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Hope College

In research, Hope College stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,410 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,423 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,657 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,812
of 28,054 · #5,808 all time
Rank in United States
#1,927
of 4,192
Research works
2.8k
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
41k
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Hope College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #3,410 of 10,521 18.6%189 #1768
Social SciencesField #4,423 of 6,365 17.9%91 #1727
Physical SciencesDomain #11,657 of 12,888 6.2%74 #5566

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hope 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,768 #3,410
  2. Social Sciences#1,727 #4,423
  3. Physical Sciences#5,566 #11,657
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.27× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.00× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.98× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.66× its world share, 44 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.18× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.19× its world share, 90 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hope College?

Ranked on the composite score, David G. Myers, Marc Baer and John D. Cox lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hope College.

  1. 1 David G. Myers United States · #12,342 worldwide 578 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Marc Baer United States · #39,232 worldwide 252 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 John D. Cox United States · #287,496 worldwide 23 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Anne R. Larsen United States · #294,961 worldwide 30 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Brian E. Porter United States · #343,971 worldwide 93 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 James A. Herrick United States · #346,081 worldwide 22 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Jayson L. Dibble United States · #352,815 worldwide 153 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Daryl R. Van Tongeren United States · #363,174 worldwide 216 citations · 57 works
  9. 9 Julia Randel United States · #587,315 worldwide 0 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Steven C. Bouma-Prediger United States · #656,430 worldwide 6 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Hope College

Which keywords describe research at Hope College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Religion, Nationalism, Identity, Social Support, History, Ethics and Resilience.

▲ 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. Mental Health22▲ 4.6×23 topics
  2. Religion15▲ 9.7×15 topics
  3. Globalization14▲ 2.2×24 topics
  4. Identity13▲ 5.3×21 topics
  5. Nationalism12▲ 8.0×12 topics
  6. History11▲ 4.8×21 topics
  7. Social Support10▲ 5.7×8 topics
  8. Education10▲ 1.82×23 topics
  9. Gender9▲ 5.1×16 topics
  10. Ethics9▲ 5.7×11 topics
  11. Resilience9▲ 5.7×7 topics
  12. Well-being8▲ 6.5×8 topics
  13. Literature8▲ 4.5×19 topics
  14. Health8▲ 5.8×6 topics
  15. Psychological Adjustment8▲ 16×4 topics
  16. Feminism7▲ 7.9×11 topics
  17. Social Justice7▲ 3.7×14 topics
  18. Colonialism7▲ 4.4×12 topics
  19. Neuroscience7▲ 6.9×11 topics
  20. Philosophy6▲ 4.3×10 topics
  21. Coping6▲ 36×2 topics
  22. Emotion6▲ 8.7×6 topics
  23. Intersectionality6▲ 10.0×7 topics
  24. Secularism6▲ 17×4 topics
  25. Reactive Oxygen Species6▲ 4.4×4 topics
  26. Efficiency6▲ 5.7×4 topics
  27. Politics6▲ 6.3×5 topics
  28. Spirituality6▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Theology6▲ 18×3 topics
  30. Democracy5▲ 4.6×6 topics
  31. Truth5▲ 50×3 topics
  32. Metabolic Regulation5▲ 8.7×3 topics
  33. Perception5▲ 21×3 topics
  34. Public Opinion4▲ 11×2 topics
  35. End-of-Life Care4▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Inclusion4▲ 8.9×4 topics
  37. Light-Emitting Diodes4▲ 8.2×2 topics
  38. Political Philosophy4▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Interpersonal Relationships4▲ 71×2 topics
  40. Mitochondria4▲ 9.4×1 topic

Which research topics does Hope College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology, Perovskite Materials and Applications and American Constitutional Law and Politics.

Mitochondrial Function a…4Mitochondrial Function and Pathology: 4 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, …4Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 4 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and…4Perovskite Materials and Applications: 4 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …4American Constitutional Law and Politics: 4 fractional worksReligion and Society Interactions: 3 fractional worksGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health: 3 fractional worksComplex Systems and Deci…2Complex Systems and Decision Making: 2 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 2 fractional worksSocial and Intergroup Psychology: 2 fractional worksEpistemology, Ethics, an…2Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyHealthElectrical and Electronic EngineeringPolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 4 works
  2. 2 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 4 works
  3. 3 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  5. 5 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  6. 6 Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 3 works
  7. 7 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  8. 8 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 2 works
  9. 9 Social and Intergroup Psychology Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics Philosophy 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 available32.8%not open67.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.5%domestic only94.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hope College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower 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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