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Saint Michael's College

In research, Saint Michael's College stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,387 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,643 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education (Education is 4.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,490
of 22,385 · #16,493 all time
Rank in United States
#2,047
of 3,332
Research works
1.2k
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Saint Michael's College

What is Saint Michael'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 #6,387 of 9,585 5.2%112 #8931
Social SciencesField #4,643 of 5,988 4.8%65 #5221

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

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Saint Michael's College is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Arts and Humanities (10%), Psychology (10%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 123 fractional works · 64.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 69 fractional works · 36.4% of its workEducation: 28 fractional works · 14.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 20 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 9.9% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 9.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 50 fractional works · 26.2% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 9.0% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 5.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 5.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSaint Michael'sCollege191fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences64%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6936.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities199.9%
    3. Psychology199.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting84.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance52.5%
    6. Decision Sciences21.2%
    1. Computer Science179.0%
    2. Environmental Science115.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy105.4%
    4. Engineering63.1%
    5. Chemistry21.1%
    6. Mathematics20.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    8. Energy10.4%
    9. Materials Science10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine73.8%
    2. Health Professions31.6%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.3%
    3. Neuroscience21.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Saint Michael's College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 4.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 27.6 works4.7×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.15× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.11× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.42× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.41× its world share, 19 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.37× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.23× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.87× its world share, 69 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.41×19 works
  2. Psychology3.23×19 works
  3. Social Sciences2.87×69 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy2.42×10 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.37×8 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.23×2 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.18×5 works
  8. Computer Science1.15×17 works
  9. Environmental Science1.11×10 works
  10. Chemistry0.73×2 works
  11. Mathematics0.72×2 works
  12. Neuroscience0.70×2 works
  13. Health Professions0.61×3 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.39×0 works
  15. Energy0.38×1 works
  16. Nursing0.36×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×3 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.30×1 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×2 works
  20. Engineering0.21×6 works
  21. Medicine0.20×7 works
  22. Dentistry0.12×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.08×0 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, William R. Garrett, Schuyler Brown and Douglas E. Facey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saint Michael's College.

  1. 1 William R. Garrett United States · #1,319,905 worldwide 2.1k citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Schuyler Brown United States · #1,554,182 worldwide 892 citations · 76 works
  3. 3 Douglas E. Facey United States · #1,683,932 worldwide 1.5k citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Jeffrey M. Ayres United States · #1,725,899 worldwide 1k citations · 57 works
  5. 5 John W. Nesbitt United States · #2,050,709 worldwide 658 citations · 100 works
  6. 6 Robert Brenneman United States · #2,286,260 worldwide 353 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 John Peter Kenney United States · #2,363,930 worldwide 704 citations · 66 works
  8. 8 Farrah R. Fatemi United States · #2,405,672 worldwide 804 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Francis R. Nicosia United States · #2,575,190 worldwide 617 citations · 100 works
  10. 10 Armand O. Citarella United States · #2,682,895 worldwide 330 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Saint Michael's College

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

The most cited paper from Saint Michael's College is "Foundations of nonlinear gyrokinetic theory" (Alain J. Brizard, T. S. Hahm, 2007), with 1,030 citations. Next come "SPECIES CO-OCCURRENCE: A META-ANALYSIS OF J. M. DIAMOND'S ASSEMBLY RULES MODEL" (1,016) and "THE COS-HALOS SURVEY: PHYSICAL CONDITIONS AND BARYONIC MASS IN THE LOW-REDSHIFT CIRCUMGALACTIC MEDIUM" (577).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Foundations of nonlinear gyrokinetic theory Alain J. Brizard, T. S. Hahm · Reviews of Modern Physics 2 Apr 2007 1,030
2 SPECIES CO-OCCURRENCE: A META-ANALYSIS OF J. M. DIAMOND'S ASSEMBLY RULES MODEL Nicholas J. Gotelli, Declan J. McCabe · Ecology Review Aug 2002 1,016
3 THE COS-HALOS SURVEY: PHYSICAL CONDITIONS AND BARYONIC MASS IN THE LOW-REDSHIFT CIRCUMGALACTIC MEDIUM Jessica K. Werk, J. Xavier Prochaska, Jason Tumlinson et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 8 Aug 2014 577
4 The Large, Oxygen-Rich Halos of Star-Forming Galaxies Are a Major Reservoir of Galactic Metals Jason Tumlinson, Chris Thom, Jessica K. Werk et al. · Science Open access 17 Nov 2011 573
5 THE COS-HALOS SURVEY: RATIONALE, DESIGN, AND A CENSUS OF CIRCUMGALACTIC NEUTRAL HYDROGEN Jason Tumlinson, Christopher Thom, Jessica K. Werk et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 17 Oct 2013 381
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Saint Michael's College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Education, Technology Integration, Social Justice, Cultural Identity, Academic Achievement, Educational Technology and Gender Differences.

