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Grinnell College

In research, Grinnell College stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,709 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,956 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,211 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,920
of 22,385 · #8,848 all time
Rank in United States
#1,355
of 3,332
Research works
2.4k
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
29k
12.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Grinnell College

What is Grinnell 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 #5,709 of 9,585 10.0%150 #3760
Social SciencesField #4,956 of 5,988 8.4%82 #2961
Physical SciencesDomain #9,211 of 10,670 4.4%70 #8828

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Grinnell 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#3,760 #5,709
  2. Social Sciences#2,961 #4,956
  3. Physical Sciences#8,828 #9,211
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 Grinnell College work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Grinnell College is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Arts and Humanities (14%), Computer Science (13%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 166 fractional works · 58.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 91 fractional works · 32.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 34 fractional works · 12.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 39 fractional works · 13.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClassics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 79 fractional works · 28.1% of its workComputer Science: 37 fractional works · 13.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 7.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKGrinnell College283fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences59%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences9132.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities3913.8%
    3. Psychology144.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance124.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting62.2%
    6. Decision Sciences41.5%
    1. Computer Science3713.1%
    2. Engineering103.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy93.3%
    4. Environmental Science93.1%
    5. Mathematics72.6%
    6. Materials Science31.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.9%
    8. Chemistry10.4%
    9. Energy10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology82.9%
    2. Neuroscience72.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine103.5%
    2. Health Professions72.5%
    3. 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: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.47× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.68× its world share, 37 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.24× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.48× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 10 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.79× its world share, 39 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.69× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.96× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.60× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.55× its world share, 91 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.79×39 works
  2. Social Sciences2.55×91 works
  3. Mathematics2.24×8 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.96×12 works
  5. Computer Science1.68×37 works
  6. Psychology1.60×14 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.54×4 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.48×9 works
  9. Neuroscience1.47×7 works
  10. Health Professions0.96×7 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.69×6 works
  12. Environmental Science0.63×9 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.57×2 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.55×8 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.33×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×4 works
  17. Veterinary0.29×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.28×3 works
  19. Chemistry0.24×1 works
  20. Engineering0.23×10 works
  21. Energy0.22×1 works
  22. Medicine0.18×10 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.17×0 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Grinnell College?

Ranked on the quality score, C. Duke, Hâle Utar and Vincent M. Eckhart lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Grinnell College.

  1. 1 C. Duke United States · #545,054 worldwide 4.5k citations · 74 works
  2. 2 Hâle Utar United States · #574,364 worldwide 694 citations · 86 works
  3. 3 Vincent M. Eckhart United States · #744,666 worldwide 2.7k citations · 61 works
  4. 4 Damian G. Kelty‐Stephen United States · #780,274 worldwide 3.9k citations · 174 works
  5. 5 Andrew M. Graham United States · #1,100,386 worldwide 1.7k citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Elaine M. Marzluff United States · #1,507,466 worldwide 1.2k citations · 25 works
  7. 7 David Cook‐Martín United States · #1,574,063 worldwide 492 citations · 51 works
  8. 8 Eric Ohrn United States · #1,667,773 worldwide 620 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 John H. Burma United States · #1,679,642 worldwide 416 citations · 47 works
  10. 10 SUSAN J. FERGUSON United States · #1,716,074 worldwide 1.3k citations · 59 works
All ranked researchers at Grinnell College

What are the most cited papers from Grinnell College?

The most cited paper from Grinnell College is "Evolution and the latitudinal diversity gradient: speciation, extinction and biogeography" (Gary G. Mittelbach et al., 2007), with 1,788 citations. Next come "Undergraduate Research Experiences Support Science Career Decisions and Active Learning" (1,006) and "Survey of Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE): First Findings" (967).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Evolution and the latitudinal diversity gradient: speciation, extinction and biogeography Gary G. Mittelbach et al. · Ecology Letters Open access 20 Feb 2007 1,788
2 Undergraduate Research Experiences Support Science Career Decisions and Active Learning David E. Lopatto · CBE—Life Sciences Education Open access Dec 2007 1,006
3 Survey of Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE): First Findings David E. Lopatto · Cell Biology Education Open access Dec 2004 967
4 Mercury Methylation by Novel Microorganisms from New Environments Cynthia C. Gilmour, Mircea Podar, Allyson L. Bullock et al. · Environmental Science & Technology 11 Sep 2013 753
5 A Framework for Prioritizing the TESS Planetary Candidates Most Amenable to Atmospheric Characterization Eliza M.-R. Kempton et al. · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Open access 27 Sep 2018 597
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Grinnell College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, History, Colonialism, Identity, Gender, Literature, Feminism 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. Globalization23▲ 4.1×38 topics
  2. History17▲ 8.4×24 topics
  3. Colonialism15▲ 11×26 topics
  4. Identity13▲ 6.5×27 topics
  5. Gender12▲ 7.9×24 topics
  6. Literature11▲ 7.0×22 topics
  7. Feminism10▲ 12×15 topics
  8. Philosophy10▲ 8.0×14 topics
  9. Human Rights10▲ 3.4×15 topics
  10. Nationalism10▲ 7.7×16 topics
  11. Culture10▲ 6.5×15 topics
  12. Religion10▲ 7.3×14 topics
  13. Ethics8▲ 5.6×14 topics
  14. Algorithmic Information Theory7▲ 155×1 topic
  15. Computability7▲ 155×1 topic
  16. Society7▲ 14×9 topics
  17. Neoliberalism6▲ 5.8×11 topics
  18. Social Movements6▲ 6.6×5 topics
  19. Model Checking5▲ 36×2 topics
  20. Modal Logic4▲ 52×2 topics
  21. Politics4▲ 5.8×8 topics
  22. Discrimination4▲ 7.0×4 topics
  23. Memory4▲ 6.0×5 topics
  24. Intersectionality4▲ 7.4×5 topics
  25. Description Logics4▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Knowledge Representation4▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Learning Analytics4▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Cultural Revolution4▲ 33×2 topics
  29. International Relations4▲ 5.6×9 topics
  30. Science4▲ 5.5×6 topics
  31. Answer Set Programming4▲ 86×1 topic
  32. Belief Revision4▲ 86×1 topic
  33. China4▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Race4▲ 11×9 topics
  35. Christianity4▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Confucianism4▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Cultural Transmission3▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Postcolonialism3▲ 8.2×8 topics
  39. Computational Thinking3▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Network Dynamics3▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Grinnell College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms, Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge, Chinese history and philosophy and Teaching and Learning Programming.

Computability, Logic, AI…7Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms: 7 fractional worksLogic, Reasoning, and Knowledge: 4 fractional worksChinese history and phil…4Chinese history and philosophy: 4 fractional worksTeaching and Learning Pr…3Teaching and Learning Programming: 3 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 2 fractional worksPolitical and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America: 2 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and …2South Asian Studies and Diaspora: 2 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 2 fractional worksMedieval Literature and History: 2 fractional worksFolklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies: 2 fractional works
Computational Theory and MathematicsArtificial IntelligenceSociology and Political ScienceComputer Science Applications5 others

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

  1. 1 Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 7 works
  2. 2 Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  3. 3 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 3 works
  5. 5 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 2 works
  6. 6 Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 South Asian Studies and Diaspora Philosophy 2 works
  8. 8 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  9. 9 Medieval Literature and History Classics 2 works
  10. 10 Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies Literature and Literary Theory 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 available23.2%not open76.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.1%domestic only94.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Grinnell College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% 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 Grinnell College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Grinnell College0.00075% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Grinnell 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%Grinnell College11.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.5% in 1991.

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