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Davidson College

In research, Davidson College stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,834 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,807 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,388 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

World rank, 2022-now
#4,230
of 22,385 · #5,430 all time
Rank in United States
#593
of 3,332
Research works
2.8k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
38k
13.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%

What is Davidson 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 #2,834 of 9,585 11.5%194 #2317
Social SciencesField #2,807 of 5,988 13.5%99 #1513
Physical SciencesDomain #5,388 of 10,670 5.9%91 #6125

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Davidson 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.

  1. Social Sciences#2,317 #2,834
  2. Social Sciences#1,513 #2,807
  3. Physical Sciences#6,125 #5,388
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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 Davidson College work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Davidson College is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Arts and Humanities (11%), Medicine (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 212 fractional works · 49.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 109 fractional works · 25.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 43 fractional works · 10.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 20 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAnthropology: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 45 fractional works · 10.6% of its workPhilosophy: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 34 fractional works · 8.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 111 fractional works · 26.1% of its workComputer Science: 26 fractional works · 6.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 23 fractional works · 5.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 52 fractional works · 12.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 14 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 51 fractional works · 12.0% of its workMedicine: 36 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDavidson College427fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences50%

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
    1. Social Sciences10925.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities4510.6%
    3. Psychology348.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance122.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting61.4%
    6. Decision Sciences51.1%
    1. Computer Science266.1%
    2. Engineering235.5%
    3. Environmental Science204.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy102.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences92.2%
    6. Materials Science71.7%
    7. Mathematics61.5%
    8. Chemistry41.0%
    9. Energy20.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences184.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology153.6%
    3. Neuroscience143.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.7%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology20.5%
    1. Medicine368.5%
    2. Health Professions143.2%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
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: 0.88× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.06× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.88× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.49× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.25× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.02× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.67× its world share, 45 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.37× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.62× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 109 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.67×45 works
  2. Psychology2.62×34 works
  3. Neuroscience2.06×14 works
  4. Social Sciences2.02×109 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.88×3 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.49×2 works
  7. Veterinary1.44×1 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.41×9 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.37×12 works
  10. Mathematics1.25×6 works
  11. Health Professions1.20×14 works
  12. Decision Sciences1.18×5 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy1.02×10 works
  14. Environmental Science0.97×20 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.88×18 works
  16. Computer Science0.78×26 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.67×15 works
  18. Chemistry0.64×4 works
  19. Energy0.59×2 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.53×2 works
  21. Materials Science0.48×7 works
  22. Medicine0.44×36 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.44×6 works
  24. Nursing0.42×1 works
  25. Engineering0.37×23 works
  26. Dentistry0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Davidson College?

Ranked on the quality score, Scott Tonidandel, Susana M. Wadgymar and Gayle Kaufman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Davidson College.

  1. 1 Scott Tonidandel United States · #225,454 worldwide 5.8k citations · 122 works
  2. 2 Susana M. Wadgymar United States · #247,746 worldwide 1.5k citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Gayle Kaufman United States · #348,992 worldwide 3.4k citations · 116 works
  4. 4 Gerardo Martí United States · #354,965 worldwide 1.4k citations · 107 works
  5. 5 Melody Crowder‐Meyer United States · #379,450 worldwide 1k citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Katherine Bersch United States · #464,239 worldwide 954 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Besir Ceka United States · #597,852 worldwide 1.1k citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Ken Menkhaus United States · #650,437 worldwide 2.7k citations · 82 works
  9. 9 Bryan H. Thurtle-Schmidt United States · #689,755 worldwide 1.9k citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Tabitha C. Peck United States · #694,403 worldwide 3.2k citations · 59 works
All ranked researchers at Davidson College

What are the most cited papers from Davidson College?

The most cited paper from Davidson College is "The Unofficial Economy in Transition" (Simon Johnson, Daniel Kaufmann, Andrei Shleifer et al., 1997), with 1,181 citations. Next come "Relative Importance Analysis: A Useful Supplement to Regression Analysis" (972) and "Economic development, legality, and the transplant effect" (945).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Unofficial Economy in Transition Simon Johnson, Daniel Kaufmann, Andrei Shleifer et al. · Brookings Papers on Economic Activity Open access 1997 1,181
2 Relative Importance Analysis: A Useful Supplement to Regression Analysis Scott Tonidandel, James M. LeBreton · Journal of Business and Psychology 6 Jan 2011 972
3 Economic development, legality, and the transplant effect Daniel Berkowitz, Katharina Pistor, Jean‐François Richard · European Economic Review 30 Jan 2003 945
4 The conservation status of the world’s reptiles Monika Böhm et al. · Biological Conservation Open access244 authors 20 Dec 2012 933
5 Fire as a fundamental ecological process: Research advances and frontiers Kendra K. McLauchlan et al. · Journal of Ecology Open access 18 Apr 2020 733
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Davidson College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Nationalism, Identity, Colonialism, Religion, Feminism, Globalization 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-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. Identity19▲ 6.2×27 topics
  2. Globalization19▲ 2.2×36 topics
  3. Gender19▲ 8.2×26 topics
  4. Climate Change18▲ 1.60×50 topics
  5. Nationalism18▲ 9.6×17 topics
  6. Colonialism17▲ 8.2×18 topics
  7. Religion15▲ 7.7×16 topics
  8. Mental Health12▲ 1.88×21 topics
  9. Feminism11▲ 8.9×11 topics
  10. Culture11▲ 4.9×15 topics
  11. Social Media10▲ 1.74×18 topics
  12. Depression10▲ 2.7×12 topics
  13. History10▲ 3.4×18 topics
  14. Literature9▲ 4.0×20 topics
  15. Democracy9▲ 6.0×14 topics
  16. Anxiety9▲ 4.4×8 topics
  17. Human Rights8▲ 1.86×17 topics
  18. Politics8▲ 7.1×8 topics
  19. Neuroscience8▲ 5.8×13 topics
  20. Stress8▲ 4.8×6 topics
  21. Social Justice7▲ 2.8×19 topics
  22. Race6▲ 12×9 topics
  23. Secularism6▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Well-being6▲ 3.8×7 topics
  25. Public Opinion6▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Social Interaction6▲ 3.5×5 topics
  27. Neoliberalism6▲ 3.6×11 topics
  28. Society5▲ 6.1×6 topics
  29. Federalism5▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Neurobiology5▲ 4.4×5 topics
  31. Empathy5▲ 9.3×5 topics
  32. American founding5▲ 39×1 topic
  33. Constitutional government5▲ 39×1 topic
  34. Genetic Variation4▲ 4.8×2 topics
  35. Gender Dynamics4▲ 9.7×4 topics
  36. Stigma4▲ 7.6×4 topics
  37. Empire4▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Serotonin4▲ 23×2 topics
  39. NGOs4▲ 10.0×3 topics
  40. Civil Society4▲ 8.2×4 topics

Which research topics does Davidson College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: American Constitutional Law and Politics, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Classical Philosophy and Thought and Islamic Studies and History.

  1. 1 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  2. 2 Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3 works
  3. 3 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 3 works
  4. 4 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  5. 5 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  6. 6 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 Colonialism, slavery, and trade Anthropology 3 works
  8. 8 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 3 works
  9. 9 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East 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 available25.4%not open74.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Davidson College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% 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 Davidson College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Davidson College0.0017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Davidson 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%Davidson College11.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.0% in 2018.

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