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Holy Cross College

In research, Holy Cross College stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,821 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,276
of 22,385 · #19,858 all time
Rank in United States
#2,357
of 3,332
Research works
286
▲ 144% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Holy Cross College

What is Holy Cross 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 #11,821 of 14,833 7.6%156

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

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Holy Cross College is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Psychology (9%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 58 fractional works · 50.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 29.8% of its workEducation: 17 fractional works · 14.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 9.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 32 fractional works · 28.0% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 9.2% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 7.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 11.2% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 10.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDrug Discovery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHoly CrossCollege115fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences11%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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3429.8%
    2. Psychology119.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities76.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.9%
    5. Decision Sciences21.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.4%
    1. Computer Science119.2%
    2. Engineering87.2%
    3. Materials Science43.6%
    4. Environmental Science43.4%
    5. Mathematics21.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy11.2%
    7. Chemistry11.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    9. Energy00.3%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine97.4%
    2. Health Professions43.6%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences76.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.2%
    3. Neuroscience11.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.7%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
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: 1.29× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.10× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.19× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.28× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.35× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.19× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.06× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.36× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.06×11 works
  2. Social Sciences2.36×34 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.19×7 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.10×1 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.69×2 works
  6. Health Professions1.35×4 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.29×7 works
  8. Mathematics1.28×2 works
  9. Computer Science1.19×11 works
  10. Materials Science1.05×4 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.83×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.70×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.68×4 works
  14. Chemistry0.67×1 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.63×2 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.59×2 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.54×1 works
  18. Engineering0.48×8 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×2 works
  20. Medicine0.39×8 works
  21. Nursing0.34×0 works
  22. Energy0.31×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.18×0 works
  24. Dentistry0.17×0 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Holy Cross College?

Ranked on the quality score, C. Nirmala Louis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Holy Cross College.

  1. 1 C. Nirmala Louis United States · #6,192,929 worldwide 204 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Holy Cross College

What are the most cited papers from Holy Cross College?

The most cited paper from Holy Cross College is "Improved Search for Muon-Neutrino to Electron-Neutrino Oscillations in MINOS" (P. Adamson et al., 2011), with 707 citations. Next come "Community Attachment" (500) and "Lifestyle Movements: Exploring the Intersection of Lifestyle and Social Movements" (398).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Improved Search for Muon-Neutrino to Electron-Neutrino Oscillations in MINOS P. Adamson et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access119 authors 27 Oct 2011 707
2 Community Attachment David M. Hummon Book chapter 1992 500
3 Lifestyle Movements: Exploring the Intersection of Lifestyle and Social Movements Ross Haenfler, Brett Johnson, Ellis Jones · Social movement studies 2012 398
4 The Energetics of Acoustic Signaling in Anurans and Insects Kenneth N. Prestwich · American Zoologist Open access Dec 1994 301
5 The NuMI neutrino beam P. Adamson et al. · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment Open access190 authors 24 Oct 2015 294
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Holy Cross College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, E-Learning, Student Engagement, Teacher Professional Development, Professional Learning Communities, Online Learning and Professional Development.

▲ 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. Educational Technology8▲ 5.5×17 topics
  2. Technology Integration7▲ 19×8 topics
  3. E-Learning5▲ 4.8×9 topics
  4. Globalization4▲ 1.89×19 topics
  5. Student Engagement4▲ 9.2×9 topics
  6. Online Learning4▲ 4.2×7 topics
  7. Education4▲ 1.97×12 topics
  8. Social Media4▲ 2.3×9 topics
  9. Teacher Professional Development4▲ 20×4 topics
  10. Professional Learning Communities3▲ 51×2 topics
  11. Identity3▲ 3.5×11 topics
  12. Professional Development3▲ 12×5 topics
  13. Social Impact3▲ 6.4×4 topics
  14. Inclusive Education3▲ 6.1×4 topics
  15. Resilience3▲ 4.5×10 topics
  16. Lifelong Learning2▲ 10×7 topics
  17. Mobile Learning2▲ 6.1×3 topics
  18. Motivation2▲ 5.0×6 topics
  19. Political Economy2▲ 8.3×5 topics
  20. Student Satisfaction2▲ 11×2 topics
  21. Colonialism2▲ 4.3×10 topics
  22. Qualitative Research Methods2▲ 49×1 topic
  23. Teacher Identity2▲ 50×1 topic
  24. Teaching Strategies2▲ 7.0×3 topics
  25. Herbal Medicine2▲ 6.2×4 topics
  26. Language Teaching2▲ 6.5×3 topics
  27. 21st Century Skills2▲ 5.7×3 topics
  28. Self-Efficacy2▲ 6.3×6 topics
  29. Sustainable Agriculture2▲ 5.2×3 topics
  30. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  31. Academic Achievement2▲ 8.7×4 topics
  32. Google Classroom2▲ 14×1 topic
  33. Teacher Perception2▲ 13×1 topic
  34. Diversity2▲ 7.6×4 topics
  35. Dysmenorrhea2▲ 65×1 topic
  36. News Media2▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Premenstrual Syndrome2▲ 65×1 topic
  38. Self-Regulation2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  39. Special Education2▲ 23×3 topics
  40. Intrinsic Motivation1▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Holy Cross College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Technology-Enhanced Education Studies, Menstrual Health and Disorders and Misinformation and Its Impacts.

Teacher Education and Le…2Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 2 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Educ…2Technology-Enhanced Education Studies: 2 fractional worksMenstrual Health and Dis…2Menstrual Health and Disorders: 2 fractional worksMisinformation and Its I…1Misinformation and Its Impacts: 1 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 1 fractional worksAgriculture, Land Use, Rural Development: 1 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Resea…1Diverse Scientific Research Studies: 1 fractional worksGraph Labeling and Dimension Problems: 1 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 1 fractional worksEducational Games and Ga…1Educational Games and Gamification: 1 fractional works
EducationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSociology and Political ScienceLanguage and Linguistics4 others

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

  1. 1 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 2 works
  2. 2 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 2 works
  3. 3 Menstrual Health and Disorders Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 1 works
  6. 6 Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  7. 7 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Graph Labeling and Dimension Problems Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  9. 9 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 1 works
  10. 10 Educational Games and Gamification Developmental and Educational Psychology 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 available47.2%not open52.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.3%domestic only66.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Holy Cross College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 144% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Holy Cross College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00034% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Holy Cross College0.00058% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Holy Cross College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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