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Lafayette College

In research, Lafayette College stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,160 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,058 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,478 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,073
of 28,054 · #5,455 all time
Rank in United States
#821
of 4,192
Research works
4.8k
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
57k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Lafayette 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 #3,160 of 10,521 12.4%215 #1960
Social SciencesField #2,058 of 6,365 14.5%111 #1735
Physical SciencesDomain #4,478 of 12,888 12.6%214 #4037
EngineeringField #6,080 of 6,636 8.4%68 #4862

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 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#1,960 #3,160
  2. Social Sciences#1,735 #2,058
  3. Physical Sciences#4,037 #4,478
  4. Engineering#4,862 #6,080
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: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.90× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.20× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.98× its world share, 38 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.89× its world share, 68 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.00× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.15× its world share, 25 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.34× its world share, 26 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.78× its world share, 55 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.78× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 111 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lafayette College?

Ranked on the composite score, G. L. Hoffman, Christopher J. Lee and Johannes A. Gaertner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lafayette College.

  1. 1 G. L. Hoffman United States · #99,994 worldwide 245 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Christopher J. Lee United States · #111,960 worldwide 127 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Johannes A. Gaertner United States · #120,323 worldwide 40 citations · 62 works
  4. 4 Jacob E. Cooke United States · #147,420 worldwide 64 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 David Stifel United States · #220,920 worldwide 289 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 June Schlueter United States · #240,340 worldwide 23 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Susan A. Basow United States · #313,284 worldwide 163 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Anthony D. Novaco United States · #348,895 worldwide 216 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Ilan Peleg United States · #372,300 worldwide 15 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 John Kincaid United States · #392,580 worldwide 48 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Lafayette College

Which keywords describe research at Lafayette College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, History, Innovation, Globalization, Nationalism, Literature, Identity 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 2022–2025 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. Globalization25▲ 2.5×38 topics
  2. Innovation21▲ 3.9×16 topics
  3. History20▲ 5.5×25 topics
  4. Gender19▲ 6.9×25 topics
  5. Climate Change15◆ 1.11×36 topics
  6. Identity15▲ 4.1×27 topics
  7. Education14▲ 1.66×24 topics
  8. Literature14▲ 5.2×18 topics
  9. Nationalism14▲ 5.8×17 topics
  10. Colonialism13▲ 5.4×18 topics
  11. Philosophy13▲ 5.6×12 topics
  12. Religion12▲ 5.1×15 topics
  13. Culture12▲ 4.5×14 topics
  14. Creativity11▲ 35×2 topics
  15. Human Rights10▲ 1.90×16 topics
  16. Knowledge Management10▲ 3.4×8 topics
  17. Nonlinear Equations9▲ 14×5 topics
  18. Higher Education9▲ 3.2×12 topics
  19. Society8▲ 8.7×7 topics
  20. Engineering Education8▲ 18×4 topics
  21. Cultural Studies8▲ 4.0×11 topics
  22. Design Thinking7▲ 52×1 topic
  23. Engineering Design7▲ 20×1 topic
  24. International Relations7▲ 5.7×9 topics
  25. Feminism7▲ 4.7×7 topics
  26. Cold War6▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Neuroscience6▲ 4.0×9 topics
  28. Politics6▲ 4.2×8 topics
  29. Psychology6▲ 8.7×5 topics
  30. China6▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Signal Processing5▲ 7.6×3 topics
  32. Rogue Waves5▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation5▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Integrable Equations5▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Soliton Solutions5▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Optical Lattices5▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Solitons5▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Discrete4▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Nonlinear Photonic Systems4▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Public Opinion4▲ 7.1×4 topics

Which research topics does Lafayette College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Design Education and Practice, Nonlinear Waves and Solitons, Nonlinear Photonic Systems and Chinese history and philosophy.

Design Education and Pra…7Design Education and Practice: 7 fractional worksNonlinear Waves and Soli…5Nonlinear Waves and Solitons: 5 fractional worksNonlinear Photonic Systems: 4 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 4 fractional worksEngineering Education and Curriculum Development: 4 fractional worksCreativity in Education and Neuroscience: 4 fractional worksAdvanced SAR Imaging Techniques: 3 fractional worksFractional Differential …3Fractional Differential Equations Solutions: 3 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 3 fractional worksMedieval Literature and History: 3 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSociology and Political ScienceMedia Technology4 others

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

  1. 1 Design Education and Practice Mechanical Engineering 7 works
  2. 2 Nonlinear Waves and Solitons Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 5 works
  3. 3 Nonlinear Photonic Systems Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 4 works
  4. 4 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  5. 5 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 4 works
  6. 6 Creativity in Education and Neuroscience Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 4 works
  7. 7 Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 3 works
  9. 9 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  10. 10 Medieval Literature and History Classics 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lafayette College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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