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Randolph–Macon College

In research, Randolph–Macon College stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,881 of 14,833 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#6,652 of 17,446 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,778 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,519
of 22,385 · #9,266 all time
Rank in United States
#2,733
of 3,332
Research works
595
▼ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.6k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Randolph–Macon College

What is Randolph–Macon College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #4,881 of 14,833 5.8%324
Physical SciencesDomain #6,652 of 17,446 7.8%168
Social SciencesField #6,778 of 9,330 5.7%157

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Randolph–Macon 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 Randolph–Macon College work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Randolph–Macon College is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Arts and Humanities (13%), Environmental Science (7%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 42 fractional works · 52.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 30.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 10.8% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 12.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 25.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 15.6% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRandolph–MaconCollege80fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences53%

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. Social Sciences2530.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities1012.8%
    3. Psychology56.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.9%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Environmental Science56.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences56.3%
    3. Computer Science44.9%
    4. Mathematics22.3%
    5. Engineering22.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy11.6%
    7. Chemistry10.8%
    8. Materials Science00.6%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Neuroscience44.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology34.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.3%
    1. Medicine45.0%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Nursing00.4%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.15× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.00× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.02× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.37× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.96× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.45× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.96× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.44× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.45×10 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology4.15×3 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.02×5 works
  4. Neuroscience3.00×4 works
  5. Social Sciences2.44×25 works
  6. Mathematics1.96×2 works
  7. Psychology1.96×5 works
  8. Environmental Science1.37×6 works
  9. Nursing0.85×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×3 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.71×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.62×4 works
  13. Chemistry0.54×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.49×2 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.49×1 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.46×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.44×1 works
  18. Health Professions0.34×1 works
  19. Dentistry0.28×0 works
  20. Medicine0.26×4 works
  21. Materials Science0.17×0 works
  22. Engineering0.13×2 works
  23. Energy0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Randolph–Macon College?

Ranked on the quality score, John D. Thoburn, Melanie Gubbels Bupp and Richard J. Meagher lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Randolph–Macon College.

  1. 1 John D. Thoburn United States · #545,794 worldwide 1.9k citations · 80 works
  2. 2 Melanie Gubbels Bupp United States · #750,003 worldwide 2.4k citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Richard J. Meagher United States · #1,160,498 worldwide 1.4k citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Brian Sutton United States · #1,196,908 worldwide 649 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 David C. Gibson United States · #1,431,382 worldwide 421 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Kelly Gurley Lambert United States · #1,436,340 worldwide 8.4k citations · 115 works
  7. 7 Jack Trammell United States · #1,596,748 worldwide 338 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Adrian Rice United States · #1,744,104 worldwide 702 citations · 97 works
  9. 9 Stephanie S. Coster United States · #1,773,307 worldwide 391 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 David M. Coppola United States · #2,042,340 worldwide 2.3k citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at Randolph–Macon College

What are the most cited papers from Randolph–Macon College?

The most cited paper from Randolph–Macon College is "Coastal Impacts Due to Sea-Level Rise" (Duncan M. FitzGerald, Michael S. Fenster, Britt A. Argow et al., 2008), with 935 citations. Next come "Functionalization of carbon nanomaterials for advanced polymer nanocomposites: A comparison study between CNT and graphene" (654) and "Androgen-Induced Immunosuppression" (408).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Coastal Impacts Due to Sea-Level Rise Duncan M. FitzGerald, Michael S. Fenster, Britt A. Argow et al. · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences ReviewOpen access 4 Feb 2008 935
2 Functionalization of carbon nanomaterials for advanced polymer nanocomposites: A comparison study between CNT and graphene Vinay Deep Punetha, Sravendra Rana, Hye Jin Yoo et al. · Progress in Polymer Science 14 Dec 2016 654
3 Androgen-Induced Immunosuppression Melanie Gubbels Bupp, Trine N. Jørgensen · Frontiers in Immunology Open access 17 Apr 2018 408
4 A Self‐Assembled M8L6 Cubic Cage that Selectively Encapsulates Large Aromatic Guests Wenjing Meng, Boris Breiner, Kari T. Rissanen et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition 10 Mar 2011 389
5 Sex, the aging immune system, and chronic disease Melanie Gubbels Bupp · Cellular Immunology 10 Feb 2015 338
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Randolph–Macon College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nationalism, Student Engagement, Sea-Level Rise, Remote Sensing, Ethnic Identity, Climate Change Impacts, Colonialism and Social Movements.

