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Union College

In research, Union College stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,529 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#6,485 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,660 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,148
of 22,385 · #5,684 all time
Rank in United States
#953
of 3,332
Research works
3.9k
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
64k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.77×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Union College

What is Union 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 #4,529 of 9,585 11.5%158 #3284
Physical SciencesDomain #6,485 of 10,670 4.3%145 #4985
Social SciencesField #3,660 of 5,988 13.9%79 #3281

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Union 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#3,284 #4,529
  2. Physical Sciences#4,985 #6,485
  3. Social Sciences#3,281 #3,660
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 Union College work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Union College is in Social Sciences, 37% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Engineering (10%), Arts and Humanities (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 190 fractional works · 43.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 97 fractional works · 22.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 33 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 19 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 40 fractional works · 9.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 14 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 28 fractional works · 6.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 160 fractional works · 36.6% of its workEngineering: 44 fractional works · 10.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 3.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArchitecture: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 26 fractional works · 6.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 23 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 15 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 44 fractional works · 10.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 42 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKUnion College437fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences44%

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 Sciences9722.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities409.1%
    3. Psychology286.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance143.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting61.5%
    6. Decision Sciences51.2%
    1. Engineering4410.0%
    2. Computer Science266.1%
    3. Environmental Science235.2%
    4. Mathematics153.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences143.3%
    6. Materials Science143.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy112.6%
    8. Chemistry102.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering20.4%
    10. Energy10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology245.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences92.0%
    3. Neuroscience81.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine327.2%
    2. Health Professions112.5%
    3. Nursing00.0%
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: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.15× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.45× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.67× its world share, 44 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.04× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.91× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.84× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.17× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.16× its world share, 40 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.49× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.09× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.76× its world share, 97 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.16×40 works
  2. Mathematics2.84×15 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.11×14 works
  4. Psychology2.09×28 works
  5. Social Sciences1.76×97 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.49×14 works
  7. Chemistry1.45×10 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.25×5 works
  9. Chemical Engineering1.20×2 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.17×11 works
  11. Neuroscience1.15×8 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.05×24 works
  13. Environmental Science1.04×23 works
  14. Health Professions0.94×11 works
  15. Materials Science0.91×14 works
  16. Computer Science0.78×26 works
  17. Engineering0.67×44 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.57×2 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.46×6 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×9 works
  21. Medicine0.38×32 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×0 works
  23. Energy0.22×1 works
  24. Nursing0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Union College?

Ranked on the quality score, Lewis Davis, Jeffrey D. Corbin and Suthathip Yaisawarng lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Union College.

  1. 1 Lewis Davis United States · #340,177 worldwide 1.7k citations · 105 works
  2. 2 Jeffrey D. Corbin United States · #542,995 worldwide 2.7k citations · 84 works
  3. 3 Suthathip Yaisawarng United States · #777,582 worldwide 3.4k citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Zoe M. Oxley United States · #781,201 worldwide 3.8k citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Yijing Yin Stehle United States · #864,717 worldwide 934 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Ronald Bucinell United States · #914,450 worldwide 2.2k citations · 88 works
  7. 7 Donald T. Rodbell United States · #1,020,608 worldwide 6.3k citations · 180 works
  8. 8 Alan D. Taylor United States · #1,047,208 worldwide 5.7k citations · 212 works
  9. 9 George Y. Bizer United States · #1,091,775 worldwide 1.8k citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Kathleen LoGiudice United States · #1,307,872 worldwide 3k citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Union College

What are the most cited papers from Union College?

