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Illinois Wesleyan University

In research, Illinois Wesleyan University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,119 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,842
of 22,385 · #11,169 all time
Rank in United States
#1,498
of 3,332
Research works
6k
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
24k
4.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
2%
world 18%
Illinois Wesleyan University

What is Illinois Wesleyan University 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 #8,119 of 9,585 3.5%68 #11914

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Illinois Wesleyan University 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 Illinois Wesleyan University work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Illinois Wesleyan University is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Arts and Humanities (16%), Medicine (9%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 99 fractional works · 52.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 44 fractional works · 23.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 30 fractional works · 15.6% of its workHistory: 8 fractional works · 4.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 55 fractional works · 29.0% of its workChemistry: 14 fractional works · 7.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 5.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 4.7% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 24 fractional works · 12.7% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 9.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.0% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIllinois WesleyanUniversity190fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences52%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4423.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities3015.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting84.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance84.0%
    5. Psychology63.3%
    6. Decision Sciences42.3%
    1. Chemistry147.2%
    2. Computer Science105.2%
    3. Mathematics94.7%
    4. Engineering63.2%
    5. Materials Science63.0%
    6. Environmental Science52.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy42.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.4%
    10. Energy00.2%
    1. Medicine189.5%
    2. Health Professions52.5%
    3. Nursing20.8%
    1. Neuroscience42.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.9%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.29× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.57× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.00× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.96× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 1.70× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.41× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.27× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.33× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.88× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.07× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.82× its world share, 44 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.41×30 works
  2. Chemistry4.57×14 works
  3. Mathematics4.00×9 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.33×4 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.88×8 works
  6. Social Sciences1.82×44 works
  7. Nursing1.70×2 works
  8. Neuroscience1.29×4 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.27×8 works
  10. Psychology1.07×6 works
  11. Chemical Engineering1.00×1 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.96×4 works
  13. Health Professions0.93×5 works
  14. Materials Science0.86×6 works
  15. Computer Science0.67×10 works
  16. Environmental Science0.49×5 works
  17. Medicine0.49×18 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.41×4 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×1 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.36×4 works
  21. Energy0.22×0 works
  22. Engineering0.21×6 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Illinois Wesleyan University?

Ranked on the quality score, Brad E. Sheese, Gabriel C. Spalding and Thomas Blanchard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Illinois Wesleyan University.

  1. 1 Brad E. Sheese United States · #895,448 worldwide 4.4k citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Gabriel C. Spalding United States · #1,099,215 worldwide 3.7k citations · 137 works
  3. 3 Thomas Blanchard United States · #1,554,619 worldwide 439 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Emil Kauder United States · #2,293,587 worldwide 655 citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Roger E. Ulrich United States · #2,351,948 worldwide 1.7k citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Scott W. Krabbe United States · #2,628,282 worldwide 1.1k citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Christopher J. Prendergast United States · #2,850,613 worldwide 1.9k citations · 158 works
  8. 8 Jonathan P. Dey United States · #3,185,075 worldwide 1.7k citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Kate Weber United States · #3,268,158 worldwide 901 citations · 52 works
  10. 10 William A. Munro United States · #3,555,234 worldwide 888 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Illinois Wesleyan University

What are the most cited papers from Illinois Wesleyan University?

The most cited paper from Illinois Wesleyan University is "Microfluidic sorting in an optical lattice" (Michael P. MacDonald, Gabriel C. Spalding, Kishan Dholakia, 2003), with 1,255 citations. Next come "Loneliness within a nomological net: An evolutionary perspective" (1,024) and "CONGRUENCE EFFECTS IN SPONSORSHIP: The Mediating Role of Sponsor Credibility and Consumer Attributions of Sponsor Motive" (966).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Microfluidic sorting in an optical lattice Michael P. MacDonald, Gabriel C. Spalding, Kishan Dholakia · Nature Nov 2003 1,255
2 Loneliness within a nomological net: An evolutionary perspective John T. Cacioppo, Louise C. Hawkley, John M. Ernst et al. · Journal of Research in Personality 21 Feb 2006 1,024
3 CONGRUENCE EFFECTS IN SPONSORSHIP: The Mediating Role of Sponsor Credibility and Consumer Attributions of Sponsor Motive Nora J. Rifon, Sejung Marina Choi, Carrie S Trimble et al. · Journal of Advertising 2004 966
4 The conservation status of the world’s reptiles Monika Böhm et al. · Biological Conservation Open access244 authors 20 Dec 2012 933
5 The pseudospectral Legendre method for discretizing optimal control problems Gamal N. Elnagar, Mohammad Ali Afshar Kazemi, Mohsen Razzaghi · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 1995 723
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Illinois Wesleyan University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, Identity, Religion, Globalization, History, Gender, Social Justice and Education.

