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Kenyon College

In research, Kenyon College stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,971 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,059 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,213 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,047
of 22,385 · #4,111 all time
Rank in United States
#1,377
of 3,332
Research works
2.2k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
46k
20.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.79×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Kenyon College

What is Kenyon 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 #5,971 of 9,585 9.1%145 #2110
Social SciencesField #5,059 of 5,988 8.4%78 #2209
Physical SciencesDomain #9,213 of 10,670 4.0%75 #3864

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kenyon 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#2,110 #5,971
  2. Social Sciences#2,209 #5,059
  3. Physical Sciences#3,864 #9,213
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Kenyon College work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Kenyon College is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Arts and Humanities (16%), Computer Science (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 170 fractional works · 55.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 93 fractional works · 30.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 38 fractional works · 12.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 17 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 50 fractional works · 16.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHistory: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArcheology: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 86 fractional works · 28.2% of its workComputer Science: 25 fractional works · 8.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 16 fractional works · 5.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 19 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 4.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 24 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKenyon College305fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences56%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences9330.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities5016.3%
    3. Psychology185.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting41.2%
    6. Decision Sciences10.3%
    1. Computer Science258.1%
    2. Physics and Astronomy196.3%
    3. Environmental Science144.7%
    4. Engineering124.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.4%
    6. Mathematics41.4%
    7. Materials Science41.4%
    8. Chemistry20.6%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology113.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences93.1%
    3. Neuroscience31.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Medicine175.7%
    2. Health Professions61.9%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
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: 0.64× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.05× its world share, 25 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.20× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.84× its world share, 19 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.66× its world share, 50 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.94× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.40× its world share, 93 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.66×50 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy2.84×19 works
  3. Social Sciences2.40×93 works
  4. Psychology1.94×18 works
  5. Mathematics1.20×4 works
  6. Computer Science1.05×25 works
  7. Environmental Science0.95×14 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.90×4 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.75×5 works
  10. Health Professions0.72×6 works
  11. Neuroscience0.70×4 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.67×11 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.64×9 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.58×1 works
  15. Chemistry0.41×2 works
  16. Materials Science0.40×4 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.36×4 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.33×1 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.31×1 works
  20. Medicine0.30×17 works
  21. Nursing0.27×0 works
  22. Engineering0.26×12 works
  23. Dentistry0.26×0 works
  24. Energy0.13×0 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kenyon College?

Ranked on the quality score, M. Wade, L. E. Wade and A. D. Viets lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kenyon College.

  1. 1 M. Wade United States · #350 worldwide 83k citations · 220 works
  2. 2 L. E. Wade United States · #11,476 worldwide 33k citations · 148 works
  3. 3 A. D. Viets United States · #12,309 worldwide 10k citations · 87 works
  4. 4 Sarah K. Murnen United States · #91,283 worldwide 7.6k citations · 89 works
  5. 5 Linda Smolak United States · #92,799 worldwide 11k citations · 171 works
  6. 6 Andrew J. Kerkhoff United States · #138,244 worldwide 12k citations · 60 works
  7. 7 John T. Giblin United States · #247,911 worldwide 2.7k citations · 74 works
  8. 8 Benjamin W. Schumacher United States · #291,649 worldwide 14k citations · 110 works
  9. 9 Karen A. Hicks United States · #315,085 worldwide 7.4k citations · 72 works
  10. 10 Joan L. Slonczewski United States · #327,308 worldwide 7.6k citations · 99 works
All ranked researchers at Kenyon College

What are the most cited papers from Kenyon College?

The most cited paper from Kenyon College is "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger" (B. P. Abbott et al., 2016), with 14,545 citations. Next come "GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral" (9,794) and "GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs" (3,658).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,011 authors 11 Feb 2016 14,545
2 GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,124 authors 16 Oct 2017 9,794
3 GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review X Open access1,149 authors 4 Sep 2019 3,658
4 Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A B. P. Abbott et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access1,154 authors 16 Oct 2017 3,599
5 GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access977 authors 15 Jun 2016 3,514
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kenyon College?

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

▲ 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. Globalization22▲ 3.6×33 topics
  2. History19▲ 9.1×22 topics
  3. Colonialism16▲ 11×23 topics
  4. Identity15▲ 6.9×27 topics
  5. Gender14▲ 8.7×23 topics
  6. Nationalism13▲ 9.7×16 topics
  7. Religion11▲ 8.0×13 topics
  8. Literature11▲ 6.4×22 topics
  9. Feminism9▲ 10.0×9 topics
  10. Human Rights9▲ 2.9×13 topics
  11. Culture9▲ 5.4×15 topics
  12. Philosophy9▲ 6.3×8 topics
  13. Mental Health8▲ 1.93×14 topics
  14. Democracy8▲ 7.8×11 topics
  15. Society8▲ 13×8 topics
  16. Cultural Identity7▲ 4.4×12 topics
  17. Politics6▲ 8.0×7 topics
  18. Medicine6▲ 24×4 topics
  19. Postcolonialism6▲ 14×10 topics
  20. Discrimination6▲ 9.4×4 topics
  21. Prevalence6▲ 4.7×6 topics
  22. Cultural Exchange6▲ 15×7 topics
  23. Regulation6▲ 3.6×5 topics
  24. Adolescents6▲ 4.9×5 topics
  25. Neoliberalism5▲ 4.8×10 topics
  26. Public Opinion5▲ 14×5 topics
  27. Empire5▲ 19×4 topics
  28. Social Movements5▲ 5.5×7 topics
  29. Experimental Tools5▲ 121×1 topic
  30. Race5▲ 13×11 topics
  31. Science5▲ 6.5×5 topics
  32. Smartphones5▲ 49×1 topic
  33. Error-Correcting Codes5▲ 48×2 topics
  34. Secularism5▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Algebraic Attacks5▲ 72×1 topic
  36. Cryptography5▲ 13×1 topic
  37. Cultural Impact4▲ 28×3 topics
  38. Quantum Information4▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Childhood4▲ 19×2 topics
  40. China4▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Kenyon College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies, Coding theory and cryptography, Chinese history and philosophy and Islamic Studies and History.

Experimental and Theoret…5Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies: 5 fractional worksCoding theory and crypto…5Coding theory and cryptography: 5 fractional worksChinese history and phil…4Chinese history and philosophy: 4 fractional worksIslamic Studies and Hist…4Islamic Studies and History: 4 fractional worksElectoral Systems and Political Participation: 3 fractional worksEating Disorders and Behaviors: 3 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient …3Archaeology and ancient environmental studies: 3 fractional worksgraph theory and CDMA systems: 2 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 2 fractional worksDiverse Historical and S…2Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies: 2 fractional works
Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsArtificial IntelligenceSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 5 works
  2. 2 Coding theory and cryptography Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  3. 3 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  5. 5 Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  6. 6 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 3 works
  7. 7 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 3 works
  8. 8 graph theory and CDMA systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies History and Philosophy of Science 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 available23.9%not open76.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kenyon College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower 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 Kenyon College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Kenyon College0.00089% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kenyon 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kenyon College6.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.9% in 2001.

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