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Guilford College

In research, Guilford College stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,991 of 9,330 worldwide), Social Sciences (#9,839 of 14,833 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#16,406 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,351
of 22,385 · #17,332 all time
Rank in United States
#2,372
of 3,332
Research works
738
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
27.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Guilford College

What is Guilford College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesField #5,991 of 9,330 11.8%189
Social SciencesDomain #9,839 of 14,833 10.7%373
Physical SciencesDomain #16,406 of 17,446 10.5%145

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Guilford 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 fields of science does Guilford College work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Guilford College is in Social Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Medicine (15%), Arts and Humanities (11%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 37 fractional works · 49.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 24.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 11.4% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 7.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 19.5% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 19.3% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 15.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 11.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKGuilford College75fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences50%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1824.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities911.4%
    3. Psychology57.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance23.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting22.1%
    6. Decision Sciences11.6%
    1. Engineering45.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy34.0%
    3. Computer Science23.1%
    4. Environmental Science22.7%
    5. Materials Science11.6%
    6. Mathematics11.1%
    7. Chemistry11.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine1115.3%
    2. Health Professions23.3%
    3. Dentistry10.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences34.4%
    2. Neuroscience33.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.8%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.7%
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: 0.93× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.25× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.21× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.82× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.53× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.79× its world share, 11 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.95× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.53× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.39× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.91× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.95×8 works
  2. Psychology2.39×6 works
  3. Neuroscience2.25×3 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.21×1 works
  5. Social Sciences1.91×18 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.82×3 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.61×1 works
  8. Dentistry1.53×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.53×2 works
  10. Health Professions1.25×2 works
  11. Mathematics0.95×1 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.93×3 works
  13. Medicine0.79×11 works
  14. Chemistry0.68×1 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.66×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.66×2 works
  17. Environmental Science0.53×2 works
  18. Materials Science0.45×1 works
  19. Computer Science0.40×2 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×2 works
  21. Engineering0.36×4 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.28×0 works
  23. Energy0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Guilford College?

Ranked on the quality score, Lewis R. Aiken, Steven M. Pincus and Steve M. Pincus lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Guilford College.

  1. 1 Lewis R. Aiken United States · #749,702 worldwide 6.7k citations · 222 works
  2. 2 Steven M. Pincus United States · #1,326,583 worldwide 14k citations · 118 works
  3. 3 Steve M. Pincus United States · #1,420,206 worldwide 4.4k citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Richard L. Zweigenhaft United States · #1,554,180 worldwide 1.6k citations · 95 works
  5. 5 Jie Zhang United States · #1,584,454 worldwide 2.2k citations · 76 works
  6. 6 Xuezhi Guo United States · #2,132,109 worldwide 348 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Vincent J. Kalish United States · #2,201,492 worldwide 2.6k citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Gregory S. Hamilton United States · #2,215,629 worldwide 2.1k citations · 86 works
  9. 9 Edwins Laban Moogi Gwako United States · #2,400,338 worldwide 3.7k citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Alan Denson United States · #2,514,200 worldwide 164 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Guilford College

What are the most cited papers from Guilford College?

The most cited paper from Guilford College is "Approximate entropy as a measure of system complexity." (Steven M. Pincus, 1991), with 5,855 citations. Next come "Costly Punishment Across Human Societies" (1,825) and "Markets, Religion, Community Size, and the Evolution of Fairness and Punishment" (1,435).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Approximate entropy as a measure of system complexity. Steven M. Pincus · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 15 Mar 1991 5,855
2 Costly Punishment Across Human Societies Joseph Henrich, Richard L. McElreath, Abigail Margaret Barr et al. · Science 22 Jun 2006 1,825
3 Markets, Religion, Community Size, and the Evolution of Fairness and Punishment Joseph Henrich, Jean Ensminger, Richard L. McElreath et al. · Science 18 Mar 2010 1,435
4 Approximate entropy (ApEn) as a complexity measure Steve M. Pincus · Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science Mar 1995 1,226
5 Attitudes Toward Mathematics Lewis R. Aiken · Review of Educational Research Oct 1970 411
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Guilford College?

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

▲ 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. Education4▲ 3.0×12 topics
  2. Mental Health4▲ 3.4×12 topics
  3. Globalization4▲ 2.4×7 topics
  4. History3▲ 6.4×6 topics
  5. Culture3▲ 8.1×6 topics
  6. Literature3▲ 7.8×6 topics
  7. Identity3▲ 5.7×8 topics
  8. Colonialism3▲ 8.0×5 topics
  9. Gender3▲ 6.9×7 topics
  10. Public Health3▲ 2.5×10 topics
  11. Magnetic Resonance Imaging2▲ 12×6 topics
  12. Philosophy2▲ 7.1×5 topics
  13. Innovation2▲ 3.0×4 topics
  14. Neoliberalism2▲ 8.7×6 topics
  15. Science2▲ 13×4 topics
  16. Cultural Identity2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  17. Society2▲ 14×3 topics
  18. Spectroscopy2▲ 16×3 topics
  19. Emotion2▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Italian Renaissance2▲ 237×1 topic
  21. Medicine2▲ 27×2 topics
  22. Nationalism2▲ 5.0×5 topics
  23. Perfusion Imaging2▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Renaissance Florence2▲ 237×1 topic
  25. Social History2▲ 28×2 topics
  26. Parallel Imaging2▲ 46×1 topic
  27. Susceptibility Weighted Imaging2▲ 46×1 topic
  28. Neuroscience2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  29. Physical Activity2▲ 4.2×4 topics
  30. Religion2▲ 4.3×4 topics
  31. Leadership1▲ 4.0×3 topics
  32. Memory1▲ 7.6×5 topics
  33. Agroecology1▲ 13×1 topic
  34. Calvinism1▲ 79×1 topic
  35. Food Sovereignty1▲ 74×1 topic
  36. Observations1▲ 100×1 topic
  37. Primary Care1▲ 4.8×7 topics
  38. Reformation1▲ 64×1 topic
  39. Exercise1▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Sedentary Behavior1▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Guilford College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, History of Science and Medicine and Reformation and Early Modern Christianity.

Renaissance and Early Mo…2Renaissance and Early Modern Studies: 2 fractional worksAdvanced MRI Techniques …2Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 1 fractional worksReformation and Early Mo…1Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 1 fractional worksAgriculture, Land Use, R…1Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development: 1 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 1 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 1 fractional worksWorld Wars: History, Lit…1World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact: 1 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 1 fractional worksEngineering Structural Analysis Methods: 1 fractional works
HistoryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingHistory and Philosophy of ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences5 others

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

  1. 1 Renaissance and Early Modern Studies History 2 works
  2. 2 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  3. 3 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  4. 4 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 1 works
  5. 5 Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  6. 6 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 1 works
  7. 7 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 1 works
  8. 8 World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  10. 10 Engineering Structural Analysis Methods Mechanical Engineering 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 available17.2%not open82.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.0%domestic only93.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Guilford College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% 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 Guilford College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Guilford College0.00037% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Guilford 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 2025Guilford College3.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.3% in 2000.

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