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Goucher College

In research, Goucher College stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,661 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,962
of 28,054 · #17,084 all time
Rank in United States
#3,255
of 4,192
Research works
1.1k
▼ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
13.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Goucher 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
Social SciencesDomain #9,661 of 10,521 13.3%62 #4573

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Goucher 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).

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: 1.79× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.87× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.83× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.51× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.39× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.14× its world share, 40 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Goucher College?

Ranked on the composite score, Gary R. Edgerton, Jean H. Baker and Jane Bennett lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Goucher College.

  1. 1 Gary R. Edgerton United States · #175,454 worldwide 31 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Jean H. Baker United States · #199,938 worldwide 61 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Jane Bennett United States · #258,620 worldwide 80 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Mary Wilhelmine Williams United States · #349,275 worldwide 11 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Gairdner B. Moment United States · #437,180 worldwide 59 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Wilfred A. Beardsley United States · #452,425 worldwide 0 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Mary Hufford United States · #549,583 worldwide 14 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Robert Beachy United States · #724,011 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 D. J. R. Bruckner United States · #833,887 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Mary E. Andrews United States · #1,065,885 worldwide 14 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Goucher College

Which keywords describe research at Goucher College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Religion, Colonialism, Feminism, Identity, History, Social Justice 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 2022–2025 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. Gender8▲ 15×13 topics
  2. Religion6▲ 13×12 topics
  3. Climate Change6▲ 2.1×16 topics
  4. Colonialism5▲ 9.5×8 topics
  5. Globalization4▲ 2.1×14 topics
  6. Identity4▲ 5.8×10 topics
  7. Feminism4▲ 14×8 topics
  8. History4▲ 5.6×5 topics
  9. Social Justice4▲ 6.3×8 topics
  10. Literature4▲ 6.6×6 topics
  11. Human Rights4▲ 3.4×10 topics
  12. Culture3▲ 6.2×4 topics
  13. Nationalism3▲ 7.1×6 topics
  14. Migration3▲ 9.2×6 topics
  15. Social Movements3▲ 9.8×4 topics
  16. Ethics3▲ 5.8×6 topics
  17. Philosophy3▲ 5.9×4 topics
  18. Community2▲ 21×3 topics
  19. Community Engagement2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  20. Ecosystem Services2▲ 5.5×5 topics
  21. Political Economy2▲ 8.2×6 topics
  22. Social Inequality2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  23. Civic Engagement2▲ 13×2 topics
  24. Neoliberalism2▲ 5.7×6 topics
  25. Student Development2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  26. Urban Development2▲ 5.7×4 topics
  27. Conservation2▲ 4.5×6 topics
  28. Racial Disparities2▲ 39×2 topics
  29. Politics2▲ 6.9×4 topics
  30. Race2▲ 17×3 topics
  31. Adaptation2▲ 6.3×3 topics
  32. Civic Education2▲ 74×1 topic
  33. Service-Learning2▲ 119×1 topic
  34. Occupation2▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  36. Sociopolitical2▲ 48×2 topics
  37. Vulnerability2▲ 7.2×5 topics
  38. Hydrology2▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Mass Incarceration2▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Arctic2▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Goucher College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Service-Learning and Community Engagement, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, Climate change and permafrost and Latin American and Latino Studies.

Service-Learning and Com…2Service-Learning and Community Engagement: 2 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Cor…2Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 2 fractional worksClimate change and permafrost: 2 fractional worksLatin American and Latino Studies: 1 fractional worksFrench Historical and Cultural Studies: 1 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies: 1 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 1 fractional worksShakespeare, Adaptation,…1Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Measurement and Detection Methods: 1 fractional worksCultural Industries and Urban Development: 1 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political ScienceAtmospheric ScienceCultural Studies5 others

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

  1. 1 Service-Learning and Community Engagement Education 2 works
  2. 2 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 2 works
  4. 4 Latin American and Latino Studies Cultural Studies 1 works
  5. 5 French Historical and Cultural Studies History 1 works
  6. 6 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  7. 7 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Measurement and Detection Methods Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 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 available23.7%not open76.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Goucher College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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