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Warren Wilson College

In research, Warren Wilson College stands highest in Social Sciences (#13,809 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#36,038
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,620
of 8,685
Research works
249
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.7k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Warren Wilson 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 #13,809 of 16,945 15.1%134

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Warren Wilson 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 2.93× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8.25× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.60× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.74× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 1.70× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.89× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.98× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Warren Wilson College?

Ranked on the composite score, Mike Simonsen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Warren Wilson College.

  1. 1 Mike Simonsen United States · #1,612,838 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Warren Wilson College

Which keywords describe research at Warren Wilson College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Civic Engagement, Ethics, Climate Change, Global Change, Invasive Species, Habitat Fragmentation and Deliberative Democracy.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 25 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change3▲ 3.8×13 topics
  2. Biodiversity2▲ 11×10 topics
  3. Civic Engagement2▲ 47×2 topics
  4. Ethics2▲ 15×6 topics
  5. Global Change2▲ 25×3 topics
  6. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 28×4 topics
  7. Invasive Species2▲ 15×5 topics
  8. Social Media2▲ 4.4×3 topics
  9. Deliberative Democracy2▲ 73×2 topics
  10. Social Justice2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  11. Biodiversity Conservation1▲ 14×8 topics
  12. Conservation1▲ 12×9 topics
  13. Ecosystem Services1▲ 12×4 topics
  14. Online Communication1▲ 32×2 topics
  15. Empathy1▲ 38×3 topics
  16. Pedagogy1▲ 8.9×2 topics
  17. Social Inequality1▲ 16×3 topics
  18. Antioxidant1▲ 6.1×2 topics
  19. Capitalism1▲ 56×2 topics
  20. Community Engagement1▲ 11×1 topic
  21. Digital Divide1▲ 14×1 topic
  22. Ethnomusicology1▲ 95×2 topics
  23. Metabolism1▲ 7.3×3 topics
  24. Political Participation1▲ 43×1 topic
  25. Service-Learning1▲ 260×1 topic

Which research topics does Warren Wilson College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Social Media and Politics, Service-Learning and Community Engagement, Hops Chemistry and Applications and Plant and animal studies.

Social Media and Politics1Social Media and Politics: 1 fractional worksService-Learning and Com…1Service-Learning and Community Engagement: 1 fractional worksHops Chemistry and Appli…1Hops Chemistry and Applications: 1 fractional worksPlant and animal studies1Plant and animal studies: 1 fractional worksPhilosophical Ethics and Theory: 1 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 1 fractional worksGeological and Geophysic…0Geological and Geophysical Studies: 0 fractional worksDiverse Musicological Studies: 0 fractional worksPolitical Economy and Marxism: 0 fractional worksCritical Theory and Phil…0Critical Theory and Philosophy: 0 fractional works
CommunicationEducationPharmacologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics5 others

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

  1. 1 Social Media and Politics Communication 1 works
  2. 2 Service-Learning and Community Engagement Education 1 works
  3. 3 Hops Chemistry and Applications Pharmacology 1 works
  4. 4 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  5. 5 Philosophical Ethics and Theory Philosophy 1 works
  6. 6 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  7. 7 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 0 works
  8. 8 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 0 works
  9. 9 Political Economy and Marxism Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Critical Theory and Philosophy Sociology and Political Science 0 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 available23.1%not open76.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Warren Wilson College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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