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Occidental College

In research, Occidental College stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,672 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#7,788 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,887 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mathematics — Mathematics is 9.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,481
of 28,054 · #6,387 all time
Rank in United States
#1,415
of 4,192
Research works
2.7k
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
47k
17.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Occidental College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #3,672 of 10,521 23.2%170 #2125
Physical SciencesDomain #7,788 of 12,888 8.4%145 #5693
Social SciencesField #3,887 of 6,365 27.2%95 #1987

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#2,125 #3,672
  2. Physical Sciences#5,693 #7,788
  3. Social Sciences#1,987 #3,887
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Occidental College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mathematics takes 9.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MathematicsField · 38.1 works9.2×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.06× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.06× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.80× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.24× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 9.15× its world share, 38 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.16× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.77× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.52× its world share, 36 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.51× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.62× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 95 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 9.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Occidental College?

Ranked on the composite score, Louis Althusser, Susan Rubín Suleiman and Frank Lambert lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Occidental College.

  1. 1 Louis Althusser United States · #75,603 worldwide 80 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Susan Rubín Suleiman United States · #89,586 worldwide 80 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Frank Lambert United States · #170,526 worldwide 49 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Anne M. Schell United States · #203,814 worldwide 258 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 James Woodress United States · #204,630 worldwide 51 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Nina Rattner Gelbart United States · #221,574 worldwide 124 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 D. Snowden-Ifft United States · #239,554 worldwide 220 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Shana K. Goffredi United States · #247,867 worldwide 146 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Donald R. Prothero United States · #309,631 worldwide 241 citations · 80 works
  10. 10 Carmel Levitan United States · #335,050 worldwide 109 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Occidental College

Which keywords describe research at Occidental College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Teaching Methods, Colonialism, Mathematics Education, Cultural Transmission, Historical Sources, Mathematical Concepts and Identity.

▲ 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. Climate Change16▲ 1.68×40 topics
  2. History16▲ 6.5×12 topics
  3. Globalization15▲ 2.1×34 topics
  4. Teaching Methods14▲ 28×4 topics
  5. Machine Learning14▲ 1.20×19 topics
  6. Colonialism14▲ 8.1×14 topics
  7. Identity14▲ 5.3×19 topics
  8. Mathematics Education12▲ 77×2 topics
  9. Cultural Transmission12▲ 43×2 topics
  10. Historical Sources12▲ 193×1 topic
  11. Mathematical Concepts12▲ 193×1 topic
  12. Student Engagement11▲ 7.8×5 topics
  13. Modeling11▲ 12×4 topics
  14. Gender11▲ 5.7×13 topics
  15. STEM Education11▲ 6.8×5 topics
  16. Engineering Students10▲ 651×1 topic
  17. Mathematics Support10▲ 651×1 topic
  18. Nonlinear Dynamics10▲ 13×2 topics
  19. Religion10▲ 5.8×12 topics
  20. Interpolation10▲ 200×1 topic
  21. Mathematica10▲ 4509×1 topic
  22. Politics10▲ 10×8 topics
  23. Society10▲ 14×6 topics
  24. Culture10▲ 5.1×7 topics
  25. Arduino9▲ 128×2 topics
  26. Literature9▲ 4.8×11 topics
  27. Experimental Tools8▲ 179×1 topic
  28. Smartphones8▲ 72×1 topic
  29. Ethics8▲ 4.4×13 topics
  30. Neoliberalism7▲ 5.5×15 topics
  31. Data Analysis7▲ 6.8×3 topics
  32. Nationalism7▲ 4.1×14 topics
  33. Emotion6▲ 8.9×8 topics
  34. Geomorphology6▲ 72×2 topics
  35. Democracy6▲ 5.0×7 topics
  36. Python6▲ 84×1 topic
  37. Scientific Computing6▲ 84×1 topic
  38. Intersectionality6▲ 8.6×8 topics
  39. Medicine5▲ 18×5 topics
  40. Data Assimilation5▲ 8.5×2 topics

Which research topics does Occidental College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: 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 Computational Methods: 10 fractional worksExperimental and Theoretical Physics Studies: 8 fractional worksComputational Physics and Python Applications: 6 fractional worksReservoir Engineering an…5Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 5 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 3 fractional worksVietnamese History and Culture Studies: 3 fractional worksGender Politics and Representation: 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 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  9. 9 Gender Politics and Representation Gender Studies 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Occidental College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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