The most cited paper from Union College is "Evidence for a Collective Intelligence Factor in the Performance of Human Groups" (Anita Williams Woolley, Christopher F. Chabris, Alex Pentland et al., 2010), with 2,707 citations. Next come "ConceptNet 5.5: An Open Multilingual Graph of General Knowledge" (2,134) and "Variability of El Niño/Southern Oscillation activity at millennial timescales during the Holocene epoch" (1,797).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Evidence for a Collective Intelligence Factor in the Performance of Human Groups Anita Williams Woolley, Christopher F. Chabris, Alex Pentland et al. · Science 30 Sep 2010 2,707
2 ConceptNet 5.5: An Open Multilingual Graph of General Knowledge Robert E. Speer, Joshua Chin, Catherine Havasi · Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence Conference paperOpen access 12 Feb 2017 2,134
3 Variability of El Niño/Southern Oscillation activity at millennial timescales during the Holocene epoch Christopher M. Moy, Geoffrey O. Seltzer, Donald T. Rodbell et al. · Nature Nov 2002 1,797
4 Bringing computational thinking to K-12 Valerie Barr, Chris G. Stephenson · ACM Inroads 25 Feb 2011 1,682
5 Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment Aysu Okbay et al. · Nature Open access256 authors 10 May 2016 1,500
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Union College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Colonialism, Globalization, Religion, History, Climate Change, Gender, Nationalism and Innovation.

▲ 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. Globalization20▲ 2.3×35 topics
  2. Climate Change19▲ 1.60×45 topics
  3. Colonialism12▲ 5.9×16 topics
  4. Innovation12▲ 2.6×13 topics
  5. History12▲ 3.9×16 topics
  6. Religion11▲ 5.6×19 topics
  7. Mental Health11▲ 1.79×23 topics
  8. Nanocomposites10▲ 3.0×10 topics
  9. Education10▲ 1.32×27 topics
  10. Gender10▲ 4.1×23 topics
  11. Nationalism9▲ 4.6×14 topics
  12. Identity9▲ 2.8×19 topics
  13. Technology8▲ 3.7×8 topics
  14. Neoliberalism8▲ 5.2×10 topics
  15. Feminism8▲ 5.9×10 topics
  16. Philosophy7▲ 3.8×12 topics
  17. Culture7▲ 3.2×10 topics
  18. Science7▲ 6.7×4 topics
  19. Ethics7▲ 3.2×16 topics
  20. Cold War7▲ 25×5 topics
  21. Literature6▲ 2.6×15 topics
  22. Neuroscience6▲ 4.4×10 topics
  23. Synthesis6▲ 3.6×5 topics
  24. Applications6▲ 4.8×3 topics
  25. Engineering Education6▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Migration5▲ 3.6×6 topics
  27. Social Sciences5▲ 8.4×3 topics
  28. Aerogels5▲ 59×1 topic
  29. Properties5▲ 14×1 topic
  30. Cultural Diplomacy5▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Central Asia5▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Internationalism5▲ 53×2 topics
  33. Empire4▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Atomic Energy4▲ 271×1 topic
  35. Nuclear Power4▲ 41×1 topic
  36. Historical Narratives4▲ 18×3 topics
  37. National Identity4▲ 7.9×3 topics
  38. Capitalism4▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Imperialism4▲ 11×5 topics
  40. Endocytosis4▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does Union College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Aerogels and thermal insulation, Twentieth Century Scientific Developments, Caveolin-1 and cellular processes and Soviet and Russian History.

Aerogels and thermal ins…5Aerogels and thermal insulation: 5 fractional worksTwentieth Century Scient…4Twentieth Century Scientific Developments: 4 fractional worksCaveolin-1 and cellular …4Caveolin-1 and cellular processes: 4 fractional worksSoviet and Russian History: 3 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 3 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 3 fractional worksEngineering Education an…3Engineering Education and Pedagogy: 3 fractional worksHistory of Computing Technologies: 2 fractional worksDigital Humanities and Scholarship: 2 fractional worksEating Disorders and Beh…2Eating Disorders and Behaviors: 2 fractional works
SpectroscopyHistory and Philosophy of ScienceCell BiologyPolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Aerogels and thermal insulation Spectroscopy 5 works
  2. 2 Twentieth Century Scientific Developments History and Philosophy of Science 4 works
  3. 3 Caveolin-1 and cellular processes Cell Biology 4 works
  4. 4 Soviet and Russian History Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  5. 5 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 3 works
  6. 6 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 3 works
  7. 7 Engineering Education and Pedagogy Architecture 3 works
  8. 8 History of Computing Technologies Computer Science Applications 2 works
  9. 9 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  10. 10 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical 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 available21.3%not open78.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Union College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% 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 Union College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0018% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Union College0.0017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Union 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 2025Union College8.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.2% in 2010.

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