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Connecticut College

In research, Connecticut College stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,836 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,603 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,698
of 22,385 · #10,516 all time
Rank in United States
#1,637
of 3,332
Research works
3k
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
52k
17.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Connecticut College

What is Connecticut College known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,836 of 9,585 10.7%143 #4130
Social SciencesField #4,603 of 5,988 9.8%73 #3661

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

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Connecticut College is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Arts and Humanities (16%), Psychology (9%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 190 fractional works · 58.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 95 fractional works · 29.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 30 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 18 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 52 fractional works · 15.9% of its workHistory: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClassics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 28 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 76 fractional works · 23.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 21 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 5.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 37 fractional works · 11.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 24 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKConnecticutCollege325fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences58%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences9529.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities5215.9%
    3. Psychology288.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance82.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting41.3%
    6. Decision Sciences31.0%
    1. Environmental Science216.5%
    2. Computer Science195.7%
    3. Engineering123.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences103.1%
    5. Chemistry41.3%
    6. Materials Science41.2%
    7. Mathematics30.9%
    8. Physics and Astronomy30.9%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology164.8%
    2. Neuroscience123.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences82.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine165.0%
    2. Health Professions72.2%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
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: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.19× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.73× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.31× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.50× its world share, 52 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.15× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.82× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.30× its world share, 95 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 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.50×52 works
  2. Psychology2.82×28 works
  3. Social Sciences2.30×95 works
  4. Neuroscience2.19×12 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.97×10 works
  6. Environmental Science1.31×21 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.15×8 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.99×3 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.90×16 works
  10. Health Professions0.82×7 works
  11. Chemistry0.80×4 works
  12. Mathematics0.79×3 works
  13. Computer Science0.73×19 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.50×8 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.44×2 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.39×3 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×4 works
  18. Materials Science0.33×4 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.29×0 works
  20. Medicine0.26×16 works
  21. Engineering0.24×12 works
  22. Dentistry0.12×0 works
  23. Energy0.11×0 works
  24. Nursing0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Connecticut College?

Ranked on the quality score, Jennifer A. Fredricks, William A. Niering and Susanne K. Langer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Connecticut College.

  1. 1 Jennifer A. Fredricks United States · #190,810 worldwide 23k citations · 68 works
  2. 2 William A. Niering United States · #958,226 worldwide 5.3k citations · 122 works
  3. 3 Susanne K. Langer United States · #1,024,600 worldwide 5.7k citations · 110 works
  4. 4 Sunil Bhatia United States · #1,220,001 worldwide 2.3k citations · 88 works
  5. 5 F. Edward Cranz United States · #1,456,638 worldwide 735 citations · 74 works
  6. 6 Joan C. Chrisler United States · #1,547,090 worldwide 6k citations · 241 works
  7. 7 Thomas R. H. Havens United States · #1,611,018 worldwide 1.3k citations · 135 works
  8. 8 Jefferson A. Singer United States · #1,682,825 worldwide 6.6k citations · 137 works
  9. 9 John Mackinnon United States · #1,777,919 worldwide 4.9k citations · 122 works
  10. 10 Jennifer A. Fredricks United States · #1,822,255 worldwide 2.2k citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Connecticut College

What are the most cited papers from Connecticut College?

