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St. Lawrence University

In research, St. Lawrence University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,394 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,211
of 22,385 · #12,043 all time
Rank in United States
#1,722
of 3,332
Research works
1.4k
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
13.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
St. Lawrence University

What is St. Lawrence University 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 #5,394 of 9,585 10.8%93 #4019

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. Lawrence University 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. Lawrence University work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at St. Lawrence University is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Arts and Humanities (15%), Psychology (7%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 98 fractional works · 64.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 53 fractional works · 35.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 19 fractional works · 12.3% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 23 fractional works · 15.5% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 7.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 36 fractional works · 23.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSt. LawrenceUniversity151fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences65%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5335.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities2315.5%
    3. Psychology117.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance85.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting21.6%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences106.3%
    2. Environmental Science74.9%
    3. Engineering53.4%
    4. Computer Science42.8%
    5. Chemistry31.8%
    6. Mathematics31.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy21.1%
    8. Materials Science10.8%
    9. Energy10.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Medicine74.8%
    2. Health Professions21.6%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.6%
    3. Neuroscience21.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.14× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.02× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.99× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.42× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.35× its world share, 23 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.39× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.31× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.77× its world share, 53 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.35×23 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.02×10 works
  3. Social Sciences2.77×53 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.39×8 works
  5. Psychology2.31×11 works
  6. Mathematics1.42×2 works
  7. Chemistry1.14×3 works
  8. Environmental Science0.99×7 works
  9. Neuroscience0.78×2 works
  10. Energy0.65×1 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.63×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.59×2 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.53×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.51×2 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.49×2 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.45×3 works
  17. Computer Science0.36×4 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.29×2 works
  19. Medicine0.25×7 works
  20. Materials Science0.24×1 works
  21. Engineering0.23×5 works
  22. Dentistry0.18×0 works
  23. Nursing0.11×0 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.07×0 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at St. Lawrence University?

Ranked on the quality score, Erika L. Barthelmess, Cynthia Bansak and David J. Murphy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Lawrence University.

  1. 1 Erika L. Barthelmess United States · #1,313,399 worldwide 743 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Cynthia Bansak United States · #1,589,370 worldwide 1.4k citations · 127 works
  3. 3 David J. Murphy United States · #1,786,112 worldwide 1.7k citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Thomas F. Cunningham United States · #1,839,182 worldwide 1.3k citations · 57 works
  5. 5 R. Danielle Egan United States · #1,864,034 worldwide 1.1k citations · 51 works
  6. 6 Ivan Ramler United States · #1,888,851 worldwide 772 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Ansil Ramsay United States · #2,088,595 worldwide 517 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Kenneth L. Crowell United States · #2,137,840 worldwide 886 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Ana Yesenia Estevez United States · #2,559,879 worldwide 2k citations · 39 works
  10. 10 J. Mark Erickson United States · #2,584,058 worldwide 985 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at St. Lawrence University

What are the most cited papers from St. Lawrence University?

The most cited paper from St. Lawrence University is "The Process of Education" (Jerome S. Bruner, Robert A. Lufburrow, 1960), with 4,468 citations. Next come "Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats" (813) and "The role of need fulfillment in relationship functioning and well-being: A self-determination theory perspective." (743).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Process of Education Jerome S. Bruner, Robert A. Lufburrow · American Journal of Physics 31 Dec 1960 4,468
2 Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats Jennifer A. Luedtke et al. · Nature Open access123 authors 4 Oct 2023 813
3 The role of need fulfillment in relationship functioning and well-being: A self-determination theory perspective. Heather Patrick, C. Raymond Knee, Amy Canevello et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2007 743
4 Position paper on olfactory dysfunction Thomas R. Hummel et al. · Rhinology Journal Open access Mar 2017 732
5 THE ARECIBO LEGACY FAST ALFA SURVEY: THE α.40 H I SOURCE CATALOG, ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE DERIVATION OF THE H I MASS FUNCTION Martha P. Haynes et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access 17 Oct 2011 687
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at St. Lawrence University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Neoliberalism, Gender, Feminism, Democracy, Nationalism, Religion and Social Justice.

▲ 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. Globalization15▲ 5.0×31 topics
  2. Climate Change8▲ 1.84×24 topics
  3. Neoliberalism7▲ 13×7 topics
  4. Education6▲ 2.5×15 topics
  5. Gender6▲ 7.8×7 topics
  6. Feminism6▲ 13×6 topics
  7. Democracy6▲ 11×9 topics
  8. Social Justice5▲ 5.9×9 topics
  9. Nationalism5▲ 7.7×9 topics
  10. Religion5▲ 7.4×8 topics
  11. Social Media5▲ 2.4×8 topics
  12. Identity5▲ 4.4×11 topics
  13. History5▲ 4.4×10 topics
  14. Literature5▲ 5.7×12 topics
  15. Philosophy4▲ 6.5×7 topics
  16. Colonialism4▲ 5.4×10 topics
  17. Culture4▲ 4.6×7 topics
  18. Race4▲ 20×6 topics
  19. Higher Education4▲ 4.4×8 topics
  20. Inequality4▲ 10×7 topics
  21. Media Culture3▲ 62×2 topics
  22. Ethics3▲ 4.3×7 topics
  23. Invasive Species3▲ 5.2×11 topics
  24. Celebrity Culture3▲ 66×1 topic
  25. Postfeminism3▲ 66×1 topic
  26. Politics3▲ 7.8×4 topics
  27. Postcolonialism3▲ 14×5 topics
  28. Civil Society3▲ 17×4 topics
  29. Public Opinion3▲ 15×4 topics
  30. Philosophy of Science2▲ 51×3 topics
  31. Pragmatism2▲ 67×2 topics
  32. Property Rights2▲ 24×3 topics
  33. Academic Achievement2▲ 9.0×5 topics
  34. Ethnography2▲ 8.9×2 topics
  35. Society2▲ 8.1×5 topics
  36. Teaching Methods2▲ 9.6×3 topics
  37. Political Philosophy2▲ 27×3 topics
  38. Public Sociology2▲ 160×1 topic
  39. Social Theory2▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Student Performance2▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does St. Lawrence University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Gender, Feminism, and Media, Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice, Philosophy, Science, and History and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Gender, Feminism, and Media: 3 fractional worksContemporary Sociological Theory and Practice: 2 fractional worksPhilosophy, Science, and History: 2 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 1 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 1 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 1 fractional worksVarious Chemistry Resear…1Various Chemistry Research Topics: 1 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dynamics: 1 fractional worksTurkey's Politics and Society: 1 fractional worksReligion and Society Int…1Religion and Society Interactions: 1 fractional works
Gender StudiesSociology and Political ScienceHistory and Philosophy of ScienceAtmospheric Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Gender, Feminism, and Media Gender Studies 3 works
  2. 2 Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Philosophy, Science, and History History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  4. 4 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  5. 5 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 1 works
  6. 6 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  7. 7 Various Chemistry Research Topics Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 1 works
  8. 8 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 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 available22.7%not open77.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.9%domestic only93.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has St. Lawrence University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is St. Lawrence University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00066% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%St. Lawrence University0.00038% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of St. Lawrence University 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. Lawrence University11.0% 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 21.1% in 1992.

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