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Northeast Catholic College

In research, Northeast Catholic College stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,044 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 15.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,260
of 22,385 · #4,486 all time
Rank in United States
#1,861
of 3,332
Research works
1.7k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
13%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Northeast Catholic College

What is Northeast Catholic 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 #6,044 of 9,585 9.3%87 #1579

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

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Northeast Catholic College is in Social Sciences, 11% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (44%), Social Sciences (29%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (4%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 106 fractional works · 83.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 56 fractional works · 43.8% of its workHistory: 12 fractional works · 9.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 11 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 6.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 8 fractional works · 6.0% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClassics: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 37 fractional works · 29.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 7.0% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 10.8% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNortheastCatholic College128fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences83%

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. Arts and Humanities5643.8%
    2. Social Sciences3729.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance54.2%
    4. Psychology54.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting21.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Engineering53.5%
    2. Computer Science32.4%
    3. Environmental Science21.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy21.3%
    5. Mathematics10.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.8%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    8. Energy00.2%
    9. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.7%
    2. Neuroscience10.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Medicine21.6%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Northeast Catholic College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 15.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 56.0 works15×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 15.18× its world share, 56 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.97× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.35× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.30× its world share, 37 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 15.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities15.18×56 works
  2. Social Sciences2.30×37 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.97×5 works
  4. Psychology1.35×5 works
  5. Mathematics0.71×1 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy0.58×2 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.54×1 works
  8. Nursing0.53×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.51×1 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.51×1 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×2 works
  12. Health Professions0.36×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×2 works
  14. Computer Science0.30×3 works
  15. Environmental Science0.29×2 works
  16. Veterinary0.27×0 works
  17. Engineering0.24×4 works
  18. Energy0.20×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.14×0 works
  21. Medicine0.08×2 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Northeast Catholic College?

Ranked on the quality score, David Rodney Heath-Brown, Patrick Gardiner and Elizabeth Fricker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northeast Catholic College.

  1. 1 David Rodney Heath-Brown United States · #120,628 worldwide 10k citations · 225 works
  2. 2 Patrick Gardiner United States · #415,600 worldwide 1.4k citations · 77 works
  3. 3 Elizabeth Fricker United States · #487,528 worldwide 2.5k citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Simon Horobin United States · #495,195 worldwide 822 citations · 150 works
  5. 5 Gerald Harriss United States · #585,085 worldwide 1k citations · 92 works
  6. 6 Oliver Taplin United States · #590,757 worldwide 2.8k citations · 124 works
  7. 7 Michaël Gilsenan United States · #608,098 worldwide 8.6k citations · 68 works
  8. 8 Roland R. R. Smith United States · #698,241 worldwide 1.6k citations · 74 works
  9. 9 K. B. MCFARLANE United States · #701,312 worldwide 1.1k citations · 55 works
  10. 10 Oliver R. Gurney United States · #717,885 worldwide 755 citations · 67 works
All ranked researchers at Northeast Catholic College

What are the most cited papers from Northeast Catholic College?

The most cited paper from Northeast Catholic College is "Relevance: Communication and Cognition" (Ralph C. S. Walker, 1989), with 1,388 citations. Next come "Some Problems in the Theory of Queues" (671) and "THE BRAID GROUP AND OTHER GROUPS" (663).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Relevance: Communication and Cognition Ralph C. S. Walker · Mind & Language Mar 1989 1,388
2 Some Problems in the Theory of Queues David George Kendall · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) Jul 1951 671
3 THE BRAID GROUP AND OTHER GROUPS Frank Garside · The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics Open access 1969 663
4 Civilis Princeps: Between Citizen and King Andrew Wallace‐Hadrill · The Journal of Roman Studies Nov 1982 626
5 Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind‐Brain Grant R Gillett · Philosophical Books Oct 1987 508
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Northeast Catholic College?

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

▲ 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. History13▲ 15×17 topics
  2. Literature10▲ 14×16 topics
  3. Colonialism10▲ 16×11 topics
  4. Gender10▲ 14×16 topics
  5. Society9▲ 36×8 topics
  6. Globalization8▲ 3.4×24 topics
  7. Religion8▲ 14×11 topics
  8. Identity8▲ 8.8×16 topics
  9. Philosophy8▲ 13×6 topics
  10. Human Rights7▲ 5.3×13 topics
  11. Medicine7▲ 65×7 topics
  12. Culture7▲ 10×7 topics
  13. Cultural Identity6▲ 10×6 topics
  14. Social History6▲ 53×6 topics
  15. Theology6▲ 47×3 topics
  16. Ethics5▲ 8.4×12 topics
  17. Innovation5▲ 3.8×6 topics
  18. Cultural Studies5▲ 9.9×9 topics
  19. Alchemy4▲ 97×3 topics
  20. Church History4▲ 80×3 topics
  21. International Law4▲ 10×9 topics
  22. Science4▲ 13×4 topics
  23. Gender Studies4▲ 19×3 topics
  24. Late Antiquity4▲ 57×2 topics
  25. Nationalism3▲ 5.9×7 topics
  26. Neuroscience3▲ 8.8×5 topics
  27. Ethnography3▲ 15×6 topics
  28. Social Justice3▲ 4.4×8 topics
  29. Democracy3▲ 7.2×6 topics
  30. Literary Criticism3▲ 50×3 topics
  31. Calvinism3▲ 105×1 topic
  32. Postcolonialism3▲ 16×4 topics
  33. Reformation3▲ 84×1 topic
  34. Ancient Rome3▲ 70×1 topic
  35. Art3▲ 25×4 topics
  36. Greek Literature3▲ 70×1 topic
  37. Medieval3▲ 61×2 topics
  38. Memory3▲ 9.1×5 topics
  39. Postmodernism3▲ 58×3 topics
  40. Empire2▲ 23×4 topics

Which research topics does Northeast Catholic College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, Classical Antiquity Studies, Medieval Literature and History and Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices.

Reformation and Early Mo…3Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 3 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Stud…3Classical Antiquity Studies: 3 fractional worksMedieval Literature and History: 2 fractional worksReligious Studies and Spiritual Practices: 2 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 2 fractional worksPoetry Analysis and Criticism: 2 fractional worksDiverse Historical and Scientific Studies: 2 fractional worksHistory of Science and M…2History of Science and Medicine: 2 fractional worksHungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies: 2 fractional worksHistorical Philosophy and Science: 2 fractional works
HistoryAnthropologyClassicsPhilosophy4 others

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

  1. 1 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 3 works
  2. 2 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 3 works
  3. 3 Medieval Literature and History Classics 2 works
  4. 4 Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices Philosophy 2 works
  5. 5 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Poetry Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  7. 7 Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  8. 8 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  9. 9 Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
  10. 10 Historical Philosophy and Science History and Philosophy of Science 2 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 available12.9%not open87.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.3%domestic only85.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Northeast Catholic College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% higher 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 Northeast Catholic College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00043% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Northeast Catholic College0.00077% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Northeast Catholic 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 counting20%40%all institutions10.0% in 2025Northeast Catholic College7.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 31.5% in 2010.

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