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St. John's College

In research, St. John's College stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,868 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 12.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,977
of 22,385 · #4,072 all time
Rank in United States
#2,132
of 3,332
Research works
2.4k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
St. John's College

What is St. John'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 #6,868 of 9,585 11.1%92 #1827

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does St. John's College work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at St. John's College is in Social Sciences, 12% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (37%), Social Sciences (28%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (6%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 107 fractional works · 77.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 51 fractional works · 37.0% of its workPhilosophy: 11 fractional works · 7.8% of its workHistory: 10 fractional works · 7.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 6.4% of its workClassics: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 39 fractional works · 28.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 7.7% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 11.7% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSt. John'sCollege137fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences78%

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. Arts and Humanities5137.0%
    2. Social Sciences3928.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance86.0%
    4. Psychology64.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting21.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.6%
    1. Engineering42.9%
    2. Physics and Astronomy32.0%
    3. Computer Science21.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.1%
    5. Materials Science11.1%
    6. Chemistry11.0%
    7. Environmental Science11.0%
    8. Mathematics10.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.8%
    3. Neuroscience21.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Medicine53.8%
    2. Health Professions10.8%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does St. John's College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 12.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 50.8 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: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 12.81× its world share, 51 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.78× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.44× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.25× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 12.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities12.81×51 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.78×8 works
  3. Social Sciences2.25×39 works
  4. Psychology1.44×6 works
  5. Neuroscience1.08×2 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy0.90×3 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.73×2 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.69×0 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.67×1 works
  10. Chemistry0.66×1 works
  11. Mathematics0.57×1 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×3 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×2 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×2 works
  15. Veterinary0.36×0 works
  16. Health Professions0.31×1 works
  17. Materials Science0.30×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.21×2 works
  19. Environmental Science0.21×1 works
  20. Medicine0.20×5 works
  21. Nursing0.20×0 works
  22. Engineering0.19×4 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.14×0 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Aristotle , Gráinne de Búrca and A. N. Sherwin-White lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. John's College.

  1. 1 Aristotle  United States · #150,377 worldwide 32k citations · 1,253 works
  2. 2 Gráinne de Búrca United States · #245,030 worldwide 3.8k citations · 343 works
  3. 3 A. N. Sherwin-White United States · #291,865 worldwide 2.7k citations · 110 works
  4. 4 Peter M. S. Hacker United States · #303,710 worldwide 9.2k citations · 318 works
  5. 5 Anthony Kenny United States · #322,002 worldwide 6.3k citations · 391 works
  6. 6 Joan Thirsk United States · #568,194 worldwide 3.1k citations · 174 works
  7. 7 Kathleen M. Kenyon United States · #592,572 worldwide 1.9k citations · 124 works
  8. 8 Barbara Levick United States · #625,922 worldwide 2.4k citations · 306 works
  9. 9 Nicholas Purcell United States · #625,976 worldwide 2.8k citations · 200 works
  10. 10 Roger Crisp United States · #683,038 worldwide 4.7k citations · 242 works
All ranked researchers at St. John's College

What are the most cited papers from St. John's College?

The most cited paper from St. John's College is "The Organisation of Industry" (George Burr Richardson, 1972), with 2,174 citations. Next come "Biosynthesis of Nanoparticles by Microorganisms and Their Applications" (1,130) and "Human Development in Poor Countries: On the Role of Private Incomes and Public Services" (1,019).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Organisation of Industry George Burr Richardson · The Economic Journal Sep 1972 2,174
2 Biosynthesis of Nanoparticles by Microorganisms and Their Applications Xiangqian Li, Huizhong Xu, Zhe‐Sheng Chen et al. · Journal of Nanomaterials Open access 2011 1,130
3 Human Development in Poor Countries: On the Role of Private Incomes and Public Services Sudhir Anand, Martin Ravallion · The Journal of Economic Perspectives Open access Feb 1993 1,019
4 Silver nanoparticles: synthesis, properties, and therapeutic applications Liuya Wei, Jingran Lu, Huizhong Xu et al. · Drug Discovery Today Open access 24 Dec 2014 978
5 The shortest path through many points Jillian Beardwood, John H. Halton, J. M. Hammersley · Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Oct 1959 963
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Literature, Religion, Gender, Culture, Philosophy, Society 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-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. History17▲ 18×21 topics
  2. Literature14▲ 19×17 topics
  3. Religion14▲ 21×14 topics
  4. Culture12▲ 17×11 topics
  5. Gender12▲ 17×20 topics
  6. Philosophy12▲ 20×16 topics
  7. Society12▲ 44×9 topics
  8. Nationalism11▲ 18×14 topics
  9. Globalization11▲ 4.0×17 topics
  10. Ethics10▲ 14×14 topics
  11. Identity9▲ 9.1×16 topics
  12. Colonialism9▲ 14×15 topics
  13. Human Rights7▲ 4.7×17 topics
  14. Medieval6▲ 127×3 topics
  15. Cultural Identity6▲ 8.8×12 topics
  16. Manuscripts5▲ 176×2 topics
  17. Trade5▲ 48×2 topics
  18. Anglo-Saxon5▲ 224×1 topic
  19. Monasticism5▲ 224×1 topic
  20. Innovation5▲ 3.3×5 topics
  21. Cultural Exchange5▲ 26×6 topics
  22. Europe4▲ 55×2 topics
  23. Inequality4▲ 14×2 topics
  24. Economic Growth4▲ 3.9×3 topics
  25. Health4▲ 7.6×2 topics
  26. Height4▲ 159×1 topic
  27. Neoliberalism4▲ 8.4×10 topics
  28. Wages4▲ 159×1 topic
  29. Postcolonialism4▲ 21×6 topics
  30. Late Antiquity4▲ 55×3 topics
  31. Political Philosophy4▲ 52×2 topics
  32. Property Rights4▲ 43×4 topics
  33. Public Opinion4▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Empathy4▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Feminism4▲ 9.0×7 topics
  36. Science4▲ 11×6 topics
  37. Demography4▲ 56×2 topics
  38. American founding3▲ 83×1 topic
  39. Constitutional government3▲ 83×1 topic
  40. Religious Identity3▲ 39×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: 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 Socio-cultural Analysis: 2 fractional worksPhilosophical Ethics and Theory: 2 fractional worksHistory of Science and M…2History of Science and Medicine: 2 fractional worksByzantine Studies and History: 2 fractional worksWar, Ethics, and Justification: 2 fractional worksPhilosophy and Theoretical Science: 2 fractional works
ClassicsEconomics and EconometricsPolitical Science and International RelationsAnthropology3 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 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  8. 8 Byzantine Studies and History Classics 2 works
  9. 9 War, Ethics, and Justification Philosophy 2 works
  10. 10 Philosophy and Theoretical Science Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 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 available9.7%not open90.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower 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 St. John's College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00040% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%St. John's College0.00061% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of St. John'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%30%St. John's College11.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.3% in 1998.

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