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Skidmore College

In research, Skidmore College stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,678 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,097 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,833 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,540
of 28,054 · #7,516 all time
Rank in United States
#1,572
of 4,192
Research works
2.7k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
47k
17.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Skidmore College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,678 of 10,521 19.3%209 #1662
Social SciencesField #4,097 of 6,365 21.7%111 #1237
Physical SciencesDomain #9,833 of 12,888 13.7%69 #9637

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Skidmore 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,662 #4,678
  2. Social Sciences#1,237 #4,097
  3. Physical Sciences#9,637 #9,833
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 0.58× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.29× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.88× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.27× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.77× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.16× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 1.60× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.35× its world share, 37 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.31× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.70× its world share, 31 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.30× its world share, 110 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.

Who are the top researchers at Skidmore College?

Ranked on the composite score, Sheldon Solomon, Linda Simon and Pushkala Prasad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Skidmore College.

  1. 1 Sheldon Solomon United States · #15,604 worldwide 1.4k citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Linda Simon United States · #79,198 worldwide 370 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Pushkala Prasad United States · #226,145 worldwide 85 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Sonja Karsen United States · #239,624 worldwide 11 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Tom Lewis United States · #248,826 worldwide 48 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Mary Fischer United States · #257,381 worldwide 34 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Ernst Waldinger United States · #318,717 worldwide 4 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Catherine J. Golden United States · #367,491 worldwide 18 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Tom Lewis United States · #430,281 worldwide 15 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Corinne A. Moss‐Racusin United States · #451,493 worldwide 116 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Skidmore College

Which keywords describe research at Skidmore College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Globalization, Identity, Gender, Colonialism, Nationalism, Culture and Politics.

▲ 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. Globalization27▲ 3.6×46 topics
  2. History20▲ 7.5×21 topics
  3. Identity19▲ 7.0×29 topics
  4. Gender18▲ 8.8×23 topics
  5. Colonialism17▲ 9.7×20 topics
  6. Nationalism17▲ 9.6×18 topics
  7. Mental Health16▲ 2.9×27 topics
  8. Climate Change15▲ 1.46×30 topics
  9. Culture14▲ 6.8×16 topics
  10. Politics11▲ 11×11 topics
  11. Literature11▲ 5.5×15 topics
  12. Human Rights10▲ 2.5×19 topics
  13. Religion10▲ 5.5×15 topics
  14. Education10▲ 1.47×23 topics
  15. Intersectionality9▲ 13×9 topics
  16. Feminism8▲ 7.7×9 topics
  17. Society8▲ 11×7 topics
  18. Neoliberalism8▲ 5.7×13 topics
  19. Philosophy8▲ 4.6×8 topics
  20. Democracy6▲ 4.8×10 topics
  21. Social Movements6▲ 5.6×9 topics
  22. Ethnicity6▲ 4.3×12 topics
  23. Emotion Regulation6▲ 5.1×8 topics
  24. Conflict6▲ 9.3×7 topics
  25. Physical Fitness6▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Gender Identity6▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Language Development5▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Discrimination5▲ 6.8×4 topics
  29. Race5▲ 12×12 topics
  30. High-Intensity Interval Training5▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Stigma5▲ 9.4×3 topics
  32. China4▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Federalism4▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Modernization4▲ 6.4×2 topics
  35. Japan4▲ 52×1 topic
  36. Exercise4▲ 9.0×3 topics
  37. LGBTQ+4▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Resistance Training4▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Social Stress4▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Imperialism4▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Skidmore College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Japanese History and Culture, LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, Occupational Health and Performance and Chinese history and philosophy.

Japanese History and Cul…4Japanese History and Culture: 4 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, …4LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 4 fractional worksOccupational Health and Performance: 4 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 3 fractional worksAmerican History and Culture: 3 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 3 fractional worksPhysiological and bioche…3Physiological and biochemical adaptations: 3 fractional worksReading and Literacy Development: 3 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 3 fractional works
Cultural StudiesSocial PsychologyOccupational TherapySociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 4 works
  2. 2 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 4 works
  3. 3 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 4 works
  4. 4 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 3 works
  6. 6 American History and Culture Marketing 3 works
  7. 7 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  8. 8 Physiological and biochemical adaptations Ecology 3 works
  9. 9 Reading and Literacy Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 3 works
  10. 10 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 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 available24.8%not open75.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.1%domestic only91.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Skidmore College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher 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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