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Eckerd College

In research, Eckerd College stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,140 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mathematics (Mathematics is 20.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,961
of 22,385 · #7,911 all time
Rank in United States
#1,359
of 3,332
Research works
1.1k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
19.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Eckerd College

What is Eckerd 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 #5,140 of 9,585 11.5%82 #3453

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

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Eckerd College is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Mathematics (24%), Social Sciences (17%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 156 fractional works · 55.3% of its workMathematics: 67 fractional works · 23.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 16 fractional works · 5.8% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 16 fractional works · 5.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 11 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 34 fractional works · 11.9% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 5.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 5.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 fractional works · 5.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 12 fractional works · 4.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 91 fractional works · 32.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 47 fractional works · 16.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 18 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 21 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKEckerd College283fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences55%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences32%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Mathematics6723.8%
    2. Environmental Science3411.9%
    3. Computer Science155.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy155.2%
    5. Engineering124.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences114.0%
    7. Chemistry10.4%
    8. Materials Science10.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Energy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences4716.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities217.3%
    3. Psychology103.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting83.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.4%
    6. Decision Sciences10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology103.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences62.0%
    3. Neuroscience31.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.8%
    1. Medicine93.3%
    2. Health Professions20.9%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Eckerd College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mathematics takes 20.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MathematicsField · 67.4 works20×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.55× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.40× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 20.24× its world share, 67 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.34× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.73× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.53× its world share, 21 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.92× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.20× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 47 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 20.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics20.24×67 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.55×11 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.53×21 works
  4. Environmental Science2.40×34 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy2.34×15 works
  6. Veterinary1.73×1 works
  7. Social Sciences1.31×47 works
  8. Psychology1.20×10 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.92×8 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.80×2 works
  11. Computer Science0.69×15 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.67×10 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.67×4 works
  14. Neuroscience0.66×3 works
  15. Nursing0.62×1 works
  16. Dentistry0.61×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×6 works
  18. Health Professions0.33×2 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.33×1 works
  20. Engineering0.28×12 works
  21. Chemistry0.26×1 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.17×0 works
  23. Medicine0.17×9 works
  24. Materials Science0.07×1 works
  25. Energy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Eckerd College?

Ranked on the quality score, Théodore M. Dembroski, Alison A. Ormsby and Noëlle Boucquey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Eckerd College.

  1. 1 Théodore M. Dembroski United States · #444,521 worldwide 4.6k citations · 73 works
  2. 2 Alison A. Ormsby United States · #770,271 worldwide 1.2k citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Noëlle Boucquey United States · #892,782 worldwide 575 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Peter A. Meylan United States · #1,282,395 worldwide 3.6k citations · 95 works
  5. 5 James M. MacDougall United States · #1,320,991 worldwide 3.6k citations · 94 works
  6. 6 Michael G. Flaherty United States · #1,385,888 worldwide 1.7k citations · 94 works
  7. 7 David W. Hastings United States · #1,591,610 worldwide 2.2k citations · 76 works
  8. 8 Gregory J. Moore United States · #1,651,507 worldwide 368 citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Jim L. Shields United States · #1,751,807 worldwide 806 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Amy Paris Langenberg United States · #1,853,427 worldwide 157 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at Eckerd College

What are the most cited papers from Eckerd College?

The most cited paper from Eckerd College is "The effect of wind mixing on the vertical distribution of buoyant plastic debris" (Tobias Kukulka, Giora Proskurowski, Skye Morét-Ferguson et al., 2012), with 723 citations. Next come "Advancing Crop Transformation in the Era of Genome Editing" (710) and "Effect of perspective taking on the cognitive representation of persons: A merging of self and other." (619).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The effect of wind mixing on the vertical distribution of buoyant plastic debris Tobias Kukulka, Giora Proskurowski, Skye Morét-Ferguson et al. · Geophysical Research Letters Open access 12 Mar 2012 723
2 Advancing Crop Transformation in the Era of Genome Editing Fredy Altpeter, Nathan M. Springer, Laura Bartley et al. · The Plant Cell Open access 22 Jun 2016 710
3 Effect of perspective taking on the cognitive representation of persons: A merging of self and other. Mark H. Davis, Laura M. Conklin, Amy Bryson Smith et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1996 619
4 Metagenomics, Metatranscriptomics, and Metabolomics Approaches for Microbiome Analysis Vanessa Aguiar‐Pulido, Wenrui Huang, Victoria Suárez-Ulloa et al. · Evolutionary Bioinformatics Open access 2016 504
5 The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism (1933) Jewel Spears Brooker · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 10 May 2004 443
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Eckerd College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Number Theory, Nonlinear Equations, Modular Forms, Banach Spaces, Climate Change, Information Technology, Population Dynamics and Random Matrix Theory.