▲ 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. Climate Change4▲ 1.73×15 topics
  2. Remote Sensing4▲ 3.8×5 topics
  3. Nationalism4▲ 9.9×6 topics
  4. Human Rights3▲ 3.9×4 topics
  5. Student Engagement3▲ 9.9×4 topics
  6. Education3▲ 2.3×12 topics
  7. Sea-Level Rise3▲ 30×3 topics
  8. Colonialism3▲ 7.1×8 topics
  9. Climate Change Impacts3▲ 26×3 topics
  10. Ethnic Identity3▲ 29×3 topics
  11. History2▲ 4.5×8 topics
  12. Sediment Transport2▲ 18×2 topics
  13. Social Movements2▲ 10×4 topics
  14. Decolonization2▲ 36×2 topics
  15. Diversity2▲ 16×5 topics
  16. Academic Performance2▲ 31×2 topics
  17. Biodiversity2▲ 3.6×8 topics
  18. Coastal Dynamics2▲ 94×1 topic
  19. Identity2▲ 3.7×8 topics
  20. International Relations2▲ 11×5 topics
  21. Shoreline Change2▲ 94×1 topic
  22. Discrimination2▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Israel2▲ 74×2 topics
  24. Cultural Heritage2▲ 4.4×5 topics
  25. Democracy2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  26. Ethics2▲ 4.6×5 topics
  27. Social Support2▲ 4.3×2 topics
  28. College Retention2▲ 111×1 topic
  29. Emotions2▲ 44×3 topics
  30. First-Generation Students2▲ 111×1 topic
  31. 1960s2▲ 202×1 topic
  32. Global2▲ 60×1 topic
  33. Occupation2▲ 34×1 topic
  34. Palestine2▲ 38×1 topic
  35. Medicine2▲ 22×4 topics
  36. Student Motivation1▲ 9.0×2 topics
  37. Cognition1▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Language1▲ 6.7×2 topics
  39. Cultural Transmission1▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Student Satisfaction1▲ 8.5×2 topics

Which research topics does Randolph–Macon College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Higher Education Research Studies, Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies and Communism, Protests, Social Movements.

Coastal and Marine Dynam…2Coastal and Marine Dynamics: 2 fractional worksHigher Education Researc…2Higher Education Research Studies: 2 fractional worksJewish and Middle Easter…2Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 2 fractional worksCommunism, Protests, Soc…2Communism, Protests, Social Movements: 2 fractional worksCommunication in Education and Healthcare: 1 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immunology: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…1Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 1 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …1Nutrition and Health in Aging: 1 fractional worksHistory and Theory of Ma…1History and Theory of Mathematics: 1 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learn…1Online and Blended Learning: 1 fractional works
Earth-Surface ProcessesEducationSociology and Political ScienceSocial Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 2 works
  2. 2 Higher Education Research Studies Education 2 works
  3. 3 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Communism, Protests, Social Movements Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Communication in Education and Healthcare Social Psychology 1 works
  6. 6 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 1 works
  7. 7 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  8. 8 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 1 works
  9. 9 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 1 works
  10. 10 Online and Blended Learning Education 1 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 available19.6%not open80.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.6%domestic only94.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Randolph–Macon College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% lower 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 Randolph–Macon College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00036% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Randolph–Macon College0.00031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Randolph–Macon 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2022Randolph–Macon College5.2% in 2022200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.1% in 2012.

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