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Barton College

In research, Barton College stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,829 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#30,552
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,449
of 7,310
Research works
217
▲ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9k
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Barton College

What is Barton 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 SciencesDomain #12,829 of 14,833 9.9%169

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

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Barton College is in Social Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Social Sciences (20%), Arts and Humanities (16%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 12 fractional works · 47.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 20.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 9.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 15.9% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 7.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 28.3% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 24.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 19.0% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 9.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAquatic Science: 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 WORKBarton College25fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences28%Social Sciences48%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences520.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities415.9%
    3. Psychology27.7%
    4. Decision Sciences01.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting01.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.3%
    1. Medicine624.3%
    2. Health Professions12.0%
    3. Nursing01.9%
    1. Computer Science29.3%
    2. Environmental Science26.9%
    3. Engineering12.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.2%
    3. 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: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.39× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.26× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 3.92× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.50× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.53× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 5 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 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.50×4 works
  2. Nursing3.92×0 works
  3. Psychology2.53×2 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.60×0 works
  5. Social Sciences1.59×5 works
  6. Environmental Science1.39×2 works
  7. Medicine1.26×6 works
  8. Computer Science1.19×2 works
  9. Health Professions0.77×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.62×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.46×1 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.43×1 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.41×0 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.33×0 works
  15. Engineering0.19×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Barton College?

Ranked on the quality score, Lydia M. Walker, Jane S. Webster and Rodney Alan Werline lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Barton College.

  1. 1 Lydia M. Walker United States · #2,394,385 worldwide 10 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Jane S. Webster United States · #2,996,640 worldwide 68 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Rodney Alan Werline United States · #3,007,439 worldwide 105 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Pamela Berger United States · #3,169,285 worldwide 80 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Mildred E. Hartsock United States · #3,329,431 worldwide 20 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Roger A. Bullard United States · #3,674,036 worldwide 106 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 David Abeling-Judge United States · #4,039,000 worldwide 78 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Charlie Ottinger United States · #4,763,768 worldwide 91 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Jeff Broadwater United States · #5,122,377 worldwide 145 citations · 77 works
All ranked researchers at Barton College

What are the most cited papers from Barton College?

The most cited paper from Barton College is "The permeability of the wall fabric of Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis" (Paul H. Demchick, A L Koch, 1996), with 402 citations. Next come "INSTITUTIONAL OWNERSHIP AND CORPORATE R&D IN THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY." (310) and "Neural Processes Supporting Young and Older Adults' Emotional Memories" (214).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The permeability of the wall fabric of Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis Paul H. Demchick, A L Koch · Journal of Bacteriology Open access Feb 1996 402
2 INSTITUTIONAL OWNERSHIP AND CORPORATE R&D IN THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY. Samuel B. Graves · Academy of Management Journal Jun 1988 310
3 Neural Processes Supporting Young and Older Adults' Emotional Memories Elizabeth A. Kensinger, Daniel L. Schacter · Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience Open access 19 Feb 2008 214
4 Pluralistic ignorance and college student perceptions of gender-specific alcohol norms. Jerry M. Suls, Peter Green · Health Psychology Sep 2003 174
5 How Negative Emotion Enhances the Visual Specificity of a Memory Elizabeth A. Kensinger, Rachel J. Garoff-Eaton, Daniel L. Schacter · Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience Open access 24 Oct 2007 173
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Which keywords describe research at Barton College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: News Media, High-Intensity Interval Training, History, Globalization, Convolutional Neural Networks, Social Media, Injury Prevention and Cultural History.

▲ 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 20 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization2▲ 3.7×5 topics
  2. News Media2▲ 132×2 topics
  3. Social Media2▲ 4.3×2 topics
  4. High-Intensity Interval Training1▲ 53×2 topics
  5. Climate Change1▲ 1.88×4 topics
  6. Convolutional Neural Networks1▲ 7.3×2 topics
  7. History1▲ 7.6×2 topics
  8. Mental Health1▲ 3.7×3 topics
  9. Neural Networks1▲ 3.4×2 topics
  10. Epidemiology1▲ 1.20×4 topics
  11. Injury Prevention1▲ 36×2 topics
  12. Risk Factors1▲ 4.0×4 topics
  13. Cultural History1▲ 33×2 topics
  14. Literature1▲ 7.2×1 topic
  15. Media Bias1▲ 320×1 topic
  16. Medieval1▲ 112×1 topic
  17. Medieval Literature1▲ 216×2 topics
  18. Physical Activity1▲ 8.2×2 topics
  19. Political Economy1▲ 16×1 topic
  20. Public Health1▲ 2.7×2 topics

Which research topics does Barton College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Medieval Literature and History, Media Influence and Politics, Avian ecology and behavior and Sports Performance and Training.

Medieval Literature and …1Medieval Literature and History: 1 fractional worksMedia Influence and Poli…1Media Influence and Politics: 1 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 1 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 1 fractional worksHandwritten Text Recognition Techniques: 1 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 1 fractional worksHand Gesture Recognition Systems: 1 fractional worksPhysical Activity and He…1Physical Activity and Health: 1 fractional worksMedieval European Literature and History: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 1 fractional works
ClassicsSociology and Political ScienceEcologyOrthopedics and Sports Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Medieval Literature and History Classics 1 works
  2. 2 Media Influence and Politics Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 1 works
  4. 4 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Handwritten Text Recognition Techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  6. 6 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Hand Gesture Recognition Systems Human-Computer Interaction 1 works
  8. 8 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 1 works
  9. 9 Medieval European Literature and History Language and Linguistics 1 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 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 available16.1%not open83.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.8%domestic only94.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Barton College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Barton College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000051% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Barton College0.00012% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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