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Luther College

In research, Luther College stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,446 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,867
of 22,385 · #8,955 all time
Rank in United States
#2,110
of 3,332
Research works
879
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.8k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Luther College

What is Luther 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 #6,446 of 9,585 9.7%61 #3496

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

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Luther College is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Computer Science (20%), Psychology (18%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 64 fractional works · 60.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 20.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 18.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGeneral Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 17 fractional works · 16.1% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 27.2% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 20.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 6.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKLuther College106fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences60%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2220.6%
    2. Psychology1918.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities1716.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting33.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.4%
    6. Decision Sciences10.8%
    1. Computer Science2120.2%
    2. Environmental Science22.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy22.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.7%
    5. Engineering11.0%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    1. Medicine76.5%
    2. Health Professions22.1%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Neuroscience21.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.60× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.56× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.99× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.63× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology5.99×19 works
  2. Arts and Humanities5.56×17 works
  3. Computer Science2.60×21 works
  4. Social Sciences1.63×22 works
  5. Neuroscience1.09×2 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.06×2 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.95×3 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.92×2 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.87×1 works
  10. Health Professions0.81×2 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.66×2 works
  12. Environmental Science0.43×2 works
  13. Medicine0.34×7 works
  14. Nursing0.32×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×2 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  18. Engineering0.06×1 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Luther College?

Ranked on the quality score, Brad Miller, Eric J. Baack and Justin M. Sprung lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Luther College.

  1. 1 Brad Miller United States · #396,759 worldwide 4.8k citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Eric J. Baack United States · #871,529 worldwide 2.6k citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Justin M. Sprung United States · #944,266 worldwide 515 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Kate Narveson United States · #1,611,643 worldwide 289 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Loren L. Toussaint United States · #1,686,374 worldwide 6.3k citations · 280 works
  6. 6 Seán Burke United States · #1,946,711 worldwide 800 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Sanad Aburass United States · #1,987,081 worldwide 366 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 William H. Moorcroft United States · #2,117,816 worldwide 3.3k citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Elizabeth A. Lynch United States · #2,160,482 worldwide 908 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Kristy L. Gould United States · #2,307,822 worldwide 495 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Luther College

What are the most cited papers from Luther College?

The most cited paper from Luther College is "Late Miocene global cooling and the rise of modern ecosystems" (Timothy D. Herbert, K. T. Lawrence, Alexandrina Tzanova et al., 2016), with 955 citations. Next come "Study of e+e−→π+π−J/ψ and Observation of a Charged Charmoniumlike State at Belle" (749) and "Measurement of the branching ratio of B ¯ → D ( * ) τ − ν ¯ τ relative to B ¯ → D ( * ) ℓ − ν ¯ ℓ decays with hadronic tagging at Belle" (703).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Late Miocene global cooling and the rise of modern ecosystems Timothy D. Herbert, K. T. Lawrence, Alexandrina Tzanova et al. · Nature Geoscience 26 Sep 2016 955
2 Study of e+e−→π+π−J/ψ and Observation of a Charged Charmoniumlike State at Belle Zhiqing Liu et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access191 authors 17 Jun 2013 749
3 Measurement of the branching ratio of B ¯ → D ( * ) τ − ν ¯ τ relative to B ¯ → D ( * ) ℓ − ν ¯ ℓ decays with hadronic tagging at Belle M. Huschle et al. · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Open access203 authors 26 Oct 2015 703
4 Observation of Two Charged Bottomoniumlike Resonances in Υ ( 5 S ) Decays A. Bondar et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access159 authors 20 Mar 2012 616
5 The Belle II Physics Book E Kou et al. · Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics Open access539 authors 26 Aug 2019 567
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Luther College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Identity, Gender, History, Nationalism, Resilience, Religion and Interpersonal Relationships.

▲ 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. Mental Health14▲ 9.5×16 topics
  2. Identity8▲ 10×12 topics
  3. Gender7▲ 12×11 topics
  4. History6▲ 8.6×8 topics
  5. Machine Learning6▲ 1.79×15 topics
  6. Nationalism6▲ 12×8 topics
  7. Religion6▲ 11×7 topics
  8. Resilience6▲ 11×7 topics
  9. Interpersonal Relationships5▲ 271×2 topics
  10. Parallel Computing5▲ 43×2 topics
  11. Psychological Well-being5▲ 34×2 topics
  12. Forgiveness5▲ 865×1 topic
  13. Personality Traits5▲ 36×2 topics
  14. Reconciliation5▲ 277×1 topic
  15. Treatment5▲ 3.9×3 topics
  16. Feminism4▲ 13×6 topics
  17. Human Rights4▲ 3.5×7 topics
  18. Latin America4▲ 18×5 topics
  19. Psychological Impact4▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Bereavement4▲ 100×1 topic
  21. Complicated Grief4▲ 100×1 topic
  22. Data Analysis4▲ 13×2 topics
  23. Democracy3▲ 9.1×5 topics
  24. High-Performance Computing3▲ 37×2 topics
  25. Python3▲ 142×1 topic
  26. Scientific Computing3▲ 142×1 topic
  27. Social History3▲ 37×2 topics
  28. Neoliberalism3▲ 8.2×4 topics
  29. Christianity3▲ 49×3 topics
  30. Holocaust3▲ 89×2 topics
  31. Matrix Computations3▲ 111×1 topic
  32. Numerical Linear Algebra3▲ 111×1 topic
  33. Psychological Adjustment3▲ 18×3 topics
  34. East German Memory3▲ 368×1 topic
  35. Ostalgie3▲ 368×1 topic
  36. Church History2▲ 55×2 topics
  37. Science2▲ 9.6×5 topics
  38. Theology2▲ 26×2 topics
  39. GPU Computing2▲ 57×1 topic
  40. Performance Optimization2▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does Luther College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Forgiveness and Related Behaviors, Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health, Computational Physics and Python Applications and Matrix Theory and Algorithms.

Forgiveness and Related Behaviors: 5 fractional worksGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksComputational Physics an…3Computational Physics and Python Applications: 3 fractional worksMatrix Theory and Algori…3Matrix Theory and Algorithms: 3 fractional worksGerman History and Society: 3 fractional worksParallel Computing and Optimization Techniques: 2 fractional worksChinese history and phil…2Chinese history and philosophy: 2 fractional worksAlgorithms and Data Compression: 2 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 2 fractional worksPolitical Conflict and Governance: 2 fractional works
Social PsychologyClinical PsychologyArtificial IntelligenceComputational Theory and Mathematics3 others

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

  1. 1 Forgiveness and Related Behaviors Social Psychology 5 works
  2. 2 Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  3. 3 Computational Physics and Python Applications Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  4. 4 Matrix Theory and Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 3 works
  5. 5 German History and Society History 3 works
  6. 6 Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques Hardware and Architecture 2 works
  7. 7 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Algorithms and Data Compression Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 2 works
  10. 10 Political Conflict and Governance Sociology and Political Science 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 available26.5%not open73.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Luther College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower 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 Luther College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00071% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Luther College0.00032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Luther 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.

5%10%15%Luther College11.3% in 2024all institutions10.0% in 202420102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.3% in 2012.

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