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Hebrew College

In research, Hebrew College stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,083 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 6.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,892
of 22,385 · #2,588 all time
Rank in United States
#1,350
of 3,332
Research works
1.8k
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
41k
22.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Hebrew College

What is Hebrew 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 #5,083 of 9,585 11.1%65 #1363

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

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Hebrew College is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Arts and Humanities (20%), Computer Science (7%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 102 fractional works · 60.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 46 fractional works · 27.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 22 fractional works · 13.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 34 fractional works · 19.8% of its workArcheology: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workReligious studies: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 5.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 40 fractional works · 23.3% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 7.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 6.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 8.2% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 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 workALL ITS WORKHebrew College170fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences60%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4627.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities3419.8%
    3. Psychology105.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance53.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting52.8%
    6. Decision Sciences31.5%
    1. Computer Science127.1%
    2. Physics and Astronomy116.6%
    3. Engineering63.6%
    4. Mathematics21.5%
    5. Materials Science21.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.0%
    7. Environmental Science10.8%
    8. Chemistry10.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.6%
    10. Energy00.3%
    1. Medicine105.7%
    2. Health Professions42.3%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Neuroscience53.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hebrew College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 33.6 works6.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.90× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.82× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.92× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.96× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 6.85× its world share, 34 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.88× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.48× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.91× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.15× its world share, 46 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.85×34 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy2.96×11 works
  3. Social Sciences2.15×46 works
  4. Psychology1.91×10 works
  5. Neuroscience1.90×5 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.82×1 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.56×3 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.48×5 works
  9. Mathematics1.25×2 works
  10. Computer Science0.92×12 works
  11. Health Professions0.88×4 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.88×5 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.64×2 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.57×5 works
  15. Chemistry0.46×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×3 works
  17. Energy0.30×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.30×2 works
  19. Dentistry0.30×0 works
  20. Medicine0.30×10 works
  21. Nursing0.30×0 works
  22. Engineering0.24×6 works
  23. Environmental Science0.16×1 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×0 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hebrew College?

Ranked on the quality score, Zeev Farbman, Joseph M. Baumgarten and Langdon Hammer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hebrew College.

  1. 1 Zeev Farbman United States · #510,924 worldwide 2.8k citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Joseph M. Baumgarten United States · #675,204 worldwide 1.1k citations · 136 works
  3. 3 Langdon Hammer United States · #1,070,584 worldwide 302 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Michael Avi-Yonah United States · #1,425,168 worldwide 1k citations · 58 works
  5. 5 Myriam Rosen-Ayalon United States · #1,671,992 worldwide 317 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Dan Pagis United States · #2,466,198 worldwide 212 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Jane L. Kanarek United States · #2,545,483 worldwide 57 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Marie Steiner United States · #2,654,950 worldwide 6 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Solomon Schimmel United States · #2,767,486 worldwide 380 citations · 46 works
  10. 10 Isaac Hollander United States · #2,803,687 worldwide 9 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Hebrew College

What are the most cited papers from Hebrew College?

The most cited paper from Hebrew College is "Estimates near the boundary for solutions of elliptic partial differential equations satisfying general boundary conditions. I" (Shmuel Agmon, Avron Douglis, Louis Nirenberg, 1959), with 3,784 citations. Next come "Completeness theorems for non-cryptographic fault-tolerant distributed computation" (2,542) and "Long-term Effects of Cognitive Training on Everyday Functional Outcomes in Older Adults" (1,499).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Estimates near the boundary for solutions of elliptic partial differential equations satisfying general boundary conditions. I Shmuel Agmon, Avron Douglis, Louis Nirenberg · Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics Nov 1959 3,784
2 Completeness theorems for non-cryptographic fault-tolerant distributed computation Michael Ben-Or, Avi Wigderson Conference paperOpen access 1988 2,542
3 Long-term Effects of Cognitive Training on Everyday Functional Outcomes in Older Adults Sherry L. Willis, Sharon L. Tennstedt, Michael Marsiske et al. · JAMA Open access 19 Dec 2006 1,499
4 Edge-preserving decompositions for multi-scale tone and detail manipulation Zeev Farbman, Raanan Fattal, Dani Lischinski et al. · ACM Transactions on Graphics Aug 2008 1,469
5 The Efficiency Analysis of Choices Involving Risk Giora Hanoch, Haim Levy · The Review of Economic Studies Jul 1969 1,433
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hebrew College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Nationalism, Palestine, Discrimination, Israel, Ethnic Identity, Occupation and Settler Colonialism.

▲ 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. Human Rights11▲ 6.6×10 topics
  2. Nationalism10▲ 13×9 topics
  3. Palestine10▲ 103×2 topics
  4. Discrimination9▲ 25×4 topics
  5. Israel8▲ 149×2 topics
  6. Ethnic Identity8▲ 40×2 topics
  7. Occupation7▲ 70×1 topic
  8. Settler Colonialism7▲ 104×1 topic
  9. Theology7▲ 45×4 topics
  10. Biblical Monotheism6▲ 133×1 topic
  11. Ethics6▲ 6.8×15 topics
  12. Jewish Society6▲ 133×1 topic
  13. Religion6▲ 7.2×14 topics
  14. Cultural Transmission6▲ 43×2 topics
  15. Identity5▲ 4.0×12 topics
  16. Linguistics5▲ 17×4 topics
  17. Cultural History4▲ 22×4 topics
  18. Literature4▲ 4.8×11 topics
  19. Language Evolution4▲ 59×2 topics
  20. Etymology4▲ 46×2 topics
  21. Historical Phonology4▲ 46×2 topics
  22. Philosophy4▲ 4.9×10 topics
  23. Christian-Muslim Relations3▲ 73×1 topic
  24. Gospel Translation3▲ 90×1 topic
  25. Indo-European3▲ 95×1 topic
  26. Proto-Indo-European3▲ 95×1 topic
  27. Feminism3▲ 5.8×8 topics
  28. Politics3▲ 6.3×7 topics
  29. Surveillance3▲ 6.0×2 topics
  30. Alchemy3▲ 43×2 topics
  31. Archaeological Evidence3▲ 32×2 topics
  32. Civil Society3▲ 14×5 topics
  33. Semitic Languages3▲ 38×2 topics
  34. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Media2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  36. Ancient Magic2▲ 88×1 topic
  37. Arabia2▲ 48×1 topic
  38. Byzantine2▲ 48×1 topic
  39. Gnosticism2▲ 88×1 topic
  40. Spirituality2▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Hebrew College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Linguistics and language evolution and Historical and Linguistic Studies.

Jewish and Middle Easter…7Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 7 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 6 fractional worksLinguistics and language evolution: 3 fractional worksHistorical and Linguistic Studies: 3 fractional worksArchaeology and Historical Studies: 2 fractional worksHistorical, Religious, a…2Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies: 2 fractional worksFreedom of Expression and Defamation: 2 fractional worksPsychotherapy Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksAncient Near East History: 2 fractional worksReligious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceReligious studiesLanguage and LinguisticsArcheology2 others

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

  1. 1 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  2. 2 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 6 works
  3. 3 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 3 works
  4. 4 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  5. 5 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 2 works
  6. 6 Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies Archeology 2 works
  7. 7 Freedom of Expression and Defamation Law 2 works
  8. 8 Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications Clinical Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Ancient Near East History Archeology 2 works
  10. 10 Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies Sociology and Political Science 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 available24.9%not open75.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.2%domestic only69.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hebrew College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher 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 Hebrew College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00051% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Hebrew College0.00077% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hebrew 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Hebrew College7.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.3% in 2002.

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