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Pomona College

In research, Pomona College stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,473 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#5,384 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,940 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,877
of 28,054 · #3,996 all time
Rank in United States
#794
of 4,192
Research works
4.8k
▲ 66% vs 2013–17
Citations
99k
20.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Pomona 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 #2,473 of 10,521 19.8%291 #2116
Physical SciencesDomain #5,384 of 12,888 15.3%156 #2991
Social SciencesField #2,940 of 6,365 21.8%154 #2502

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pomona 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#2,116 #2,473
  2. Physical Sciences#2,991 #5,384
  3. Social Sciences#2,502 #2,940
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.

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: 0.50× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.97× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.99× its world share, 41 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.44× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.14× its world share, 26 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.16× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.78× its world share, 58 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.70× its world share, 31 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.02× its world share, 33 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 154 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pomona College?

Ranked on the composite score, Stephan Ramon Garcia, Corwin Hansch and A. B. Silverstein lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pomona College.

  1. 1 Stephan Ramon Garcia United States · #107 worldwide 4k citations · 136 works
  2. 2 Corwin Hansch United States · #1,127 worldwide 2.9k citations · 94 works
  3. 3 A. B. Silverstein United States · #46,854 worldwide 458 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Daniel J. O’Leary United States · #121,912 worldwide 317 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Albert J. Leo United States · #136,491 worldwide 2.1k citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Kenneth L. Cooke United States · #137,440 worldwide 395 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Michael Greenberg United States · #170,428 worldwide 198 citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Daniel A. Mazmanian United States · #214,230 worldwide 323 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Eric Lott United States · #227,871 worldwide 35 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 William P. Banks United States · #231,609 worldwide 142 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Pomona College

Which keywords describe research at Pomona College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Gender, Colonialism, History, Nationalism, Literature, Feminism 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 2022–2025 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. Identity29▲ 7.6×35 topics
  2. Globalization29▲ 2.8×43 topics
  3. Gender25▲ 8.8×27 topics
  4. History22▲ 6.0×20 topics
  5. Climate Change21▲ 1.50×48 topics
  6. Colonialism21▲ 8.4×24 topics
  7. Literature20▲ 7.1×24 topics
  8. Nationalism20▲ 8.1×21 topics
  9. Feminism18▲ 12×13 topics
  10. Religion16▲ 6.2×16 topics
  11. Culture15▲ 5.5×13 topics
  12. Ethics14▲ 5.6×19 topics
  13. Neoliberalism14▲ 7.3×14 topics
  14. Politics14▲ 9.5×9 topics
  15. Society12▲ 12×9 topics
  16. Philosophy12▲ 5.0×9 topics
  17. Human Rights11▲ 2.0×19 topics
  18. Social Movements11▲ 6.7×9 topics
  19. Ethnicity11▲ 5.3×11 topics
  20. Cold War9▲ 27×4 topics
  21. Iterative Methods9▲ 44×2 topics
  22. Neuroscience9▲ 5.5×11 topics
  23. Gender Differences8▲ 4.2×11 topics
  24. Parallel Computing8▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Race8▲ 13×12 topics
  26. Emotion7▲ 6.6×6 topics
  27. Matrix Computations7▲ 51×1 topic
  28. Numerical Linear Algebra7▲ 51×1 topic
  29. Teaching Methods7▲ 9.2×4 topics
  30. Speech Perception7▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Slavery6▲ 51×2 topics
  32. Cosmopolitanism6▲ 11×5 topics
  33. Postcolonialism6▲ 9.4×10 topics
  34. Imperialism6▲ 14×7 topics
  35. Property Rights6▲ 17×4 topics
  36. Empathy6▲ 9.9×6 topics
  37. Refugees6▲ 8.8×4 topics
  38. Black Studies6▲ 48×1 topic
  39. Civil Rights Movement6▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Trade6▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Pomona College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Matrix Theory and Algorithms, Race, History, and American Society, Economic Theory and Institutions and Japanese History and Culture.

Matrix Theory and Algori…7Matrix Theory and Algorithms: 7 fractional worksRace, History, and Ameri…6Race, History, and American Society: 6 fractional worksEconomic Theory and Inst…5Economic Theory and Institutions: 5 fractional worksJapanese History and Cul…4Japanese History and Culture: 4 fractional worksStatistics Education and Methodologies: 4 fractional worksColonialism, slavery, and trade: 4 fractional worksChinese history and phil…4Chinese history and philosophy: 4 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 4 fractional worksLinguistic Variation and Morphology: 4 fractional worksFinancial Markets and In…3Financial Markets and Investment Strategies: 3 fractional works
Computational Theory and MathematicsSociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsCultural Studies5 others

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

  1. 1 Matrix Theory and Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 7 works
  2. 2 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  3. 3 Economic Theory and Institutions Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  4. 4 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 4 works
  5. 5 Statistics Education and Methodologies Statistics and Probability 4 works
  6. 6 Colonialism, slavery, and trade Anthropology 4 works
  7. 7 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  8. 8 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 4 works
  9. 9 Linguistic Variation and Morphology Linguistics and Language 4 works
  10. 10 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 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 available23.1%not open76.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.5%domestic only92.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pomona College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 66% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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