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St. Olaf College

In research, St. Olaf College stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,376 of 9,585 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#1,274 of 1,896 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,291 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Philosophy and Arts and Humanities (Philosophy is 22.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,344
of 22,385 · #5,111 all time
Rank in United States
#1,741
of 3,332
Research works
2.3k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
24k
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
St. Olaf College

What is St. Olaf 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 #5,376 of 9,585 7.7%147 #2370
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,274 of 1,896 11.3%61 #901
Social SciencesField #5,291 of 5,988 5.5%69 #2731

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. Olaf 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#2,370 #5,376
  2. Arts and Humanities#901 #1,274
  3. Social Sciences#2,731 #5,291
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does St. Olaf College work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at St. Olaf College is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Arts and Humanities (26%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 164 fractional works · 61.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 74 fractional works · 28.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 29 fractional works · 11.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 69 fractional works · 26.0% of its workPhilosophy: 26 fractional works · 9.7% of its workReligious studies: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHistory: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClassics: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 52 fractional works · 19.7% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 32 fractional works · 12.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSt. Olaf College265fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences62%

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. Social Sciences7428.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities6926.0%
    3. Psychology103.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance93.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
    1. Computer Science114.1%
    2. Environmental Science103.7%
    3. Mathematics93.3%
    4. Engineering62.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy51.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.6%
    7. Chemistry41.5%
    8. Materials Science31.0%
    9. Energy10.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology207.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences62.1%
    3. Neuroscience51.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    1. Medicine134.8%
    2. Health Professions31.1%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does St. Olaf College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Philosophy takes 22.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PhilosophySubfield · 25.8 works23×
  2. Arts and HumanitiesField · 68.9 works9.0×
← 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: 0.44× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.43× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.11× its world share, 5 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.93× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.79× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 9.01× its world share, 69 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.51× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.25× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.22× its world share, 74 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities9.01×69 works
  2. Mathematics2.79×9 works
  3. Social Sciences2.22×74 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.51×9 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.43×20 works
  6. Psychology1.25×10 works
  7. Neuroscience1.11×5 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.99×4 works
  9. Chemistry0.93×4 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.86×5 works
  11. Environmental Science0.75×10 works
  12. Computer Science0.53×11 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.47×1 works
  14. Nursing0.47×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.44×6 works
  16. Health Professions0.43×3 works
  17. Energy0.41×1 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.36×0 works
  19. Dentistry0.32×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.27×2 works
  21. Medicine0.25×13 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.25×1 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×1 works
  24. Engineering0.15×6 works

Who are the top researchers at St. Olaf College?

Ranked on the quality score, Robert Mark Hanson, Seth Binder and Albert E. Finholt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Olaf College.

  1. 1 Robert Mark Hanson United States · #863,599 worldwide 5.1k citations · 104 works
  2. 2 Seth Binder United States · #964,831 worldwide 1.3k citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Albert E. Finholt United States · #1,189,082 worldwide 2.6k citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Gary Stuart de Krey United States · #1,323,041 worldwide 846 citations · 107 works
  5. 5 Anne M. Gothmann United States · #1,378,869 worldwide 530 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Michael Fuerstein United States · #1,408,936 worldwide 280 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Steven Hahn United States · #1,452,350 worldwide 1.1k citations · 88 works
  8. 8 Dudley Flamm United States · #1,524,688 worldwide 320 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 R. W. Jacobel United States · #1,544,419 worldwide 5.6k citations · 130 works
  10. 10 Marju Purin United States · #1,634,455 worldwide 207 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at St. Olaf College

What are the most cited papers from St. Olaf College?

