The King's College
In research, The King's College stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,670 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#4,339 of 10,670 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,168 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.
- World rank, 2022-now
- #4,473 of 22,385 · #2,878 all time
- Rank in United States
- #620 of 3,332
- Research works
- 7.4k ▼ 25% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 152k 20.7 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 8.1% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.88× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 20% world 40%
- International
- 34% world 18%
What is The King's College known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #3,670 of 9,585 | 8.4% | 182 | #2761 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #4,339 of 10,670 | 9.0% | 108 | #3165 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #6,168 of 9,902 | 6.8% | 76 | #4848 | |
| Social SciencesField | #3,822 of 5,988 | 7.2% | 80 | #2631 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where The King'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 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.
- Social Sciences#2,761 #3,670
- Physical Sciences#3,165 #4,339
- Health Sciences#4,848 #6,168
- Social Sciences#2,631 #3,822
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 The King's College work in?
In 2022-now, 46% of research at The King's College is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (14%), Arts and Humanities (13%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences20445.9%
- Social Sciences9020.3%
- Arts and Humanities6013.5%
- Business, Management and Accounting194.3%
- Psychology163.7%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance143.1%
- Decision Sciences51.1%
- Physical Sciences12127.3%
- Engineering347.6%
- Computer Science316.9%
- Physics and Astronomy153.4%
- Environmental Science132.9%
- Mathematics92.0%
- Materials Science71.6%
- Chemistry51.2%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences40.9%
- Energy20.4%
- Chemical Engineering20.4%
- Health Sciences8419.0%
- Medicine6414.5%
- Health Professions153.3%
- Dentistry40.9%
- Nursing10.2%
- Veterinary00.1%
- Life Sciences357.8%
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Arts and Humanities4.67×60 works
- Dentistry1.84×4 works
- Mathematics1.74×9 works
- Social Sciences1.61×90 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.52×15 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.45×14 works
- Neuroscience1.44×10 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.32×19 works
- Health Professions1.26×15 works
- Psychology1.21×16 works
- Decision Sciences1.09×5 works
- Chemical Engineering1.06×2 works
- Computer Science0.88×31 works
- Chemistry0.78×5 works
- Medicine0.75×64 works
- Veterinary0.72×0 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.66×1 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.62×13 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.59×4 works
- Environmental Science0.58×13 works
- Engineering0.50×34 works
- Materials Science0.47×7 works
- Nursing0.45×1 works
- Energy0.43×2 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.36×9 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.34×2 works
- Arts and Humanities 4.7×
- Dentistry 1.8×
- Mathematics 1.7×
- Social Sciences 1.6×
- Physics and Astronomy 1.5×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.4×
- Neuroscience 1.4×
- Business, Management and Accounting 1.3×
- Health Professions 1.3×
- Psychology 1.2×
- Decision Sciences 1.1×
- Chemical Engineering 1.1×
- Computer Science 0.9×
- Chemistry 0.8×
- Medicine 0.8×
- Veterinary 0.7×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.7×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.6×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.6×
- Environmental Science 0.6×
- Engineering 0.5×
- Materials Science 0.5×
- Nursing 0.5×
- Energy 0.4×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.4×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.3×
Who are the top researchers at The King's College?
Ranked on the quality score, Anthony Giddens, Edmund Ronald Leach and Nicholas Kaldor lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The King's College.
- 1
Anthony Giddens
United States · #225,118 worldwide 121k citations · 463 works
- 2
Edmund Ronald Leach
United States · #334,177 worldwide 10k citations · 252 works
- 3
Nicholas Kaldor
United States · #557,008 worldwide 23k citations · 243 works
- 4
G. E. R. Lloyd
United States · #734,810 worldwide 8.7k citations · 374 works
- 5
Simon D. Goldhill
United States · #1,001,123 worldwide 7.2k citations · 399 works
- 6
J. E. Raven
United States · #1,061,295 worldwide 1.2k citations · 45 works
- 7
Arthur Cecil Pigou
United States · #1,469,182 worldwide 11k citations · 254 works
- 8
Philip F Hall
United States · #1,752,541 worldwide 5.2k citations · 58 works
- 9
F. Ε. Adcock
United States · #1,973,164 worldwide 724 citations · 66 works
- 10
Ross Granville Harrison
United States · #2,101,422 worldwide 5.9k citations · 176 works
Which keywords describe research at The King's College?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nationalism, Religion, History, Globalization, Literature, Philosophy, Colonialism and Society.
