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Washington and Jefferson College

In research, Washington and Jefferson College stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,160 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,853
of 28,054 · #25,082 all time
Rank in United States
#3,584
of 4,192
Research works
470
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.2k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Washington and Jefferson 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 #10,160 of 16,945 16.1%296

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Washington and Jefferson 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: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.70× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.37× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 7 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 7.18× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.27× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.30× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.36× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Washington and Jefferson College?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert G. Walker, Edwin Linton and Hanna Kim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Washington and Jefferson College.

  1. 1 Robert G. Walker United States · #266,126 worldwide 102 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Edwin Linton United States · #282,017 worldwide 64 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Hanna Kim United States · #1,229,450 worldwide 9 citations · 132 works
All ranked researchers at Washington and Jefferson College

Which keywords describe research at Washington and Jefferson College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Literature, Gender, History, Identity, Colonialism, Cultural Psychology and Race.

▲ 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 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. Globalization10▲ 6.3×12 topics
  2. Literature8▲ 18×8 topics
  3. Gender7▲ 17×9 topics
  4. History7▲ 13×8 topics
  5. Identity6▲ 11×8 topics
  6. Colonialism6▲ 17×8 topics
  7. Cultural Psychology5▲ 144×2 topics
  8. Race4▲ 51×4 topics
  9. Society4▲ 29×4 topics
  10. Public Sphere4▲ 86×2 topics
  11. Postcolonialism4▲ 39×2 topics
  12. Culture4▲ 8.5×5 topics
  13. Nationalism4▲ 9.8×6 topics
  14. Power4▲ 62×1 topic
  15. Emotion3▲ 20×4 topics
  16. Narrative Analysis3▲ 79×2 topics
  17. Dialogical Self3▲ 438×1 topic
  18. Social Justice3▲ 6.4×5 topics
  19. Social Representations Theory3▲ 438×1 topic
  20. Cosmopolitanism3▲ 31×4 topics
  21. Democracy3▲ 9.7×6 topics
  22. Ethnicity2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  23. Implicit Bias2▲ 65×2 topics
  24. Literary History2▲ 103×2 topics
  25. Archaeology2▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Religion2▲ 5.8×7 topics
  27. Individualism-Collectivism2▲ 106×1 topic
  28. National Identity2▲ 22×3 topics
  29. Roman Economy2▲ 60×1 topic
  30. Urban Workshops2▲ 115×1 topic
  31. Values2▲ 106×1 topic
  32. Adaptation2▲ 8.4×3 topics
  33. Imperialism2▲ 30×4 topics
  34. Citizen Participation2▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Intergroup Contact2▲ 82×1 topic
  36. Social Identity2▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Stereotype Threat2▲ 82×1 topic
  38. Film2▲ 143×1 topic
  39. Theory2▲ 126×1 topic
  40. Public Opinion2▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Washington and Jefferson College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Literature: history, themes, analysis, Social Representations and Identity, Cultural Differences and Values and Historical and Literary Studies.

Literature: history, themes, analysis: 4 fractional worksSocial Representations and Identity: 3 fractional worksCultural Differences and…2Cultural Differences and Values: 2 fractional worksHistorical and Literary …2Historical and Literary Studies: 2 fractional worksSocial and Intergroup Psychology: 2 fractional worksShakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism: 2 fractional worksHistorical Art and Cultu…1Historical Art and Culture Studies: 1 fractional worksDigital Humanities and Scholarship: 1 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 1 fractional worksGenetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research: 1 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheorySocial PsychologyAnthropologySociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Literature: history, themes, analysis Literature and Literary Theory 4 works
  2. 2 Social Representations and Identity Social Psychology 3 works
  3. 3 Cultural Differences and Values Social Psychology 2 works
  4. 4 Historical and Literary Studies Anthropology 2 works
  5. 5 Social and Intergroup Psychology Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  7. 7 Historical Art and Culture Studies Museology 1 works
  8. 8 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  9. 9 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 1 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: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.7%domestic only94.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Washington and Jefferson College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher 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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