Question 1

What is Union College known for?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 2

How does Union College rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Union College ranks #7,148 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#5,684 all time), and #953 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Union College?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Union College?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does Union College publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Union College?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Union College work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is Union College's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower than in 2018-2021.

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