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Macalester College

In research, Macalester College stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,025 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,964 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,839 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,084
of 22,385 · #3,780 all time
Rank in United States
#813
of 3,332
Research works
3.3k
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
52k
15.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Macalester College

What is Macalester 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 #2,025 of 9,585 8.9%218 #1738
Social SciencesField #1,964 of 5,988 7.1%135 #1437
Physical SciencesDomain #7,839 of 10,670 7.9%96 #4662

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Macalester 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#1,738 #2,025
  2. Social Sciences#1,437 #1,964
  3. Physical Sciences#4,662 #7,839
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 Macalester College work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Macalester College is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (37%), Arts and Humanities (13%), Environmental Science (7%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 266 fractional works · 61.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 161 fractional works · 37.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 59 fractional works · 13.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 28 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEducation: 15 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAnthropology: 14 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCultural Studies: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 58 fractional works · 13.3% of its workHistory: 18 fractional works · 4.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 113 fractional works · 26.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 29 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 23 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPaleontology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 18 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 13 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 28 fractional works · 6.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHorticulture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 27 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMedicine: 19 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMacalesterCollege435fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences26%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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences16137.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities5813.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance204.6%
    4. Psychology174.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting71.5%
    6. Decision Sciences40.9%
    1. Environmental Science296.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences235.2%
    3. Computer Science184.1%
    4. Engineering163.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy132.9%
    6. Chemistry71.7%
    7. Mathematics61.5%
    8. Materials Science10.2%
    9. Energy10.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences153.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology71.6%
    3. Neuroscience61.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    1. Medicine194.4%
    2. Health Professions61.5%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    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: 0.73× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 1.07× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.34× its world share, 23 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.34× its world share, 29 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.26× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.30× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.55× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.62× its world share, 58 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.13× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.93× its world share, 161 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.62×58 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.34×23 works
  3. Social Sciences2.93×161 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.13×20 works
  5. Environmental Science1.34×29 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.30×13 works
  7. Psychology1.30×17 works
  8. Mathematics1.26×6 works
  9. Chemistry1.07×7 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.94×4 works
  11. Neuroscience0.78×6 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.73×15 works
  13. Health Professions0.55×6 works
  14. Computer Science0.53×18 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×7 works
  16. Nursing0.42×1 works
  17. Veterinary0.33×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×7 works
  19. Engineering0.24×16 works
  20. Medicine0.23×19 works
  21. Energy0.19×1 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.18×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.06×1 works
  24. Dentistry0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Macalester College?

Ranked on the quality score, Mary Heskel, Joan M. Ostrove and Paul J. Overvoorde lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Macalester College.

  1. 1 Mary Heskel United States · #343,383 worldwide 4.3k citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Joan M. Ostrove United States · #371,458 worldwide 5k citations · 79 works
  3. 3 Paul J. Overvoorde United States · #401,517 worldwide 5.9k citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Shilad Sen United States · #402,673 worldwide 4.5k citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Louisa I Bradtmiller United States · #436,127 worldwide 3.2k citations · 117 works
  6. 6 Kristina Curry Rogers United States · #476,981 worldwide 2.4k citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Raymond R. Rogers United States · #596,015 worldwide 8.6k citations · 271 works
  8. 8 Geoffrey Gorham United States · #608,688 worldwide 628 citations · 85 works
  9. 9 James P. Spradley United States · #667,705 worldwide 3.6k citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Dan Trudeau United States · #770,048 worldwide 1.1k citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Macalester College

What are the most cited papers from Macalester College?

