Carleton College
In research, Carleton College stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,969 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#3,086 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,933 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.
- World rank, 2022-now
- #3,961 of 22,385 · #2,209 all time
- Rank in United States
- #563 of 3,332
- Research works
- 3.4k ▼ 4% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 46k 13.8 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 7.8% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.81× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 26% world 40%
- International
- 14% world 18%
What is Carleton College known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #1,969 of 9,585 | 10.6% | 227 | #1178 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #3,086 of 10,670 | 6.1% | 147 | #2070 | |
| Social SciencesField | #1,933 of 5,988 | 11.7% | 118 | #1100 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Carleton 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 of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Social Sciences#1,178 #1,969
- Physical Sciences#2,070 #3,086
- Social Sciences#1,100 #1,933
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Carleton College work in?
In 2022-now, 48% of research at Carleton College is in Social Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Arts and Humanities (12%), Computer Science (11%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences25147.6%
- Social Sciences12924.4%
- Arts and Humanities6412.2%
- Psychology326.1%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance142.6%
- Business, Management and Accounting61.2%
- Decision Sciences61.2%
- Physical Sciences16531.2%
- Computer Science5810.9%
- Environmental Science254.6%
- Engineering214.0%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences203.8%
- Mathematics203.7%
- Physics and Astronomy112.1%
- Chemistry81.5%
- Materials Science20.4%
- Energy10.1%
- Chemical Engineering00.0%
- Life Sciences6312.0%
- Health Sciences499.3%
- Medicine366.8%
- Health Professions112.1%
- Nursing10.2%
- Veterinary00.1%
- Dentistry00.0%
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Arts and Humanities4.21×64 works
- Mathematics3.17×20 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2.39×20 works
- Psychology1.99×32 works
- Social Sciences1.93×129 works
- Neuroscience1.69×14 works
- Computer Science1.40×58 works
- Decision Sciences1.23×6 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.21×14 works
- Chemistry0.97×8 works
- Environmental Science0.94×24 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.94×11 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.88×25 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.86×22 works
- Health Professions0.78×11 works
- Veterinary0.70×0 works
- Nursing0.50×1 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.39×2 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.37×6 works
- Medicine0.36×36 works
- Engineering0.27×21 works
- Energy0.13×1 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.12×0 works
- Chemical Engineering0.11×0 works
- Materials Science0.10×2 works
- Dentistry0.07×0 works
- Arts and Humanities 4.2×
- Mathematics 3.2×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 2.4×
- Psychology 2.0×
- Social Sciences 1.9×
- Neuroscience 1.7×
- Computer Science 1.4×
- Decision Sciences 1.2×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.2×
- Chemistry 1.0×
- Environmental Science 0.9×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.9×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.9×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.9×
- Health Professions 0.8×
- Veterinary 0.7×
- Nursing 0.5×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.4×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.4×
- Medicine 0.4×
- Engineering 0.3×
- Energy 0.1×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.1×
- Chemical Engineering 0.1×
- Materials Science 0.1×
- Dentistry 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Carleton College?
Ranked on the quality score, Nelson L Christensen, Layla Oesper and Jay D. Tasson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Carleton College.
- 1
Nelson L Christensen
United States · #3,962 worldwide 110k citations · 666 works
- 2
Layla Oesper
United States · #47,358 worldwide 18k citations · 83 works
- 3
Jay D. Tasson
United States · #66,436 worldwide 5.8k citations · 106 works
- 4
David Liben‐Nowell
United States · #371,768 worldwide 13k citations · 61 works
- 5
Matthew T. Whited
United States · #385,323 worldwide 3.4k citations · 154 works
- 6
Ian G. Barbour
United States · #486,392 worldwide 2k citations · 72 works
- 7
Rika E. Anderson
United States · #521,940 worldwide 4.1k citations · 138 works
- 8
David R. Musicant
United States · #570,757 worldwide 1.6k citations · 43 works
- 9
Christina E. Farhart
United States · #604,810 worldwide 2.1k citations · 36 works
- 10
Anna N. Rafferty
United States · #634,912 worldwide 1.8k citations · 95 works
Which keywords describe research at Carleton College?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Gender Differences, Colonialism, Learning Analytics, STEM Education, Culture, Computational Thinking and Programming Education.
- Grammar
- Aristotle
- Empathy
- Mathematical Concepts
- Imperialism
- Democracy
- Neuroscience
- Teaching Methods
- Feminism
- Literature
- Higher Education
- Innovation
- Nationalism
- Programming Education
- Education
- Ethics
- Identity
- Culture
- Colonialism
- Machine Learning
- Globalization
- Gender Differences
- Climate Change
- STEM Education
- Learning Analytics
- Gender
- Computational Thinking
- History
- Religion
- Neoliberalism
- Society
- Philosophy
- Politics
- Technology
- Mathematics Education
- Cultural Transmission
- Historical Sources
- Modal Logic
- Perception
- Fractal Dimension
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
- Globalization29▲ 2.8×54 topics
- Machine Learning18◆ 1.04×41 topics
- Gender Differences16▲ 8.3×10 topics
- Colonialism16▲ 6.3×21 topics
- Climate Change15◆ 1.05×49 topics
- Culture15▲ 5.3×16 topics
- STEM Education14▲ 6.1×6 topics
- Identity14▲ 3.6×22 topics
- Learning Analytics14▲ 21×2 topics
- Ethics13▲ 5.0×16 topics
- Gender13▲ 4.6×19 topics
- Education12▲ 1.37×31 topics
- Computational Thinking12▲ 67×1 topic
- Programming Education12▲ 67×1 topic
- History12▲ 3.1×14 topics
- Nationalism11▲ 4.7×17 topics
- Religion11▲ 4.6×17 topics
- Innovation10▲ 1.92×17 topics
- Neoliberalism10▲ 5.4×15 topics
- Higher Education10▲ 3.4×14 topics
- Society10▲ 9.4×8 topics
- Literature9▲ 3.1×13 topics
- Philosophy9▲ 3.9×8 topics
- Feminism8▲ 5.4×11 topics
- Politics8▲ 5.9×9 topics
- Teaching Methods8▲ 9.6×5 topics
- Technology8▲ 2.8×11 topics
- Neuroscience8▲ 4.6×9 topics
- Mathematics Education7▲ 28×2 topics
- Democracy6▲ 3.5×14 topics
- Cultural Transmission6▲ 16×4 topics
- Imperialism6▲ 15×4 topics
- Historical Sources6▲ 62×1 topic
- Mathematical Concepts6▲ 62×1 topic
- Modal Logic5▲ 33×2 topics
- Empathy5▲ 8.0×6 topics
- Perception5▲ 13×3 topics
- Aristotle4▲ 34×2 topics
- Fractal Dimension4▲ 23×2 topics
- Grammar4▲ 34×2 topics
Which research topics does Carleton College publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Teaching and Learning Programming, History and Theory of Mathematics, Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms and Classical Philosophy and Thought.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 12 works
- 2 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 6 works
- 3 Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 4 works
- 4 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 3 works
- 5 Philosophy and Theoretical Science Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3 works
- 6 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 3 works
- 7 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 3 works
- 8 Botanical Research and Applications Food Science 3 works
- 9 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 3 works
- 10 Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications Philosophy 3 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Carleton College's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.
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 Carleton College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.
Fractional works of Carleton 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.4% in 1993.
Other research institutions in Northfield
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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