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Lewis & Clark College

In research, Lewis & Clark College stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,475 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,814 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,034 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,717
of 22,385 · #3,356 all time
Rank in United States
#1,174
of 3,332
Research works
2.9k
▼ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
39k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Lewis & Clark College

What is Lewis & Clark 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 #4,475 of 9,585 6.5%162 #1202
Social SciencesField #3,814 of 5,988 6.6%98 #1436
Physical SciencesDomain #8,034 of 10,670 4.3%78 #3083

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lewis & Clark 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#1,202 #4,475
  2. Social Sciences#1,436 #3,814
  3. Physical Sciences#3,083 #8,034
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 Lewis & Clark College work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Lewis & Clark College is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Arts and Humanities (10%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 182 fractional works · 60.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 108 fractional works · 35.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 39 fractional works · 13.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 17 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 4.5% of its workLaw: 13 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 30 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 21 fractional works · 7.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 82 fractional works · 27.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 23 fractional works · 7.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 22 fractional works · 7.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArchitecture: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 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 workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKLewis & ClarkCollege299fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences61%

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 Sciences10835.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities309.9%
    3. Psychology217.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting113.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance103.4%
    6. Decision Sciences20.7%
    1. Environmental Science237.8%
    2. Mathematics227.5%
    3. Engineering113.8%
    4. Computer Science113.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy62.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.2%
    7. Energy20.5%
    8. Materials Science20.5%
    9. Chemistry10.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology103.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.5%
    3. Neuroscience30.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    1. Medicine113.6%
    2. Health Professions51.6%
    3. Veterinary10.3%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    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: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.57× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 6.38× its world share, 22 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.97× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.12× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.41× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.15× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.58× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.33× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.84× its world share, 108 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics6.38×22 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.41×30 works
  3. Social Sciences2.84×108 works
  4. Psychology2.33×21 works
  5. Veterinary2.12×1 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.58×10 works
  7. Environmental Science1.57×23 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.15×11 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.97×6 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.77×4 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.70×2 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×10 works
  13. Health Professions0.61×5 works
  14. Energy0.59×2 works
  15. Neuroscience0.57×3 works
  16. Computer Science0.46×11 works
  17. Nursing0.34×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×5 works
  19. Engineering0.25×11 works
  20. Chemistry0.24×1 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.22×1 works
  22. Medicine0.19×11 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.16×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.16×2 works
  25. Dentistry0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Lewis & Clark College?

Ranked on the quality score, Kellar Autumn, Paulette Bierzychudek and Mollie K. Galloway lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lewis & Clark College.

  1. 1 Kellar Autumn United States · #62,493 worldwide 13k citations · 67 works
  2. 2 Paulette Bierzychudek United States · #327,190 worldwide 4.3k citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Mollie K. Galloway United States · #547,785 worldwide 787 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Tamily A. Weissman United States · #608,439 worldwide 6.6k citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Matt Wilkinson United States · #635,057 worldwide 1.2k citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Margaret R. Metz United States · #635,469 worldwide 3.3k citations · 78 works
  7. 7 Greg J. Hermann United States · #776,988 worldwide 2.7k citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Patrick H. Sullivan United States · #780,034 worldwide 3.1k citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Nicholas David Smith United States · #795,066 worldwide 1.8k citations · 156 works
  10. 10 Peter G. Christenson United States · #855,910 worldwide 1.1k citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Lewis & Clark College

What are the most cited papers from Lewis & Clark College?

