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Reed College

In research, Reed College stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,997 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#4,900 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,096 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,093
of 22,385 · #2,439 all time
Rank in United States
#691
of 3,332
Research works
2.8k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
58k
20.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Reed College

What is Reed 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 #2,997 of 9,585 9.7%184 #1530
Physical SciencesDomain #4,900 of 10,670 4.6%96 #3025
Social SciencesField #4,096 of 5,988 9.4%96 #1415

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Reed 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#1,530 #2,997
  2. Physical Sciences#3,025 #4,900
  3. Social Sciences#1,415 #4,096
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 Reed College work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Reed College is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Arts and Humanities (15%), Psychology (7%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 204 fractional works · 55.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 104 fractional works · 28.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 43 fractional works · 11.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 21 fractional works · 5.7% of its workAnthropology: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 54 fractional works · 14.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 13 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClassics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 26 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 103 fractional works · 28.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 21 fractional works · 5.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 18 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 12 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 44 fractional works · 12.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKReed College366fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences56%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences10428.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities5414.6%
    3. Psychology267.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance102.8%
    5. Decision Sciences51.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting51.3%
    1. Physics and Astronomy215.8%
    2. Environmental Science205.4%
    3. Computer Science185.0%
    4. Mathematics123.3%
    5. Engineering112.9%
    6. Materials Science82.2%
    7. Chemistry71.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences51.3%
    9. Energy10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology226.0%
    2. Neuroscience133.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences82.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine113.1%
    2. Health Professions30.8%
    3. Veterinary10.2%
    4. Nursing10.1%
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: 0.43× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.22× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.18× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.10× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.79× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.60× its world share, 21 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.56× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.06× its world share, 54 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.31× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.32× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.24× its world share, 104 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.06×54 works
  2. Mathematics2.79×12 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.60×21 works
  4. Psychology2.32×26 works
  5. Social Sciences2.24×104 works
  6. Neuroscience2.22×13 works
  7. Veterinary1.56×1 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.41×5 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.31×10 works
  10. Chemistry1.18×7 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.12×22 works
  12. Environmental Science1.10×20 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.88×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.84×5 works
  15. Computer Science0.65×18 works
  16. Materials Science0.64×8 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.43×8 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.42×5 works
  19. Health Professions0.31×3 works
  20. Nursing0.29×0 works
  21. Energy0.24×1 works
  22. Engineering0.20×11 works
  23. Medicine0.16×12 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.13×0 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Reed College?

Ranked on the quality score, Juliane L. Fry, Michael A. Pitts and Alexander H. Montgomery lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Reed College.

  1. 1 Juliane L. Fry United States · #139,386 worldwide 5.6k citations · 155 works
  2. 2 Michael A. Pitts United States · #184,811 worldwide 3.6k citations · 82 works
  3. 3 Alexander H. Montgomery United States · #215,832 worldwide 1.5k citations · 61 works
  4. 4 Stephanie V. Wormington United States · #241,988 worldwide 2k citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Samuel B. Fey United States · #289,608 worldwide 1.8k citations · 60 works
  6. 6 Chris J. Koski United States · #324,533 worldwide 1.7k citations · 69 works
  7. 7 Andrew J. Larkoski United States · #332,543 worldwide 4.5k citations · 151 works
  8. 8 Kathryn C. Oleson United States · #477,864 worldwide 1.8k citations · 56 works
  9. 9 Nigel Nicholson United States · #484,177 worldwide 845 citations · 62 works
  10. 10 Marc Schneiberg United States · #499,945 worldwide 3.2k citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Reed College

What are the most cited papers from Reed College?

