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Carleton College

In research, Carleton College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,014 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,625 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,699 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,720
of 28,054 · #5,167 all time
Rank in United States
#1,022
of 4,192
Research works
3.4k
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
46k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Carleton College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #5,014 of 12,888 10.8%147 #3467
Social SciencesDomain #4,625 of 10,521 17.6%227 #2135
Social SciencesField #3,699 of 6,365 21.3%118 #2033

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#3,467 #5,014
  2. Social Sciences#2,135 #4,625
  3. Social Sciences#2,033 #3,699
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 0.86× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.78× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.89× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.45× its world share, 53 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.34× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.43× its world share, 19 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.97× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.34× its world share, 59 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.23× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.87× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 118 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Carleton College?

Ranked on the composite score, Kenneth O. May, Robert Thompson and Adeeb Khalid lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Carleton College.

  1. 1 Kenneth O. May United States · #11,006 worldwide 492 citations · 55 works
  2. 2 Robert Thompson United States · #53,486 worldwide 375 citations · 81 works
  3. 3 Adeeb Khalid United States · #107,908 worldwide 57 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Diethelm Prowe United States · #130,144 worldwide 87 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 R. Anderson United States · #146,825 worldwide 150 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Bardwell L. Smith United States · #206,040 worldwide 48 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Bárbara Allen United States · #228,697 worldwide 64 citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Alfred P. Montero United States · #230,332 worldwide 139 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Cathryn A. Manduca United States · #231,040 worldwide 66 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 J. E. Broida United States · #265,776 worldwide 601 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Carleton College

Which keywords describe research at Carleton College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Gender Differences, Colonialism, Learning Analytics, STEM Education, Computational Thinking, Programming Education and Culture.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Globalization26▲ 2.9×50 topics
  2. Machine Learning18▲ 1.16×41 topics
  3. Colonialism16▲ 7.0×20 topics
  4. Gender Differences15▲ 8.7×9 topics
  5. STEM Education14▲ 6.3×6 topics
  6. Culture13▲ 5.4×15 topics
  7. Learning Analytics13▲ 23×2 topics
  8. Identity13▲ 3.8×21 topics
  9. Education12▲ 1.45×29 topics
  10. Computational Thinking12▲ 76×1 topic
  11. Ethics12▲ 5.1×15 topics
  12. Programming Education12▲ 76×1 topic
  13. Nationalism11▲ 5.1×16 topics
  14. Gender11▲ 4.3×17 topics
  15. Religion11▲ 4.8×16 topics
  16. Innovation10▲ 2.1×16 topics
  17. History10▲ 3.1×12 topics
  18. Neoliberalism9▲ 5.5×14 topics
  19. Higher Education9▲ 3.7×13 topics
  20. Society9▲ 9.9×8 topics
  21. Literature9▲ 3.4×13 topics
  22. Philosophy8▲ 4.0×7 topics
  23. Politics8▲ 6.2×9 topics
  24. Teaching Methods8▲ 12×5 topics
  25. Feminism8▲ 5.8×11 topics
  26. Neuroscience7▲ 5.3×9 topics
  27. Technology7▲ 2.9×9 topics
  28. Mathematics Education7▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Cultural Transmission6▲ 17×4 topics
  30. Democracy6▲ 3.6×13 topics
  31. Imperialism6▲ 15×4 topics
  32. Historical Sources6▲ 69×1 topic
  33. Mathematical Concepts6▲ 69×1 topic
  34. Modal Logic5▲ 38×2 topics
  35. Perception5▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Fractal Dimension4▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Empathy4▲ 8.0×6 topics
  38. Algorithmic Information Theory4▲ 51×1 topic
  39. Computability4▲ 51×1 topic
  40. Tectonics4▲ 7.5×3 topics

Which research topics does Carleton College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Teaching and Learning Programming, History and Theory of Mathematics, Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms and Philosophy and Theoretical Science.

Teaching and Learning Pr…12Teaching and Learning Programming: 12 fractional worksHistory and Theory of Ma…6History and Theory of Mathematics: 6 fractional worksComputability, Logic, AI…4Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms: 4 fractional worksPhilosophy and Theoretical Science: 3 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 3 fractional worksClassical Philosophy and Thought: 3 fractional worksBotanical Research and Applications: 3 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 3 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 3 fractional worksWittgensteinian philosophy and applications: 3 fractional works
Computer Science ApplicationsTheoretical Computer ScienceComputational Theory and MathematicsExperimental and Cognitive Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 12 works
  2. 2 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 6 works
  3. 3 Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 4 works
  4. 4 Philosophy and Theoretical Science Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3 works
  5. 5 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 3 works
  6. 6 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 3 works
  7. 7 Botanical Research and Applications Food Science 3 works
  8. 8 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 3 works
  9. 9 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  10. 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.

openly available25.7%not open74.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.7%domestic only86.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Carleton College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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