▲ 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. Number Theory24▲ 356×3 topics
  2. Climate Change20▲ 2.6×25 topics
  3. Nonlinear Equations17▲ 48×2 topics
  4. Modular Forms14▲ 130×3 topics
  5. Banach Spaces14▲ 174×3 topics
  6. Information Technology12▲ 8.7×5 topics
  7. Population Dynamics11▲ 16×8 topics
  8. Random Matrix Theory11▲ 124×2 topics
  9. Cosmology11▲ 56×2 topics
  10. Neutrosophy11▲ 1080×1 topic
  11. Smarandache Function11▲ 1080×1 topic
  12. Cantorian-Fractal10▲ 383×1 topic
  13. E-Infinity Theory10▲ 383×1 topic
  14. L-Functions9▲ 116×2 topics
  15. Primes9▲ 289×1 topic
  16. Riemann Zeta Function9▲ 289×1 topic
  17. Conservation8▲ 6.8×11 topics
  18. Holomorphic Functions8▲ 108×2 topics
  19. Fraud Detection7▲ 19×2 topics
  20. Finite Element Analysis7▲ 11×2 topics
  21. Benford's Law7▲ 588×1 topic
  22. election irregularities7▲ 588×1 topic
  23. History7▲ 3.5×15 topics
  24. Iterative Methods7▲ 66×2 topics
  25. Convergence Analysis7▲ 70×1 topic
  26. Newton's Method7▲ 208×1 topic
  27. Heat Transfer6▲ 4.6×1 topic
  28. Numerical Methods6▲ 27×1 topic
  29. Religion6▲ 4.8×11 topics
  30. Invasive Species6▲ 5.0×8 topics
  31. Functional Analysis6▲ 57×1 topic
  32. Operators6▲ 211×1 topic
  33. Genetic Structure6▲ 26×3 topics
  34. Model Selection5▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Multiple Zeta Values5▲ 171×1 topic
  36. q-Series5▲ 171×1 topic
  37. Emotion4▲ 7.6×7 topics
  38. Conservation Biology4▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Entropy4▲ 54×2 topics
  40. Sea-Level Rise4▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does Eckerd College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Mathematical Theories, Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications, Analytic Number Theory Research and Benford’s Law and Fraud Detection.

Advanced Mathematical Th…11Advanced Mathematical Theories: 11 fractional worksAdvanced Mathematical Th…10Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications: 10 fractional worksAnalytic Number Theory R…9Analytic Number Theory Research: 9 fractional worksBenford’s Law and Fraud …7Benford’s Law and Fraud Detection: 7 fractional worksIterative Methods for Nonlinear Equations: 7 fractional worksHeat Transfer and Numerical Methods: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Banach Space Th…6Advanced Banach Space Theory: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Mathematical Identities: 5 fractional worksAlgorithms and Data Compression: 4 fractional worksMathematics and Applications: 4 fractional works
Mathematical PhysicsStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsAlgebra and Number TheoryStatistics and Probability4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Mathematical Theories Mathematical Physics 11 works
  2. 2 Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 10 works
  3. 3 Analytic Number Theory Research Algebra and Number Theory 9 works
  4. 4 Benford’s Law and Fraud Detection Statistics and Probability 7 works
  5. 5 Iterative Methods for Nonlinear Equations Numerical Analysis 7 works
  6. 6 Heat Transfer and Numerical Methods Computational Mechanics 6 works
  7. 7 Advanced Banach Space Theory Mathematical Physics 6 works
  8. 8 Advanced Mathematical Identities Algebra and Number Theory 5 works
  9. 9 Algorithms and Data Compression Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  10. 10 Mathematics and Applications Geometry and Topology 4 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 available31.4%not open68.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.4%domestic only91.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Eckerd College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Eckerd College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Eckerd College0.00055% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Eckerd 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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Eckerd College7.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.8% in 2004.

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