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Grinnell College

In research, Grinnell College stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,902 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,419 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,048 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,130
of 28,054 · #7,761 all time
Rank in United States
#2,137
of 4,192
Research works
2.4k
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
12.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Grinnell 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 #5,902 of 10,521 16.2%150 #2042
Social SciencesField #4,419 of 6,365 14.3%82 #1307
Physical SciencesDomain #10,048 of 12,888 9.4%70 #7076

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 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. Social Sciences#2,042 #5,902
  2. Social Sciences#1,307 #4,419
  3. Physical Sciences#7,076 #10,048
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: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.41× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.61× its world share, 31 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.06× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.60× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.75× its world share, 34 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.04× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.60× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.59× its world share, 82 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.

Who are the top researchers at Grinnell College?

Ranked on the composite score, Kenneth Christiansen, John Mutti and Alan D. Schrift lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Grinnell College.

  1. 1 Kenneth Christiansen United States · #160,489 worldwide 155 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 John Mutti United States · #232,562 worldwide 122 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Alan D. Schrift United States · #299,041 worldwide 22 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Brigittine M. French United States · #470,002 worldwide 32 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 W. A. Heidel United States · #509,461 worldwide 13 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Vance Byrd United States · #600,727 worldwide 3 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 David Cook‐Martín United States · #643,809 worldwide 25 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 John H. Burma United States · #648,917 worldwide 28 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Sarah J. Purcell United States · #735,743 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Henry S. Conard United States · #859,750 worldwide 31 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Grinnell College

Which keywords describe research at Grinnell College?

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

▲ 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. Globalization20▲ 4.1×34 topics
  2. History16▲ 8.9×22 topics
  3. Colonialism14▲ 12×25 topics
  4. Identity12▲ 6.4×25 topics
  5. Gender10▲ 7.6×21 topics
  6. Literature10▲ 7.3×20 topics
  7. Feminism10▲ 14×14 topics
  8. Culture9▲ 7.0×15 topics
  9. Nationalism9▲ 7.8×15 topics
  10. Philosophy9▲ 8.1×13 topics
  11. Religion9▲ 7.5×14 topics
  12. Human Rights9▲ 3.4×14 topics
  13. Algorithmic Information Theory7▲ 170×1 topic
  14. Computability7▲ 170×1 topic
  15. Society7▲ 14×8 topics
  16. Ethics6▲ 4.7×12 topics
  17. Neoliberalism6▲ 6.2×10 topics
  18. Social Movements6▲ 7.3×5 topics
  19. Model Checking4▲ 39×2 topics
  20. Regulation4▲ 3.2×4 topics
  21. Modal Logic4▲ 60×2 topics
  22. Ethnicity4▲ 4.5×7 topics
  23. Description Logics4▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Knowledge Representation4▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Cultural Revolution4▲ 35×2 topics
  26. Science4▲ 6.2×6 topics
  27. Answer Set Programming4▲ 97×1 topic
  28. Belief Revision4▲ 97×1 topic
  29. China4▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Memory4▲ 6.1×5 topics
  31. Politics4▲ 5.4×6 topics
  32. Christianity4▲ 23×1 topic
  33. Confucianism4▲ 33×1 topic
  34. International Relations4▲ 5.8×9 topics
  35. Race3▲ 12×9 topics
  36. Intersectionality3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  37. Discrimination3▲ 6.5×4 topics
  38. Cultural Transmission3▲ 15×4 topics
  39. Diaspora3▲ 22×5 topics
  40. Network Dynamics3▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Grinnell College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms, Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge, Chinese history and philosophy and Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America.

Computability, Logic, AI…7Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms: 7 fractional worksLogic, Reasoning, and Kn…4Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge: 4 fractional worksChinese history and phil…4Chinese history and philosophy: 4 fractional worksPolitical and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America: 2 fractional worksTeaching and Learning Programming: 2 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 2 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Diaspora: 2 fractional worksAmerican Environmental and Regional History: 2 fractional worksFolklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies: 2 fractional worksMedieval Literature and History: 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 Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 2 works
  6. 6 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  7. 7 South Asian Studies and Diaspora Philosophy 2 works
  8. 8 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  9. 9 Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  10. 10 Medieval Literature and History Classics 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Grinnell College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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