Question 1

What is North Central College known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, North Central College stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,341 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,138 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

Question 2

How does North Central College rank in research?

Accepted Answer

North Central College ranks #11,021 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#6,197 all time), and #1,521 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at North Central College?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, J. Michael Bacharach, Jonathan Gary Lundgren and Shannon L. Osborne lead among researchers whose main affiliation is North Central College.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from North Central College?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from North Central College is "Minireview: Quantifying Landscape Spatial Pattern: What Is the State of the Art?" (Eric J. Gustafson, 1998), with 1,596 citations. Next come "Measurement of the Positive Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment to 0.46 ppm" (1,349) and "Psychological Safety: A Meta‐Analytic Review and Extension" (1,170).

Question 5

Which research topics does North Central College publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Crystallography and molecular interactions, Sports, Gender, and Society and Crystallization and Solubility Studies.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at North Central College?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Crystal Structure, Crystal Engineering, Crystallography, Powder Diffraction, Nanoparticles, Molecular Crystals, Noncovalent Interactions and Identity.

Question 7

Which fields of science does North Central College work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 39% of research at North Central College is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Medicine (11%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 8

Is North Central College's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021.