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Hampden–Sydney College

In research, Hampden–Sydney College stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,021 of 14,833 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#14,360 of 17,446 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,005 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,473
of 22,385 · #15,287 all time
Rank in United States
#2,218
of 3,332
Research works
732
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.3k
11.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Hampden–Sydney College

What is Hampden–Sydney 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 SciencesDomain #8,021 of 14,833 7.6%373
Physical SciencesDomain #14,360 of 17,446 8.6%207
Social SciencesField #8,005 of 9,330 5.9%161

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hampden–Sydney 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 Hampden–Sydney College work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Hampden–Sydney College is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%), Arts and Humanities (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 60 fractional works · 41.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 17.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 16 fractional works · 11.2% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 38 fractional works · 26.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 8.3% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 6.0% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 29 fractional works · 20.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 13.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 9.3% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 11.7% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 9.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHampden–SydneyCollege144fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences42%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2617.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities1611.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting74.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance43.1%
    5. Psychology42.5%
    6. Decision Sciences32.2%
    1. Environmental Science128.3%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences96.0%
    3. Engineering85.3%
    4. Mathematics42.6%
    5. Computer Science21.4%
    6. Materials Science21.4%
    7. Chemistry10.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1913.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences64.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology32.2%
    4. Neuroscience10.7%
    1. Medicine149.7%
    2. Health Professions31.9%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
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: 0.85× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.52× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.16× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.85× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.66× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.23× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 14 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.88× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.52× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.28× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.43× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.88×16 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.85×9 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.52×19 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.28×3 works
  5. Mathematics2.23×4 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology2.16×3 works
  7. Environmental Science1.66×12 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.52×7 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.43×4 works
  10. Social Sciences1.42×26 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.85×6 works
  12. Psychology0.82×4 works
  13. Health Professions0.73×3 works
  14. Medicine0.50×14 works
  15. Neuroscience0.43×1 works
  16. Materials Science0.40×2 works
  17. Engineering0.36×8 works
  18. Chemistry0.35×1 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.24×1 works
  20. Computer Science0.18×2 works
  21. Dentistry0.12×0 works
  22. Energy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hampden–Sydney College?

Ranked on the quality score, Indu Khurana, Kevin M. Dunn and James A. Arieti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hampden–Sydney College.

  1. 1 Indu Khurana United States · #981,967 worldwide 803 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Kevin M. Dunn United States · #1,744,111 worldwide 562 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 James A. Arieti United States · #2,057,797 worldwide 269 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 S. D. Bloom United States · #2,173,062 worldwide 3.8k citations · 81 works
  5. 5 Ralph S. Hattox United States · #3,070,309 worldwide 325 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 William A. Shear United States · #3,085,965 worldwide 5.9k citations · 259 works
  7. 7 Timothy M. Reichart United States · #3,228,414 worldwide 115 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Will Bagley United States · #3,297,619 worldwide 94 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Alexander J Werth United States · #3,440,894 worldwide 2.3k citations · 178 works
  10. 10 Michael J. Wolyniak United States · #3,572,873 worldwide 1.2k citations · 94 works
All ranked researchers at Hampden–Sydney College

What are the most cited papers from Hampden–Sydney College?

The most cited paper from Hampden–Sydney College is "Immune checkpoint blockade therapy for cancer: An overview of FDA-approved immune checkpoint inhibitors" (Kristian Michael Hargadon, Coleman E. Johnson, Corey J. Williams, 2018), with 1,233 citations. Next come "Locus coeruleus: a new look at the blue spot" (766) and "EGRET Observations of the Diffuse Gamma‐Ray Emission from the Galactic Plane" (731).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Immune checkpoint blockade therapy for cancer: An overview of FDA-approved immune checkpoint inhibitors Kristian Michael Hargadon, Coleman E. Johnson, Corey J. Williams · International Immunopharmacology 2 Jul 2018 1,233
2 Locus coeruleus: a new look at the blue spot Gina R. Poe, Stephen L. Foote, Oxana Eschenko et al. · Nature reviews. Neuroscience ReviewOpen access 17 Sep 2020 766
3 EGRET Observations of the Diffuse Gamma‐Ray Emission from the Galactic Plane S. D. Hunter et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 20 May 1997 731
4 EGRET Observations of the Extragalactic Gamma‐Ray Emission Parameswaran Sreekumar et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 20 Feb 1998 727
5 Detection of a γ-ray burst of very long duration and very high energy Kevin Hurley et al. · Nature 15 Dec 1994 449
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hampden–Sydney College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Evolution, Genomics, Globalization, Ecology, Education, Ethics and Bioinformatics.

▲ 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. Biodiversity9▲ 8.4×9 topics
  2. Globalization9▲ 3.2×19 topics
  3. Education8▲ 3.1×12 topics
  4. Evolution7▲ 19×8 topics
  5. Climate Change7▲ 1.75×17 topics
  6. Genomics7▲ 16×4 topics
  7. Ecology6▲ 23×4 topics
  8. History5▲ 5.1×9 topics
  9. Ethics5▲ 6.6×7 topics
  10. Culture5▲ 6.2×8 topics
  11. Bioinformatics4▲ 26×3 topics
  12. Biogeography4▲ 11×6 topics
  13. Population Dynamics4▲ 12×5 topics
  14. Social Capital4▲ 5.7×7 topics
  15. Democracy4▲ 7.7×7 topics
  16. Philosophy4▲ 6.1×6 topics
  17. Identity4▲ 3.7×6 topics
  18. Adaptation4▲ 8.6×2 topics
  19. Religion4▲ 5.6×8 topics
  20. Skills Development4▲ 74×2 topics
  21. Curriculum4▲ 24×1 topic
  22. Training4▲ 12×1 topic
  23. Cavefish3▲ 120×1 topic
  24. Molecular Phylogeny3▲ 14×7 topics
  25. Subterranean3▲ 120×1 topic
  26. Conservation3▲ 5.3×8 topics
  27. Invasive Species3▲ 5.4×6 topics
  28. Trust3▲ 8.0×4 topics
  29. Vaccine Development3▲ 8.6×2 topics
  30. Conservation Biology3▲ 20×4 topics
  31. Cancer Immunotherapy3▲ 13×3 topics
  32. DNA Barcoding3▲ 12×6 topics
  33. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 9.7×3 topics
  34. Public Opinion3▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Altruism3▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Benthic Communities3▲ 30×2 topics
  37. Cooperation3▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Marine Biodiversity3▲ 30×2 topics
  39. One Health3▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Zoonotic Diseases3▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does Hampden–Sydney College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research, Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, Zoonotic diseases and public health and Marine Biology and Ecology Research.

Genetics, Bioinformatics…4Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research: 4 fractional worksSubterranean biodiversit…3Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 3 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and pu…3Zoonotic diseases and public health: 3 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecolo…2Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 2 fractional worksExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies: 2 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 2 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …2Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 2 fractional worksFOXO transcription factor regulation: 2 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 2 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune…2Immunotherapy and Immune Responses: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyPaleontologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOceanography3 others

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

  1. 1 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 4 works
  2. 2 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 3 works
  3. 3 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  4. 4 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 2 works
  5. 5 Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies Safety Research 2 works
  6. 6 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 2 works
  7. 7 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 FOXO transcription factor regulation Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 2 works
  10. 10 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 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 available31.2%not open68.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.2%domestic only93.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hampden–Sydney College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Hampden–Sydney College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00052% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Hampden–Sydney College0.00060% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hampden–Sydney 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 2025Hampden–Sydney College2.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.7% in 2007.

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