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Franklin & Marshall College

In research, Franklin & Marshall College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,584 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,333 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,896 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,207
of 28,054 · #5,941 all time
Rank in United States
#1,660
of 4,192
Research works
3.5k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
63k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is Franklin & Marshall 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
Physical SciencesDomain #7,584 of 12,888 14.6%87 #5050
Social SciencesDomain #6,333 of 10,521 14.7%193 #2470
Social SciencesField #4,896 of 6,365 16.5%101 #2339

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Franklin & Marshall 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. Physical Sciences#5,050 #7,584
  2. Social Sciences#2,470 #6,333
  3. Social Sciences#2,339 #4,896
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.

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: 0.53× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.48× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.00× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.02× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.07× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.34× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.76× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.32× its world share, 40 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.77× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.20× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.26× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.49× its world share, 101 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Franklin & Marshall College?

Ranked on the composite score, F. Crawford, A. N. Lommen and John J. McDermott lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Franklin & Marshall College.

  1. 1 F. Crawford United States · #25,882 worldwide 691 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 A. N. Lommen United States · #106,767 worldwide 385 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 John J. McDermott United States · #164,245 worldwide 206 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 David Schuyler United States · #286,476 worldwide 29 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Gregory S. Adkins United States · #296,961 worldwide 144 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Michael J. Murray United States · #331,697 worldwide 49 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Claude H. Yoder United States · #347,149 worldwide 106 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 D. E. Backman United States · #367,113 worldwide 192 citations · 50 works
  9. 9 Robert Gray United States · #367,990 worldwide 89 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Saul Bellow United States · #392,425 worldwide 3 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Franklin & Marshall College

Which keywords describe research at Franklin & Marshall College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Identity, Gender, Colonialism, Nationalism, History, Culture and Neuroscience.

▲ 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. Globalization23▲ 3.6×36 topics
  2. Identity16▲ 6.9×24 topics
  3. Gender14▲ 8.2×20 topics
  4. Colonialism14▲ 9.1×17 topics
  5. History13▲ 6.0×18 topics
  6. Nationalism13▲ 9.0×13 topics
  7. Climate Change12▲ 1.43×38 topics
  8. Culture11▲ 6.6×14 topics
  9. Literature10▲ 5.6×15 topics
  10. Religion9▲ 6.2×14 topics
  11. Ethics9▲ 6.0×13 topics
  12. Neuroscience9▲ 9.7×13 topics
  13. Feminism7▲ 7.5×7 topics
  14. Public Opinion7▲ 17×5 topics
  15. Economic Growth7▲ 2.5×11 topics
  16. Neoliberalism7▲ 5.8×12 topics
  17. Migration6▲ 5.6×11 topics
  18. Cultural Heritage6▲ 3.4×12 topics
  19. Emotion6▲ 8.6×9 topics
  20. Social Justice6▲ 3.0×10 topics
  21. Late Antiquity5▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Philosophy5▲ 3.7×9 topics
  23. Cultural Identity5▲ 3.1×8 topics
  24. Federalism5▲ 25×3 topics
  25. Psychology5▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Cultural Studies5▲ 3.9×10 topics
  27. Race4▲ 13×6 topics
  28. Society4▲ 7.3×7 topics
  29. Social Movements4▲ 4.6×4 topics
  30. Social Cognition4▲ 7.9×6 topics
  31. American founding4▲ 42×1 topic
  32. Constitutional government4▲ 42×1 topic
  33. Political Economy4▲ 5.1×6 topics
  34. Politics4▲ 4.8×8 topics
  35. Plate Tectonics4▲ 7.8×3 topics
  36. Central Asia4▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Social Policy4▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Church History4▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Empathy4▲ 9.6×6 topics
  40. Community3▲ 9.4×4 topics

Which research topics does Franklin & Marshall College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: American Constitutional Law and Politics, Classical Antiquity Studies, Latin American and Latino Studies and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

American Constitutional …4American Constitutional Law and Politics: 4 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Stud…3Classical Antiquity Studies: 3 fractional worksLatin American and Latino Studies: 3 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 3 fractional worksPsychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment: 3 fractional worksItalian Fascism and Post-war Society: 2 fractional worksHistorical and Religious Studies of Rome: 2 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Cor…2Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 2 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 2 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 2 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsAnthropologyCultural StudiesAtmospheric Science3 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 4 works
  2. 2 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 3 works
  3. 3 Latin American and Latino Studies Cultural Studies 3 works
  4. 4 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 3 works
  5. 5 Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  6. 6 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Historical and Religious Studies of Rome History 2 works
  8. 8 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 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 available21.8%not open78.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.3%domestic only93.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Franklin & Marshall College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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.

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