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Augustana College

In research, Augustana College stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,320 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,600
of 22,385 · #9,236 all time
Rank in United States
#1,908
of 3,332
Research works
1.4k
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
22k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Augustana College

What is Augustana 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 #6,320 of 9,585 9.0%66 #6417

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

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Augustana College is in Social Sciences, 37% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Computer Science (16%), Arts and Humanities (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 75 fractional works · 49.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 43 fractional works · 28.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 18 fractional works · 11.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 9.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 8.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 56 fractional works · 36.9% of its workComputer Science: 24 fractional works · 15.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 5.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 6.4% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAugustana College152fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences50%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4328.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities149.2%
    3. Psychology138.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting21.5%
    6. Decision Sciences10.8%
    1. Computer Science2415.7%
    2. Environmental Science106.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences95.9%
    4. Engineering85.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy31.8%
    6. Chemistry10.7%
    7. Mathematics10.5%
    8. Materials Science00.3%
    9. Energy00.2%
    1. Medicine74.3%
    2. Health Professions42.8%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Neuroscience53.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.7%
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: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.99× its world share, 5 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.01× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.77× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.30× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 7 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.19× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.77× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.22× its world share, 43 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.77×9 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.19×14 works
  3. Psychology2.77×13 works
  4. Social Sciences2.22×43 works
  5. Computer Science2.01×24 works
  6. Neuroscience1.99×5 works
  7. Environmental Science1.30×10 works
  8. Health Professions1.05×4 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.82×1 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.80×3 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.70×2 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.53×4 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.46×2 works
  14. Chemistry0.44×1 works
  15. Mathematics0.41×1 works
  16. Engineering0.36×8 works
  17. Energy0.24×0 works
  18. Medicine0.23×7 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×1 works
  20. Dentistry0.11×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Augustana College?

Ranked on the quality score, Kathy J. Jakielski, Peter Kivisto and Michael B. Wolf lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Augustana College.

  1. 1 Kathy J. Jakielski United States · #635,122 worldwide 1.4k citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Peter Kivisto United States · #1,522,189 worldwide 5.1k citations · 351 works
  3. 3 Michael B. Wolf United States · #1,588,798 worldwide 2.5k citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Paul R. Croll United States · #1,726,573 worldwide 611 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Michael D. Finnemann United States · #1,993,404 worldwide 1k citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Anne L. Zell United States · #2,085,919 worldwide 802 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Eric Stewart United States · #2,220,812 worldwide 155 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 David L. Tiede United States · #2,385,695 worldwide 186 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Stephen B. Hager United States · #2,502,315 worldwide 787 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Pamela J. Trotter United States · #2,517,440 worldwide 1.6k citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Augustana College

What are the most cited papers from Augustana College?

The most cited paper from Augustana College is "The Mass Media and American Politics" (Michael William Pfau, 1989), with 931 citations. Next come "The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism" (751) and "Dependence and precarity in the platform economy" (529).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Mass Media and American Politics Michael William Pfau · The Western Political Quarterly Mar 1989 931
2 The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism Peter Kivisto, Colin Campbell · Sociological Analysis 1988 751
3 Dependence and precarity in the platform economy Juliet B. Schor, William Attwood‐Charles, Mehmet Cansoy et al. · Theory and Society Open access 7 Aug 2020 529
4 Windowed cross-correlation and peak picking for the analysis of variability in the association between behavioral time series. Steven M. Boker, Jennifer L. Rotondo, Minquan Xu et al. · Psychological Methods 2002 347
5 The Complexities of Agent-Based Modeling Output Analysis Ju-­Sung Lee, Tatiana Filatova, Arika Ligmann-Zielińska et al. · Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation Open access 2015 327
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Augustana College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Feminism, Identity, Gender, Subduction, Andean Geodynamics, Caribbean Plate Boundary, Deep Learning and Postcolonialism.

▲ 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. Deep Learning10▲ 2.0×26 topics
  2. Machine Learning9▲ 1.83×17 topics
  3. Feminism8▲ 19×8 topics
  4. Identity7▲ 6.6×14 topics
  5. Globalization6▲ 2.1×14 topics
  6. Gender6▲ 7.3×10 topics
  7. Subduction6▲ 49×2 topics
  8. Andean Geodynamics5▲ 462×1 topic
  9. Caribbean Plate Boundary5▲ 462×1 topic
  10. Social Justice5▲ 5.9×9 topics
  11. Postcolonialism5▲ 23×5 topics
  12. Security4▲ 4.4×7 topics
  13. Social Movements4▲ 9.3×3 topics
  14. Cold War4▲ 43×3 topics
  15. History4▲ 3.6×8 topics
  16. Black Studies4▲ 109×1 topic
  17. Civil Rights Movement4▲ 109×1 topic
  18. Language Development4▲ 19×4 topics
  19. Internet of Things3▲ 2.6×5 topics
  20. IoT Security3▲ 6.8×3 topics
  21. Nationalism3▲ 4.7×7 topics
  22. Colonialism3▲ 4.2×7 topics
  23. Public Sociology3▲ 233×1 topic
  24. Social Theory3▲ 69×1 topic
  25. Empire3▲ 22×3 topics
  26. Social Mobility3▲ 62×2 topics
  27. Bilingualism2▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Educational Inequality2▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Cultural Capital2▲ 24×1 topic
  30. Race2▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Social Class2▲ 111×1 topic
  32. Immigration2▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Pollution2▲ 7.0×2 topics
  34. Behavioral Analysis2▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Fan Culture2▲ 49×1 topic
  36. National Identity2▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Sport2▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Compositional Data Analysis2▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Mineral Prospectivity2▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Secularism2▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Augustana College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America, Race, History, and American Society, Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice and Social and Cultural Dynamics.

Geological and Tectonic …5Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America: 5 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 4 fractional worksContemporary Sociologica…3Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice: 3 fractional worksSocial and Cultural Dyna…2Social and Cultural Dynamics: 2 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Society: 2 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detecti…2Advanced Malware Detection Techniques: 2 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 2 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 2 fractional worksRadioactivity and Radon Measurements: 1 fractional works
GeophysicsSociology and Political ScienceGender StudiesArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America Geophysics 5 works
  2. 2 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  3. 3 Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  4. 4 Social and Cultural Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 2 works
  6. 6 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  7. 7 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 2 works
  8. 8 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  9. 9 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 2 works
  10. 10 Radioactivity and Radon Measurements Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 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 available15.5%not open84.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.6%domestic only88.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Augustana College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% 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 Augustana College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00045% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Augustana College0.00041% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Augustana 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 2025Augustana College1.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.4% in 2019.

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