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Kalamazoo College

In research, Kalamazoo College stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,086 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 8.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,746
of 22,385 · #8,716 all time
Rank in United States
#1,326
of 3,332
Research works
1.3k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
22k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Kalamazoo College

What is Kalamazoo College 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 #8,086 of 9,585 3.8%80 #4486

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

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Kalamazoo College is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (23%), Social Sciences (18%), Medicine (11%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 97 fractional works · 52.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 42 fractional works · 23.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClassics: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 17.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 6.8% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 45 fractional works · 24.3% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 6.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 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 workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 24 fractional works · 13.0% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 11.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 10.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKalamazoo College184fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences53%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities4223.0%
    2. Social Sciences3217.6%
    3. Psychology84.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting73.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance63.0%
    6. Decision Sciences20.9%
    1. Computer Science126.3%
    2. Engineering74.1%
    3. Environmental Science73.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy52.7%
    5. Chemistry52.6%
    6. Mathematics42.2%
    7. Materials Science21.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.1%
    9. Energy00.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine2111.5%
    2. Health Professions21.1%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences84.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology73.7%
    3. Neuroscience31.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kalamazoo College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 42.4 works8.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.87× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.66× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.81× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.87× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.21× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 7.98× its world share, 42 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.12× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.40× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.48× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities7.98×42 works
  2. Mathematics1.87×4 works
  3. Chemistry1.66×5 works
  4. Psychology1.48×8 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.40×6 works
  6. Social Sciences1.39×32 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.21×5 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.12×7 works
  9. Neuroscience1.08×3 works
  10. Nursing0.96×1 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.91×2 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.87×8 works
  13. Computer Science0.81×12 works
  14. Environmental Science0.75×7 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.71×2 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.70×7 works
  17. Medicine0.60×21 works
  18. Health Professions0.42×2 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.37×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.36×2 works
  21. Energy0.30×0 works
  22. Engineering0.27×8 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.26×0 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.17×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kalamazoo College?

Ranked on the quality score, Santiago Salinas, Autumn B. Hostetter and Adriana María Garriga-López lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kalamazoo College.

  1. 1 Santiago Salinas United States · #579,167 worldwide 1.6k citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Autumn B. Hostetter United States · #1,295,412 worldwide 3.7k citations · 70 works
  3. 3 Adriana María Garriga-López United States · #1,745,553 worldwide 288 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 James A. Langeland United States · #1,832,807 worldwide 3.5k citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Richard L. Means United States · #2,125,143 worldwide 469 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 David M. Winch United States · #2,135,984 worldwide 1.2k citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Siu-Lan Tan United States · #2,233,931 worldwide 902 citations · 59 works
  8. 8 Gerry Howser United States · #2,238,869 worldwide 230 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Rina Fujiwara United States · #2,315,597 worldwide 446 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Jan Tobochnik United States · #2,695,930 worldwide 8.9k citations · 153 works
All ranked researchers at Kalamazoo College

What are the most cited papers from Kalamazoo College?

The most cited paper from Kalamazoo College is "Understanding Molecular Simulation" (Daan Frenkel, Berend Smit, Jan Tobochnik et al., 1997), with 5,464 citations. Next come "Consequences of changing biodiversity" (4,302) and "Sequencing of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) genome provides insights into vertebrate evolution" (658).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Understanding Molecular Simulation Daan Frenkel, Berend Smit, Jan Tobochnik et al. · Computers in Physics Jul 1997 5,464
2 Consequences of changing biodiversity F. Stuart Chapin, Erika S. Zavaleta, Valerie T. Eviner et al. · Nature Open access May 2000 4,302
3 Sequencing of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) genome provides insights into vertebrate evolution Jeramiah J. Smith et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 24 Feb 2013 658
4 When do gestures communicate? A meta-analysis. Autumn B. Hostetter · Psychological Bulletin 2011 569
5 At Least Bias Is Bipartisan: A Meta-Analytic Comparison of Partisan Bias in Liberals and Conservatives Peter H. Ditto, Brittany S. Liu, Connie J. Clark et al. · Perspectives on Psychological Science Open access 31 May 2018 556
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kalamazoo College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Literature, Culture, Philosophy, Identity, Religion, Colonialism and Society.

▲ 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. History10▲ 8.1×13 topics
  2. Literature9▲ 8.9×10 topics
  3. Globalization8▲ 2.3×17 topics
  4. Climate Change8▲ 1.60×24 topics
  5. Identity8▲ 5.7×14 topics
  6. Culture7▲ 7.3×7 topics
  7. Colonialism7▲ 7.5×12 topics
  8. Philosophy7▲ 8.0×8 topics
  9. Religion6▲ 7.7×8 topics
  10. Society6▲ 17×4 topics
  11. Gender6▲ 5.7×13 topics
  12. Nationalism5▲ 5.9×8 topics
  13. Pragmatics5▲ 16×5 topics
  14. Medieval4▲ 62×2 topics
  15. Corporate Governance4▲ 2.9×8 topics
  16. Late Antiquity4▲ 41×2 topics
  17. Manuscripts4▲ 93×1 topic
  18. Monasticism4▲ 127×1 topic
  19. Music3▲ 35×3 topics
  20. Sociolinguistics3▲ 9.9×5 topics
  21. Type 1 Diabetes3▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Diaspora3▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Gender politics3▲ 42×2 topics
  24. Language Policy3▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Cultural Exchange3▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Historiography3▲ 13×6 topics
  27. Bollywood3▲ 74×1 topic
  28. Indian cinema3▲ 74×1 topic
  29. Postcolonialism3▲ 10×5 topics
  30. Asset Pricing3▲ 17×3 topics
  31. Feminism3▲ 4.8×5 topics
  32. Church History2▲ 32×3 topics
  33. Glycemic Control2▲ 8.5×3 topics
  34. Historical Narratives2▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Middle Ages2▲ 61×2 topics
  36. Cultural Impact2▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Inclusion2▲ 8.7×2 topics
  38. Religious Practices2▲ 30×2 topics
  39. Bilingualism2▲ 8.6×4 topics
  40. Insulin Therapy2▲ 9.4×2 topics

Which research topics does Kalamazoo College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Medieval Literature and History, South Asian Cinema and Culture, Classical Antiquity Studies and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies.

Medieval Literature and …4Medieval Literature and History: 4 fractional worksSouth Asian Cinema and C…3South Asian Cinema and Culture: 3 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Studies: 2 fractional worksDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Graph Theory Re…2Advanced Graph Theory Research: 2 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Research: 2 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 2 fractional worksHistorical and Religious…2Historical and Religious Studies of Rome: 2 fractional worksSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation: 2 fractional worksJapanese History and Culture: 2 fractional works
ClassicsVisual Arts and Performing ArtsAnthropologyEconomics and Econometrics6 others

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

  1. 1 Medieval Literature and History Classics 4 works
  2. 2 South Asian Cinema and Culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 3 works
  3. 3 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 2 works
  4. 4 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  5. 5 Advanced Graph Theory Research Computational Theory and Mathematics 2 works
  6. 6 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  7. 7 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  8. 8 Historical and Religious Studies of Rome History 2 works
  9. 9 Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Language and Linguistics 2 works
  10. 10 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 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 available23.8%not open76.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kalamazoo College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Kalamazoo College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Kalamazoo College0.00085% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kalamazoo College 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 2025Kalamazoo College4.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.9% in 2008.

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