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Kenyon College

In research, Kenyon College stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,786 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#11,380 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,852 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,057
of 28,054 · #7,404 all time
Rank in United States
#2,922
of 4,192
Research works
2.2k
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
46k
20.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Kenyon 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 #7,786 of 10,521 10.6%145 #2460
Physical SciencesDomain #11,380 of 12,888 8.1%75 #6377
Social SciencesField #5,852 of 6,365 7.8%78 #2874

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 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#2,460 #7,786
  2. Physical Sciences#6,377 #11,380
  3. Social Sciences#2,874 #5,852
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: 0.61× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.12× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.00× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.79× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.86× its world share, 44 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.90× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.34× its world share, 78 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kenyon College?

Ranked on the composite score, Benjamin Schumacher, Jesse Matz and Patricia Urbán lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kenyon College.

  1. 1 Benjamin Schumacher United States · #55,661 worldwide 1.2k citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Jesse Matz United States · #144,294 worldwide 98 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Patricia Urbán United States · #192,413 worldwide 112 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 M. F. Carney United States · #235,491 worldwide 411 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Nuh Aydın United States · #339,206 worldwide 120 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 A. D. Viets United States · #395,849 worldwide 205 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Linda Smolak United States · #397,532 worldwide 72 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Joan L. Slonczewski United States · #400,152 worldwide 190 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Laurie Finke United States · #465,401 worldwide 16 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 M. Siobhan Fennessy United States · #503,238 worldwide 132 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Kenyon College

Which keywords describe research at Kenyon College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Globalization, Colonialism, Gender, Identity, 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 2022–2025 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. Globalization20▲ 3.9×30 topics
  2. History18▲ 9.8×19 topics
  3. Colonialism14▲ 11×16 topics
  4. Gender13▲ 9.3×20 topics
  5. Identity13▲ 6.7×22 topics
  6. Nationalism11▲ 9.0×12 topics
  7. Religion10▲ 8.3×12 topics
  8. Literature10▲ 6.8×20 topics
  9. Culture8▲ 5.9×13 topics
  10. Human Rights8▲ 3.0×12 topics
  11. Feminism8▲ 11×6 topics
  12. Philosophy8▲ 6.8×7 topics
  13. Mental Health8▲ 2.0×13 topics
  14. Democracy8▲ 8.2×10 topics
  15. Society7▲ 14×7 topics
  16. Innovation7▲ 2.4×8 topics
  17. Politics6▲ 9.0×7 topics
  18. Medicine6▲ 28×4 topics
  19. Cultural Exchange6▲ 17×7 topics
  20. Regulation6▲ 3.9×4 topics
  21. Prevalence5▲ 4.6×5 topics
  22. Adolescents5▲ 4.9×5 topics
  23. Experimental Tools5▲ 143×1 topic
  24. Postcolonialism5▲ 15×7 topics
  25. Smartphones5▲ 58×1 topic
  26. Science5▲ 7.2×4 topics
  27. Secularism5▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Public Opinion5▲ 14×4 topics
  29. Discrimination4▲ 8.8×3 topics
  30. Cultural Impact4▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Empire4▲ 19×4 topics
  32. Error-Correcting Codes4▲ 49×2 topics
  33. Algebraic Attacks4▲ 72×1 topic
  34. Cryptography4▲ 13×1 topic
  35. China4▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Quantum Information4▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Christianity4▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Cold War4▲ 22×3 topics
  39. Confucianism4▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Childhood4▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Kenyon College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: 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…4Coding theory and cryptography: 4 fractional worksChinese history and phil…4Chinese history and philosophy: 4 fractional worksIslamic Studies and Hist…4Islamic Studies and History: 4 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 3 fractional worksEating Disorders and Behaviors: 2 fractional worksElectoral Systems and Po…2Electoral Systems and Political Participation: 2 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 2 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 2 fractional worksEducation and Islamic St…2Education and Islamic Studies: 2 fractional works
Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsArtificial IntelligenceSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations4 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 4 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 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 3 works
  6. 6 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Education and Islamic Studies Education 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kenyon College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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