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Muhlenberg College

In research, Muhlenberg College stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,993 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,647
of 22,385 · #16,844 all time
Rank in United States
#2,748
of 3,332
Research works
1.2k
▼ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Muhlenberg College

What is Muhlenberg 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 #8,993 of 9,585 8.4%67 #9983

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

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Muhlenberg College is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Arts and Humanities (16%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 72 fractional works · 52.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 39 fractional works · 28.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 11.1% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 22 fractional works · 16.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 5.1% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 22.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 16.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 9.1% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKMuhlenbergCollege137fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences53%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3928.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities2216.0%
    3. Psychology64.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting21.4%
    6. Decision Sciences10.7%
    1. Environmental Science96.9%
    2. Computer Science64.6%
    3. Mathematics53.7%
    4. Engineering42.7%
    5. Chemistry32.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.8%
    8. Materials Science00.2%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology139.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences64.2%
    3. Neuroscience21.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.7%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Medicine107.1%
    2. Dentistry21.3%
    3. Health Professions10.7%
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: 0.88× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.74× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.08× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.37× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.39× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.14× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.76× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 10 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 5.53× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.01× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.33× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.53×22 works
  2. Mathematics3.14×5 works
  3. Dentistry2.76×2 works
  4. Social Sciences2.26×39 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.08×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.74×13 works
  7. Environmental Science1.39×10 works
  8. Chemistry1.37×3 works
  9. Psychology1.33×6 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.01×3 works
  11. Neuroscience0.91×2 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.88×6 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.70×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.65×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.59×6 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.43×2 works
  17. Medicine0.37×10 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.34×1 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×0 works
  20. Health Professions0.28×1 works
  21. Engineering0.18×4 works
  22. Energy0.09×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Muhlenberg College?

Ranked on the quality score, Russel P. Kauffman, Jefferson Douglas Pooley and Vivian Charles Walsh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Muhlenberg College.

  1. 1 Russel P. Kauffman United States · #1,042,955 worldwide 1k citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Jefferson Douglas Pooley United States · #1,200,606 worldwide 1.4k citations · 133 works
  3. 3 Vivian Charles Walsh United States · #1,251,241 worldwide 1.1k citations · 66 works
  4. 4 Heinrich Meyer United States · #1,319,678 worldwide 2.4k citations · 138 works
  5. 5 Christopher P. Borick United States · #1,536,780 worldwide 1.5k citations · 73 works
  6. 6 Sue Curry Jansen United States · #1,621,547 worldwide 1.5k citations · 82 works
  7. 7 Katherine Richmond United States · #1,704,247 worldwide 1.3k citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Marten J. Edwards United States · #1,819,368 worldwide 1.4k citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Michael Buozis United States · #2,088,788 worldwide 186 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Casey James Miller United States · #2,284,568 worldwide 352 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Muhlenberg College

What are the most cited papers from Muhlenberg College?

The most cited paper from Muhlenberg College is "A Transparent Window into Biology: A Primer on Caenorhabditis elegans" (Ann K. Corsi, Bruce Wightman, Martin Chalfie, 2015), with 607 citations. Next come "Cultural Practices Emphasize Influence in the United States and Adjustment in Japan" (479) and "Measurements of Higher Order Flow Harmonics in Au+Au Collisions at sNN=200 GeV" (361).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Transparent Window into Biology: A Primer on Caenorhabditis elegans Ann K. Corsi, Bruce Wightman, Martin Chalfie · Genetics Open access Jun 2015 607
2 Cultural Practices Emphasize Influence in the United States and Adjustment in Japan Beth Morling, Shinobu Kitayama, Yuri Miyamoto · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Mar 2002 479
3 Measurements of Higher Order Flow Harmonics in Au+Au Collisions at sNN=200 GeV Andrew Marshall Adare et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access384 authors 14 Dec 2011 361
4 A Review of Research on Masculinity Ideologies Using the Male Role Norms Inventory Ronald F. Levant, Katherine Richmond · The Journal of Men s Studies 11 May 2007 356
5 Creation of quark–gluon plasma droplets with three distinct geometries C. Aidala et al. · Nature Physics Open access318 authors 30 Nov 2018 321
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Muhlenberg College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Literature, Gender, Identity, Invasive Species, Colonialism, Society and Globalization.

▲ 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. History9▲ 9.0×12 topics
  2. Literature8▲ 10×15 topics
  3. Globalization8▲ 2.8×19 topics
  4. Gender7▲ 10.0×16 topics
  5. Identity7▲ 7.4×21 topics
  6. Climate Change5▲ 1.42×16 topics
  7. Invasive Species5▲ 8.7×9 topics
  8. Colonialism5▲ 7.6×12 topics
  9. Culture5▲ 6.6×8 topics
  10. Society5▲ 18×6 topics
  11. Social Media4▲ 2.4×9 topics
  12. Biodiversity4▲ 4.2×8 topics
  13. Philosophy4▲ 7.2×4 topics
  14. Religion4▲ 7.0×6 topics
  15. Nationalism4▲ 6.1×8 topics
  16. Neoliberalism4▲ 7.4×9 topics
  17. Race4▲ 22×9 topics
  18. Ethics4▲ 5.1×8 topics
  19. Human Rights4▲ 2.5×7 topics
  20. Technology3▲ 4.4×4 topics
  21. Feminism3▲ 7.7×7 topics
  22. Science3▲ 9.1×5 topics
  23. Neuroscience3▲ 6.6×5 topics
  24. Medicine3▲ 23×3 topics
  25. Global Change3▲ 7.3×3 topics
  26. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 8.9×3 topics
  27. Media Culture3▲ 53×2 topics
  28. Gender Differences2▲ 5.0×5 topics
  29. Postcolonialism2▲ 13×7 topics
  30. Teaching Methods2▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Agenda Setting2▲ 52×1 topic
  32. Media Framing2▲ 52×1 topic
  33. American Literature2▲ 119×2 topics
  34. Brain Development2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  35. Biography2▲ 76×1 topic
  36. Fragile X Syndrome2▲ 53×1 topic
  37. Neoplatonism2▲ 74×2 topics
  38. Observations2▲ 82×1 topic
  39. Rett Syndrome2▲ 53×1 topic
  40. Insulin Signaling2▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Muhlenberg College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Media Studies and Communication, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, History of Science and Medicine and Plant and animal studies.

Media Studies and Commun…2Media Studies and Communication: 2 fractional worksGenetics and Neurodevelo…2Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: 2 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 2 fractional worksPlant and animal studies2Plant and animal studies: 2 fractional worksWikis in Education and C…2Wikis in Education and Collaboration: 2 fractional worksStatistics Education and Methodologies: 2 fractional worksGender, Feminism, and Media: 2 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies1Cinema and Media Studies: 1 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 1 fractional worksRenaissance and Early Modern Studies: 1 fractional works
CommunicationGeneticsHistory and Philosophy of ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5 others

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

  1. 1 Media Studies and Communication Communication 2 works
  2. 2 Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Genetics 2 works
  3. 3 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  4. 4 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  5. 5 Wikis in Education and Collaboration Communication 2 works
  6. 6 Statistics Education and Methodologies Statistics and Probability 2 works
  7. 7 Gender, Feminism, and Media Gender Studies 2 works
  8. 8 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Renaissance and Early Modern Studies History 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 available23.9%not open76.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.7%domestic only96.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Muhlenberg College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% 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 Muhlenberg College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00051% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Muhlenberg College0.00044% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Muhlenberg 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 2025Muhlenberg College9.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.0% in 2013.

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