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Linfield College

In research, Linfield College stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,406 of 14,833 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#5,519 of 17,446 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,776 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#7,682
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#1,594
of 7,310
Research works
804
▼ 57% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
15.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Linfield College

What is Linfield 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 #4,406 of 14,833 8.8%388
Physical SciencesDomain #5,519 of 17,446 11.5%237
Social SciencesField #3,776 of 9,330 8.3%218

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

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Linfield College is in Social Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Medicine (18%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 44 fractional works · 43.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 23.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 21.8% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 17.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 21.0% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 6.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 13.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLinfield College102fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences44%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2423.9%
    2. Psychology65.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting54.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities44.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance43.5%
    6. Decision Sciences22.0%
    1. Medicine1817.8%
    2. Health Professions33.3%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Computer Science76.4%
    2. Engineering55.2%
    3. Environmental Science33.4%
    4. Materials Science33.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.3%
    6. Mathematics11.1%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology98.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences33.0%
    3. Neuroscience11.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
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: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.64× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.39× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.93× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.42× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.47× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.62× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.78× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences2.05×2 works
  2. Social Sciences1.89×24 works
  3. Psychology1.78×6 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.64×9 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.62×4 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.47×5 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.42×4 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.39×0 works
  9. Health Professions1.24×3 works
  10. Nursing1.11×1 works
  11. Mathematics0.95×1 works
  12. Materials Science0.94×3 works
  13. Medicine0.93×18 works
  14. Neuroscience0.85×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.82×6 works
  16. Environmental Science0.68×4 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.63×3 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.59×1 works
  19. Engineering0.34×5 works
  20. Dentistry0.34×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.21×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Linfield College?

Ranked on the quality score, W. P. Dyke, J. K. Trolan and Francis M. Charbonnier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Linfield College.

  1. 1 W. P. Dyke United States · #547,300 worldwide 2.2k citations · 33 works
  2. 2 J. K. Trolan United States · #573,466 worldwide 1.6k citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Francis M. Charbonnier United States · #742,682 worldwide 2.1k citations · 63 works
  4. 4 Jennifer Ruh Linder United States · #794,274 worldwide 2.6k citations · 52 works
  5. 5 E. E. Martin United States · #834,126 worldwide 1k citations · 16 works
  6. 6 W. W. Dolan United States · #1,051,426 worldwide 1.4k citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Jeremy B. Weisz United States · #1,051,602 worldwide 1.3k citations · 33 works
  8. 8 M. Patrick Cottrell United States · #1,095,921 worldwide 1.4k citations · 59 works
  9. 9 Robert G. Wolcott United States · #1,097,038 worldwide 1.1k citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Michael Foster Roberts United States · #1,259,661 worldwide 1.8k citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Linfield College

What are the most cited papers from Linfield College?

The most cited paper from Linfield College is "The effects of violent video game habits on adolescent hostility, aggressive behaviors, and school performance" (Douglas A. Gentile, Paul J. Lynch, Jennifer Ruh Linder et al., 2004), with 968 citations. Next come "Gender Differences in Personality across the Ten Aspects of the Big Five" (955) and "Evidence for ν¯μ→ν¯e Oscillations from the LSND Experiment at the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility" (779).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The effects of violent video game habits on adolescent hostility, aggressive behaviors, and school performance Douglas A. Gentile, Paul J. Lynch, Jennifer Ruh Linder et al. · Journal of Adolescence 10 Jan 2004 968
2 Gender Differences in Personality across the Ten Aspects of the Big Five Yanna J. Weisberg, Colin G. DeYoung, Jacob B. Hirsh · Frontiers in Psychology Open access 2011 955
3 Evidence for ν¯μ→ν¯e Oscillations from the LSND Experiment at the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility C. Athanassopoulos et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 7 Oct 1996 779
4 Results on νμ→νe Neutrino Oscillations from the LSND Experiment C. Athanassopoulos et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 31 Aug 1998 654
5 Candidate Events in a Search for ν¯μ→ν¯e Oscillations C. Athanassopoulos et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 2 Oct 1995 511
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Linfield College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Sustainability, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Wine Choice, Wine Tourism, History, Neoliberalism and Human Rights.

▲ 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. Sustainability6▲ 2.4×8 topics
  2. Climate Change5▲ 1.78×16 topics
  3. Globalization4▲ 2.1×12 topics
  4. Gender4▲ 7.0×9 topics
  5. Human Rights4▲ 3.5×7 topics
  6. History3▲ 4.7×6 topics
  7. Mitochondrial Dysfunction3▲ 10×4 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress3▲ 1.79×4 topics
  9. Consumer Behavior3▲ 4.6×2 topics
  10. Social Justice3▲ 4.6×5 topics
  11. Wine Choice3▲ 182×1 topic
  12. Wine Tourism3▲ 182×1 topic
  13. Neoliberalism3▲ 7.3×4 topics
  14. Aging3▲ 4.6×3 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 2.2×4 topics
  16. Nationalism2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  17. Colonialism2▲ 4.8×4 topics
  18. Neurodegenerative Diseases2▲ 14×3 topics
  19. Identity2▲ 3.0×6 topics
  20. Obesity2▲ 2.8×5 topics
  21. Religion2▲ 4.6×3 topics
  22. Metabolic Regulation2▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Student Engagement2▲ 4.7×5 topics
  24. Global Governance2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  25. Neuroprotection2▲ 5.0×4 topics
  26. Politics2▲ 6.9×4 topics
  27. Breast Cancer2▲ 6.5×2 topics
  28. Estrogen2▲ 40×2 topics
  29. Longevity2▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Mitochondria2▲ 12×1 topic
  31. Violence2▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Discrimination1▲ 6.6×3 topics
  33. Low Back Pain1▲ 8.2×2 topics
  34. Monetary Policy1▲ 5.9×5 topics
  35. Training1▲ 6.6×3 topics
  36. Arduino1▲ 59×2 topics
  37. Civic Engagement1▲ 8.5×2 topics
  38. Injury Prevention1▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Maritime Transportation1▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Shipping1▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does Linfield College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wine Industry and Tourism, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Chinese history and philosophy and Gender, Feminism, and Media.

Wine Industry and Tourism3Wine Industry and Tourism: 3 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 2 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 1 fractional worksGender, Feminism, and Media: 1 fractional worksExperimental and Theoretical Physics Studies: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues: 1 fractional worksComplex Systems and Deci…1Complex Systems and Decision Making: 1 fractional worksGraphene research and applications: 1 fractional worksGDF15 and Related Biomarkers: 1 fractional worksService-Learning and Com…1Service-Learning and Community Engagement: 1 fractional works
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementMolecular BiologySociology and Political ScienceGender Studies6 others

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

  1. 1 Wine Industry and Tourism Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 3 works
  2. 2 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 2 works
  3. 3 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Gender, Feminism, and Media Gender Studies 1 works
  5. 5 Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1 works
  6. 6 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  8. 8 Graphene research and applications Materials Chemistry 1 works
  9. 9 GDF15 and Related Biomarkers Rheumatology 1 works
  10. 10 Service-Learning and Community Engagement Education 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 available21.0%not open79.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.1%domestic only94.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Linfield College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 57% 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 Linfield College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00017% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Linfield College0.00028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Linfield 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 counting5%10%15%Linfield College15.0% in 2021all institutions10.0% in 20212020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.0% in 2021.

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