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Lake Forest College

In research, Lake Forest College stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,123 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,994
of 28,054 · #9,008 all time
Rank in United States
#1,951
of 4,192
Research works
1.5k
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
14.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
18%
world 28%

What is Lake Forest 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 #5,123 of 10,521 23.8%91 #2285

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lake Forest 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).

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: 0.91× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.01× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.04× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.24× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.01× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 11 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.62× its world share, 21 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.01× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.27× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.00× its world share, 40 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lake Forest College?

Ranked on the composite score, William Smith, Robert A. Baade and D. L. LeMahieu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lake Forest College.

  1. 1 William Smith United States · #73,619 worldwide 221 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Robert A. Baade United States · #140,547 worldwide 191 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 D. L. LeMahieu United States · #170,675 worldwide 83 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Richard F. Dye United States · #303,740 worldwide 134 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 William Moskoff United States · #545,999 worldwide 30 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Alfred Hasbrouck United States · #681,638 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Ghada Hashem Talhami United States · #787,354 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Benjamin E. Zeller United States · #844,250 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Michael Ebner United States · #953,815 worldwide 36 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Lake Forest College

Which keywords describe research at Lake Forest College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Religion, Monetary Policy, Globalization, Economic Growth, Literature, Emotion and Invasive Species.

▲ 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. History9▲ 8.4×15 topics
  2. Globalization9▲ 2.9×20 topics
  3. Religion7▲ 9.2×12 topics
  4. Economic Growth7▲ 5.0×9 topics
  5. Climate Change7▲ 1.56×16 topics
  6. Monetary Policy6▲ 16×6 topics
  7. Literature6▲ 6.8×9 topics
  8. Culture4▲ 5.3×7 topics
  9. Human Rights4▲ 2.7×12 topics
  10. Colonialism4▲ 5.8×9 topics
  11. Invasive Species4▲ 6.4×8 topics
  12. Emotion4▲ 13×4 topics
  13. Gender4▲ 4.6×12 topics
  14. Identity4▲ 3.4×8 topics
  15. Philosophy4▲ 5.5×6 topics
  16. Regulation4▲ 4.4×6 topics
  17. Ethics4▲ 4.6×5 topics
  18. Inequality4▲ 9.5×4 topics
  19. Social Justice4▲ 3.8×6 topics
  20. Intersectionality3▲ 12×6 topics
  21. Neuroscience3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  22. Academic Achievement3▲ 12×6 topics
  23. Society3▲ 10×4 topics
  24. Stock Market3▲ 8.1×2 topics
  25. Empire3▲ 23×3 topics
  26. Race3▲ 17×5 topics
  27. Feminism3▲ 6.5×8 topics
  28. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 8.2×3 topics
  29. Economic Policy Uncertainty3▲ 26×1 topic
  30. Gender Equality3▲ 6.1×5 topics
  31. Oil Price Shocks3▲ 26×1 topic
  32. Europe3▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Visual Culture2▲ 29×3 topics
  34. Trade2▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Cultural Politics2▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Fiscal Policy2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  37. Parkinson's Disease2▲ 6.1×1 topic
  38. a-Synuclein2▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Height2▲ 65×1 topic
  40. Investment Decisions2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Lake Forest College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Market Dynamics and Volatility, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Historical Economic and Social Studies and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior.

Market Dynamics and Vola…3Market Dynamics and Volatility: 3 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mech…2Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 2 fractional worksHistorical Economic and Social Studies: 2 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecol…2Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 2 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…2Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 2 fractional worksMedieval Literature and History: 2 fractional worksPsychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment: 2 fractional worksComputational Physics an…2Computational Physics and Python Applications: 2 fractional worksTelomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence: 2 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 1 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsNeurologyGeneticsHistory and Philosophy of Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  2. 2 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 2 works
  3. 3 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  4. 4 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 2 works
  5. 5 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  6. 6 Medieval Literature and History Classics 2 works
  7. 7 Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  8. 8 Computational Physics and Python Applications Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence Physiology 2 works
  10. 10 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available18.4%not open81.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.9%domestic only95.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lake Forest College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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