▲ 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. Globalization13▲ 3.4×24 topics
  2. Education12▲ 3.7×21 topics
  3. Educational Technology8▲ 3.4×8 topics
  4. Technology Integration7▲ 12×7 topics
  5. Mental Health7▲ 2.5×18 topics
  6. Social Justice7▲ 5.9×11 topics
  7. Social Media6▲ 2.3×12 topics
  8. Cultural Identity6▲ 6.2×4 topics
  9. E-Learning6▲ 3.1×5 topics
  10. Gender Differences5▲ 7.3×9 topics
  11. Identity5▲ 3.7×9 topics
  12. Innovation5▲ 2.6×12 topics
  13. Academic Achievement5▲ 16×8 topics
  14. Gender5▲ 4.9×8 topics
  15. History5▲ 3.8×10 topics
  16. Religion5▲ 5.6×9 topics
  17. Well-being5▲ 6.5×8 topics
  18. Professional Development4▲ 11×6 topics
  19. Theology4▲ 25×3 topics
  20. Feminism4▲ 7.4×8 topics
  21. Higher Education4▲ 4.2×9 topics
  22. Inclusive Education4▲ 6.0×4 topics
  23. Pedagogy4▲ 4.3×5 topics
  24. Technology4▲ 4.2×9 topics
  25. Colonialism4▲ 4.4×8 topics
  26. Student Engagement4▲ 5.3×8 topics
  27. Ethnicity4▲ 5.4×7 topics
  28. Secularism4▲ 19×5 topics
  29. Social History4▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Calvinism4▲ 82×1 topic
  31. Democracy4▲ 5.2×7 topics
  32. Reformation4▲ 66×1 topic
  33. Student Satisfaction3▲ 9.7×3 topics
  34. Multiculturalism3▲ 9.0×3 topics
  35. Turbulence3▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Cultural Diversity3▲ 7.2×4 topics
  37. Tokamak3▲ 76×1 topic
  38. Transport3▲ 51×1 topic
  39. Online Communication3▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Society3▲ 8.0×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, Magnetic confinement fusion research, E-Learning and COVID-19 and Technology-Enhanced Education Studies.

Reformation and Early Mo…4Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 4 fractional worksMagnetic confinement fus…3Magnetic confinement fusion research: 3 fractional worksE-Learning and COVID-192E-Learning and COVID-19: 2 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Educ…2Technology-Enhanced Education Studies: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksAmerican Environmental and Regional History: 2 fractional worksParental Involvement in …2Parental Involvement in Education: 2 fractional worksGender, Feminism, and Media: 2 fractional worksService-Learning and Community Engagement: 2 fractional worksEarly Childhood Educatio…2Early Childhood Education and Development: 2 fractional works
HistoryNuclear and High Energy PhysicsEducationClinical Psychology2 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 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 works
  3. 3 E-Learning and COVID-19 Education 2 works
  4. 4 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 2 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  7. 7 Parental Involvement in Education Education 2 works
  8. 8 Gender, Feminism, and Media Gender Studies 2 works
  9. 9 Service-Learning and Community Engagement Education 2 works
  10. 10 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 2 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 available29.1%not open70.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.3%domestic only83.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% 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 Michael's College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00078% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Saint Michael's College0.00096% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Saint Michael'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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Saint Michael's College3.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.2% in 2011.

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