The most cited paper from Connecticut College is "School Engagement: Potential of the Concept, State of the Evidence" (Jennifer A. Fredricks, Phyllis C. Blumenfeld, Alison H. Paris, 2004), with 12,369 citations. Next come "Investigating Variation in Replicability" (1,279) and "Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP): Applications, Structure, and Related Photophysical Behavior" (1,199).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 School Engagement: Potential of the Concept, State of the Evidence Jennifer A. Fredricks, Phyllis C. Blumenfeld, Alison H. Paris · Review of Educational Research Mar 2004 12,369
2 Investigating Variation in Replicability Richard Anthony Klein et al. · Social Psychology Open access May 2014 1,279
3 Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP): Applications, Structure, and Related Photophysical Behavior Marc Zimmer · Chemical Reviews Review 2 Feb 2002 1,199
4 Coastal eutrophication as a driver of salt marsh loss Linda A. Deegan, David Samuel Johnson, Robert Warren et al. · Nature Oct 2012 1,076
5 Children's competence and value beliefs from childhood through adolescence: Growth trajectories in two male-sex-typed domains. Jennifer A. Fredricks, Jacquelynne S. Eccles · Developmental Psychology 2002 1,015
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Connecticut College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, History, Globalization, Culture, Gender, Literature, Colonialism and Nationalism.

▲ 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. Globalization23▲ 3.6×44 topics
  2. Identity19▲ 7.9×28 topics
  3. History18▲ 7.9×22 topics
  4. Culture15▲ 9.0×19 topics
  5. Literature14▲ 7.9×19 topics
  6. Gender14▲ 8.0×23 topics
  7. Colonialism14▲ 8.8×21 topics
  8. Nationalism12▲ 8.5×20 topics
  9. Climate Change11▲ 1.29×28 topics
  10. Society11▲ 18×12 topics
  11. Religion11▲ 7.3×17 topics
  12. Mental Health11▲ 2.4×26 topics
  13. Education10▲ 1.86×18 topics
  14. Cultural Identity10▲ 6.0×10 topics
  15. Neoliberalism8▲ 7.2×13 topics
  16. Democracy8▲ 6.9×7 topics
  17. Innovation8▲ 2.3×11 topics
  18. Race8▲ 20×9 topics
  19. Feminism7▲ 7.1×11 topics
  20. Philosophy7▲ 4.6×8 topics
  21. Social Justice6▲ 3.4×17 topics
  22. Conservation6▲ 4.6×11 topics
  23. Neuroscience6▲ 5.8×12 topics
  24. Community6▲ 15×6 topics
  25. Migration6▲ 5.1×9 topics
  26. Cultural Studies6▲ 4.6×8 topics
  27. Ethnicity5▲ 4.5×12 topics
  28. Postcolonialism5▲ 11×10 topics
  29. Robotics5▲ 6.0×3 topics
  30. Social History5▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Cultural Psychology4▲ 30×3 topics
  32. Church History4▲ 31×3 topics
  33. Emotion4▲ 6.4×9 topics
  34. Autonomous Control4▲ 36×1 topic
  35. Model-Based Learning4▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Reinforcement Learning4▲ 11×1 topic
  37. Participation4▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Theology4▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Demography4▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Public Sphere4▲ 21×3 topics

Which research topics does Connecticut College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Reinforcement Learning in Robotics, Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, Identity, Memory, and Therapy and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.

Reinforcement Learning i…4Reinforcement Learning in Robotics: 4 fractional worksReformation and Early Mo…4Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 4 fractional worksIdentity, Memory, and Therapy: 3 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 3 fractional worksMedieval Literature and History: 3 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Studies: 3 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Games: 2 fractional worksLatin American and Latin…2Latin American and Latino Studies: 2 fractional worksSpanish Culture and Identity: 2 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 2 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceHistoryDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyPaleontology5 others

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

  1. 1 Reinforcement Learning in Robotics Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  2. 2 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 4 works
  3. 3 Identity, Memory, and Therapy Developmental and Educational Psychology 3 works
  4. 4 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 3 works
  5. 5 Medieval Literature and History Classics 3 works
  6. 6 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 3 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Games Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  8. 8 Latin American and Latino Studies Cultural Studies 2 works
  9. 9 Spanish Culture and Identity Philosophy 2 works
  10. 10 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 2 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 available23.9%not open76.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.6%domestic only95.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Connecticut College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Connecticut College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Connecticut College0.00092% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Connecticut 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.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Connecticut College5.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.2% in 2019.

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