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Franklin & Marshall College

In research, Franklin & Marshall College stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,740 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,707 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,457 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,926
of 22,385 · #6,325 all time
Rank in United States
#1,207
of 3,332
Research works
3.5k
▼ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
63k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Franklin & Marshall College

What is Franklin & Marshall 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 #4,740 of 9,585 8.3%193 #2721
Social SciencesField #4,707 of 5,988 8.8%101 #3123
Physical SciencesDomain #8,457 of 10,670 7.0%87 #10042

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#2,721 #4,740
  2. Social Sciences#3,123 #4,707
  3. Physical Sciences#10,042 #8,457
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Franklin & Marshall College work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Franklin & Marshall College is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Arts and Humanities (13%), Psychology (7%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 212 fractional works · 59.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 109 fractional works · 30.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 41 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 19 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAnthropology: 12 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 45 fractional works · 12.8% of its workHistory: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 24 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 20 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 100 fractional works · 28.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 5.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 3.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 31 fractional works · 8.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFranklin &Marshall College355fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences60%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences10930.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities4512.8%
    3. Psychology246.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting205.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance92.4%
    6. Decision Sciences41.3%
    1. Environmental Science195.3%
    2. Computer Science195.3%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences174.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy154.1%
    5. Engineering113.2%
    6. Materials Science72.0%
    7. Chemistry51.5%
    8. Mathematics51.5%
    9. Energy10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology123.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences92.6%
    3. Neuroscience82.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine72.0%
    2. Health Professions41.2%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
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: 0.54× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.39× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.96× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.13× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.07× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.28× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.85× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.44× its world share, 46 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.78× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.14× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.18× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.43× its world share, 109 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.44×46 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.13×17 works
  3. Social Sciences2.43×109 works
  4. Psychology2.18×24 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.85×15 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.78×20 works
  7. Neuroscience1.39×8 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.31×4 works
  9. Mathematics1.28×5 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.14×9 works
  11. Environmental Science1.07×19 works
  12. Chemistry0.96×5 works
  13. Computer Science0.68×19 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.66×12 works
  15. Materials Science0.56×7 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.54×9 works
  17. Health Professions0.47×4 works
  18. Nursing0.47×1 works
  19. Veterinary0.39×0 works
  20. Energy0.32×1 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.31×1 works
  22. Engineering0.21×11 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.13×0 works
  24. Medicine0.10×7 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.09×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Franklin & Marshall College?

Ranked on the quality score, Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf, Carlota Batres and Fronefield Crawford III lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Franklin & Marshall College.

  1. 1 Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf United States · #132,659 worldwide 8.2k citations · 142 works
  2. 2 Carlota Batres United States · #153,345 worldwide 4.6k citations · 115 works
  3. 3 Fronefield Crawford III United States · #185,840 worldwide 14k citations · 251 works
  4. 4 Daniel R. Ardia United States · #277,459 worldwide 5.1k citations · 88 works
  5. 5 Jennifer L. Morford United States · #473,513 worldwide 3.2k citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Elizabeth M. De Santo United States · #609,846 worldwide 1.7k citations · 59 works
  7. 7 Shigeki Joseph Miyake-Stoner United States · #670,614 worldwide 1.2k citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Robert C. Walter United States · #729,635 worldwide 6.5k citations · 130 works
  9. 9 Stanley A. Mertzman United States · #737,526 worldwide 4.4k citations · 97 works
  10. 10 Allison S. Troy United States · #798,619 worldwide 3.9k citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Franklin & Marshall College

What are the most cited papers from Franklin & Marshall College?

