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Cedar Crest College

In research, Cedar Crest College stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,531 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,248
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,995
of 7,310
Research works
367
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.8k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.75×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Cedar Crest College

What is Cedar Crest 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 #12,531 of 14,833 8.5%149

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

In 2022-now, 34% of research at Cedar Crest College is in Health Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Health Professions (13%), Social Sciences (13%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 16 fractional works · 33.6% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 19.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 13.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 30.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 13.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 8.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 27.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 7.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 6.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCedar CrestCollege48fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences34%Social Sciences30%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1019.8%
    2. Health Professions613.2%
    3. Nursing00.7%
    1. Social Sciences613.1%
    2. Psychology48.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities36.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Engineering37.2%
    2. Mathematics36.7%
    3. Computer Science24.6%
    4. Environmental Science12.8%
    5. Chemistry12.4%
    6. Materials Science12.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    8. Energy00.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology36.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.7%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 5.71× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 5.00× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.03× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.16× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.78× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics5.71×3 works
  2. Health Professions5.00×6 works
  3. Psychology2.78×4 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.16×3 works
  5. Chemistry1.55×1 works
  6. Nursing1.34×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.19×3 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.18×1 works
  9. Social Sciences1.04×6 works
  10. Medicine1.03×10 works
  11. Materials Science0.69×1 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.66×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.59×2 works
  14. Environmental Science0.57×1 works
  15. Engineering0.48×3 works
  16. Energy0.38×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.36×1 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.33×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.16×0 works
  20. Neuroscience0.11×0 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cedar Crest College?

Ranked on the quality score, Richard M. Kliman, John A. Cigliano and Alice P. Kenney lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cedar Crest College.

  1. 1 Richard M. Kliman United States · #1,123,908 worldwide 2.7k citations · 37 works
  2. 2 John A. Cigliano United States · #1,674,385 worldwide 744 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Alice P. Kenney United States · #3,043,345 worldwide 68 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Calley Stevens Taylor United States · #3,530,584 worldwide 28 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Barton C. Shaw United States · #3,591,042 worldwide 118 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Joseph F. Chorpenning United States · #3,814,795 worldwide 57 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Thomas A. Brettell United States · #4,212,927 worldwide 495 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Marianne E. Staretz United States · #4,945,181 worldwide 484 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 James Mark Hammer United States · #4,988,583 worldwide 144 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 James J. Ward United States · #4,998,995 worldwide 284 citations · 97 works
All ranked researchers at Cedar Crest College

What are the most cited papers from Cedar Crest College?

The most cited paper from Cedar Crest College is "The Hill–Robertson effect: evolutionary consequences of weak selection and linkage in finite populations" (Josep M. Comeron, Anna Williford, Richard M. Kliman, 2007), with 237 citations. Next come "Making marine and coastal citizen science matter" (210) and "Student nurses' experiences of anxiety in the clinical setting" (196).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Hill–Robertson effect: evolutionary consequences of weak selection and linkage in finite populations Josep M. Comeron, Anna Williford, Richard M. Kliman · Heredity Open access 19 Sep 2007 237
2 Making marine and coastal citizen science matter John A. Cigliano, Ryan Meyer, Heidi L. Ballard et al. · Ocean & Coastal Management Open access Oct 2015 210
3 Student nurses' experiences of anxiety in the clinical setting Sharon M. Melincavage · Nurse Education Today 19 Jun 2011 196
4 Hunting rates and hunting success in the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) Kay E. Holekamp, Laura Smale, Rainer Berg et al. · Journal of Zoology May 1997 192
5 Values and moral judgement: communicative praxis as moral order Lena Jayyusi · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 26 Jul 1991 189
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cedar Crest College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethical Considerations, Public Health, Professional Practice, Occupation, Physical Activity, Primary Care, Discrimination and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Public Health2▲ 3.6×6 topics
  2. Mental Health2▲ 3.1×7 topics
  3. Ethical Considerations2▲ 12×3 topics
  4. Education2▲ 2.0×3 topics
  5. Identity2▲ 4.8×5 topics
  6. Occupation2▲ 56×3 topics
  7. Physical Activity2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  8. Professional Practice2▲ 102×2 topics
  9. Primary Care2▲ 8.8×5 topics
  10. Depression2▲ 3.5×6 topics
  11. Discrimination2▲ 15×2 topics
  12. High-Intensity Interval Training1▲ 27×2 topics
  13. Aging1▲ 4.9×6 topics
  14. Ancient DNA1▲ 51×1 topic
  15. Cultural Studies1▲ 7.5×4 topics
  16. Genomic Analysis1▲ 11×1 topic
  17. Nationalism1▲ 6.2×2 topics
  18. Patient Care1▲ 23×2 topics
  19. Well-being1▲ 7.0×3 topics
  20. Cognitive Approach1▲ 30×2 topics
  21. Healthcare Workers1▲ 11×2 topics
  22. History1▲ 3.5×4 topics
  23. Number Theory1▲ 105×3 topics
  24. Anxiety1▲ 4.6×4 topics
  25. Competency-Based Education1▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Precision Medicine1▲ 4.5×3 topics
  27. Resistance Training1▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Box Office1▲ 83×1 topic
  29. Dietetics1▲ 332×1 topic
  30. Disaster Response1▲ 27×1 topic
  31. Film Industry1▲ 83×1 topic
  32. Israel1▲ 62×1 topic
  33. Job Satisfaction1▲ 4.9×3 topics
  34. Lifelong Learning1▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Medical Imaging1▲ 4.0×1 topic
  36. Nutrition Care Process1▲ 332×1 topic
  37. Palestine1▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Prior Learning1▲ 81×1 topic
  39. Recognition1▲ 57×1 topic
  40. Triage1▲ 51×1 topic

Which research topics does Cedar Crest College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Forensic and Genetic Research, Cinema and Media Studies, Disaster Response and Management and Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies.

Forensic and Genetic Res…1Forensic and Genetic Research: 1 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies1Cinema and Media Studies: 1 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 1 fractional worksJewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 1 fractional worksHigher Education Learning Practices: 1 fractional worksDietetics, Nutrition, and Education: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional worksSports Performance and T…1Sports Performance and Training: 1 fractional worksSports and Physical Education Research: 1 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 1 fractional works
GeneticsEconomics and EconometricsEmergency Medical ServicesSociology and Political Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Forensic and Genetic Research Genetics 1 works
  2. 2 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  3. 3 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  4. 4 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 1 works
  6. 6 Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education Health Information Management 1 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 works
  8. 8 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Sports and Physical Education Research Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 1 works
  10. 10 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 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 available17.4%not open82.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cedar Crest College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Cedar Crest College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Cedar Crest College0.00017% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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