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Luther College

In research, Luther College stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,031 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,926
of 28,054 · #16,706 all time
Rank in United States
#1,789
of 4,192
Research works
879
▼ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.8k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Luther 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 #3,031 of 10,521 17.6%61 #4101

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 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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.72× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.71× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.71× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.70× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Luther College?

Ranked on the composite score, Brad Miller, J. Hietala and Loren Toussaint lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Luther College.

  1. 1 Brad Miller United States · #148,640 worldwide 214 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 J. Hietala United States · #567,947 worldwide 230 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Loren Toussaint United States · #741,852 worldwide 65 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Carl E. Behrens United States · #1,259,145 worldwide 2 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Kent D. Lee United States · #1,341,682 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Luther College

Which keywords describe research at Luther College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Identity, Gender, History, Nationalism, Religion, Parallel Computing and Resilience.

▲ 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. Mental Health13▲ 8.9×16 topics
  2. Identity8▲ 11×12 topics
  3. Gender7▲ 12×11 topics
  4. History6▲ 8.9×8 topics
  5. Machine Learning6▲ 1.89×14 topics
  6. Nationalism6▲ 12×8 topics
  7. Religion6▲ 12×7 topics
  8. Parallel Computing5▲ 45×2 topics
  9. Resilience5▲ 11×6 topics
  10. Interpersonal Relationships5▲ 277×2 topics
  11. Psychological Well-being5▲ 35×2 topics
  12. Treatment5▲ 4.0×3 topics
  13. Personality Traits5▲ 35×2 topics
  14. Forgiveness5▲ 986×1 topic
  15. Reconciliation5▲ 272×1 topic
  16. Feminism4▲ 14×6 topics
  17. Human Rights4▲ 3.6×7 topics
  18. Latin America4▲ 19×5 topics
  19. Psychological Impact4▲ 11×2 topics
  20. Bereavement4▲ 102×1 topic
  21. Complicated Grief4▲ 102×1 topic
  22. Data Analysis4▲ 13×2 topics
  23. Democracy3▲ 9.3×5 topics
  24. High-Performance Computing3▲ 38×2 topics
  25. Python3▲ 148×1 topic
  26. Scientific Computing3▲ 148×1 topic
  27. Social History3▲ 38×2 topics
  28. Neoliberalism3▲ 8.6×4 topics
  29. Christianity3▲ 51×3 topics
  30. Holocaust3▲ 95×2 topics
  31. Matrix Computations3▲ 113×1 topic
  32. Numerical Linear Algebra3▲ 113×1 topic
  33. Psychological Adjustment3▲ 19×3 topics
  34. East German Memory3▲ 374×1 topic
  35. Ostalgie3▲ 374×1 topic
  36. Philosophy3▲ 6.0×3 topics
  37. Church History2▲ 56×2 topics
  38. Science2▲ 10×5 topics
  39. Theology2▲ 26×2 topics
  40. GPU Computing2▲ 61×1 topic

Which research topics does Luther College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Forgiveness and Related Behaviors, Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health, Computational Physics and Python Applications and Matrix Theory and Algorithms.

Forgiveness and Related …5Forgiveness and Related Behaviors: 5 fractional worksGrief, Bereavement, and …4Grief, 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Luther College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% 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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