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Emerson College

In research, Emerson College stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,560 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,383 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,764
of 22,385 · #5,877 all time
Rank in United States
#1,180
of 3,332
Research works
1.3k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
22k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Emerson College

What is Emerson 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 #4,560 of 9,585 8.4%197 #1917
Social SciencesField #4,383 of 5,988 8.3%116 #1931

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

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Emerson College is in Social Sciences, 8% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (46%), Arts and Humanities (18%), Psychology (9%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 210 fractional works · 78.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 122 fractional works · 45.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 49 fractional works · 18.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCommunication: 11 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCultural Studies: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 47 fractional works · 17.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 15 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMusic: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 23 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 7.6% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 5.2% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKEmerson College266fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences79%

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 Sciences12245.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities4717.8%
    3. Psychology238.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance83.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting62.2%
    6. Decision Sciences31.0%
    1. Medicine135.0%
    2. Health Professions72.7%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Computer Science103.6%
    2. Engineering41.6%
    3. Environmental Science31.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.8%
    5. Mathematics10.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Neuroscience72.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.7%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.54× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.02× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 6.16× its world share, 47 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.69× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.49× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.86× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.62× its world share, 122 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.16×47 works
  2. Social Sciences3.62×122 works
  3. Psychology2.86×23 works
  4. Neuroscience1.54×7 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.49×8 works
  6. Nursing1.11×1 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.07×3 works
  8. Health Professions1.02×7 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.69×6 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.48×2 works
  11. Computer Science0.47×10 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.36×5 works
  14. Mathematics0.27×1 works
  15. Dentistry0.26×0 works
  16. Medicine0.26×13 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.25×1 works
  18. Environmental Science0.25×3 works
  19. Veterinary0.23×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×2 works
  21. Engineering0.10×4 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.02×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Emerson College?

Ranked on the quality score, Seounmi Youn, Paul Mihailidis and Rhiannon Luyster lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Emerson College.

  1. 1 Seounmi Youn United States · #84,381 worldwide 5.2k citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Paul Mihailidis United States · #316,443 worldwide 2.1k citations · 88 works
  3. 3 Rhiannon Luyster United States · #465,089 worldwide 3.3k citations · 153 works
  4. 4 Eric Gordon United States · #485,936 worldwide 1.5k citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Naa Amponsah Dodoo United States · #513,175 worldwide 730 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Sam Binkley United States · #793,575 worldwide 1.6k citations · 83 works
  7. 7 Spencer H. Kimball United States · #875,034 worldwide 4k citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Vincent Raynauld United States · #943,927 worldwide 658 citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Margaret Lahey United States · #1,011,908 worldwide 2.8k citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Nigel C. Gibson United States · #1,041,603 worldwide 800 citations · 93 works
All ranked researchers at Emerson College

What are the most cited papers from Emerson College?

The most cited paper from Emerson College is "A global survey of potential acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine" (Jeffrey Victor Lazarus, Scott C. Ratzan, Adam Palayew et al., 2020), with 3,081 citations. Next come "A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity" (2,968) and "Following Celebrities’ Tweets About Brands: The Impact of Twitter-Based Electronic Word-of-Mouth on Consumers’ Source Credibility Perception, Buying Intention, and Social Identification With Celebrities" (762).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A global survey of potential acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine Jeffrey Victor Lazarus, Scott C. Ratzan, Adam Palayew et al. · Nature Medicine Open access 20 Oct 2020 3,081
2 A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity Luke Thompson et al. · Nature Open access303 authors 30 Oct 2017 2,968
3 Following Celebrities’ Tweets About Brands: The Impact of Twitter-Based Electronic Word-of-Mouth on Consumers’ Source Credibility Perception, Buying Intention, and Social Identification With Celebrities Seung‐A Annie Jin, Joe Phua · Journal of Advertising 3 Apr 2014 762
4 Social Psychological Face Perception: Why Appearance Matters Leslie A. Zebrowitz, Joann M. Montepare · Social and Personality Psychology Compass Open access 17 Apr 2008 684
5 Why Be Rational? Niko Kolodny · Mind Jul 2005 677
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Emerson College?

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

▲ 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. Globalization31▲ 5.9×42 topics
  2. Identity26▲ 13×35 topics
  3. Social Media21▲ 5.7×17 topics
  4. Gender16▲ 11×21 topics
  5. Culture15▲ 11×12 topics
  6. Nationalism14▲ 12×17 topics
  7. Colonialism12▲ 9.2×18 topics
  8. Democracy11▲ 12×12 topics
  9. Education11▲ 2.3×25 topics
  10. Literature11▲ 7.3×19 topics
  11. History9▲ 5.0×16 topics
  12. Social Justice9▲ 5.7×18 topics
  13. Feminism9▲ 12×10 topics
  14. Content Analysis8▲ 25×4 topics
  15. Ethnicity8▲ 8.3×10 topics
  16. Religion7▲ 6.0×11 topics
  17. Neoliberalism7▲ 7.5×10 topics
  18. Race7▲ 22×14 topics
  19. Politics7▲ 10×8 topics
  20. Social Interaction6▲ 6.2×9 topics
  21. Empathy6▲ 20×6 topics
  22. Intersectionality6▲ 13×6 topics
  23. Online Communication6▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Citizenship6▲ 18×6 topics
  25. Cultural Studies6▲ 6.0×12 topics
  26. Postcolonialism6▲ 16×11 topics
  27. Media6▲ 14×6 topics
  28. Migration6▲ 6.2×6 topics
  29. Political Communication6▲ 39×2 topics
  30. Market Dynamics5▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Political Participation5▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Civic Engagement5▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Box Office5▲ 76×1 topic
  34. Film Industry5▲ 76×1 topic
  35. News Media5▲ 43×2 topics
  36. Cultural Diversity5▲ 8.3×3 topics
  37. Cultural Production5▲ 53×2 topics
  38. Deliberative Democracy5▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Sociology5▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Teacher Education5▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Emerson College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cinema and Media Studies, Social Media and Politics, Media Studies and Communication and Critical Race Theory in Education.

Cinema and Media Studies5Cinema and Media Studies: 5 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics5Social Media and Politics: 5 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 5 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in Education: 4 fractional worksMusic History and Culture: 4 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 3 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 3 fractional worksTheatre and Performance …3Theatre and Performance Studies: 3 fractional worksEducator Training and Historical Pedagogy: 3 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 3 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsCommunicationSociology and Political ScienceMusic2 others

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

  1. 1 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  2. 2 Social Media and Politics Communication 5 works
  3. 3 Media Studies and Communication Communication 5 works
  4. 4 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  5. 5 Music History and Culture Music 4 works
  6. 6 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  8. 8 Theatre and Performance Studies Visual Arts and Performing Arts 3 works
  9. 9 Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  10. 10 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available19.6%not open80.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.2%domestic only93.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Emerson College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% 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 Emerson College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Emerson College0.00068% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Emerson 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 2025Emerson College7.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.1% in 2008.

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