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Elizabethtown College

In research, Elizabethtown College stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,845 of 10,521 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#1,252 of 1,998 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,426 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Religious studies, Philosophy and Arts and Humanities — Religious studies is 97.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,247
of 28,054 · #14,824 all time
Rank in United States
#2,308
of 4,192
Research works
1.5k
▼ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

What is Elizabethtown College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,845 of 10,521 5.9%232 #4081
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,252 of 1,998 3.1%112 #1497
Social SciencesField #5,426 of 6,365 7.3%96 #5223

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Elizabethtown 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#4,081 #4,845
  2. Arts and Humanities#1,497 #1,252
  3. Social Sciences#5,223 #5,426
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Elizabethtown College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Religious studies takes 97.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Religious studiesSubfield · 49.7 works98×
  2. PhilosophySubfield · 27.1 works21×
  3. Arts and HumanitiesField · 111.7 works13×
← 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: 0.67× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.01× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.19× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 12.72× its world share, 112 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.43× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.49× its world share, 96 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 12.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Elizabethtown College?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul Gottfried, E. Douglas Bomberger and Susan C. Mapp lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Elizabethtown College.

  1. 1 Paul Gottfried United States · #347,341 worldwide 21 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 E. Douglas Bomberger United States · #455,287 worldwide 20 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Susan C. Mapp United States · #650,790 worldwide 35 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Thomas R. Winpenny United States · #661,064 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Kyle C. Kopko United States · #849,058 worldwide 7 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Donald B. Kraybill United States · #895,552 worldwide 19 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Oya Dursun-Özkanca United States · #899,015 worldwide 21 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Jeffery D. Long United States · #1,333,658 worldwide 4 citations · 211 works
  9. 9 Thomas E. Murray United States · #1,396,967 worldwide 7 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Michael M. Roy United States · #1,399,859 worldwide 40 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Elizabethtown College

Which keywords describe research at Elizabethtown College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Philosophy, Religion, History, Culture, Modernization, Buddhism, South Asia and Human Rights.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Philosophy67▲ 50×13 topics
  2. Religion60▲ 42×17 topics
  3. History57▲ 27×14 topics
  4. Culture56▲ 35×11 topics
  5. Modernization48▲ 86×3 topics
  6. Buddhism48▲ 1065×1 topic
  7. South Asia48▲ 1065×1 topic
  8. Human Rights25▲ 7.9×12 topics
  9. Globalization24▲ 4.0×33 topics
  10. Social Justice18▲ 10×8 topics
  11. Environmental Ethics16▲ 89×4 topics
  12. Peacebuilding15▲ 76×4 topics
  13. Identity14▲ 6.5×20 topics
  14. Gandhi14▲ 283×1 topic
  15. Nonviolence14▲ 283×1 topic
  16. Central Asia14▲ 65×2 topics
  17. Eurasian Exchange13▲ 205×1 topic
  18. Silk Roads13▲ 205×1 topic
  19. Conflict12▲ 24×7 topics
  20. Colonialism12▲ 8.0×13 topics
  21. Ethnicity11▲ 9.8×10 topics
  22. Nationalism10▲ 7.4×11 topics
  23. Feminism8▲ 9.6×11 topics
  24. Gender8▲ 4.6×17 topics
  25. Federalism7▲ 34×2 topics
  26. Ethnomusicology6▲ 52×2 topics
  27. Democracy6▲ 5.3×8 topics
  28. International Relations6▲ 7.6×7 topics
  29. Music6▲ 37×3 topics
  30. Sociology6▲ 13×7 topics
  31. Secularism5▲ 17×4 topics
  32. Politics5▲ 6.2×6 topics
  33. Engineering Education5▲ 18×4 topics
  34. Refugees5▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Insurgency5▲ 70×1 topic
  36. Kashmir5▲ 70×1 topic
  37. Musical Theory5▲ 96×1 topic
  38. Musicology5▲ 96×1 topic
  39. Religious Studies5▲ 58×2 topics
  40. Christianity4▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Elizabethtown College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Indian and Buddhist Studies, Indian History and Philosophy, Eurasian Exchange Networks and South Asian Studies and Conflicts.

Indian and Buddhist Stud…48Indian and Buddhist Studies: 48 fractional worksIndian History and Philosophy: 14 fractional worksEurasian Exchange Networks13Eurasian Exchange Networks: 13 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 5 fractional worksMusicology and Musical Analysis: 5 fractional worksAsian Geopolitics and Ethnography: 4 fractional worksArctic and Russian Policy Studies: 4 fractional worksLanguage, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis: 4 fractional worksMusic History and Culture: 3 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 3 fractional works
Religious studiesPhilosophyAnthropologyPolitical Science and International Relations3 others

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

  1. 1 Indian and Buddhist Studies Religious studies 48 works
  2. 2 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 14 works
  3. 3 Eurasian Exchange Networks Anthropology 13 works
  4. 4 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  5. 5 Musicology and Musical Analysis Music 5 works
  6. 6 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  7. 7 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  8. 8 Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis Language and Linguistics 4 works
  9. 9 Music History and Culture Music 3 works
  10. 10 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 3 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 available18.9%not open81.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.6%domestic only61.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Elizabethtown College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.