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McDaniel College

In research, McDaniel College stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,604 of 16,945 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,327 of 10,206 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#13,234 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,368
of 28,054 · #18,939 all time
Rank in United States
#2,662
of 4,192
Research works
768
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is McDaniel 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 #6,604 of 16,945 20.2%408
Social SciencesField #4,327 of 10,206 24.8%217
Physical SciencesDomain #13,234 of 21,541 12.6%229

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where McDaniel 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: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.76× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.86× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.55× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.75× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.98× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.06× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.68× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.16× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at McDaniel College?

Ranked on the composite score, Theodore Evergates, McCay Vernon and Volker C. Franke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is McDaniel College.

  1. 1 Theodore Evergates United States · #278,597 worldwide 35 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 McCay Vernon United States · #419,255 worldwide 31 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Volker C. Franke United States · #563,846 worldwide 20 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Vasilis Pagonis United States · #633,457 worldwide 163 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Gregory D. Alles United States · #680,606 worldwide 5 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 D. E. A. Jones United States · #1,268,015 worldwide 15 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Sam P. Perone United States · #1,429,478 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Pavel Naumov United States · #1,460,466 worldwide 20 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at McDaniel College

Which keywords describe research at McDaniel College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Colonialism, Literature, Cultural Identity, Cultural Studies, Social History, Identity and Anxiety.

▲ 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. Gender6▲ 12×12 topics
  2. Colonialism4▲ 10×8 topics
  3. Literature4▲ 8.2×8 topics
  4. Globalization4▲ 2.1×9 topics
  5. Cultural Identity4▲ 7.2×4 topics
  6. Identity4▲ 5.2×8 topics
  7. Cultural Studies3▲ 9.4×5 topics
  8. Depression3▲ 3.9×4 topics
  9. History3▲ 4.8×5 topics
  10. Social History3▲ 41×3 topics
  11. Anxiety3▲ 6.7×3 topics
  12. Religion3▲ 6.4×6 topics
  13. Treatment3▲ 2.5×4 topics
  14. Human Rights3▲ 2.8×3 topics
  15. Migration3▲ 8.5×5 topics
  16. Neurobiology3▲ 11×2 topics
  17. Psilocybin2▲ 173×1 topic
  18. Psychedelics2▲ 173×1 topic
  19. Nationalism2▲ 5.5×6 topics
  20. Global South2▲ 41×3 topics
  21. Philosophy2▲ 5.7×5 topics
  22. Reformation2▲ 85×2 topics
  23. Theology2▲ 26×2 topics
  24. Calvinism2▲ 88×1 topic
  25. China2▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Humanitarianism2▲ 34×3 topics
  27. International Relations2▲ 8.9×4 topics
  28. Refugees2▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Religious Controversy2▲ 88×1 topic
  30. Student Engagement2▲ 5.3×4 topics
  31. Society2▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Ethnography2▲ 10×3 topics
  33. Medicine2▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Art2▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Financial Markets2▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Narrative2▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Postcolonialism2▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Race2▲ 14×4 topics
  40. Video Analysis1▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does McDaniel College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Psychedelics and Drug Studies, Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure and Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies.

Psychedelics and Drug Studies: 2 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 2 fractional worksChemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure: 1 fractional worksExperimental and Theoretical Physics Studies: 1 fractional worksKorean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies: 1 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geochronology of Asian Mineral Deposits: 1 fractional worksChild Development and Di…1Child Development and Digital Technology: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Contemporary Political Dynamics: 1 fractional worksDiverse Cultural and Historical Studies: 1 fractional worksChinese history and phil…1Chinese history and philosophy: 1 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyHistoryOrganic ChemistryStatistical and Nonlinear Physics4 others

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

  1. 1 Psychedelics and Drug Studies Clinical Psychology 2 works
  2. 2 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 2 works
  3. 3 Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure Organic Chemistry 1 works
  4. 4 Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1 works
  5. 5 Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Geochemistry and Geochronology of Asian Mineral Deposits Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  7. 7 Child Development and Digital Technology Education 1 works
  8. 8 Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics History 1 works
  9. 9 Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies Cultural Studies 1 works
  10. 10 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 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 available20.8%not open79.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has McDaniel College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher 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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