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Hamline University

In research, Hamline University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,723 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,184
of 22,385 · #10,495 all time
Rank in United States
#1,397
of 3,332
Research works
1.4k
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Hamline University

What is Hamline University 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 #5,723 of 9,585 11.3%76 #4273

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hamline University 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 Hamline University work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Hamline University is in Social Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Engineering (10%), Medicine (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 100 fractional works · 52.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 58 fractional works · 30.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 19 fractional works · 9.9% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 5.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 57 fractional works · 29.9% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 10.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 14 fractional works · 7.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 12 fractional works · 6.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 23 fractional works · 11.9% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHamlineUniversity192fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences52%

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 Sciences5830.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities147.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting115.8%
    4. Psychology94.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance63.3%
    6. Decision Sciences21.0%
    1. Engineering2010.5%
    2. Materials Science126.4%
    3. Energy84.1%
    4. Computer Science73.9%
    5. Environmental Science52.5%
    6. Chemistry21.0%
    7. Mathematics10.7%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine158.0%
    2. Health Professions73.8%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.3%
    3. Neuroscience21.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
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: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.48× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.70× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.84× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.45× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.50× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.81× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.53× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.48× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.41× its world share, 58 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy4.48×8 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.50×14 works
  3. Social Sciences2.41×58 works
  4. Materials Science1.84×12 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.81×11 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.53×6 works
  7. Psychology1.48×9 works
  8. Health Professions1.45×7 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.00×2 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.99×1 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.90×1 works
  12. Engineering0.70×20 works
  13. Neuroscience0.65×2 works
  14. Chemistry0.64×2 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.59×6 works
  16. Mathematics0.56×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.50×8 works
  18. Environmental Science0.50×5 works
  19. Medicine0.41×15 works
  20. Nursing0.30×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×3 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.15×1 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hamline University?

Ranked on the quality score, Thaddeus Mason Pope, Sarah J. Greenman and Irina Makarevitch lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hamline University.

  1. 1 Thaddeus Mason Pope United States · #1,345,181 worldwide 3.7k citations · 327 works
  2. 2 Sarah J. Greenman United States · #1,477,756 worldwide 830 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Irina Makarevitch United States · #1,532,581 worldwide 2.4k citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Robert Kysar United States · #1,645,239 worldwide 390 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Betsy M. Martínez-Vaz United States · #1,758,934 worldwide 1.1k citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Ronald G. Brisbois United States · #1,873,978 worldwide 1.1k citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Donald P. Irish United States · #1,927,327 worldwide 394 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Stephen H. Kellert United States · #1,973,152 worldwide 1.1k citations · 25 works
  9. 9 John J. Harrigan United States · #2,244,628 worldwide 812 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Serena M. King United States · #2,353,164 worldwide 1.1k citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Hamline University

What are the most cited papers from Hamline University?

The most cited paper from Hamline University is "Behavioral Inhibition and Stress Reactivity: The Moderating Role of Attachment Security" (Melissa Nachmias, Megan R. Gunnar, Sarah C. Mangelsdorf et al., 1996), with 652 citations. Next come "Transposable Elements Contribute to Activation of Maize Genes in Response to Abiotic Stress" (481) and "From the Field: A Proposal for Educating Leaders for Social Justice" (429).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Behavioral Inhibition and Stress Reactivity: The Moderating Role of Attachment Security Melissa Nachmias, Megan R. Gunnar, Sarah C. Mangelsdorf et al. · Child Development Apr 1996 652
2 Transposable Elements Contribute to Activation of Maize Genes in Response to Abiotic Stress Irina Makarevitch, Amanda J. Waters, Patrick T. West et al. · PLoS Genetics Open access 8 Jan 2015 481
3 From the Field: A Proposal for Educating Leaders for Social Justice Kathryn Bell McKenzie, Dana E. Christman, Frank Hernández et al. · Educational Administration Quarterly 19 Dec 2007 429
4 Community-Supported Agriculture: A Sustainable Alternative to Industrial Agriculture? Cynthia Abbott Cone, Andrea Myhre · Human Organization Jun 2000 295
5 Prospects for point-of-care pathogen diagnostics using surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) Jennifer H. Granger, Nicholas E. Schlotter, Alexis C. Crawford et al. · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2016 271
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hamline University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanomaterials, Energy Storage, Cathode Materials, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Water Splitting, Ethics, Globalization and Graphene.

▲ 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. Nanomaterials12▲ 5.8×7 topics
  2. Globalization10▲ 2.8×30 topics
  3. Energy Storage9▲ 6.9×5 topics
  4. Cathode Materials7▲ 9.9×3 topics
  5. Metal-Organic Frameworks7▲ 9.2×3 topics
  6. Graphene7▲ 5.3×6 topics
  7. Water Splitting7▲ 9.7×3 topics
  8. Ethics7▲ 6.9×12 topics
  9. Human Rights6▲ 3.3×17 topics
  10. Education6▲ 1.87×16 topics
  11. Public Health6▲ 2.2×14 topics
  12. Social Justice6▲ 5.2×13 topics
  13. Neoliberalism5▲ 7.5×12 topics
  14. Rechargeable Batteries5▲ 10×2 topics
  15. Electrocatalysis5▲ 8.5×3 topics
  16. Catalysts4▲ 12×2 topics
  17. Fuel Cells4▲ 15×2 topics
  18. Energy Conversion4▲ 10×1 topic
  19. Oxygen Reduction4▲ 16×1 topic
  20. Sustainable Energy4▲ 12×2 topics
  21. Racial Disparities4▲ 40×3 topics
  22. Youth Violence4▲ 41×3 topics
  23. Ethical Considerations4▲ 5.2×8 topics
  24. Global Governance4▲ 7.5×7 topics
  25. Ethical Issues3▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Social Inequality3▲ 6.2×6 topics
  27. Discrimination3▲ 7.7×4 topics
  28. Efficiency3▲ 5.4×3 topics
  29. Feminism3▲ 5.4×6 topics
  30. Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries3▲ 16×1 topic
  31. Carbon-Based Materials3▲ 15×1 topic
  32. Electrochemical Capacitors3▲ 15×1 topic
  33. Humanitarian Intervention3▲ 45×2 topics
  34. Zinc Anode3▲ 16×1 topic
  35. Criminal Justice3▲ 6.9×2 topics
  36. Cultural Competence3▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Terrorism3▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Global Trade3▲ 7.0×3 topics
  39. Constitutional Law2▲ 10.0×2 topics
  40. Intellectual Property2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Hamline University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Advanced battery technologies research, Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication and War, Ethics, and Justification.

Electrocatalysts for Ene…4Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 4 fractional worksAdvanced battery technol…3Advanced battery technologies research: 3 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 3 fractional worksWar, Ethics, and Justification: 2 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 2 fractional worksConducting polymers and applications: 2 fractional worksGender, Feminism, and Me…2Gender, Feminism, and Media: 2 fractional worksCultural Competency in Health Care: 2 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 2 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentElectrical and Electronic EngineeringElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsPhilosophy3 others

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

  1. 1 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 4 works
  2. 2 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 3 works
  4. 4 War, Ethics, and Justification Philosophy 2 works
  5. 5 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 2 works
  8. 8 Gender, Feminism, and Media Gender Studies 2 works
  9. 9 Cultural Competency in Health Care Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available36.0%not open64.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.4%domestic only89.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hamline University'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 Hamline University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00079% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Hamline University0.00058% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hamline University 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%Hamline University15.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.9% in 2025.

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