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Berea College

In research, Berea College stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,022 of 9,330 worldwide), Social Sciences (#9,982 of 14,833 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#16,227 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,630
of 22,385 · #18,600 all time
Rank in United States
#2,745
of 3,332
Research works
653
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Berea College

What is Berea 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 #6,022 of 9,330 10.0%228
Social SciencesDomain #9,982 of 14,833 8.6%415
Physical SciencesDomain #16,227 of 17,446 7.8%129

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

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Berea College is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Environmental Science (9%), Psychology (9%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 49 fractional works · 54.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 31 fractional works · 34.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 9.9% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 8.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 6.5% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 23.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 12.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Terminology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKBerea College90fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences55%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3134.2%
    2. Psychology88.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities66.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting22.6%
    5. Decision Sciences21.7%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.0%
    1. Environmental Science88.5%
    2. Engineering33.8%
    3. Computer Science33.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.8%
    5. Mathematics21.7%
    6. Chemistry11.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy11.0%
    8. Materials Science00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences55.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology44.4%
    3. Neuroscience21.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine56.0%
    2. Health Professions32.8%
    3. Nursing10.8%
    4. Veterinary00.5%
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: 1.21× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.76× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.71× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 1.54× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.25× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.81× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.79× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.70× its world share, 31 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary3.42×0 works
  2. Psychology2.79×8 works
  3. Social Sciences2.70×31 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.25×6 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.81×2 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.76×2 works
  7. Environmental Science1.71×8 works
  8. Nursing1.54×1 works
  9. Mathematics1.43×2 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.21×5 works
  11. Health Professions1.07×2 works
  12. Neuroscience1.05×2 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.05×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.83×4 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.82×2 works
  16. Chemistry0.76×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.48×3 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.48×1 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.46×1 works
  20. Medicine0.31×5 works
  21. Engineering0.26×3 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Berea College?

Ranked on the quality score, Ralph Stinebrickner, bell hooks and Sean Clark lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Berea College.

  1. 1 Ralph Stinebrickner United States · #263,415 worldwide 2.9k citations · 119 works
  2. 2 bell hooks United States · #515,330 worldwide 29k citations · 298 works
  3. 3 Sean Clark United States · #1,347,776 worldwide 848 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Jay H. Baltisberger United States · #1,389,392 worldwide 1.6k citations · 36 works
  5. 5 J. Ian Norris United States · #2,499,027 worldwide 344 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 James Watt Raine United States · #2,501,001 worldwide 167 citations · 85 works
  7. 7 Janice L. Pearce United States · #2,746,954 worldwide 657 citations · 56 works
  8. 8 Lee E. Roecker United States · #3,034,846 worldwide 924 citations · 44 works
  9. 9 Marion Balderston United States · #3,066,625 worldwide 50 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Thomas G. Kirk United States · #3,284,207 worldwide 889 citations · 100 works
All ranked researchers at Berea College

What are the most cited papers from Berea College?

The most cited paper from Berea College is "Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics" (bell hooks, 1990), with 4,326 citations. Next come "Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black" (2,649) and "Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations" (981).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics bell hooks 1990 4,326
2 Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black Melba Wilson, Bell Hooks · Feminist Review 1989 2,649
3 Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations bell hooks 21 Sep 1994 981
4 Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom bell hooks 16 Sep 2009 895
5 Atomic Physics and Human Knowledge Niels Bohr, Waldemar Noll · American Journal of Physics Nov 1958 699
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Berea College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Invasive Species, History, Community Engagement, Social Movements, Gender, Teacher Professional Development, Feminism 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. Invasive Species4▲ 9.3×7 topics
  2. Globalization4▲ 2.0×9 topics
  3. Education3▲ 2.2×7 topics
  4. History3▲ 5.3×7 topics
  5. Gender3▲ 5.5×7 topics
  6. Mental Health3▲ 2.1×12 topics
  7. Biodiversity3▲ 3.8×8 topics
  8. Community Engagement3▲ 9.0×7 topics
  9. Religion2▲ 5.6×5 topics
  10. Social Movements2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  11. Social Justice2▲ 4.1×9 topics
  12. Teacher Professional Development2▲ 15×2 topics
  13. Feminism2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  14. Student Engagement2▲ 6.0×6 topics
  15. Cultural Identity2▲ 4.5×4 topics
  16. Culture2▲ 4.3×5 topics
  17. Legal History2▲ 80×3 topics
  18. Reflective Practice2▲ 12×2 topics
  19. Intersectionality2▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Physical Activity2▲ 4.3×3 topics
  21. Ecosystem2▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Transportation2▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Communication2▲ 5.9×2 topics
  24. Community Ecology2▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Global Change2▲ 7.0×2 topics
  26. Population Dynamics2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  27. Professional Learning Communities2▲ 37×2 topics
  28. Reformation2▲ 66×2 topics
  29. Technology Integration2▲ 6.2×2 topics
  30. Accessibility2▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Aquatic Environment2▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Disease Risk2▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Qualitative Research Methods2▲ 44×1 topic
  35. Teacher Identity2▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Teaching Strategies2▲ 6.5×3 topics
  37. Active Travel2▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Built Environment2▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Host-Parasite Interactions2▲ 56×1 topic
  40. Parasites2▲ 56×1 topic

Which research topics does Berea College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Urban Transport and Accessibility, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions and Race, History, and American Society.

Teacher Education and Le…2Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 2 fractional worksUrban Transport and Acce…2Urban Transport and Accessibility: 2 fractional worksParasite Biology and Host Interactions: 2 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 1 fractional worksAnimal Ecology and Behavior Studies: 1 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 1 fractional worksPolitical Economy and Marxism: 1 fractional worksHistorical Economic and …1Historical Economic and Legal Thought: 1 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 1 fractional worksGenetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research: 1 fractional works
EducationTransportationEcologySociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 2 works
  2. 2 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 2 works
  3. 3 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 2 works
  4. 4 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 1 works
  7. 7 Political Economy and Marxism Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Historical Economic and Legal Thought Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 1 works
  10. 10 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 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 available21.6%not open78.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.3%domestic only92.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Berea College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher 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 Berea College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00044% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Berea College0.00032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Berea 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2024Berea College4.3% in 202420102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.2% in 2008.

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