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Occidental College

In research, Occidental College stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,102 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,914 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,686 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mathematics (Mathematics is 8.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,403
of 22,385 · #4,726 all time
Rank in United States
#988
of 3,332
Research works
2.7k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
47k
17.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Occidental College

What is Occidental 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 #4,102 of 9,585 14.0%170 #2284
Social SciencesField #3,914 of 5,988 14.7%95 #2490
Physical SciencesDomain #7,686 of 10,670 5.0%145 #5066

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Occidental 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#2,284 #4,102
  2. Social Sciences#2,490 #3,914
  3. Physical Sciences#5,066 #7,686
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Occidental College work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Occidental College is in Social Sciences, 38% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Arts and Humanities (12%), Mathematics (10%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 198 fractional works · 49.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 106 fractional works · 26.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 38 fractional works · 9.7% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCultural Studies: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 46 fractional works · 11.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhilosophy: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMusic: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 24 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 152 fractional works · 38.3% of its workMathematics: 38 fractional works · 9.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 20 fractional works · 5.0% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 12 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMathematical Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 28 fractional works · 7.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 24 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 20 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 18 fractional works · 4.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeophysics: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 6.0% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 23 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOccidentalCollege398fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences50%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences10626.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities4611.5%
    3. Psychology246.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance123.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting61.6%
    6. Decision Sciences41.0%
    1. Mathematics389.6%
    2. Engineering287.0%
    3. Environmental Science246.0%
    4. Computer Science204.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy184.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences174.3%
    7. Chemistry61.5%
    8. Materials Science20.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Neuroscience92.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences71.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology71.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine133.3%
    2. Health Professions82.1%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Occidental College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mathematics takes 8.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MathematicsField · 38.3 works8.2×
← 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: 0.38× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.34× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.94× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.74× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.20× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 8.18× its world share, 38 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.00× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.79× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.99× its world share, 46 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.41× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.99× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 106 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics8.18×38 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.99×46 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.74×17 works
  4. Social Sciences2.11×106 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy2.00×18 works
  6. Psychology1.99×24 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.41×12 works
  8. Neuroscience1.34×9 works
  9. Environmental Science1.20×24 works
  10. Veterinary1.08×1 works
  11. Decision Sciences1.00×4 works
  12. Chemistry0.94×6 works
  13. Health Professions0.79×8 works
  14. Computer Science0.63×20 works
  15. Nursing0.60×1 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.59×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.49×6 works
  18. Engineering0.46×28 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×7 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.33×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×7 works
  22. Medicine0.17×13 works
  23. Materials Science0.12×2 works
  24. Energy0.11×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.11×0 works
  26. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Occidental College?

Ranked on the quality score, Jennifer M. Piscopo, Carmel Levitan and James H. Satterfield lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Occidental College.

  1. 1 Jennifer M. Piscopo United States · #31,782 worldwide 3.5k citations · 98 works
  2. 2 Carmel Levitan United States · #182,810 worldwide 6.8k citations · 151 works
  3. 3 James H. Satterfield United States · #303,229 worldwide 3.7k citations · 66 works
  4. 4 Andrew Shtulman United States · #366,714 worldwide 3.2k citations · 111 works
  5. 5 James L. Sadd United States · #382,564 worldwide 2.5k citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Shana K. Goffredi United States · #405,780 worldwide 4.7k citations · 109 works
  7. 7 Michael G. Hill United States · #442,848 worldwide 9.3k citations · 158 works
  8. 8 John E. McCormack United States · #460,091 worldwide 11k citations · 154 works
  9. 9 Amanda J. Zellmer United States · #594,020 worldwide 2.2k citations · 54 works
  10. 10 Bhavna Shamasunder United States · #607,977 worldwide 1.4k citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Occidental College

What are the most cited papers from Occidental College?