The most cited paper from Reed College is "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivational Orientations in the Classroom: Age Differences and Academic Correlates." (Mark R. Lepper, Jennifer Henderlong Corpus, Sheena S. Iyengar, 2005), with 1,301 citations. Next come "FUNCTORIAL SEMANTICS OF ALGEBRAIC THEORIES" (1,079) and "The genomic substrate for adaptive radiation in African cichlid fish" (1,063).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivational Orientations in the Classroom: Age Differences and Academic Correlates. Mark R. Lepper, Jennifer Henderlong Corpus, Sheena S. Iyengar · Journal of Educational Psychology May 2005 1,301
2 FUNCTORIAL SEMANTICS OF ALGEBRAIC THEORIES F. William Lawvere · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access Nov 1963 1,079
3 The genomic substrate for adaptive radiation in African cichlid fish David Brawand et al. · Nature Open access Sep 2014 1,063
4 A cAMP-response element binding protein-induced microRNA regulates neuronal morphogenesis Ngan Vo, Matthew E Klein, Olga Varlamova et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 31 Oct 2005 804
5 System Justification, the Denial of Global Warming, and the Possibility of “System-Sanctioned Change” Irina Feygina, John T. Jost, Rachel E. Goldsmith · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 15 Dec 2009 733
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Reed College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Nationalism, History, Gender, Culture, Religion, Colonialism 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-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. Identity22▲ 8.1×25 topics
  2. Globalization21▲ 3.0×32 topics
  3. Nationalism19▲ 11×17 topics
  4. History18▲ 7.1×22 topics
  5. Human Rights17▲ 4.5×13 topics
  6. Gender16▲ 8.1×22 topics
  7. Culture14▲ 7.4×15 topics
  8. Literature14▲ 6.9×20 topics
  9. Religion14▲ 8.1×17 topics
  10. Colonialism14▲ 7.8×20 topics
  11. Climate Change12▲ 1.17×35 topics
  12. Philosophy10▲ 6.2×12 topics
  13. Democracy10▲ 7.5×10 topics
  14. Cultural History8▲ 19×6 topics
  15. Society8▲ 12×9 topics
  16. Cultural Exchange8▲ 17×5 topics
  17. Cultural Studies7▲ 4.9×8 topics
  18. Public Opinion6▲ 15×5 topics
  19. Feedback Control6▲ 10×2 topics
  20. Cultural Identity6▲ 3.4×10 topics
  21. Politics6▲ 6.4×8 topics
  22. Feminism6▲ 5.7×6 topics
  23. Fluctuation Theorems6▲ 53×1 topic
  24. Stochastic Thermodynamics6▲ 53×1 topic
  25. Postcolonialism6▲ 10×7 topics
  26. Race6▲ 13×9 topics
  27. Discrimination5▲ 6.8×5 topics
  28. Visual Culture5▲ 25×3 topics
  29. Cosmopolitanism5▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Authoritarianism5▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Media5▲ 8.5×5 topics
  32. Ethnic Identity5▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Global Trade5▲ 6.4×3 topics
  34. Christianity4▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Late Antiquity4▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Occupation4▲ 19×3 topics
  37. Economic Policy4▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Indian Ocean4▲ 60×1 topic
  39. prehistoric movement4▲ 60×1 topic
  40. Transition4▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Reed College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Global Maritime and Colonial Histories, Chinese history and philosophy and Electoral Systems and Political Participation.

Advanced Thermodynamics …6Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics: 6 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colo…4Global Maritime and Colonial Histories: 4 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 4 fractional worksElectoral Systems and Political Participation: 4 fractional worksEastern European Communism and Reforms: 3 fractional worksWalter Benjamin Studies Compilation: 3 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Studies: 3 fractional worksDecadence, Literature, a…3Decadence, Literature, and Society: 3 fractional worksJewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 3 fractional worksPostcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies: 3 fractional works
Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsAnthropologySociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations2 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 6 works
  2. 2 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 4 works
  3. 3 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  5. 5 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  6. 6 Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation Philosophy 3 works
  7. 7 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 3 works
  8. 8 Decadence, Literature, and Society Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  9. 9 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  10. 10 Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies Literature and Literary Theory 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 available27.9%not open72.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Reed College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% 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 Reed College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Reed College0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Reed 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 2025Reed College8.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.5% in 1993.

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