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Ithaca College

In research, Ithaca College stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,747 of 10,521 worldwide), Life Sciences (#5,126 of 7,800 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,760 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,507
of 28,054 · #2,744 all time
Rank in United States
#1,274
of 4,192
Research works
5.7k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
156k
27.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Ithaca 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 #3,747 of 10,521 16.1%198 #1231
Life SciencesDomain #5,126 of 7,800 29.1%101 #2094
Physical SciencesDomain #9,760 of 12,888 9.0%156 #3169
Social SciencesField #5,016 of 6,365 18.4%80 #1619
Health SciencesDomain #10,020 of 11,982 10.1%98 #5141
MedicineField #9,643 of 10,443 7.3%79 #6356

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ithaca 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#1,231 #3,747
  2. Life Sciences#2,094 #5,126
  3. Physical Sciences#3,169 #9,760
  4. Social Sciences#1,619 #5,016
  5. Health Sciences#5,141 #10,020
  6. Medicine#6,356 #9,643
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: 1.73× its world share, 45 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.42× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.71× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.74× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 50 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.98× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.91× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 79 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.68× its world share, 43 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.05× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.30× its world share, 39 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 80 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ithaca College?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter Uwe Hohendahl, Patrick O. McKeon and W. H. Allaway lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ithaca College.

  1. 1 Peter Uwe Hohendahl United States · #13,286 worldwide 185 citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Patrick O. McKeon United States · #182,689 worldwide 96 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 W. H. Allaway United States · #212,789 worldwide 196 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Zillah Eisenstein United States · #246,491 worldwide 146 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 B. E. Clark United States · #347,364 worldwide 222 citations · 73 works
  6. 6 Wade E. Pickren United States · #369,673 worldwide 39 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Leigh Ann Vaughn United States · #415,584 worldwide 145 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Patricia R. Zimmermann United States · #421,081 worldwide 16 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Jennifer M. Medina McKeon United States · #473,604 worldwide 73 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Lee W. Bailey United States · #502,445 worldwide 9 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Ithaca College

Which keywords describe research at Ithaca College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Feminism, Identity, Globalization, Neoliberalism, Colonialism, History and Nationalism.

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▼ 0.81×62 topics
  2. Climate Change16◆ 1.05×53 topics
  3. Globalization15▲ 1.42×43 topics
  4. Machine Learning15▼ 0.84×39 topics
  5. Sustainability15◆ 1.10×35 topics
  6. Gender13▲ 4.3×20 topics
  7. Identity12▲ 3.0×24 topics
  8. Education10◆ 1.09×29 topics
  9. Feminism10▲ 6.5×14 topics
  10. Mental Health10▲ 1.22×24 topics
  11. History10▲ 2.5×18 topics
  12. Colonialism9▲ 3.4×14 topics
  13. Nationalism8▲ 3.2×16 topics
  14. Neoliberalism8▲ 4.1×14 topics
  15. Biodiversity8▲ 1.94×17 topics
  16. Philosophy8▲ 3.1×11 topics
  17. Culture7▲ 2.4×13 topics
  18. Invasive Species7▲ 3.0×18 topics
  19. Gene Expression7▲ 2.0×13 topics
  20. Religion7▲ 2.6×14 topics
  21. Literature7▲ 2.3×13 topics
  22. Social Justice7▲ 2.0×18 topics
  23. Modeling6▲ 4.6×5 topics
  24. Leadership6▲ 2.3×8 topics
  25. Biogeography6▲ 4.1×14 topics
  26. Democracy6▲ 2.9×13 topics
  27. Emotion5▲ 4.6×7 topics
  28. Narrative5▲ 5.7×5 topics
  29. Positive Psychology4▲ 9.6×3 topics
  30. Biological Control4▲ 5.0×9 topics
  31. Cognition4▲ 5.3×6 topics
  32. Complex Systems4▲ 6.5×2 topics
  33. Plant Immunity4▲ 7.5×2 topics
  34. Altruism4▲ 7.5×3 topics
  35. Cultural Critique4▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Soft Systems Methodology4▲ 24×1 topic
  37. System Dynamics4▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Geometry3▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Hyperbolic3▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Postmodernism3▲ 17×4 topics

Which research topics does Ithaca College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Complex Systems and Decision Making, Mathematics and Applications, Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies and Contemporary Literature and Criticism.

Complex Systems and Deci…4Complex Systems and Decision Making: 4 fractional worksMathematics and Applicat…3Mathematics and Applications: 3 fractional worksLeadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies: 3 fractional worksContemporary Literature and Criticism: 2 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies: 2 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 2 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…2Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 2 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 2 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 2 fractional works
Management Science and Operations ResearchGeometry and TopologySocial PsychologyLiterature and Literary Theory6 others

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

  1. 1 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 4 works
  2. 2 Mathematics and Applications Geometry and Topology 3 works
  3. 3 Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies Social Psychology 3 works
  4. 4 Contemporary Literature and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  5. 5 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 2 works
  7. 7 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 2 works
  8. 8 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  10. 10 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 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 available28.1%not open71.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ithaca College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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