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Fort Lewis College

In research, Fort Lewis College stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,153 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,675
of 22,385 · #9,322 all time
Rank in United States
#1,786
of 3,332
Research works
1.1k
▼ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
16.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Fort Lewis College

What is Fort Lewis 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 #8,153 of 9,585 6.0%61 #3581

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

In 2022-now, 38% of research at Fort Lewis College is in Social Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Environmental Science (10%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (9%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 66 fractional works · 38.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 19.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 8.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 6.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 62 fractional works · 35.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 10.1% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 26 fractional works · 15.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 10.9% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKFort LewisCollege173fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences38%

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. Social Sciences3319.0%
    2. Psychology158.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities116.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting42.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.7%
    6. Decision Sciences10.6%
    1. Environmental Science1710.1%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences158.9%
    3. Engineering116.5%
    4. Computer Science74.3%
    5. Chemistry32.0%
    6. Mathematics31.5%
    7. Materials Science21.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.7%
    9. Energy10.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology147.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences95.2%
    3. Neuroscience21.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine158.8%
    2. Health Professions31.7%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    4. Nursing00.0%
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: 1.10× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.48× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.26× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.70× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.03× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.11× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.79× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.70×16 works
  2. Psychology2.79×15 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.11×11 works
  4. Environmental Science2.03×18 works
  5. Social Sciences1.50×33 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.48×14 works
  7. Chemistry1.26×3 works
  8. Mathematics1.25×2 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.10×9 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.80×3 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.78×4 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.77×1 works
  13. Health Professions0.65×3 works
  14. Dentistry0.60×0 works
  15. Neuroscience0.59×2 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.58×1 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.55×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.55×8 works
  19. Energy0.55×1 works
  20. Medicine0.46×15 works
  21. Engineering0.44×11 works
  22. Materials Science0.31×2 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.31×1 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.28×0 works
  25. Nursing0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fort Lewis College?

Ranked on the quality score, Heidi Steltzer, Brian Hanks and Brian L. Burke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fort Lewis College.

  1. 1 Heidi Steltzer United States · #214,589 worldwide 4.3k citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Brian Hanks United States · #421,666 worldwide 1.7k citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Brian L. Burke United States · #651,968 worldwide 6.1k citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Rebecca J. Clausen United States · #1,002,777 worldwide 919 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Justin P. McBrayer United States · #1,043,323 worldwide 555 citations · 60 works
  6. 6 Laura J. Yale United States · #1,218,952 worldwide 1.6k citations · 15 works
  7. 7 William R. Collins United States · #1,222,608 worldwide 790 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Sue Kraus United States · #1,263,453 worldwide 916 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Natasha Tidwell United States · #1,280,759 worldwide 448 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Catherine P. Ortega United States · #1,357,189 worldwide 2.7k citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Fort Lewis College

What are the most cited papers from Fort Lewis College?

The most cited paper from Fort Lewis College is "Do outside directors monitor managers?" (John Byrd, Kent A. Hickman, 1992), with 1,640 citations. Next come "The efficacy of motivational interviewing: A meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials." (1,593) and "A Synthetic Nickel Electrocatalyst with a Turnover Frequency Above 100,000 s −1 for H 2 Production" (1,218).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Do outside directors monitor managers? John Byrd, Kent A. Hickman · Journal of Financial Economics Oct 1992 1,640
2 The efficacy of motivational interviewing: A meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials. Brian L. Burke, Hal S. Arkowitz, Marisa Menchola · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Review 2003 1,593
3 A Synthetic Nickel Electrocatalyst with a Turnover Frequency Above 100,000 s −1 for H 2 Production Monte L. Helm, Michael Stewart, R. Morris Bullock et al. · Science Open access 11 Aug 2011 1,218
4 Two Decades of Terror Management Theory: A Meta-Analysis of Mortality Salience Research Brian L. Burke, Andy Martens, Erik H. Faucher · Personality and Social Psychology Review Review 22 Jan 2010 1,189
5 A Meta-Analysis of Motivational Interviewing: Twenty-Five Years of Empirical Studies Brad Lundahl, Chelsea Kunz, Cynthia Brownell et al. · Research on Social Work Practice Review 11 Jan 2010 1,095
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fort Lewis College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Tectonics, Climate Change, Well-being, Experiential Learning, Holocene, Sedimentation, Sea Level and Student Perception.

▲ 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 Change10▲ 2.1×27 topics
  2. Epidemiology8◆ 1.09×23 topics
  3. Tectonics6▲ 30×3 topics
  4. Mental Health5▲ 1.94×15 topics
  5. Well-being5▲ 6.9×6 topics
  6. Experiential Learning4▲ 47×5 topics
  7. Biodiversity4▲ 2.9×9 topics
  8. Holocene4▲ 19×3 topics
  9. Invasive Species4▲ 4.7×10 topics
  10. Gender3▲ 3.7×7 topics
  11. Identity3▲ 2.7×9 topics
  12. Sedimentation3▲ 35×2 topics
  13. Social Justice3▲ 3.2×10 topics
  14. Metabolism3▲ 3.4×5 topics
  15. Community Engagement3▲ 5.3×6 topics
  16. Resilience3▲ 3.6×7 topics
  17. Sea Level3▲ 19×2 topics
  18. Student Perception3▲ 23×2 topics
  19. Teaching Methods3▲ 10×5 topics
  20. Fluvial Systems3▲ 56×1 topic
  21. Sediment Transport3▲ 9.7×4 topics
  22. Sequence Stratigraphy3▲ 56×1 topic
  23. Ecosystem Services3▲ 3.9×3 topics
  24. Geographic Information Systems3▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Geography Education2▲ 100×1 topic
  26. Paleoclimatology2▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Spatial Thinking2▲ 159×1 topic
  28. Perception2▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Social-Ecological Systems2▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Truth2▲ 42×2 topics
  31. Community Resilience2▲ 7.7×3 topics
  32. Food Quality2▲ 33×2 topics
  33. Glacial Cycles2▲ 21×1 topic
  34. Monsoon Dynamics2▲ 21×1 topic
  35. Arctic2▲ 12×1 topic
  36. geology2▲ 55×1 topic
  37. GIS-based Modeling2▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Intrinsic Motivation2▲ 9.9×2 topics
  39. Cosmopolitanism2▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Positive Emotions2▲ 9.6×2 topics

Which research topics does Fort Lewis College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geological formations and processes, Geography Education and Pedagogy, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research and Geological Studies and Exploration.

Geological formations an…3Geological formations and processes: 3 fractional worksGeography Education and …2Geography Education and Pedagogy: 2 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…2Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 2 fractional worksGeological Studies and E…2Geological Studies and Exploration: 2 fractional worksMotivation and Self-Concept in Sports: 2 fractional worksEpistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics: 2 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…1Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 1 fractional worksPolyamine Metabolism and Applications: 1 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Society: 1 fractional worksLandslides and related h…1Landslides and related hazards: 1 fractional works
Earth-Surface ProcessesGeography, Planning and DevelopmentAtmospheric ScienceGeology6 others

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

  1. 1 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 3 works
  2. 2 Geography Education and Pedagogy Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
  3. 3 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 2 works
  4. 4 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 2 works
  5. 5 Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Social Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics Philosophy 2 works
  7. 7 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 1 works
  8. 8 Polyamine Metabolism and Applications Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 1 works
  10. 10 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and 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 available24.5%not open75.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.4%domestic only93.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fort Lewis College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% 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 Fort Lewis College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00063% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Fort Lewis College0.00055% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fort Lewis 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 2025Fort Lewis College9.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.7% in 2011.

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