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Lawrence University

In research, Lawrence University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,541 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,940
of 22,385 · #9,901 all time
Rank in United States
#2,124
of 3,332
Research works
1.6k
▼ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
32k
20.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Lawrence University

What is Lawrence University 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 #5,541 of 9,585 9.3%70 #3222

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lawrence University 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 Lawrence University work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Lawrence University is in Social Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Arts and Humanities (14%), Psychology (13%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 91 fractional works · 62.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 45 fractional works · 30.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 19 fractional works · 12.9% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 21 fractional works · 14.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 13.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 26 fractional works · 17.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 12.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLawrenceUniversity146fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences63%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4530.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities2114.2%
    3. Psychology1913.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting21.2%
    6. Decision Sciences10.9%
    1. Environmental Science74.8%
    2. Engineering53.5%
    3. Computer Science42.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences32.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy21.4%
    6. Mathematics21.2%
    7. Chemistry10.9%
    8. Materials Science10.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences63.9%
    3. Neuroscience53.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine85.8%
    2. Health Professions10.6%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
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: 0.81× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.04× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.92× its world share, 21 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.07× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.33× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.42× its world share, 45 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.92×21 works
  2. Psychology4.33×19 works
  3. Social Sciences2.42×45 works
  4. Neuroscience2.04×5 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.52×4 works
  6. Nursing1.17×1 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.07×3 works
  8. Mathematics1.00×2 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.98×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.97×7 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.93×7 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.87×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.81×6 works
  14. Veterinary0.66×0 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.63×2 works
  16. Chemistry0.56×1 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.46×1 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.38×2 works
  19. Computer Science0.34×4 works
  20. Medicine0.30×8 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.26×0 works
  22. Engineering0.23×5 works
  23. Health Professions0.23×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.14×1 works
  25. Energy0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Lawrence University?

Ranked on the quality score, Peter Glick, Gerald I. Metalsky and Peter N. Peregrine lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lawrence University.

  1. 1 Peter Glick United States · #32,485 worldwide 43k citations · 117 works
  2. 2 Gerald I. Metalsky United States · #250,451 worldwide 9.9k citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Peter N. Peregrine United States · #688,267 worldwide 3.6k citations · 217 works
  4. 4 William A. Chaney United States · #692,250 worldwide 1.7k citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Lori M. Hilt United States · #790,664 worldwide 3.3k citations · 63 works
  6. 6 Israel Del Toro United States · #970,613 worldwide 2.1k citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Sumner Richman United States · #1,173,510 worldwide 1.7k citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Andrew C. Knudsen United States · #1,229,152 worldwide 1.7k citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Harold K. Schneider United States · #1,284,357 worldwide 1.2k citations · 78 works
  10. 10 Caroline M. Swords United States · #1,535,412 worldwide 211 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Lawrence University

What are the most cited papers from Lawrence University?

The most cited paper from Lawrence University is "Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015" (Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al., 2016), with 7,829 citations. Next come "Universal dimensions of social cognition: warmth and competence" (4,618) and "The Ambivalent Sexism Inventory: Differentiating hostile and benevolent sexism." (4,417).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al. · The Lancet Open access654 authors Oct 2016 7,829
2 Universal dimensions of social cognition: warmth and competence Susan T. Fiske, Amy J. C. Cuddy, Peter Glick · Trends in Cognitive Sciences Review 23 Dec 2006 4,618
3 The Ambivalent Sexism Inventory: Differentiating hostile and benevolent sexism. Peter Glick, Susan T. Fiske · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Mar 1996 4,417
4 Warmth and Competence as Universal Dimensions of Social Perception: The Stereotype Content Model and the BIAS Map Amy J. C. Cuddy, Susan T. Fiske, Peter Glick · Advances in experimental social psychology Book chapter 2008 2,452
5 Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition Christopher J L Murray et al. · The Lancet Open access610 authors 28 Aug 2015 2,031
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lawrence University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Colonialism, Gender, Identity, Globalization, Latin America, Literature, Social Movements and Memory.

▲ 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. Globalization10▲ 3.6×15 topics
  2. Colonialism10▲ 14×15 topics
  3. Gender9▲ 11×20 topics
  4. Identity8▲ 7.6×14 topics
  5. Climate Change7▲ 1.81×25 topics
  6. Human Rights7▲ 4.5×8 topics
  7. Latin America7▲ 24×3 topics
  8. Literature6▲ 8.2×10 topics
  9. Social Movements6▲ 15×4 topics
  10. History6▲ 5.4×11 topics
  11. Mental Health5▲ 2.6×13 topics
  12. Memory5▲ 15×5 topics
  13. Education5▲ 2.0×16 topics
  14. Culture5▲ 6.4×8 topics
  15. Intersectionality4▲ 16×6 topics
  16. Chile4▲ 307×1 topic
  17. Pinochet4▲ 307×1 topic
  18. Emotion Regulation4▲ 8.7×4 topics
  19. Race4▲ 22×7 topics
  20. Nationalism4▲ 5.3×8 topics
  21. Neuroscience4▲ 7.9×6 topics
  22. Religion4▲ 5.3×10 topics
  23. Cognitive Science3▲ 37×3 topics
  24. Feminism3▲ 7.5×6 topics
  25. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 8.6×4 topics
  26. Society2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  27. Academic Achievement2▲ 9.5×7 topics
  28. Gender Identity2▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Social Inequality2▲ 6.1×4 topics
  30. Imperialism2▲ 21×4 topics
  31. Inclusion2▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Language2▲ 6.5×2 topics
  33. Literary Criticism2▲ 32×5 topics
  34. Neural Basis2▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Cognition2▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Discrimination2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  37. Embodiment2▲ 7.7×2 topics
  38. Gender Studies2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  39. Metaphor2▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Time2▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Lawrence University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America, Language, Metaphor, and Cognition, Race, History, and American Society and Gender Diversity and Inequality.

Political and Social Dyn…4Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America: 4 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and Cognition: 2 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 2 fractional worksGender Diversity and Inequality: 2 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Reproduction: 2 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 2 fractional worksLatin American Urban Stu…2Latin American Urban Studies: 2 fractional worksLatin American and Latino Studies: 2 fractional worksJapanese History and Culture: 1 fractional worksDigital Mental Health In…1Digital Mental Health Interventions: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyGender StudiesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics4 others

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

  1. 1 Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  2. 2 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  3. 3 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Gender Diversity and Inequality Gender Studies 2 works
  5. 5 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  6. 6 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Latin American Urban Studies Urban Studies 2 works
  8. 8 Latin American and Latino Studies Cultural Studies 2 works
  9. 9 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 1 works
  10. 10 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 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 available21.9%not open78.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.1%domestic only93.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lawrence University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Lawrence University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00043% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Lawrence University0.00051% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Lawrence University 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Lawrence University8.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.8% in 2007.

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