The most cited paper from Franklin & Marshall College is "SIFT web server: predicting effects of amino acid substitutions on proteins" (Ngak-Leng Sim, P. Naresh Kumar, Jing Hu et al., 2012), with 2,531 citations. Next come "A Bright Millisecond Radio Burst of Extragalactic Origin" (1,974) and "Contrasting Computational Models of Mate Preference Integration Across 45 Countries" (1,776).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 SIFT web server: predicting effects of amino acid substitutions on proteins Ngak-Leng Sim, P. Naresh Kumar, Jing Hu et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 9 Jun 2012 2,531
2 A Bright Millisecond Radio Burst of Extragalactic Origin D. R. Lorimer, M. Bailes, M. A. McLaughlin et al. · Science Open access 27 Sep 2007 1,974
3 Contrasting Computational Models of Mate Preference Integration Across 45 Countries Daniel Conroy‐Beam et al. · Scientific Reports Open access107 authors 15 Nov 2019 1,776
4 Separate but equal? A comparison of participants and data gathered via Amazon’s MTurk, social media, and face-to-face behavioral testing Krista Casler, Lydia Bickel, Elizabeth Hackett · Computers in Human Behavior 31 May 2013 1,716
5 The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Evidence for a Gravitational-wave Background Gabriella Agazie et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access114 authors 28 Jun 2023 1,553
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Franklin & Marshall College?

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

▲ 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. Globalization25▲ 3.5×37 topics
  2. Identity19▲ 7.2×27 topics
  3. Gender17▲ 8.8×24 topics
  4. Colonialism16▲ 9.7×22 topics
  5. History15▲ 6.3×20 topics
  6. Climate Change14▲ 1.42×40 topics
  7. Nationalism13▲ 8.3×13 topics
  8. Culture12▲ 6.2×15 topics
  9. Literature11▲ 5.8×18 topics
  10. Ethics10▲ 5.8×16 topics
  11. Religion10▲ 6.3×16 topics
  12. Neuroscience9▲ 8.4×13 topics
  13. Social Media8▲ 1.71×15 topics
  14. Feminism7▲ 7.0×9 topics
  15. Neoliberalism7▲ 5.4×12 topics
  16. Public Opinion7▲ 16×5 topics
  17. Social Justice7▲ 3.2×12 topics
  18. Economic Growth7▲ 2.3×11 topics
  19. Migration6▲ 5.2×11 topics
  20. Cultural Heritage6▲ 3.1×12 topics
  21. Philosophy6▲ 3.8×10 topics
  22. Race6▲ 14×8 topics
  23. Emotion6▲ 7.8×9 topics
  24. Cultural Identity6▲ 3.1×8 topics
  25. Late Antiquity5▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Federalism5▲ 23×3 topics
  27. Society5▲ 7.6×8 topics
  28. Psychology5▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Cultural Studies5▲ 3.8×10 topics
  30. Plate Tectonics5▲ 8.6×3 topics
  31. Political Philosophy4▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Social Cognition4▲ 6.9×6 topics
  33. American founding4▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Constitutional government4▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Tectonics4▲ 9.3×3 topics
  36. Church History4▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Community4▲ 9.0×4 topics
  38. Central Asia4▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Social Policy4▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Theology4▲ 11×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: American Constitutional Law and Politics, Classical Antiquity Studies, Latin American and Latino Studies and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment.

American Constitutional …4American Constitutional Law and Politics: 4 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Stud…3Classical Antiquity Studies: 3 fractional worksLatin American and Latino Studies: 3 fractional worksPsychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment: 3 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 3 fractional worksHistorical and Religious Studies of Rome: 2 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 2 fractional worksItalian Fascism and Post…2Italian Fascism and Post-war Society: 2 fractional worksAmerican History and Culture: 2 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 2 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsAnthropologyCultural StudiesCognitive Neuroscience4 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 Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  5. 5 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 3 works
  6. 6 Historical and Religious Studies of Rome History 2 works
  7. 7 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 American History and Culture Marketing 2 works
  10. 10 Race, History, and American Society 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% lower 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 Franklin & Marshall College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00097% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Franklin & Marshall College0.0014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Franklin & Marshall 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 2025Franklin & Marshall College9.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.2% in 1991.

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