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St. Petersburg College

In research, St. Petersburg College stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,457 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,945
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,521
of 7,310
Research works
306
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
St. Petersburg College

What is St. Petersburg College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #11,457 of 14,833 6.4%130

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

In 2022-now, 45% of research at St. Petersburg College is in Social Sciences, 23% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Medicine (22%), Psychology (8%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 20 fractional works · 45.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 26.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 10.7% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 7.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 23.2% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 21.6% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 21.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 10.5% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSt. PetersburgCollege44fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences45%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1126.0%
    2. Psychology37.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities24.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance24.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting13.0%
    1. Medicine921.6%
    2. Health Professions11.4%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Computer Science36.3%
    2. Engineering25.7%
    3. Environmental Science25.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.4%
    1. Neuroscience36.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
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: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.87× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.13× its world share, 10 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.52× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.96× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.50× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience3.87×3 works
  2. Psychology2.50×3 works
  3. Social Sciences2.06×11 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.96×2 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.62×1 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.52×2 works
  7. Medicine1.13×10 works
  8. Environmental Science1.03×2 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.94×1 works
  10. Computer Science0.82×3 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.70×2 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.63×1 works
  13. Health Professions0.52×1 works
  14. Engineering0.38×2 works
  15. Dentistry0.26×0 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×0 works

Who are the top researchers at St. Petersburg College?

Ranked on the quality score, Thomas W. Grisham, Harry Geo. Griffinhoofe and Friedrich Paul Theodor Sarre lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Petersburg College.

  1. 1 Thomas W. Grisham United States · #1,809,442 worldwide 744 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Harry Geo. Griffinhoofe United States · #1,905,044 worldwide 2 citations · 108 works
  3. 3 Friedrich Paul Theodor Sarre United States · #2,727,978 worldwide 163 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Chad Mairn United States · #2,976,115 worldwide 21 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Vincent R. Trapozzano United States · #3,032,771 worldwide 372 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Amy Hale United States · #3,280,419 worldwide 65 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Peter Westmoreland United States · #3,505,632 worldwide 29 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Mary Jean Etten United States · #4,151,762 worldwide 133 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Henry B. Geiter United States · #5,610,096 worldwide 10 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at St. Petersburg College

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

The most cited paper from St. Petersburg College is "Corporate Social Responsibility in the 21st Century: A View from the World's Most Successful Firms" (Jamie D. Snider, Ronald Paul Hill, Diane M Martin, 2003), with 670 citations. Next come "Measuring thermoelectric transport properties of materials" (386) and "Impact of coping skills intervention with family caregivers of hospice patients with cancer" (312).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Corporate Social Responsibility in the 21st Century: A View from the World's Most Successful Firms Jamie D. Snider, Ronald Paul Hill, Diane M Martin · Journal of Business Ethics 20 Nov 2003 670
2 Measuring thermoelectric transport properties of materials Kasper A. Borup, Johannes de Boor, Heng Wang et al. · Energy & Environmental Science 23 Sep 2014 386
3 Impact of coping skills intervention with family caregivers of hospice patients with cancer Susan C. McMillan, Brent J. Small, Michael A. Weitzner et al. · Cancer Open access 2 Dec 2005 312
4 A comparison of reliability between telephone and web-based surveys Karin Braunsberger, Hans Wybenga, Roger H. Gates · Journal of Business Research 12 Apr 2007 226
5 Applying Constant Comparative Method with Multiple Investigators and Inter-Coder Reliability Joel D. Olson, Chad A. McAllister, Lynn Grinnell et al. · The Qualitative Report Open access 4 Jan 2016 223
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at St. Petersburg College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Brain Lateralization, Handedness, Sustainability, Economic Development, Feminism, Social Cognition, Climate Change and Black Studies.

▲ 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 30 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 30 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability3▲ 2.6×8 topics
  2. Climate Change3▲ 2.2×11 topics
  3. Epidemiology3▲ 1.50×14 topics
  4. Economic Development2▲ 5.2×4 topics
  5. Brain Lateralization2▲ 632×1 topic
  6. Handedness2▲ 632×1 topic
  7. Feminism2▲ 12×2 topics
  8. Social Cognition2▲ 19×4 topics
  9. Education1▲ 1.84×3 topics
  10. Black Studies1▲ 144×1 topic
  11. Citizenship1▲ 25×2 topics
  12. Civil Rights Movement1▲ 144×1 topic
  13. Digital Transformation1▲ 5.6×3 topics
  14. Performance Measurement1▲ 11×3 topics
  15. Big Data1▲ 2.5×3 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 4.5×3 topics
  17. Globalization1▲ 1.23×4 topics
  18. Machine Learning1▼ 0.77×6 topics
  19. Neural Networks1▲ 1.58×3 topics
  20. Risk Factors1▲ 2.2×3 topics
  21. Community Engagement1▲ 7.0×2 topics
  22. Distal Radius Fractures1▲ 45×1 topic
  23. Educational Technology1▲ 1.93×4 topics
  24. Enlightenment1▲ 249×1 topic
  25. Flexor Tendon Repair1▲ 45×1 topic
  26. Higher Education1▲ 4.3×4 topics
  27. Inequality1▲ 10×2 topics
  28. Rousseau1▲ 931×1 topic
  29. Sustainable Development1▲ 1.46×3 topics
  30. Topic Modeling1▲ 15×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience, Race, History, and American Society, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought.

Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience: 2 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…1Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksRousseau and Enlightenme…1Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought: 1 fractional worksAmerican Environmental and Regional History: 1 fractional worksAction Observation and Synchronization: 1 fractional worksPublic Policy and Admini…1Public Policy and Administration Research: 1 fractional worksEarth Systems and Cosmic Evolution: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental Justice and Health Disparities: 1 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…1Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceSociology and Political ScienceSurgeryPhilosophy5 others

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

  1. 1 Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  2. 2 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought Philosophy 1 works
  5. 5 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  6. 6 Action Observation and Synchronization Social Psychology 1 works
  7. 7 Public Policy and Administration Research Public Administration 1 works
  8. 8 Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution Atmospheric Science 1 works
  9. 9 Environmental Justice and Health Disparities Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 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 available27.1%not open72.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.6%domestic only88.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is St. Petersburg College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000083% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%St. Petersburg College0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of St. Petersburg College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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