The most cited paper from Occidental College is "Mechanisms of mindfulness" (Shauna L. Shapiro, Linda Ellen Carlson, John A. Astin et al., 2005), with 4,003 citations. Next come "Electrochemical DNA sensors" (2,219) and "Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds" (2,061).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mechanisms of mindfulness Shauna L. Shapiro, Linda Ellen Carlson, John A. Astin et al. · Journal of Clinical Psychology 29 Dec 2005 4,003
2 Electrochemical DNA sensors T. Gregory Drummond, Michael G. Hill, Jacqueline K. Barton · Nature Biotechnology 30 Sep 2003 2,219
3 Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds Erich D. Jarvis et al. · Science Open access105 authors 11 Dec 2014 2,061
4 Investigating Variation in Replicability Richard Anthony Klein et al. · Social Psychology Open access May 2014 1,279
5 AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds Joseph A. Tobias et al. · Ecology Letters Open access115 authors 24 Feb 2022 1,261
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Occidental College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Colonialism, History, Teaching Methods, Identity, Mathematics Education, Cultural Transmission, Historical Sources and Mathematical Concepts.

▲ 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. Globalization18▲ 2.3×38 topics
  2. Climate Change17▲ 1.60×42 topics
  3. History17▲ 6.2×13 topics
  4. Identity16▲ 5.4×21 topics
  5. Colonialism15▲ 8.2×17 topics
  6. Teaching Methods14▲ 22×4 topics
  7. Gender13▲ 5.9×16 topics
  8. Mathematics Education12▲ 67×2 topics
  9. Cultural Transmission12▲ 40×2 topics
  10. Historical Sources12▲ 172×1 topic
  11. Mathematical Concepts12▲ 172×1 topic
  12. Literature12▲ 5.3×13 topics
  13. Student Engagement12▲ 7.4×6 topics
  14. Culture11▲ 5.3×8 topics
  15. Modeling11▲ 11×5 topics
  16. STEM Education11▲ 6.1×5 topics
  17. Politics11▲ 10×8 topics
  18. Society10▲ 14×6 topics
  19. Religion10▲ 5.5×13 topics
  20. Engineering Students10▲ 497×1 topic
  21. Mathematics Support10▲ 497×1 topic
  22. Nonlinear Dynamics10▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Interpolation10▲ 175×1 topic
  24. Mathematica10▲ 2798×1 topic
  25. Ethics9▲ 4.6×15 topics
  26. Arduino9▲ 104×2 topics
  27. Experimental Tools8▲ 157×1 topic
  28. Neoliberalism8▲ 5.7×15 topics
  29. Smartphones8▲ 64×1 topic
  30. Philosophy8▲ 4.5×10 topics
  31. Emotion7▲ 8.9×9 topics
  32. Data Analysis7▲ 6.3×3 topics
  33. Democracy6▲ 4.7×8 topics
  34. Feminism6▲ 5.5×12 topics
  35. Geomorphology6▲ 62×2 topics
  36. Python6▲ 75×1 topic
  37. Scientific Computing6▲ 75×1 topic
  38. Intersectionality6▲ 8.2×9 topics
  39. Medicine6▲ 19×5 topics
  40. Race5▲ 11×9 topics

Which research topics does Occidental College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: History and Theory of Mathematics, Mathematics Education and Programs, Mathematical and Computational Methods and Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies.

History and Theory of Mathematics: 12 fractional worksMathematics Education and Programs: 10 fractional worksMathematical and Computa…10Mathematical and Computational Methods: 10 fractional worksExperimental and Theoret…8Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies: 8 fractional worksComputational Physics an…6Computational Physics and Python Applications: 6 fractional worksReservoir Engineering an…5Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 5 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and…3Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 3 fractional worksJapanese History and Culture: 3 fractional worksVietnamese History and Culture Studies: 3 fractional worksEnvironmental Justice and Health Disparities: 3 fractional works
Theoretical Computer ScienceModeling and SimulationStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 12 works
  2. 2 Mathematics Education and Programs Modeling and Simulation 10 works
  3. 3 Mathematical and Computational Methods Modeling and Simulation 10 works
  4. 4 Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 8 works
  5. 5 Computational Physics and Python Applications Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  6. 6 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 3 works
  9. 9 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  10. 10 Environmental Justice and Health Disparities Sociology and Political Science 3 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 available25.2%not open74.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.5%domestic only94.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Occidental College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% 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 Occidental College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Occidental College0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Occidental 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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Occidental College7.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.1% in 1991.

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