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Lafayette College

In research, Lafayette College stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,384 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,515 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,388 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

World rank, 2022-now
#9,813
of 22,385 · #11,290 all time
Rank in United States
#1,336
of 3,332
Research works
4.8k
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
57k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.81×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%

What is Lafayette 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 #5,384 of 9,585 9.3%215 #4487
Social SciencesField #4,515 of 5,988 10.4%111 #3521
Physical SciencesDomain #9,388 of 10,670 8.0%214 #12645
EngineeringField #5,517 of 5,901 4.2%68 #4007

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lafayette 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#4,487 #5,384
  2. Social Sciences#3,521 #4,515
  3. Physical Sciences#12,645 #9,388
  4. Engineering#4,007 #5,517
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 Lafayette College work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Lafayette College is in Social Sciences, 42% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Engineering (13%), Arts and Humanities (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 235 fractional works · 42.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 122 fractional works · 22.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 39 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 20 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEducation: 18 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 59 fractional works · 10.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhilosophy: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHistory: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClassics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 30 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 229 fractional works · 41.5% of its workEngineering: 72 fractional works · 13.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedia Technology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 42 fractional works · 7.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 15 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 29 fractional works · 5.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 28 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 25 fractional works · 4.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 56 fractional works · 10.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 18 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 32 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKLafayette College552fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences42%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences43%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences12222.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities5910.7%
    3. Psychology305.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance101.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting71.4%
    6. Decision Sciences61.0%
    1. Engineering7213.1%
    2. Computer Science427.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy295.2%
    4. Environmental Science285.0%
    5. Mathematics254.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences122.3%
    7. Chemistry111.9%
    8. Materials Science61.1%
    9. Energy30.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology224.0%
    2. Neuroscience183.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences111.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Medicine203.6%
    2. Health Professions111.9%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
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: 0.41× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.97× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.21× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.97× its world share, 42 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.87× its world share, 72 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.89× its world share, 25 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.33× its world share, 29 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.69× its world share, 59 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.89× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.81× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.75× its world share, 122 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics3.89×25 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.69×59 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.33×29 works
  4. Neuroscience1.97×18 works
  5. Psychology1.81×30 works
  6. Social Sciences1.75×122 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.44×12 works
  8. Chemistry1.21×10 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.06×6 works
  10. Environmental Science1.01×28 works
  11. Computer Science0.97×42 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.89×10 works
  13. Engineering0.87×72 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×22 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.73×4 works
  16. Health Professions0.73×11 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.70×1 works
  18. Energy0.67×3 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.54×1 works
  20. Veterinary0.48×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.42×8 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.41×11 works
  23. Materials Science0.31×6 works
  24. Nursing0.26×1 works
  25. Medicine0.19×20 works
  26. Dentistry0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Lafayette College?

Ranked on the quality score, K. T. Lawrence, David Stifel and Lanre Akinyemi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lafayette College.

  1. 1 K. T. Lawrence United States · #351,588 worldwide 7k citations · 137 works
  2. 2 David Stifel United States · #376,552 worldwide 3.6k citations · 97 works
  3. 3 Lanre Akinyemi United States · #600,754 worldwide 6.1k citations · 189 works
  4. 4 Jamila Bookwala United States · #995,159 worldwide 5.8k citations · 76 works
  5. 5 Caleb Tyrell Gallemore United States · #1,214,990 worldwide 1.1k citations · 79 works
  6. 6 Susan A. Basow United States · #1,611,553 worldwide 3.6k citations · 95 works
  7. 7 John D. Kincaid United States · #1,671,075 worldwide 2.5k citations · 215 works
  8. 8 Neha Vora United States · #1,703,577 worldwide 1k citations · 71 works
  9. 9 Dana Cuomo United States · #1,829,130 worldwide 571 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Robert L. Cohn United States · #1,902,771 worldwide 476 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at Lafayette College

What are the most cited papers from Lafayette College?

The most cited paper from Lafayette College is "Relativistic Shapiro delay measurements of an extremely massive millisecond pulsar" (H. T. Cromartie et al., 2019), with 1,658 citations. Next come "The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Evidence for a Gravitational-wave Background" (1,553) and "Genome sequence and analysis of the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans" (1,537).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Relativistic Shapiro delay measurements of an extremely massive millisecond pulsar H. T. Cromartie et al. · Nature Astronomy Open access 16 Sep 2019 1,658
2 The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Evidence for a Gravitational-wave Background Gabriella Agazie et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access114 authors 28 Jun 2023 1,553
3 Genome sequence and analysis of the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans Brian J. Haas et al. · Nature Open access Sep 2009 1,537
4 Refined Mass and Geometric Measurements of the High-mass PSR J0740+6620 E. Fonseca et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access Jul 2021 978
5 Late Miocene global cooling and the rise of modern ecosystems Timothy D. Herbert, K. T. Lawrence, Alexandrina Tzanova et al. · Nature Geoscience 26 Sep 2016 955
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lafayette College?

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

▲ 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. Globalization27▲ 2.5×40 topics
  2. Innovation22▲ 3.9×16 topics
  3. Gender21▲ 7.0×27 topics
  4. History20▲ 5.2×25 topics
  5. Identity18▲ 4.4×31 topics
  6. Climate Change17◆ 1.15×40 topics
  7. Education16▲ 1.64×25 topics
  8. Nationalism16▲ 6.3×19 topics
  9. Literature15▲ 5.0×21 topics
  10. Colonialism14▲ 5.5×19 topics
  11. Philosophy13▲ 5.1×12 topics
  12. Religion12▲ 4.8×15 topics
  13. Creativity12▲ 38×2 topics
  14. Culture12▲ 4.2×14 topics
  15. Human Rights11▲ 1.97×17 topics
  16. Knowledge Management10▲ 3.4×8 topics
  17. Higher Education9▲ 3.2×12 topics
  18. Nonlinear Equations9▲ 13×5 topics
  19. Cultural Studies9▲ 4.2×12 topics
  20. Society8▲ 8.1×7 topics
  21. Engineering Education8▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Design Thinking8▲ 54×1 topic
  23. Engineering Design8▲ 20×1 topic
  24. Ethics8▲ 2.7×16 topics
  25. Feminism7▲ 4.4×8 topics
  26. International Relations7▲ 5.4×9 topics
  27. Neuroscience7▲ 4.2×9 topics
  28. Cold War7▲ 20×4 topics
  29. Politics6▲ 4.4×10 topics
  30. Psychology6▲ 8.7×5 topics
  31. Signal Processing6▲ 7.3×3 topics
  32. China6▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Personality Traits5▲ 7.1×4 topics
  34. Rogue Waves5▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Public Opinion5▲ 7.5×4 topics
  36. Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation5▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Integrable Equations5▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Soliton Solutions5▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Optical Lattices5▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Solitons5▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Lafayette College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Design Education and Practice, Nonlinear Waves and Solitons, Creativity in Education and Neuroscience and Nonlinear Photonic Systems.

  1. 1 Design Education and Practice Mechanical Engineering 8 works
  2. 2 Nonlinear Waves and Solitons Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 5 works
  3. 3 Creativity in Education and Neuroscience Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 4 works
  4. 4 Nonlinear Photonic Systems Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 4 works
  5. 5 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 4 works
  6. 6 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  7. 7 Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  9. 9 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 3 works
  10. 10 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 3 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 available21.3%not open78.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.2%domestic only93.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lafayette College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% 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 Lafayette College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0023% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Lafayette College0.0020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Lafayette 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 2025Lafayette College5.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.0% in 2021.

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