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McCormick Theological Seminary

In research, McCormick Theological Seminary stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,781 of 14,833 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#2,785 of 3,511 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#25,696
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,381
of 7,310
Research works
344
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5k
4.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.81×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
12%
world 40%
International
3%
world 18%
McCormick Theological Seminary

What is McCormick Theological Seminary 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 #9,781 of 14,833 7.1%307
Arts and HumanitiesField #2,785 of 3,511 8.2%170

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where McCormick Theological Seminary 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 McCormick Theological Seminary work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at McCormick Theological Seminary is in Social Sciences, 12% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (40%), Arts and Humanities (28%), Medicine (12%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 18 fractional works · 67.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 39.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 15.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 6.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 27.7% of its workReligious studies: 6 fractional works · 20.3% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 11.9% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 11.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKMcCormickTheological…27fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences68%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1139.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities827.7%
    3. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Medicine311.8%
    2. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology27.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology01.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    1. Engineering14.5%
    2. Materials Science01.7%
    3. Computer Science01.4%
    4. Chemistry00.9%
    5. Environmental Science00.6%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.78× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.53× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 9.59× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 3.14× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities9.59×8 works
  2. Social Sciences3.14×11 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.78×0 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.53×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.41×2 works
  6. Medicine0.61×3 works
  7. Chemistry0.56×0 works
  8. Materials Science0.48×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.46×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.32×0 works
  11. Engineering0.30×1 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.22×0 works
  13. Nursing0.19×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.18×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.12×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at McCormick Theological Seminary?

Ranked on the quality score, Floyd Vivian Filson, George Ernest Wright and Edward Fay Campbell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is McCormick Theological Seminary.

  1. 1 Floyd Vivian Filson United States · #169,875 worldwide 1.6k citations · 234 works
  2. 2 George Ernest Wright United States · #394,456 worldwide 2.3k citations · 213 works
  3. 3 Edward Fay Campbell United States · #1,011,839 worldwide 570 citations · 68 works
  4. 4 Robert G. Boling United States · #1,174,923 worldwide 244 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 George Angus Fulton Knight United States · #1,521,014 worldwide 127 citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Leonard J. Trinterud United States · #1,677,959 worldwide 99 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Robert Lee Brawley United States · #1,896,475 worldwide 476 citations · 55 works
  8. 8 William S. Sadler United States · #1,935,487 worldwide 143 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Steed Vernyl Davidson United States · #2,068,563 worldwide 127 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 David D. Daniels United States · #2,153,004 worldwide 45 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at McCormick Theological Seminary

What are the most cited papers from McCormick Theological Seminary?

The most cited paper from McCormick Theological Seminary is "Bioengineering the Ovarian Follicle Microenvironment" (Lonnie D. Shea, Teresa K. Woodruff, Ariella Shikanov, 2014), with 188 citations. Next come "Soft, skin-mounted microfluidic systems for measuring secretory fluidic pressures generated at the surface of the skin by eccrine sweat glands" (145) and "Robust and Elastic Lunar and Martian Structures from 3D-Printed Regolith Inks" (145).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Bioengineering the Ovarian Follicle Microenvironment Lonnie D. Shea, Teresa K. Woodruff, Ariella Shikanov · Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering ReviewOpen access 21 May 2014 188
2 Soft, skin-mounted microfluidic systems for measuring secretory fluidic pressures generated at the surface of the skin by eccrine sweat glands Jungil Choi, Yeguang Xue, Wei Xia et al. · Lab on a Chip Open access 2017 145
3 Robust and Elastic Lunar and Martian Structures from 3D-Printed Regolith Inks Adam E. Jakus, Katie D. Koube, Nicholas R. Geisendorfer et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 20 Mar 2017 145
4 Recent progress in cryoablation cancer therapy and nanoparticles mediated cryoablation Kijung Kwak, Bo Yu, Robert J. Lewandowski et al. · Theranostics Open access 2022 128
5 Construction of multi-scale vascular chips and modelling of the interaction between tumours and blood vessels Jing Nie, Qing Gao, Chaoqi Xie et al. · Materials Horizons 28 Aug 2019 89
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at McCormick Theological Seminary?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, African Christianity, Global Christianity, Short-Term Missions, Culture, Migration, Development and Politics.

▲ 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 28 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Religion5▲ 39×7 topics
  2. African Christianity4▲ 691×2 topics
  3. Global Christianity4▲ 956×1 topic
  4. Short-Term Missions4▲ 956×1 topic
  5. Culture2▲ 16×2 topics
  6. Development2▲ 24×2 topics
  7. Migration2▲ 25×2 topics
  8. Politics2▲ 32×3 topics
  9. Globalization2▲ 3.7×5 topics
  10. Community2▲ 57×3 topics
  11. Identity2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  12. Human Rights2▲ 6.0×4 topics
  13. Faith-Based Organizations2▲ 200×1 topic
  14. Social Services2▲ 136×1 topic
  15. Colonialism2▲ 12×2 topics
  16. Gender1▲ 9.7×2 topics
  17. Race1▲ 44×2 topics
  18. Eritrea1▲ 371×1 topic
  19. Ethiopia1▲ 371×1 topic
  20. Nationalism1▲ 10×2 topics
  21. Biblical Monotheism1▲ 170×1 topic
  22. Israel1▲ 128×2 topics
  23. Jewish Society1▲ 170×1 topic
  24. Nanoparticles1▲ 3.3×4 topics
  25. Chicano1▲ 382×1 topic
  26. Latino1▲ 382×1 topic
  27. Musical Theory1▲ 225×1 topic
  28. Musicology1▲ 225×1 topic

Which research topics does McCormick Theological Seminary publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Christian Theology and Mission, Religion, Society, and Development, African history and culture analysis and Biblical Studies and Interpretation.

Christian Theology and M…4Christian Theology and Mission: 4 fractional worksReligion, Society, and D…2Religion, Society, and Development: 2 fractional worksAfrican history and cult…1African history and culture analysis: 1 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 1 fractional worksLatin American and Latino Studies: 1 fractional worksMusicology and Musical A…1Musicology and Musical Analysis: 1 fractional worksJewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 1 fractional worksDevelopment, Ethics, and Society: 1 fractional worksPhilosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism: 0 fractional worksMiddle East Politics and Society: 0 fractional works
Religious studiesSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsCultural Studies3 others

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

  1. 1 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 4 works
  2. 2 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  4. 4 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 1 works
  5. 5 Latin American and Latino Studies Cultural Studies 1 works
  6. 6 Musicology and Musical Analysis Music 1 works
  7. 7 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Development, Ethics, and Society Development 1 works
  9. 9 Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism Philosophy 0 works
  10. 10 Middle East Politics and Society Sociology and Political Science 0 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 available12.4%not open87.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.2%domestic only96.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has McCormick Theological Seminary's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 McCormick Theological Seminary as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%McCormick Theological Seminary0.000083% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of McCormick Theological Seminary over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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