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In research, Gettysburg College stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,323 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,598 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,137 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,113
of 22,385 · #8,755 all time
Rank in United States
#1,702
of 3,332
Research works
3.6k
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
41k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.74×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Gettysburg College

What is Gettysburg 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 #4,323 of 9,585 10.3%186 #2485
Social SciencesField #4,598 of 5,988 7.2%93 #3622
Physical SciencesDomain #10,137 of 10,670 1.3%68 #13822

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gettysburg 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#2,485 #4,323
  2. Social Sciences#3,622 #4,598
  3. Physical Sciences#13,822 #10,137
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 Gettysburg College work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Gettysburg College is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Arts and Humanities (16%), Environmental Science (6%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 208 fractional works · 61.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 103 fractional works · 30.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 40 fractional works · 11.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 16 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCultural Studies: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 52 fractional works · 15.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHistory: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 19 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 15 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% 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 · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 74 fractional works · 22.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 11 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 31 fractional works · 9.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 24 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKGettysburgCollege337fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences62%

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 Sciences10330.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities5215.6%
    3. Psychology195.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance195.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting113.4%
    6. Decision Sciences41.3%
    1. Environmental Science195.8%
    2. Computer Science175.0%
    3. Mathematics113.4%
    4. Engineering102.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy51.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.2%
    7. Chemistry41.2%
    8. Energy30.8%
    9. Materials Science10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology133.9%
    2. Neuroscience82.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences82.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine174.9%
    2. Health Professions61.8%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
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: 0.49× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.49× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.16× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.89× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.39× its world share, 52 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.04× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.58× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.83× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.41× its world share, 103 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.39×52 works
  2. Mathematics2.89×11 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.58×19 works
  4. Social Sciences2.41×103 works
  5. Psychology1.83×19 works
  6. Neuroscience1.49×8 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.30×4 works
  8. Environmental Science1.16×20 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.04×11 works
  10. Energy0.84×3 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.79×4 works
  12. Chemistry0.75×4 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.73×13 works
  14. Nursing0.71×1 works
  15. Health Professions0.68×6 works
  16. Computer Science0.64×17 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.60×4 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.59×1 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.49×8 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.37×1 works
  21. Medicine0.26×17 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.20×0 works
  23. Engineering0.19×10 works
  24. Materials Science0.08×1 works
  25. Veterinary0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Gettysburg College?

Ranked on the quality score, Christopher Paul Barlett, Thane S. Pittman and Philip Bobko lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gettysburg College.

  1. 1 Christopher Paul Barlett United States · #86,516 worldwide 4.8k citations · 159 works
  2. 2 Thane S. Pittman United States · #726,174 worldwide 4k citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Philip Bobko United States · #775,184 worldwide 9.4k citations · 170 works
  4. 4 Natasha J. Gownaris United States · #826,793 worldwide 1.5k citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Brian P. Meier United States · #840,224 worldwide 7.9k citations · 145 works
  6. 6 Richard P. Russell United States · #909,893 worldwide 4k citations · 82 works
  7. 7 Virginia E. Schein United States · #949,297 worldwide 7.1k citations · 61 works
  8. 8 Caroline A. Hartzell United States · #990,218 worldwide 2.3k citations · 84 works
  9. 9 Linus Nyiwul United States · #1,254,325 worldwide 474 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Zhining Hu United States · #1,255,910 worldwide 152 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Gettysburg College

What are the most cited papers from Gettysburg College?

The most cited paper from Gettysburg College is "Exposure and affect: Overview and meta-analysis of research, 1968–1987." (Robert F. Bornstein, 1989), with 1,917 citations. Next come "A Global Look at Psychological Barriers to Women's Progress in Management" (1,124) and "Think manager—think male: a global phenomenon?" (682).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Exposure and affect: Overview and meta-analysis of research, 1968–1987. Robert F. Bornstein · Psychological Bulletin Review Sep 1989 1,917
2 A Global Look at Psychological Barriers to Women's Progress in Management Virginia E. Schein · Journal of Social Issues 2001 1,124
3 Think manager—think male: a global phenomenon? Virginia E. Schein, Ruediger Mueller, Terri R. Lituchy et al. · Journal of Organizational Behavior 1996 682
4 Institutionalizing Peace: Power Sharing and Post‐Civil War Conflict Management Caroline A. Hartzell, Matthew Hoddie · American Journal of Political Science Apr 2003 667
5 The Psychology of Compensatory and Retributive Justice John M. Darley, Thane S. Pittman · Personality and Social Psychology Review Nov 2003 625
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Gettysburg College?

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

▲ 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. Globalization26▲ 3.9×43 topics
  2. History23▲ 9.7×20 topics
  3. Nationalism20▲ 14×20 topics
  4. Gender19▲ 10×23 topics
  5. Colonialism18▲ 11×20 topics
  6. Identity17▲ 7.1×24 topics
  7. Religion17▲ 11×17 topics
  8. Climate Change14▲ 1.47×36 topics
  9. Culture13▲ 7.2×12 topics
  10. Philosophy12▲ 8.3×13 topics
  11. Cultural Identity12▲ 7.3×14 topics
  12. Economic Growth12▲ 4.2×12 topics
  13. Literature12▲ 6.3×16 topics
  14. Society10▲ 16×7 topics
  15. Feminism10▲ 10×13 topics
  16. Social Media10▲ 2.0×15 topics
  17. Democracy9▲ 8.0×12 topics
  18. Politics8▲ 9.2×9 topics
  19. Human Rights8▲ 2.3×11 topics
  20. Ethics7▲ 4.3×16 topics
  21. Regulation7▲ 4.0×7 topics
  22. Social History7▲ 25×4 topics
  23. Neoliberalism6▲ 5.2×11 topics
  24. Cultural Transmission6▲ 22×3 topics
  25. Postcolonialism5▲ 11×8 topics
  26. Christianity5▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Global Governance5▲ 6.3×5 topics
  28. Intersectionality5▲ 7.6×7 topics
  29. Monetary Policy5▲ 6.0×7 topics
  30. Authoritarianism5▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Inequality5▲ 6.1×8 topics
  32. Modernization5▲ 7.5×3 topics
  33. Public Opinion4▲ 11×5 topics
  34. China4▲ 14×1 topic
  35. Confucianism4▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Theology4▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Race4▲ 9.9×7 topics
  38. Europe4▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Empire4▲ 13×4 topics
  40. Political Philosophy4▲ 20×3 topics

Which research topics does Gettysburg College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Chinese history and philosophy, Japanese History and Culture, History and Theory of Mathematics and Reformation and Early Modern Christianity.

Chinese history and phil…4Chinese history and philosophy: 4 fractional worksJapanese History and Cul…3Japanese History and Culture: 3 fractional worksHistory and Theory of Mathematics: 3 fractional worksReformation and Early Mo…3Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 3 fractional worksHistorical Economic and …3Historical Economic and Social Studies: 3 fractional worksPolitical Conflict and Governance: 3 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 2 fractional worksTranslation Studies and …2Translation Studies and Practices: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Games: 2 fractional worksGender Politics and Representation: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceCultural StudiesTheoretical Computer ScienceHistory4 others

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

  1. 1 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  2. 2 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 3 works
  3. 3 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 3 works
  4. 4 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 3 works
  5. 5 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  6. 6 Political Conflict and Governance Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 2 works
  9. 9 Artificial Intelligence in Games Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  10. 10 Gender Politics and Representation Gender Studies 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 available44.6%not open55.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.9%domestic only95.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Gettysburg College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% 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 Gettysburg College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Gettysburg College0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Gettysburg 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Gettysburg College8.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.4% in 2000.

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