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LaGrange College

In research, LaGrange College stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,735 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,286
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,152
of 7,310
Research works
309
▲ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.8k
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
LaGrange College

What is LaGrange College 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 #6,735 of 14,833 9.6%153

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where LaGrange 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 fields of science does LaGrange College work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at LaGrange College is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (33%), Medicine (13%), Arts and Humanities (11%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 35 fractional works · 51.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 32.9% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 11.3% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 22 fractional works · 32.4% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 9.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workInstrumentation: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 8.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 15.0% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 13.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKLaGrange College68fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences51%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2232.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities811.3%
    3. Psychology22.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.7%
    6. Decision Sciences00.6%
    1. Engineering710.0%
    2. Physics and Astronomy69.5%
    3. Computer Science68.3%
    4. Mathematics12.1%
    5. Chemical Engineering00.7%
    6. Materials Science00.7%
    7. Environmental Science00.7%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    1. Medicine913.0%
    2. Health Professions12.0%
    1. Neuroscience10.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 1.07× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.67× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.79× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.29× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.68× its world share, 9 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.93× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.60× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy4.29×6 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.93×8 works
  3. Social Sciences2.60×22 works
  4. Chemical Engineering2.12×0 works
  5. Mathematics1.79×1 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.08×2 works
  7. Computer Science1.07×6 works
  8. Psychology0.84×2 works
  9. Health Professions0.75×1 works
  10. Medicine0.68×9 works
  11. Engineering0.67×7 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.64×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.56×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.54×1 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.27×0 works
  16. Materials Science0.20×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.13×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at LaGrange College?

Ranked on the quality score, Lee Sharks, Nobel Glas and Rebekah Cranes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is LaGrange College.

  1. 1 Lee Sharks United States · #71,487 worldwide 481 citations · 242 works
  2. 2 Nobel Glas United States · #131,966 worldwide 178 citations · 50 works
  3. 3 Rebekah Cranes United States · #655,301 worldwide 44 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Talos Morrow United States · #667,269 worldwide 42 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 John Granger Cook United States · #812,791 worldwide 708 citations · 70 works
  6. 6 Frederick V. Mills United States · #1,906,423 worldwide 192 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Tracy L. R. Lightcap United States · #3,620,035 worldwide 31 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Robert C. Jones United States · #3,922,692 worldwide 75 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 William Yin United States · #4,071,461 worldwide 171 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Debra Giel United States · #4,267,198 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at LaGrange College

What are the most cited papers from LaGrange College?

The most cited paper from LaGrange College is "The Importance of Muscular Strength: Training Considerations" (Timothy J. Suchomel, Sophia Nimphius, Christopher R. Bellon et al., 2018), with 955 citations. Next come "Dynamics of Person-to-Person Interactions from Distributed RFID Sensor Networks" (852) and "Human Mobility Networks, Travel Restrictions, and the Global Spread of 2009 H1N1 Pandemic" (524).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Importance of Muscular Strength: Training Considerations Timothy J. Suchomel, Sophia Nimphius, Christopher R. Bellon et al. · Sports Medicine 25 Jan 2018 955
2 Dynamics of Person-to-Person Interactions from Distributed RFID Sensor Networks Ciro Cattuto, Wouter Van den Broeck, Alain Barrat et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 15 Jul 2010 852
3 Human Mobility Networks, Travel Restrictions, and the Global Spread of 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Paolo Bajardi, Chiara Poletto, José J. Ramasco et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 31 Jan 2011 524
4 Dynamical Patterns of Cattle Trade Movements Paolo Bajardi, Alain Barrat, Fabrizio Natale et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 18 May 2011 235
5 Using Surrogate Species and Groups for Conservation Planning and Management John A. Wiens, Gregory D. Hayward, Richard S. Holthausen et al. · BioScience Open access Mar 2008 219
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at LaGrange College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Criminal Justice, Cultural Transmission, Environmental Law, Islamic Banking, Urban Development, Human Rights, Globalization and Exoplanets.

▲ 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. Globalization3▲ 2.4×9 topics
  2. Human Rights3▲ 3.9×4 topics
  3. Criminal Justice2▲ 16×3 topics
  4. Big Data2▲ 3.6×4 topics
  5. Corporate Governance2▲ 4.4×3 topics
  6. Quality of Life2▲ 2.2×3 topics
  7. Cultural Transmission2▲ 39×2 topics
  8. Environmental Law2▲ 14×2 topics
  9. Islamic Banking2▲ 7.9×3 topics
  10. Curriculum Development2▲ 4.2×8 topics
  11. Ethics2▲ 5.4×5 topics
  12. Urban Development2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  13. Astronomical Instrumentation2▲ 77×1 topic
  14. Exoplanets2▲ 64×1 topic
  15. Late Antiquity2▲ 49×2 topics
  16. Spectrograph2▲ 77×1 topic
  17. Stellar Astrophysics2▲ 64×1 topic
  18. Islamic Education2▲ 7.0×3 topics
  19. Character Education2▲ 4.7×4 topics
  20. Language2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  21. Social Justice2▲ 3.7×2 topics
  22. Cybersecurity1▲ 7.9×2 topics
  23. Judicial Politics1▲ 116×1 topic
  24. Legal Consciousness1▲ 116×1 topic
  25. Legal Education1▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Medical Ethics1▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Neural Machine Translation1▲ 22×1 topic
  28. Religion1▲ 4.3×2 topics
  29. Restorative Justice1▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Statistical Machine Translation1▲ 22×1 topic
  31. Theology1▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Regulatory Reform1▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Prenatal Diagnosis1▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Turbulence1▲ 17×4 topics
  35. Ancient Magic1▲ 98×1 topic
  36. Ancient Rome1▲ 47×1 topic
  37. Arabia1▲ 53×1 topic
  38. Belt Conveyors1▲ 171×1 topic
  39. Biblical Monotheism1▲ 58×1 topic
  40. Byzantine1▲ 53×1 topic

Which research topics does LaGrange College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Judicial and Constitutional Studies and Natural Language Processing Techniques.

Stellar, planetary, and …2Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 2 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysi…2Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 2 fractional worksJudicial and Constitutio…1Judicial and Constitutional Studies: 1 fractional worksNatural Language Process…1Natural Language Processing Techniques: 1 fractional worksLegal and Policy Analysis in Indonesia: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Linguistic Studies: 1 fractional worksHistorical, Religious, a…1Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies: 1 fractional worksLegal Studies and Policies: 1 fractional worksIndonesian Legal and Regulatory Studies: 1 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Stud…1Classical Antiquity Studies: 1 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationLawArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  2. 2 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 2 works
  3. 3 Judicial and Constitutional Studies Law 1 works
  4. 4 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  5. 5 Legal and Policy Analysis in Indonesia Law 1 works
  6. 6 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies Archeology 1 works
  8. 8 Legal Studies and Policies Law 1 works
  9. 9 Indonesian Legal and Regulatory Studies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 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 available33.3%not open66.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.4%domestic only84.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has LaGrange College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 LaGrange College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00031% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%LaGrange College0.00020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of LaGrange College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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