The most cited paper from Macalester College is "Starburst99: Synthesis Models for Galaxies with Active Star Formation" (Claus Leitherer, Daniel Schaerer, Jeffrey D. Goldader et al., 1999), with 4,048 citations. Next come "Fluctuating resources in plant communities: a general theory of invasibility" (3,484) and "A Field Guide to Foldamers" (2,231).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Starburst99: Synthesis Models for Galaxies with Active Star Formation Claus Leitherer, Daniel Schaerer, Jeffrey D. Goldader et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access Jul 1999 4,048
2 Fluctuating resources in plant communities: a general theory of invasibility Mark Alan Davis, J. Philip Grime, Ken A. Thompson · Journal of Ecology Open access Jun 2000 3,484
3 A Field Guide to Foldamers David J. Hill, Matthew J. Mio, Ryan B. Prince et al. · Chemical Reviews Review Dec 2001 2,231
4 Socioeconomic Status and Health: What We Know and What We Don't Nancy E. Adler, Joan M. Ostrove · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Dec 1999 1,667
5 Don't judge species on their origins Mark Alan Davis, Matthew K. Chew, Richard J. Hobbs et al. · Nature 6 Jun 2011 1,082
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Macalester College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, History, Gender, Colonialism, Religion, Climate Change, Identity 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. Globalization36▲ 4.2×59 topics
  2. Climate Change26▲ 2.2×46 topics
  3. History23▲ 7.6×22 topics
  4. Gender19▲ 8.0×21 topics
  5. Colonialism18▲ 8.7×23 topics
  6. Human Rights18▲ 4.0×22 topics
  7. Identity16▲ 5.2×26 topics
  8. Religion16▲ 8.0×17 topics
  9. Culture14▲ 6.2×14 topics
  10. Literature13▲ 5.6×18 topics
  11. Nationalism13▲ 6.6×14 topics
  12. Politics13▲ 11×11 topics
  13. Society13▲ 15×8 topics
  14. Philosophy13▲ 6.5×12 topics
  15. International Law12▲ 9.1×8 topics
  16. Education12▲ 1.60×26 topics
  17. Feminism10▲ 7.9×12 topics
  18. Urbanization10▲ 5.6×10 topics
  19. Cultural Identity10▲ 4.5×16 topics
  20. Neoliberalism10▲ 6.2×13 topics
  21. Global Governance9▲ 8.5×7 topics
  22. Social Justice9▲ 3.3×15 topics
  23. Political Economy8▲ 7.5×9 topics
  24. Ethnicity8▲ 4.8×10 topics
  25. Cultural Studies8▲ 4.8×17 topics
  26. Governance8▲ 5.3×10 topics
  27. Democracy7▲ 4.8×13 topics
  28. Medicine7▲ 20×5 topics
  29. Diplomacy6▲ 15×5 topics
  30. Intersectionality6▲ 7.0×7 topics
  31. Trade Agreements6▲ 62×2 topics
  32. Financial Crisis6▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Environmental Governance5▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Late Antiquity5▲ 24×3 topics
  35. Economy5▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Immigration5▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Capitalism5▲ 18×3 topics
  38. Global Financial Crisis5▲ 8.9×2 topics
  39. Imperialism5▲ 15×4 topics
  40. NGOs5▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Macalester College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Legal case studies and regulations, Financial Crisis of the 21st Century, Human auditory perception and evaluation and Classical Antiquity Studies.

Legal case studies and r…5Legal case studies and regulations: 5 fractional worksFinancial Crisis of the …4Financial Crisis of the 21st Century: 4 fractional worksHuman auditory perception and evaluation: 4 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Studies: 4 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 4 fractional worksVietnamese History and Culture Studies: 3 fractional worksAmerican Environmental and Regional History: 3 fractional worksAgriculture, Land Use, R…3Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development: 3 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 3 fractional worksInternational Relations and Foreign Policy: 3 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsFinanceAerospace EngineeringAnthropology4 others

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

  1. 1 Legal case studies and regulations Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  2. 2 Financial Crisis of the 21st Century Finance 4 works
  3. 3 Human auditory perception and evaluation Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 4 works
  5. 5 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  6. 6 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  8. 8 Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 works
  9. 9 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 3 works
  10. 10 International Relations and Foreign Policy Political Science and International Relations 3 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 available30.9%not open69.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Macalester College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% 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 Macalester College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Macalester College0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Macalester 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 2025Macalester College8.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.2% in 1996.

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