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SIT Graduate Institute

In research, SIT Graduate Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,549 of 16,945 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,327 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#31,943
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,819
of 8,685
Research works
422
▼ 70% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.3k
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is SIT Graduate Institute 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 #8,549 of 16,945 12.3%313
Social SciencesField #5,327 of 10,206 11.2%223

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where SIT Graduate Institute 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).

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: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.58× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.82× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.01× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.35× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.60× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at SIT Graduate Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Alvino E. Fantini, Tatsushi Arai and Melissa Whatley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is SIT Graduate Institute.

  1. 1 Alvino E. Fantini United States · #401,673 worldwide 64 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Tatsushi Arai United States · #1,238,862 worldwide 0 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Melissa Whatley United States · #1,538,850 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at SIT Graduate Institute

Which keywords describe research at SIT Graduate Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Cultural Intelligence, Intercultural Competence, Diversity, Educational Inequality, Higher Education, Social Support and Neoliberalism.

▲ 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. Globalization6▲ 5.7×13 topics
  2. Cultural Intelligence3▲ 316×1 topic
  3. Diversity3▲ 38×2 topics
  4. Intercultural Competence3▲ 186×1 topic
  5. Educational Inequality3▲ 108×2 topics
  6. Higher Education3▲ 10×3 topics
  7. Social Support3▲ 9.6×5 topics
  8. Academic Performance2▲ 55×1 topic
  9. Neoliberalism2▲ 13×4 topics
  10. Student Engagement2▲ 12×1 topic
  11. Image Classification2▲ 24×2 topics
  12. Teacher Training2▲ 5.4×4 topics
  13. Medicinal Plants2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  14. Quality Assurance2▲ 19×2 topics
  15. Academic Achievement2▲ 18×3 topics
  16. Anti-inflammatory2▲ 11×6 topics
  17. Antioxidant2▲ 4.6×6 topics
  18. Colonialism2▲ 6.4×3 topics
  19. Criminal Justice2▲ 14×2 topics
  20. Language Policy2▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Multilingualism2▲ 18×2 topics
  22. Academic Identity1▲ 100×1 topic
  23. Concept Mapping1▲ 71×1 topic
  24. Education Policy1▲ 42×2 topics
  25. Health Disparities1▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Internationalization1▲ 49×1 topic
  27. Theory-Based Evaluation1▲ 155×1 topic
  28. Corpus Linguistics1▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Cultural Competence1▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Cultural Studies1▲ 7.1×2 topics
  31. Global Burden1▲ 5.0×4 topics
  32. Social Impact1▲ 6.8×2 topics
  33. Social Inequality1▲ 9.8×2 topics
  34. Teacher Education1▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Mass Incarceration1▲ 85×1 topic
  36. Prison System1▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Sexual Violence1▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Student Perceptions1▲ 14×2 topics
  39. CLIL1▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Content and Language Integrated Learning1▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does SIT Graduate Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: International Student and Expatriate Challenges, Higher Education Research Studies, Higher Education Governance and Development and Evaluation and Performance Assessment.

International Student an…3International Student and Expatriate Challenges: 3 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 2 fractional worksHigher Education Governance and Development: 1 fractional worksEvaluation and Performance Assessment: 1 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 1 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 1 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…1Migration, Health and Trauma: 1 fractional worksGlobal Education and Multiculturalism: 1 fractional worksReproductive Health and Contraception: 1 fractional worksAfrican history and culture studies: 1 fractional works
CommunicationEducationPolitical Science and International RelationsManagement Science and Operations Research5 others

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

  1. 1 International Student and Expatriate Challenges Communication 3 works
  2. 2 Higher Education Research Studies Education 2 works
  3. 3 Higher Education Governance and Development Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  4. 4 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  5. 5 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  7. 7 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Global Education and Multiculturalism Education 1 works
  9. 9 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 African history and culture studies Anthropology 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 available65.3%not open34.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.1%domestic only90.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has SIT Graduate Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 70% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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