831,086 worldwide 666 citations · 50 works
  9. 9 Geoffrey M. Vaughan United States · #2,857,074 worldwide 263 citations · 57 works
  10. 10 Christopher J. Gilbert United States · #3,020,587 worldwide 149 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Assumption College

What are the most cited papers from Assumption College?

The most cited paper from Assumption College is "Asymmetric Catalysis Mediated by Synthetic Peptides" (Elizabeth A. Colby Davie, Steven M. Mennen, Yingju Xu et al., 2007), with 647 citations. Next come "The Relationship Between Facebook and the Well-Being of Undergraduate College Students" (619) and "Parenting stress among families of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder" (413).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Asymmetric Catalysis Mediated by Synthetic Peptides Elizabeth A. Colby Davie, Steven M. Mennen, Yingju Xu et al. · Chemical Reviews Review Dec 2007 647
2 The Relationship Between Facebook and the Well-Being of Undergraduate College Students Maria Kalpidou, Dan Costin, Jessica Morris · Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking 30 Dec 2010 619
3 Parenting stress among families of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Arthur D. Anastopoulos, David C. Guevremont, Terri L. Shelton et al. · Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology Oct 1992 413
4 Parent training for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: Its impact on parent functioning Arthur D. Anastopoulos, Terri L. Shelton, George J. DuPaul et al. · Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology Open access Oct 1993 411
5 Psychological factors and consumer behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic Adolfo Di Crosta, Irene Ceccato, Daniela Marchetti et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 16 Aug 2021 313
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Assumption College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Colonialism, Nationalism, Social Justice, Experiential Learning, Literature, Neoliberalism and Religion.

▲ 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. Globalization16▲ 4.9×25 topics
  2. Colonialism8▲ 9.6×11 topics
  3. Nationalism7▲ 9.8×11 topics
  4. Mental Health7▲ 3.0×17 topics
  5. Social Justice7▲ 7.2×11 topics
  6. Experiential Learning7▲ 78×5 topics
  7. Literature6▲ 6.9×10 topics
  8. Educational Technology6▲ 3.0×12 topics
  9. Neoliberalism6▲ 9.4×7 topics
  10. Religion6▲ 7.3×9 topics
  11. Student Engagement5▲ 8.0×10 topics
  12. Ethics5▲ 6.2×11 topics
  13. Identity5▲ 4.3×11 topics
  14. Higher Education5▲ 5.7×9 topics
  15. Resilience4▲ 5.4×8 topics
  16. Democracy4▲ 7.0×5 topics
  17. History4▲ 3.6×10 topics
  18. Professional Development4▲ 12×6 topics
  19. Social Capital4▲ 4.1×7 topics
  20. Student Motivation4▲ 11×5 topics
  21. Technology Integration4▲ 6.8×7 topics
  22. Adventure Education4▲ 344×1 topic
  23. Outdoor Therapy4▲ 344×1 topic
  24. Philosophy4▲ 4.7×8 topics
  25. Ethnography3▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Learning Outcomes3▲ 4.8×5 topics
  27. Theology3▲ 22×4 topics
  28. Secularism3▲ 18×4 topics
  29. Late Antiquity3▲ 35×2 topics
  30. Federalism3▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Political Philosophy3▲ 30×3 topics
  32. Gender politics3▲ 41×2 topics
  33. Intersectionality3▲ 8.6×4 topics
  34. Emotion3▲ 7.4×8 topics
  35. Public Opinion3▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Teacher Professional Development3▲ 9.6×5 topics
  37. Ancient Rome2▲ 47×1 topic
  38. Governmentality2▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Greek Literature2▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Structural Violence2▲ 76×1 topic

Which research topics does Assumption College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Outdoor and Experiential Education, Anthropological Studies and Insights, Classical Antiquity Studies and Diverse Educational Innovations Studies.

Outdoor and Experiential…4Outdoor and Experiential Education: 4 fractional worksAnthropological Studies …2Anthropological Studies and Insights: 2 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Stud…2Classical Antiquity Studies: 2 fractional worksDiverse Educational Inno…2Diverse Educational Innovations Studies: 2 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 2 fractional worksReligion and Society Interactions: 2 fractional worksSouth Asian Cinema and C…2South Asian Cinema and Culture: 2 fractional worksSocial and Economic Development in India: 2 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 2 fractional worksEducational Games and Ga…1Educational Games and Gamification: 1 fractional works
Social PsychologyAnthropologyGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesPolitical Science and International Relations4 others

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

  1. 1 Outdoor and Experiential Education Social Psychology 4 works
  2. 2 Anthropological Studies and Insights Anthropology 2 works
  3. 3 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 2 works
  4. 4 Diverse Educational Innovations Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  5. 5 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 South Asian Cinema and Culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 2 works
  8. 8 Social and Economic Development in India Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 2 works
  10. 10 Educational Games and Gamification Developmental and Educational Psychology 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 available23.9%not open76.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.8%domestic only75.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Assumption College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% 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 Assumption College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00070% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Assumption College0.00083% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Assumption 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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Assumption College7.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.9% in 2012.

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