- Theology
- Archaeology
- American founding
- Cultural History
- Chirality
- Social Movements
- Northern Ireland
- Public Opinion
- Neuroscience
- Transition
- Cultural Studies
- Conflict
- Ethnicity
- Human Rights
- Culture
- Philosophy
- Identity
- Machine Learning
- History
- Nationalism
- Globalization
- Epidemiology
- Religion
- Literature
- Colonialism
- Gender
- Artificial Intelligence
- Society
- Innovation
- Ethics
- Global Governance
- Reconciliation
- Political Philosophy
- Consociationalism
- Historiography
- Federalism
- Science
- Sovereignty
- Constitutional government
- Art
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
- Globalization22▲ 2.5×47 topics
- Nationalism18▲ 9.3×17 topics
- Epidemiology18◆ 1.00×69 topics
- History16▲ 5.1×22 topics
- Religion14▲ 7.0×23 topics
- Machine Learning14◆ 0.94×43 topics
- Literature13▲ 5.3×18 topics
- Identity12▲ 3.8×20 topics
- Colonialism12▲ 5.6×23 topics
- Philosophy12▲ 5.9×13 topics
- Gender11▲ 4.8×21 topics
- Culture10▲ 4.4×14 topics
- Artificial Intelligence10▲ 1.59×23 topics
- Human Rights10▲ 2.1×23 topics
- Society9▲ 11×9 topics
- Ethnicity9▲ 5.2×8 topics
- Innovation9▲ 1.90×15 topics
- Conflict9▲ 12×7 topics
- Ethics8▲ 3.5×16 topics
- Cultural Studies7▲ 4.4×13 topics
- Global Governance7▲ 6.2×11 topics
- Transition6▲ 16×5 topics
- Reconciliation6▲ 85×2 topics
- Neuroscience6▲ 4.4×12 topics
- Political Philosophy6▲ 24×2 topics
- Public Opinion6▲ 11×4 topics
- Consociationalism5▲ 106×1 topic
- Northern Ireland5▲ 106×1 topic
- Historiography5▲ 9.8×5 topics
- Social Movements5▲ 4.0×9 topics
- Federalism5▲ 18×2 topics
- Chirality5▲ 18×2 topics
- Science5▲ 4.5×3 topics
- Cultural History5▲ 9.0×6 topics
- Sovereignty5▲ 11×5 topics
- American founding4▲ 37×1 topic
- Constitutional government4▲ 37×1 topic
- Archaeology4▲ 7.5×6 topics
- Art4▲ 11×5 topics
- Theology4▲ 9.2×4 topics
Which research topics does The King's College publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Irish and British Studies, American Constitutional Law and Politics, Historical and Literary Studies and Origins and Evolution of Life.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
- 2 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 4 works
- 3 Historical and Literary Studies Anthropology 3 works
- 4 Origins and Evolution of Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
- 5 Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 3 works
- 6 Historical and Literary Analyses Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
- 7 Medieval Literature and History Classics 2 works
- 8 Renaissance Literature and Culture Classics 2 works
- 9 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 2 works
- 10 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has The King's College's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 25% lower than in 2018-2021.
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 The King's College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.
Fractional works of The King'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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.4% in 2006.
Other research institutions in New York
- Columbia University
- New York University
- City University of New York
- Mount Sinai Health System
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Human Growth Foundation
- Pfizer (United States)
- Rockefeller University
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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