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Hood College

In research, Hood College stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,458 of 16,945 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,575 of 10,206 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#18,226 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,508
of 28,054 · #20,058 all time
Rank in United States
#2,192
of 4,192
Research works
544
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.6k
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Hood 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 #5,458 of 16,945 16.8%294
Social SciencesField #6,575 of 10,206 17.9%132
Physical SciencesDomain #18,226 of 21,541 15.5%143

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hood 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.99× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.15× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.99× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.92× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.54× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.44× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.85× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.67× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.94× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Hood College?

Ranked on the composite score, Ahmed Salem and G. Dimitoglou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hood College.

  1. 1 Ahmed Salem United States · #1,184,402 worldwide 12 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 G. Dimitoglou United States · #1,576,599 worldwide 2 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Hood College

Which keywords describe research at Hood College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Deep Learning, Identity, Gender, History, Health Disparities, Literature and Gender Identity.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Deep Learning6▲ 2.3×24 topics
  2. Mental Health5▲ 4.4×13 topics
  3. Identity4▲ 6.0×6 topics
  4. Climate Change3▲ 1.50×15 topics
  5. Gender3▲ 6.1×7 topics
  6. History3▲ 4.8×5 topics
  7. COVID-192▲ 2.1×6 topics
  8. Literature2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  9. Colonialism2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  10. Educational Technology2▲ 2.2×4 topics
  11. Health Disparities2▲ 10×4 topics
  12. Corporate Governance2▲ 3.4×5 topics
  13. Data Mining2▲ 3.3×6 topics
  14. Gender Identity2▲ 22×2 topics
  15. Higher Education2▲ 4.3×5 topics
  16. Intersectionality2▲ 13×2 topics
  17. Conservation2▲ 5.2×10 topics
  18. Population Dynamics2▲ 9.1×6 topics
  19. IoT Security2▲ 6.5×3 topics
  20. Migration2▲ 6.4×5 topics
  21. Race2▲ 20×3 topics
  22. Stigma2▲ 15×2 topics
  23. Gender Differences2▲ 5.3×3 topics
  24. Discrimination2▲ 10×1 topic
  25. LGBTQ+2▲ 48×1 topic
  26. Memory2▲ 7.3×2 topics
  27. Teaching Methods2▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Anomaly Detection1▲ 5.9×2 topics
  29. Conservation Biology1▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Colonial History1▲ 81×2 topics
  31. Indigenous Peoples1▲ 72×2 topics
  32. Science1▲ 6.4×3 topics
  33. Diversity1▲ 8.1×2 topics
  34. Evidence-Based Practice1▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Language Development1▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Mathematics Education1▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Social Cognition1▲ 8.9×3 topics
  38. Social Exclusion1▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Spatial Representation1▲ 35×2 topics
  40. Biodiversity Loss1▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Hood College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Network Security and Intrusion Detection and Photographic and Visual Arts.

LGBTQ Health, Identity, …2LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 2 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Bi…1Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 1 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 1 fractional worksPhotographic and Visual Arts: 1 fractional worksIndigenous Cultures and History: 1 fractional worksAsian American and Pacific Histories: 1 fractional worksInnovations in Educational Methods: 1 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Tec…1Software Engineering Techniques and Practices: 1 fractional worksTeaching and Learning Programming: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 1 fractional works
Social PsychologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeComputer Networks and CommunicationsMuseology6 others

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

  1. 1 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 2 works
  2. 2 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  3. 3 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  4. 4 Photographic and Visual Arts Museology 1 works
  5. 5 Indigenous Cultures and History Anthropology 1 works
  6. 6 Asian American and Pacific Histories Cultural Studies 1 works
  7. 7 Innovations in Educational Methods Education 1 works
  8. 8 Software Engineering Techniques and Practices Information Systems 1 works
  9. 9 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 1 works
  10. 10 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 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 available25.3%not open74.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.9%domestic only94.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hood College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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