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King's College - Pennsylvania

In research, King's College - Pennsylvania stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,291 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#26,439
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,524
of 7,310
Research works
371
▲ 39% vs 2018-21
Citations
5k
13.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
13%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
King's College - Pennsylvania

What is King's College - Pennsylvania known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #12,291 of 14,833 9.1%202

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

In 2022-now, 64% of research at King's College - Pennsylvania is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Arts and Humanities (26%), Engineering (11%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 37 fractional works · 64.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 29.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 10.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 26.4% of its workPhilosophy: 12 fractional works · 20.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 25.1% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 11.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKKing's College -Pennsylvania57fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences64%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1729.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities1526.4%
    3. Psychology35.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Engineering711.5%
    2. Environmental Science34.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy23.1%
    4. Chemistry12.3%
    5. Computer Science11.6%
    6. Materials Science11.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.7%
    2. Neuroscience12.2%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    1. Medicine23.3%
    2. Nursing00.4%
    3. Health Professions00.3%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
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: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.35× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.92× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 9.13× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.79× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.31× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities9.13×15 works
  2. Social Sciences2.31×17 works
  3. Psychology1.79×3 works
  4. Chemistry1.49×1 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.40×2 works
  6. Neuroscience1.35×1 works
  7. Environmental Science0.92×3 works
  8. Nursing0.84×0 works
  9. Engineering0.77×6 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.68×1 works
  11. Dentistry0.60×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×2 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.51×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.44×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.37×1 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.27×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.20×1 works
  19. Medicine0.17×2 works
  20. Health Professions0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at King's College - Pennsylvania?

Ranked on the quality score, Amy Parsons, Claire G. Gilmore and Terrence F. Mech lead among researchers whose main affiliation is King's College - Pennsylvania.

  1. 1 Amy Parsons United States · #1,252,247 worldwide 1.2k citations · 112 works
  2. 2 Claire G. Gilmore United States · #1,459,012 worldwide 1.4k citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Terrence F. Mech United States · #2,796,399 worldwide 184 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Tara J. Shawver United States · #2,824,280 worldwide 475 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Marc C. Marchese United States · #2,885,400 worldwide 724 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 David Kyle Johnson United States · #2,930,411 worldwide 485 citations · 95 works
  7. 7 James J. Doyle United States · #3,693,325 worldwide 83 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Marian W. Boscia United States · #3,750,892 worldwide 186 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 John Julian Ryan United States · #4,383,095 worldwide 220 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Joel James Shuman United States · #4,560,092 worldwide 119 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at King's College - Pennsylvania

What are the most cited papers from King's College - Pennsylvania?

The most cited paper from King's College - Pennsylvania is "The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: cosmological analysis of the DR12 galaxy sample" (Shadab Alam et al., 2017), with 3,192 citations. Next come "THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH DATA RELEASES OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FINAL DATA FROM SDSS-III" (2,476) and "The 16th Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and Full Release of eBOSS Spectra" (1,392).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: cosmological analysis of the DR12 galaxy sample Shadab Alam et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Open access 24 Mar 2017 3,192
2 THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH DATA RELEASES OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FINAL DATA FROM SDSS-III Shadab Alam et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access304 authors 27 Jul 2015 2,476
3 The 16th Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and Full Release of eBOSS Spectra Romina Ahumada et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access314 authors 25 Jun 2020 1,392
4 THE SDSS-IV EXTENDED BARYON OSCILLATION SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY: OVERVIEW AND EARLY DATA Kyle Dawson et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access146 authors Feb 2016 852
5 SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey Data Release 12: galaxy target selection and large-scale structure catalogues Beth Reid et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Open access 17 Nov 2015 500
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Which keywords describe research at King's College - Pennsylvania?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Responsibility, Religion, Democracy, Memory, Nationalism, Problem of Evil and Theodicy.

▲ 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. Ethics5▲ 19×7 topics
  2. Responsibility5▲ 191×3 topics
  3. Religion4▲ 16×7 topics
  4. Democracy4▲ 18×4 topics
  5. Memory4▲ 25×4 topics
  6. Human Rights3▲ 4.9×4 topics
  7. Nationalism3▲ 11×5 topics
  8. Globalization3▲ 2.3×7 topics
  9. Problem of Evil2▲ 509×1 topic
  10. Theodicy2▲ 509×1 topic
  11. Totalitarianism2▲ 162×2 topics
  12. Empathy2▲ 33×2 topics
  13. Just War Theory2▲ 472×1 topic
  14. Self-Defense2▲ 235×1 topic
  15. Sovereignty2▲ 39×2 topics
  16. Alchemy2▲ 92×3 topics
  17. Biopolitics2▲ 42×1 topic
  18. Gender2▲ 5.8×4 topics
  19. Identity2▲ 4.4×4 topics
  20. Judgment2▲ 613×1 topic
  21. Moral Realism2▲ 196×1 topic
  22. Perception2▲ 46×2 topics
  23. Truth2▲ 98×2 topics
  24. Virtue Ethics2▲ 156×1 topic
  25. Politics2▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Aristotle2▲ 106×2 topics
  27. Belief2▲ 186×1 topic
  28. Knowledge2▲ 92×1 topic
  29. Occultism2▲ 209×1 topic
  30. Spiritualism2▲ 209×1 topic
  31. Feminism1▲ 8.5×2 topics
  32. Ancient Rome1▲ 74×1 topic
  33. Conflict1▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Greek Literature1▲ 74×1 topic
  35. Plato1▲ 132×1 topic
  36. Stoicism1▲ 132×1 topic
  37. Balkans1▲ 88×2 topics
  38. Migration1▲ 6.0×3 topics
  39. Psychology1▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Art1▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does King's College - Pennsylvania publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Theology and Philosophy of Evil, War, Ethics, and Justification, Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy and Philosophical Ethics and Theory.

Theology and Philosophy …2Theology and Philosophy of Evil: 2 fractional worksWar, Ethics, and Justifi…2War, Ethics, and Justification: 2 fractional worksHannah Arendt's Politica…2Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy: 2 fractional worksPhilosophical Ethics and…2Philosophical Ethics and Theory: 2 fractional worksEpistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics: 2 fractional worksReligious Studies and Spiritual Practices: 2 fractional worksClassical Philosophy and…1Classical Philosophy and Thought: 1 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Stud…1Classical Antiquity Studies: 1 fractional worksReligion and Society Int…1Religion and Society Interactions: 1 fractional worksTheological Perspectives…1Theological Perspectives and Practices: 1 fractional works
PhilosophyPolitical Science and International RelationsAnthropologySociology and Political Science

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

  1. 1 Theology and Philosophy of Evil Philosophy 2 works
  2. 2 War, Ethics, and Justification Philosophy 2 works
  3. 3 Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  4. 4 Philosophical Ethics and Theory Philosophy 2 works
  5. 5 Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics Philosophy 2 works
  6. 6 Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices Philosophy 2 works
  7. 7 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 1 works
  8. 8 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 1 works
  9. 9 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Theological Perspectives and Practices Sociology and Political Science 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 available13.3%not open86.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.4%domestic only92.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has King's College - Pennsylvania's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 39% 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 King's College - Pennsylvania as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00031% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%King's College - Pennsylvania0.00015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of King's College - Pennsylvania over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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