The most cited paper from St. Olaf College is "Forecasting the global burden of Alzheimer's disease" (Ron Brookmeyer, Elizabeth M. Johnson, Kathryn Ziegler‐Graham et al., 2007), with 3,398 citations. Next come "Environmental, economic, and energetic costs and benefits of biodiesel and ethanol biofuels" (2,897) and "Estimating the Prevalence of Limb Loss in the United States: 2005 to 2050" (2,841).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Forecasting the global burden of Alzheimer's disease Ron Brookmeyer, Elizabeth M. Johnson, Kathryn Ziegler‐Graham et al. · Alzheimer s & Dementia 4 Jun 2007 3,398
2 Environmental, economic, and energetic costs and benefits of biodiesel and ethanol biofuels Jason Hill, Erik J Nelson, David Tilman et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 12 Jul 2006 2,897
3 Estimating the Prevalence of Limb Loss in the United States: 2005 to 2050 Kathryn Ziegler‐Graham, Ellen J. MacKenzie, Patti L. Ephraim et al. · Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Open access Mar 2008 2,841
4 Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica Peter T. Fretwell et al. · ˜The œcryosphere Open access 28 Feb 2013 2,136
5 Half of global methane emissions come from highly variable aquatic ecosystem sources Judith Andrea Rosentreter, Alberto Vieira Borges, Bridget R. Deemer et al. · Nature Geoscience Open access Apr 2021 1,082
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at St. Olaf College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, History, Philosophy, Ethics, Literature, Culture, Gender 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. Religion25▲ 21×21 topics
  2. History21▲ 11×17 topics
  3. Philosophy19▲ 17×14 topics
  4. Ethics16▲ 12×17 topics
  5. Literature16▲ 11×18 topics
  6. Globalization15▲ 2.9×29 topics
  7. Culture15▲ 11×12 topics
  8. Gender14▲ 9.8×22 topics
  9. Nationalism12▲ 10×11 topics
  10. Colonialism12▲ 9.6×18 topics
  11. Identity10▲ 5.4×16 topics
  12. Climate Change10▲ 1.36×36 topics
  13. Human Rights10▲ 3.6×14 topics
  14. Society9▲ 18×8 topics
  15. Feminism8▲ 9.9×8 topics
  16. Politics7▲ 10.0×9 topics
  17. Social Justice7▲ 4.4×11 topics
  18. Divine Providence6▲ 170×2 topics
  19. Problem of Evil6▲ 263×1 topic
  20. Theodicy6▲ 263×1 topic
  21. Neoliberalism6▲ 6.2×10 topics
  22. Empathy6▲ 19×5 topics
  23. Cultural Identity6▲ 4.3×9 topics
  24. Modernization6▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Health5▲ 5.0×7 topics
  26. Theology5▲ 22×3 topics
  27. Social History5▲ 24×3 topics
  28. Race5▲ 16×8 topics
  29. Democracy5▲ 5.2×9 topics
  30. Public Opinion5▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Cultural Studies5▲ 4.9×7 topics
  32. Christianity5▲ 30×4 topics
  33. Federalism5▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Aesthetics4▲ 22×5 topics
  35. Cultural History4▲ 14×5 topics
  36. Responsibility4▲ 38×4 topics
  37. Alchemy4▲ 45×2 topics
  38. American founding4▲ 58×1 topic
  39. Constitutional government4▲ 58×1 topic
  40. Authenticity4▲ 61×2 topics

Which research topics does St. Olaf College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Theology and Philosophy of Evil, American Constitutional Law and Politics, Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices and Indian and Buddhist Studies.

Theology and Philosophy …6Theology and Philosophy of Evil: 6 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …4American Constitutional Law and Politics: 4 fractional worksReligious Studies and Spiritual Practices: 4 fractional worksIndian and Buddhist Studies: 3 fractional worksKierkegaardian Philosophy and Influence: 3 fractional worksMedieval Literature and History: 3 fractional worksChinese history and phil…3Chinese history and philosophy: 3 fractional worksLiterature, Film, and Journalism Analysis: 3 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 3 fractional worksPhilosophical Ethics and…2Philosophical Ethics and Theory: 2 fractional works
PhilosophyPolitical Science and International RelationsReligious studiesClassics2 others

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

  1. 1 Theology and Philosophy of Evil Philosophy 6 works
  2. 2 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  3. 3 Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices Philosophy 4 works
  4. 4 Indian and Buddhist Studies Religious studies 3 works
  5. 5 Kierkegaardian Philosophy and Influence Philosophy 3 works
  6. 6 Medieval Literature and History Classics 3 works
  7. 7 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  8. 8 Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  9. 9 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 3 works
  10. 10 Philosophical Ethics and Theory Philosophy 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 available19.9%not open80.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.0%domestic only95.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% 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. Olaf College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00080% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%St. Olaf College0.00094% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of St. Olaf 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025St. Olaf College5.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.7% in 1995.

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