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Wabash College

In research, Wabash College stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,857 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,879
of 22,385 · #8,891 all time
Rank in United States
#2,112
of 3,332
Research works
1.2k
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
10.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Wabash College

What is Wabash 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 #4,857 of 9,585 4.7%99 #4082

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

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Wabash College is in Social Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (33%), Arts and Humanities (23%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (8%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 107 fractional works · 71.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 50 fractional works · 33.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 21 fractional works · 13.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 34 fractional works · 22.7% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workReligious studies: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 7.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 13.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 10.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWabash College150fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences72%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5033.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities3422.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance128.2%
    4. Psychology74.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting42.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Environmental Science75.0%
    2. Computer Science32.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy31.8%
    4. Engineering31.7%
    5. Chemistry21.0%
    6. Mathematics10.7%
    7. Energy10.7%
    8. Materials Science10.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology85.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.2%
    3. Neuroscience31.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine63.8%
    2. Health Professions10.4%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
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: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.15× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.64× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 7.87× its world share, 34 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.84× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.62× its world share, 50 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities7.87×34 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.84×12 works
  3. Social Sciences2.62×50 works
  4. Veterinary1.64×0 works
  5. Psychology1.52×7 works
  6. Neuroscience1.15×3 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.05×8 works
  8. Environmental Science1.01×8 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.83×3 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.77×4 works
  11. Energy0.73×1 works
  12. Chemistry0.65×2 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.63×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.58×1 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.53×0 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.47×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.46×3 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.31×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.27×3 works
  20. Medicine0.20×6 works
  21. Health Professions0.15×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.13×1 works
  23. Engineering0.11×3 works

Who are the top researchers at Wabash College?

Ranked on the quality score, Charles F. Blaich, Scott E. Feller and Robert S. Horton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wabash College.

  1. 1 Charles F. Blaich United States · #200,202 worldwide 2.2k citations · 58 works
  2. 2 Scott E. Feller United States · #560,687 worldwide 14k citations · 116 works
  3. 3 Robert S. Horton United States · #613,307 worldwide 2.8k citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Sujata Saha United States · #1,391,694 worldwide 578 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Kathleen S. Wise United States · #1,397,813 worldwide 220 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Lon A. Porter United States · #1,443,499 worldwide 1.6k citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Joshua Ammons United States · #1,603,127 worldwide 45 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Stephen Morillo United States · #1,723,138 worldwide 400 citations · 74 works
  9. 9 William N. Doemel United States · #1,808,119 worldwide 789 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 R. B. Williams United States · #1,895,136 worldwide 5.8k citations · 236 works
All ranked researchers at Wabash College

What are the most cited papers from Wabash College?

The most cited paper from Wabash College is "Is actual similarity necessary for attraction? A meta-analysis of actual and perceived similarity" (R. Matthew Montoya, Robert S. Horton, Jeffrey L. Kirchner, 2008), with 858 citations. Next come "An Improved Empirical Potential Energy Function for Molecular Simulations of Phospholipids" (768) and "Lipid Bilayer Structure Determined by the Simultaneous Analysis of Neutron and X-Ray Scattering Data" (618).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Is actual similarity necessary for attraction? A meta-analysis of actual and perceived similarity R. Matthew Montoya, Robert S. Horton, Jeffrey L. Kirchner · Journal of Social and Personal Relationships Review Dec 2008 858
2 An Improved Empirical Potential Energy Function for Molecular Simulations of Phospholipids Scott E. Feller, Alexander D. MacKerell · The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 18 Jul 2000 768
3 Lipid Bilayer Structure Determined by the Simultaneous Analysis of Neutron and X-Ray Scattering Data Norbert Kučerka, John F. Nagle, Jonathan N. Sachs et al. · Biophysical Journal Open access 23 May 2008 618
4 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Lipid Bilayers: Intrinsic and Environmental Contributions to Their Unique Physical Properties Scott E. Feller, Klaus Gawrisch, Alexander D. MacKerell · Journal of the American Chemical Society 13 Dec 2001 453
5 Tests of new physics from precise measurements of the Casimir pressure between two gold-coated plates R. S. Decca, Daniel López, Ephraim Fischbach et al. · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Open access 23 Apr 2007 414
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Wabash College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Religion, Late Antiquity, Gender, Nationalism, Theology, Culture and Literature.

▲ 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. Globalization12▲ 4.2×26 topics
  2. Religion9▲ 13×14 topics
  3. Human Rights6▲ 4.1×10 topics
  4. Gender6▲ 7.3×11 topics
  5. Late Antiquity6▲ 77×2 topics
  6. Culture6▲ 7.2×8 topics
  7. Nationalism6▲ 8.4×8 topics
  8. Theology6▲ 41×3 topics
  9. Literature6▲ 6.7×11 topics
  10. Urban Development5▲ 9.5×3 topics
  11. Ethics5▲ 6.3×11 topics
  12. Philosophy5▲ 7.0×9 topics
  13. Identity4▲ 4.0×8 topics
  14. Feminism4▲ 9.5×6 topics
  15. Social Justice4▲ 4.6×9 topics
  16. Biblical Monotheism4▲ 105×1 topic
  17. Colonialism4▲ 5.6×7 topics
  18. Jewish Society4▲ 105×1 topic
  19. Ancient Rome4▲ 81×1 topic
  20. Greek Literature4▲ 81×1 topic
  21. Church History4▲ 57×3 topics
  22. Cultural Transmission4▲ 32×2 topics
  23. History4▲ 3.5×7 topics
  24. Democracy4▲ 6.8×6 topics
  25. Economic Growth4▲ 2.9×8 topics
  26. International Relations4▲ 9.6×5 topics
  27. Cultural Exchange3▲ 16×4 topics
  28. Cultural Identity3▲ 4.0×6 topics
  29. Global Governance3▲ 8.3×5 topics
  30. Genomics3▲ 6.6×4 topics
  31. Development3▲ 5.0×4 topics
  32. Political Economy3▲ 7.0×4 topics
  33. Authenticity2▲ 67×2 topics
  34. Global Trade2▲ 8.6×5 topics
  35. Intersectionality2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  36. R&D2▲ 21×3 topics
  37. Archaeological Evidence2▲ 33×2 topics
  38. Social History2▲ 19×3 topics
  39. Community Development2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  40. NGOs2▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Wabash College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Classical Antiquity Studies, Historical and Religious Studies of Rome and Historical and Linguistic Studies.

Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 4 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Studies: 4 fractional worksHistorical and Religious Studies of Rome: 2 fractional worksHistorical and Linguistic Studies: 2 fractional worksClassical Philosophy and Thought: 2 fractional worksHistorical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies: 2 fractional worksReligion, Society, and D…2Religion, Society, and Development: 2 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 2 fractional worksArchaeology and Historical Studies: 2 fractional worksVisual perception and pr…2Visual perception and processing mechanisms: 2 fractional works
Religious studiesAnthropologyHistorySociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 4 works
  2. 2 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 4 works
  3. 3 Historical and Religious Studies of Rome History 2 works
  4. 4 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 2 works
  6. 6 Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies Archeology 2 works
  7. 7 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 2 works
  9. 9 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 2 works
  10. 10 Visual perception and processing mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available20.6%not open79.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.4%domestic only95.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wabash College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher 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 Wabash College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00068% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Wabash College0.00070% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Wabash 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 2025Wabash 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 11.9% in 2006.

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