The most cited paper from Lewis & Clark College is "Adhesive force of a single gecko foot-hair" (Kellar Autumn, Yiching A. Liang, S. Tonia Hsieh et al., 2000), with 2,768 citations. Next come "Evidence for van der Waals adhesion in gecko setae" (1,915) and "Changing disturbance regimes, ecological memory, and forest resilience" (1,524).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Adhesive force of a single gecko foot-hair Kellar Autumn, Yiching A. Liang, S. Tonia Hsieh et al. · Nature Jun 2000 2,768
2 Evidence for van der Waals adhesion in gecko setae Kellar Autumn, Metin Sitti, Yiching A. Liang et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 27 Aug 2002 1,915
3 Changing disturbance regimes, ecological memory, and forest resilience Jill F. Johnstone, Craig D. Allen, Jerry F. Franklin et al. · Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Open access Sep 2016 1,524
4 The psychological impacts of global climate change. Thomas J. Doherty, Susan Clayton · American Psychologist 2011 893
5 The Crimmigration Crisis: Immigrants, Crime, and Sovereign Power Juliet P. Stumpf · bepress Legal Repository Open access 2006 805
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lewis & Clark College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Globalization, Nationalism, Ethics, Geometry, Hyperbolic, Colonialism and Religion.

▲ 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. Human Rights23▲ 7.4×28 topics
  2. Globalization19▲ 3.3×40 topics
  3. Climate Change14▲ 1.68×32 topics
  4. Sustainability12▲ 1.64×28 topics
  5. Nationalism12▲ 8.6×14 topics
  6. Mental Health11▲ 2.5×20 topics
  7. Ethics10▲ 6.5×16 topics
  8. Colonialism9▲ 6.5×18 topics
  9. Geometry9▲ 189×1 topic
  10. Hyperbolic9▲ 189×1 topic
  11. Religion9▲ 6.5×11 topics
  12. Identity8▲ 3.9×19 topics
  13. Democracy8▲ 7.7×9 topics
  14. International Law8▲ 8.3×10 topics
  15. Environmental Law8▲ 12×3 topics
  16. Gender8▲ 4.8×17 topics
  17. Mathematics Education8▲ 55×2 topics
  18. Social Justice8▲ 4.2×13 topics
  19. Cultural Transmission7▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Teaching Methods7▲ 14×2 topics
  21. Historical Sources7▲ 129×1 topic
  22. Invasive Species7▲ 5.2×6 topics
  23. Mathematical Concepts7▲ 129×1 topic
  24. Literature6▲ 3.8×15 topics
  25. Politics6▲ 7.9×6 topics
  26. Global Governance6▲ 8.5×9 topics
  27. Feminism6▲ 6.5×13 topics
  28. Intersectionality5▲ 9.6×9 topics
  29. Civil Society5▲ 15×6 topics
  30. Community Engagement5▲ 5.0×10 topics
  31. Public Opinion5▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Discrimination5▲ 7.4×5 topics
  33. Transnational Corporations5▲ 62×2 topics
  34. Emotion4▲ 7.1×6 topics
  35. Climate Change Litigation4▲ 89×1 topic
  36. Cosmopolitanism4▲ 11×6 topics
  37. Intellectual Property4▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Refugees4▲ 9.8×5 topics
  39. Rights of Nature4▲ 89×1 topic
  40. Violence4▲ 8.4×5 topics

Which research topics does Lewis & Clark College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mathematics and Applications, History and Theory of Mathematics, Environmental law and policy and Legal Systems and Judicial Processes.

Mathematics and Applicat…9Mathematics and Applications: 9 fractional worksHistory and Theory of Mathematics: 7 fractional worksEnvironmental law and policy: 4 fractional worksLegal Systems and Judicial Processes: 3 fractional worksWildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Mathematical Theories and Applications: 2 fractional worksReligion and Society Interactions: 2 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 2 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Mathematical Theories: 2 fractional works
Geometry and TopologyTheoretical Computer ScienceLawPolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Mathematics and Applications Geometry and Topology 9 works
  2. 2 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 7 works
  3. 3 Environmental law and policy Law 4 works
  4. 4 Legal Systems and Judicial Processes Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  5. 5 Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  6. 6 Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2 works
  7. 7 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  9. 9 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  10. 10 Advanced Mathematical Theories Mathematical Physics 2 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 available32.1%not open67.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.5%domestic only93.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lewis & Clark College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% 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 Lewis & Clark College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Lewis & Clark College0.0014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Lewis & Clark 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Lewis & Clark College3.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.4% in 1992.

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