▲ 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. Globalization12▲ 3.3×25 topics
  2. Literature10▲ 10.0×20 topics
  3. Identity10▲ 6.9×18 topics
  4. Religion8▲ 9.3×13 topics
  5. Education8▲ 2.5×20 topics
  6. History8▲ 5.7×14 topics
  7. Gender6▲ 6.4×14 topics
  8. Social Justice6▲ 5.7×11 topics
  9. Catalysis5▲ 3.7×10 topics
  10. Nationalism4▲ 5.1×7 topics
  11. Green Chemistry4▲ 13×5 topics
  12. Race4▲ 17×6 topics
  13. Cultural History4▲ 17×2 topics
  14. Religious Identity4▲ 32×2 topics
  15. Culture4▲ 3.6×10 topics
  16. Colonialism3▲ 3.8×10 topics
  17. Democracy3▲ 5.1×6 topics
  18. Student Engagement3▲ 4.5×6 topics
  19. Mormonism3▲ 660×1 topic
  20. Polygamy3▲ 660×1 topic
  21. Latin America3▲ 8.3×5 topics
  22. Organic Synthesis3▲ 13×4 topics
  23. Psychology3▲ 12×5 topics
  24. Society3▲ 8.3×6 topics
  25. Ecology3▲ 8.7×2 topics
  26. Heterocyclic Compounds3▲ 18×4 topics
  27. Imperialism3▲ 19×3 topics
  28. Masculinity3▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Neoliberalism3▲ 4.1×6 topics
  30. Spirituality3▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Teaching Methods3▲ 8.5×4 topics
  32. Asymmetric Synthesis2▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Intersectionality2▲ 6.9×5 topics
  34. Public Opinion2▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Neuropathic Pain2▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Combinatorics2▲ 94×1 topic
  37. Experiential Learning2▲ 24×3 topics
  38. Permutations2▲ 94×1 topic
  39. Anticancer Agents2▲ 7.7×5 topics
  40. Thermal Decomposition2▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does Illinois Wesleyan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mormonism, Religion, and History, Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics, American Constitutional Law and Politics and Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure.

Mormonism, Religion, and…3Mormonism, Religion, and History: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Combinatorial M…2Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics: 2 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 2 fractional worksChemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure: 2 fractional worksPentecostalism and Christianity Studies: 2 fractional worksManagement and Marketing Education: 2 fractional worksThermal and Kinetic Anal…2Thermal and Kinetic Analysis: 2 fractional worksAmerican and British Literature Analysis: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 2 fractional worksAmerican Sports and Lite…1American Sports and Literature: 1 fractional works
HistoryDiscrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsPolitical Science and International RelationsOrganic Chemistry5 others

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

  1. 1 Mormonism, Religion, and History History 3 works
  2. 2 Advanced Combinatorial Mathematics Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 2 works
  3. 3 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  4. 4 Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure Organic Chemistry 2 works
  5. 5 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 2 works
  6. 6 Management and Marketing Education Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  7. 7 Thermal and Kinetic Analysis Materials Chemistry 2 works
  8. 8 American and British Literature Analysis Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  9. 9 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 American Sports and Literature History 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 available48.0%not open52.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.0%domestic only98.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Illinois Wesleyan University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% 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 Illinois Wesleyan University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00051% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Illinois Wesleyan University0.00075% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Illinois Wesleyan University 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 2025Illinois Wesleyan University3.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.4% in 2017.

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