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Saint Mary's College

In research, Saint Mary's College stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,606 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 7.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,981
of 22,385 · #9,957 all time
Rank in United States
#1,823
of 3,332
Research works
1k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.6k
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Saint Mary's College

What is Saint Mary's 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 #7,606 of 9,585 8.3%80 #6035

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Saint Mary's 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 Saint Mary's College work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Saint Mary's College is in Social Sciences, 13% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Arts and Humanities (20%), Medicine (7%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 88 fractional works · 63.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 47 fractional works · 34.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 23 fractional works · 16.7% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 28 fractional works · 20.4% of its workHistory: 8 fractional works · 5.7% of its workClassics: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 13.2% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 13.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 10.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKSaint Mary'sCollege139fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences63%

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 Sciences4734.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities2820.4%
    3. Psychology64.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting21.6%
    6. Decision Sciences10.6%
    1. Medicine106.9%
    2. Health Professions75.0%
    3. Nursing11.1%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Physics and Astronomy64.1%
    2. Computer Science42.9%
    3. Engineering32.0%
    4. Chemistry21.2%
    5. Environmental Science11.0%
    6. Materials Science10.9%
    7. Mathematics10.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.2%
    3. Neuroscience31.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology21.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Saint Mary's College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 28.4 works7.1×
← 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: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.15× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.84× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.88× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 2.14× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 7.08× its world share, 28 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.00× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.39× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.69× its world share, 47 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities7.08×28 works
  2. Social Sciences2.69×47 works
  3. Nursing2.14×2 works
  4. Health Professions1.88×7 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.84×6 works
  6. Psychology1.39×6 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.29×2 works
  8. Neuroscience1.15×3 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.02×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.00×3 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.91×7 works
  12. Chemistry0.79×2 works
  13. Mathematics0.65×1 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.62×1 works
  15. Dentistry0.58×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.51×2 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.46×3 works
  18. Computer Science0.37×4 works
  19. Medicine0.36×10 works
  20. Materials Science0.26×1 works
  21. Environmental Science0.20×1 works
  22. Engineering0.14×3 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Saint Mary's College?

Ranked on the quality score, Thomas F. Bonnell, Ujvala Arun Rajadhyaksha and Sandra L. Schneider lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saint Mary's College.

  1. 1 Thomas F. Bonnell United States · #611,764 worldwide 513 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Ujvala Arun Rajadhyaksha United States · #1,054,213 worldwide 804 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Sandra L. Schneider United States · #1,103,475 worldwide 553 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Patrick A. Pierce United States · #1,648,096 worldwide 518 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Cassie J. Majetic United States · #1,979,774 worldwide 830 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Philip M. Hicks United States · #2,001,099 worldwide 254 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Jessalynn Bird United States · #2,011,973 worldwide 94 citations · 82 works
  8. 8 Jerome L. McElroy United States · #2,180,061 worldwide 1.6k citations · 66 works
  9. 9 Susan M. Alexander United States · #2,232,016 worldwide 1.8k citations · 61 works
  10. 10 Julie A. Storme United States · #2,407,602 worldwide 151 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Saint Mary's College

What are the most cited papers from Saint Mary's College?

The most cited paper from Saint Mary's College is "Europeanization of Domestic Politics and Institutions: The Case of France" (Robert Ladrech, 1994), with 907 citations. Next come "The functions of self-mutilation" (604) and "Measuring Alliances: the Correlates of War Formal Interstate Alliance Dataset, 1816–2000" (458).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Europeanization of Domestic Politics and Institutions: The Case of France Robert Ladrech · JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies Mar 1994 907
2 The functions of self-mutilation Karen L. Suyemoto · Clinical Psychology Review Aug 1998 604
3 Measuring Alliances: the Correlates of War Formal Interstate Alliance Dataset, 1816–2000 Douglas M. Gibler, Meredith Reid Sarkees · Journal of Peace Research Mar 2004 458
4 Part I. Chromatography using ultra-stable metal oxide-based stationary phases for HPLC J. Nawrocki, Christopher J. Dunlap, Alon V. McCormick et al. · Journal of Chromatography A 31 Dec 2003 304
5 Perceptions of Country Corruption: Antecedents and Outcomes James H. Davis, John A. Ruhe · Journal of Business Ethics Apr 2003 283
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Saint Mary's College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Literature, History, Gender, Social Justice, Culture, Identity and Feminism.

▲ 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. Religion16▲ 26×15 topics
  2. Literature10▲ 14×19 topics
  3. History9▲ 9.5×15 topics
  4. Gender9▲ 12×16 topics
  5. Globalization9▲ 3.3×29 topics
  6. Social Justice8▲ 10×11 topics
  7. Culture8▲ 11×10 topics
  8. Identity7▲ 7.2×20 topics
  9. Feminism7▲ 17×7 topics
  10. Quality of Life7▲ 3.3×9 topics
  11. Colonialism6▲ 9.9×15 topics
  12. Cultural Identity6▲ 8.3×7 topics
  13. Nationalism6▲ 9.1×10 topics
  14. Society6▲ 21×6 topics
  15. Mental Health5▲ 2.7×11 topics
  16. Race5▲ 31×6 topics
  17. Philosophy5▲ 8.1×5 topics
  18. Church History5▲ 82×3 topics
  19. Spirituality5▲ 33×3 topics
  20. Theology4▲ 35×2 topics
  21. Well-being4▲ 7.7×5 topics
  22. Health4▲ 7.3×3 topics
  23. Social Support4▲ 5.4×5 topics
  24. Cultural Competence4▲ 22×3 topics
  25. Intersectionality4▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Cultural Studies4▲ 7.5×8 topics
  27. Early Modern Europe4▲ 117×2 topics
  28. Psychological Adjustment4▲ 19×3 topics
  29. Conservation4▲ 6.0×7 topics
  30. Calvinism4▲ 112×1 topic
  31. Manuscripts4▲ 118×1 topic
  32. Medieval4▲ 71×1 topic
  33. Reformation4▲ 90×1 topic
  34. Christian-Muslim Relations3▲ 91×2 topics
  35. Digital Divide3▲ 9.3×5 topics
  36. Black Liberation Theology3▲ 446×1 topic
  37. Coping3▲ 47×1 topic
  38. End-of-Life Care3▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Oppression3▲ 446×1 topic
  40. Islamic History3▲ 197×2 topics

Which research topics does Saint Mary's College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, Medieval Literature and History, Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology and Theological Perspectives and Practices.

Reformation and Early Mo…4Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 4 fractional worksMedieval Literature and …4Medieval Literature and History: 4 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, …3Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 3 fractional worksTheological Perspectives…3Theological Perspectives and Practices: 3 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 2 fractional worksLibrary Science and Administration: 2 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …2American Constitutional Law and Politics: 2 fractional worksMedieval History and Crusades: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 2 fractional worksHistorical and Linguistic Studies: 1 fractional works
HistoryClassicsHealthSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 4 works
  2. 2 Medieval Literature and History Classics 4 works
  3. 3 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 3 works
  4. 4 Theological Perspectives and Practices Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  5. 5 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 2 works
  7. 7 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Medieval History and Crusades History 2 works
  9. 9 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  10. 10 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 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 available18.4%not open81.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.3%domestic only91.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Saint Mary's College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% 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 Saint Mary's College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00044% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Saint Mary's College0.00074% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Saint Mary's 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Saint Mary's College8.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.9% in 2016.

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