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St. John's College

In research, St. John's College stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,704 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities — Arts and Humanities is 13.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,516
of 28,054 · #7,925 all time
Rank in United States
#3,017
of 4,192
Research works
2.4k
▼ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
10%
world 28%

What is St. John's 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 #8,704 of 10,521 13.8%92 #1821

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

What does St. John's College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 13.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 43.6 works13×
← 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: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 12.97× its world share, 44 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.26× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.37× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 13.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at St. John's College?

Ranked on the composite score, Anthony Kenny, William Foote Whyte and P. M. S. Hacker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. John's College.

  1. 1 Anthony Kenny United States · #20,710 worldwide 226 citations · 67 works
  2. 2 William Foote Whyte United States · #23,659 worldwide 417 citations · 119 works
  3. 3 P. M. S. Hacker United States · #39,426 worldwide 221 citations · 57 works
  4. 4 A. N. Sherwin-White United States · #74,733 worldwide 167 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 BERYL SMALLEY United States · #101,557 worldwide 55 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Ross McKibbin United States · #112,326 worldwide 77 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 G. W. H. Lampe United States · #113,804 worldwide 251 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Kathleen M. Kenyon United States · #121,302 worldwide 104 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Carolyne Larrington United States · #144,572 worldwide 42 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Barbara Levick United States · #164,032 worldwide 30 citations · 58 works
All ranked researchers at St. John's College

Which keywords describe research at St. John's College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Literature, Gender, Culture, Religion, Society, Philosophy and Nationalism.

▲ 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. History15▲ 19×19 topics
  2. Literature13▲ 21×17 topics
  3. Culture12▲ 19×11 topics
  4. Gender12▲ 19×20 topics
  5. Religion12▲ 22×12 topics
  6. Society11▲ 47×8 topics
  7. Globalization10▲ 4.3×16 topics
  8. Philosophy10▲ 19×12 topics
  9. Nationalism10▲ 18×11 topics
  10. Colonialism9▲ 16×15 topics
  11. Identity8▲ 9.8×14 topics
  12. Ethics7▲ 13×12 topics
  13. Medieval6▲ 143×3 topics
  14. Human Rights6▲ 4.6×14 topics
  15. Manuscripts5▲ 202×2 topics
  16. Trade5▲ 54×2 topics
  17. Anglo-Saxon5▲ 258×1 topic
  18. Monasticism5▲ 258×1 topic
  19. Cultural Exchange5▲ 30×6 topics
  20. Cultural Identity5▲ 7.6×9 topics
  21. Inequality4▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Economic Growth4▲ 4.3×2 topics
  23. Height4▲ 177×1 topic
  24. Neoliberalism4▲ 10×10 topics
  25. Wages4▲ 177×1 topic
  26. Postcolonialism4▲ 27×6 topics
  27. Property Rights4▲ 49×4 topics
  28. Demography4▲ 64×2 topics
  29. Public Opinion4▲ 24×2 topics
  30. American founding3▲ 88×1 topic
  31. Constitutional government3▲ 88×1 topic
  32. Late Antiquity3▲ 51×2 topics
  33. Religious Identity3▲ 45×4 topics
  34. Science3▲ 11×6 topics
  35. Feminism3▲ 9.1×6 topics
  36. Race3▲ 23×5 topics
  37. Social History3▲ 31×3 topics
  38. Ancient Rome3▲ 73×1 topic
  39. Greek Literature3▲ 73×1 topic
  40. Responsibility3▲ 56×4 topics

Which research topics does St. John's College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Medieval Literature and History, Historical Economic and Social Studies, American Constitutional Law and Politics and Classical Antiquity Studies.

Medieval Literature and History: 5 fractional worksHistorical Economic and Social Studies: 4 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …3American Constitutional Law and Politics: 3 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Stud…3Classical Antiquity Studies: 3 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…2Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 2 fractional worksPhilosophical Ethics and…2Philosophical Ethics and Theory: 2 fractional worksByzantine Studies and Hi…2Byzantine Studies and History: 2 fractional worksWar, Ethics, and Justification: 2 fractional worksLegal principles and applications: 2 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 1 fractional works
ClassicsEconomics and EconometricsPolitical Science and International RelationsAnthropology4 others

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

  1. 1 Medieval Literature and History Classics 5 works
  2. 2 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  3. 3 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  4. 4 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 3 works
  5. 5 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  6. 6 Philosophical Ethics and Theory Philosophy 2 works
  7. 7 Byzantine Studies and History Classics 2 works
  8. 8 War, Ethics, and Justification Philosophy 2 works
  9. 9 Legal principles and applications Law 2 works
  10. 10 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 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 available9.7%not open90.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St. John's College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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