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Earlham College

In research, Earlham College stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,025 of 14,833 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,439 of 9,330 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,960 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,498
of 22,385 · #13,333 all time
Rank in United States
#2,390
of 3,332
Research works
776
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
9k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Earlham College

What is Earlham 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 #7,025 of 14,833 9.1%462
Social SciencesField #4,439 of 9,330 10.8%249
Physical SciencesDomain #12,960 of 17,446 9.4%211
Arts and HumanitiesField #2,760 of 3,511 7.4%148

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

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Earlham College is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Arts and Humanities (20%), Environmental Science (14%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 62 fractional works · 52.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 24.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 23 fractional works · 19.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 28.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 14.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 6.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 13.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEarlham College116fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences53%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2924.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities2319.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting43.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.2%
    5. Decision Sciences22.0%
    6. Psychology11.2%
    1. Environmental Science1614.0%
    2. Computer Science76.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences32.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy21.7%
    5. Chemistry21.4%
    6. Engineering21.4%
    7. Materials Science10.7%
    8. Energy10.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    10. Mathematics00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences65.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology64.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.8%
    4. Neuroscience21.3%
    1. Medicine43.4%
    2. Health Professions11.3%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
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: 1.17× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.77× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.79× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.81× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 6.77× its world share, 23 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.95× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.77×23 works
  2. Environmental Science2.81×16 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.11×2 works
  4. Social Sciences1.95×29 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.77×2 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.51×3 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.17×6 works
  8. Veterinary1.05×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.02×2 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting1.01×4 works
  11. Chemistry0.91×2 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.90×6 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.82×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.79×2 works
  15. Computer Science0.79×7 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.78×2 works
  17. Energy0.62×1 works
  18. Health Professions0.49×2 works
  19. Psychology0.40×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.24×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.19×1 works
  22. Medicine0.18×4 works
  23. Engineering0.09×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Earlham College?

Ranked on the quality score, Michael G. Lerner, Chris R. Smith and John B. Iverson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Earlham College.

  1. 1 Michael G. Lerner United States · #917,137 worldwide 1.4k citations · 60 works
  2. 2 Chris R. Smith United States · #1,000,924 worldwide 2.6k citations · 56 works
  3. 3 John B. Iverson United States · #1,254,621 worldwide 10k citations · 206 works
  4. 4 Andrew L. Moore United States · #1,472,258 worldwide 1.2k citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Wilmer J. Stratton United States · #1,626,129 worldwide 1.5k citations · 24 works
  6. 6 JoAnn Martin United States · #2,141,422 worldwide 421 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 James Rogers United States · #2,234,699 worldwide 1.6k citations · 80 works
  8. 8 Peter K. Cline United States · #2,704,801 worldwide 141 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Paul J. Ogren United States · #2,720,974 worldwide 905 citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Thomas D. Hamm United States · #2,732,875 worldwide 369 citations · 107 works
All ranked researchers at Earlham College

What are the most cited papers from Earlham College?

The most cited paper from Earlham College is "The conservation status of the world’s reptiles" (Monika Böhm et al., 2012), with 933 citations. Next come "The first data release (DR1) of the LAMOST regular survey" (869) and "Black holes, gravitational waves and fundamental physics: a roadmap" (777).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The conservation status of the world’s reptiles Monika Böhm et al. · Biological Conservation Open access244 authors 20 Dec 2012 933
2 The first data release (DR1) of the LAMOST regular survey A-Li Luo et al. · Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access145 authors 31 Jul 2015 869
3 Black holes, gravitational waves and fundamental physics: a roadmap Abbas Askar et al. · Classical and Quantum Gravity Open access204 authors 19 Jun 2019 777
4 Atmospheric Mercury Speciation: Concentrations and Behavior of Reactive Gaseous Mercury in Ambient Air Steven E. Lindbeŕg, Wilmer J. Stratton · Environmental Science & Technology 1998 490
5 The Journal of Environmental Education Dana L. Abell · Environmental Education Jul 1971 477
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Earlham College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Population Dynamics, Gender, Conservation, Colonialism, Literature, Ethics and Feminism.

▲ 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. Climate Change11▲ 3.5×22 topics
  2. Population Dynamics8▲ 25×9 topics
  3. Gender7▲ 12×10 topics
  4. Conservation6▲ 13×9 topics
  5. Colonialism6▲ 11×10 topics
  6. Literature6▲ 9.9×11 topics
  7. Ethics5▲ 8.3×8 topics
  8. Globalization5▲ 2.1×10 topics
  9. Social Justice4▲ 6.2×7 topics
  10. Feminism4▲ 12×6 topics
  11. Religion4▲ 7.6×5 topics
  12. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 15×4 topics
  13. History4▲ 4.5×9 topics
  14. Imperialism4▲ 39×4 topics
  15. Identity3▲ 4.0×7 topics
  16. Invasive Species3▲ 6.8×7 topics
  17. Nationalism3▲ 6.6×3 topics
  18. Late Antiquity3▲ 56×2 topics
  19. Neoliberalism3▲ 7.9×6 topics
  20. Political Philosophy3▲ 53×2 topics
  21. Culture3▲ 5.2×6 topics
  22. Equality3▲ 46×2 topics
  23. Evolution3▲ 10×7 topics
  24. Christianity3▲ 45×2 topics
  25. American founding3▲ 93×1 topic
  26. Ancient Rome3▲ 81×1 topic
  27. Constitutional government3▲ 93×1 topic
  28. Cultural Critique3▲ 74×2 topics
  29. Greek Literature3▲ 81×1 topic
  30. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 8.3×5 topics
  31. Genetic Structure3▲ 34×3 topics
  32. Bycatch3▲ 213×1 topic
  33. Marine Turtles3▲ 213×1 topic
  34. Anthropocene3▲ 38×3 topics
  35. Mary Wollstonecraft3▲ 579×1 topic
  36. Quakerism3▲ 579×1 topic
  37. Emotion2▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Society2▲ 10×5 topics
  39. Conservation Biology2▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Narrative Analysis2▲ 34×2 topics

Which research topics does Earlham College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: American Constitutional Law and Politics, Classical Antiquity Studies, Turtle Biology and Conservation and Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment.

American Constitutional …3American Constitutional Law and Politics: 3 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Stud…3Classical Antiquity Studies: 3 fractional worksTurtle Biology and Conse…3Turtle Biology and Conservation: 3 fractional worksReligion, Gender, and En…3Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment: 3 fractional worksJoseph Conrad and Literature: 2 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 2 fractional worksGeographies of human-ani…2Geographies of human-animal interactions: 2 fractional worksAmerican Environmental and Regional History: 1 fractional worksShakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism: 1 fractional worksFreedom of Expression and Defamation: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsAnthropologyNature and Landscape ConservationReligious studies5 others

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

  1. 1 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  2. 2 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 3 works
  3. 3 Turtle Biology and Conservation Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  4. 4 Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment Religious studies 3 works
  5. 5 Joseph Conrad and Literature Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  6. 6 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  7. 7 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
  8. 8 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  9. 9 Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  10. 10 Freedom of Expression and Defamation Law 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 available25.7%not open74.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.9%domestic only93.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Earlham College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% 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 Earlham College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00032% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Earlham College0.00054% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Earlham 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 2025Earlham College4.9% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.1% in 2019.

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