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Wesley College

In research, Wesley College stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,943 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#21,914
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,550
of 7,310
Research works
320
▼ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.7k
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Wesley College

What is Wesley 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 #11,943 of 14,833 8.4%192

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

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Wesley College is in Social Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Arts and Humanities (15%), Psychology (10%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 23 fractional works · 66.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 35.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 12.8% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 15.3% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 9.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 15.0% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 7.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 13.9% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLeadership and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWesley College34fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences66%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1235.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities515.3%
    3. Psychology39.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting24.9%
    5. Decision Sciences01.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Computer Science37.5%
    2. Engineering13.6%
    3. Environmental Science01.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy01.5%
    5. Mathematics00.8%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    1. Medicine39.2%
    2. Health Professions13.2%
    3. Nursing01.0%
    4. Veterinary00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.8%
    4. Neuroscience00.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
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: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 2.00× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.61× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.29× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.51× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.13× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.80× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.29×5 works
  2. Veterinary3.61×0 works
  3. Psychology3.13×3 works
  4. Social Sciences2.80×12 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.32×0 works
  6. Nursing2.00×0 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.51×2 works
  8. Health Professions1.22×1 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.18×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.96×2 works
  11. Mathematics0.69×0 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.66×0 works
  13. Medicine0.48×3 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.33×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.30×0 works
  17. Neuroscience0.25×0 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.24×0 works
  19. Engineering0.24×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Wesley College?

Ranked on the quality score, Vincent Taylor, Wallace N. Stearns and Varleisha D. Gibbs lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wesley College.

  1. 1 Vincent Taylor United States · #2,173,032 worldwide 1.2k citations · 102 works
  2. 2 Wallace N. Stearns United States · #2,822,450 worldwide 32 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Varleisha D. Gibbs United States · #3,065,671 worldwide 159 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Martin H.F. Forward United States · #3,093,963 worldwide 93 citations · 59 works
  5. 5 Brian E. Beck United States · #3,298,452 worldwide 64 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Albee Therese O. Mendoza United States · #3,348,044 worldwide 36 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Philip Luscombe United States · #3,590,196 worldwide 9 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Edward Robertson United States · #3,601,821 worldwide 47 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Kofi Nyantakyi Appiah United States · #3,651,398 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 John A. Newton United States · #3,663,270 worldwide 125 citations · 67 works
All ranked researchers at Wesley College

What are the most cited papers from Wesley College?

The most cited paper from Wesley College is "Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering" (Steven H. Strogatz, Mark Jay Friedman, A. John Mallinckrodt et al., 1994), with 4,749 citations. Next come "Cellular Automata and Complexity" (874) and "A First Course in Chaotic Dynamical Systems: Theory and Experiment" (296).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering Steven H. Strogatz, Mark Jay Friedman, A. John Mallinckrodt et al. · Computers in Physics Sep 1994 4,749
2 Cellular Automata and Complexity Stephen Wolfram, A. John Mallinckrodt · Computers in Physics 1995 874
3 A First Course in Chaotic Dynamical Systems: Theory and Experiment Robert L. Devaney, Peter B. Siegel, A. John Mallinckrodt et al. · Computers in Physics Jul 1993 296
4 Separable but not equal: The location determinants of discrete services offshoring activities Jonathan P. Doh, Kraiwinee Bunyaratavej, Eugene D. Hahn · Journal of International Business Studies 13 Nov 2008 267
5 The Dandy-Walker Syndrome or The So-Called Atresia of the Foramen Magendie* Clemens Ernst Benda · Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology 1954 226
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Wesley College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Mental Health, Social Justice, Faith-Based Organizations, Social Services, Developmental Trajectories, Gender and Nationalism.

▲ 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 21 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Mental Health4▲ 7.3×10 topics
  2. Religion4▲ 23×5 topics
  3. Social Justice2▲ 9.9×4 topics
  4. Developmental Trajectories2▲ 46×2 topics
  5. Faith-Based Organizations2▲ 190×1 topic
  6. Social Services2▲ 129×1 topic
  7. Gender2▲ 9.1×4 topics
  8. Nationalism2▲ 11×3 topics
  9. Feminism2▲ 15×3 topics
  10. Identity2▲ 6.1×4 topics
  11. Globalization1▲ 2.2×6 topics
  12. Child Welfare1▲ 107×1 topic
  13. Foster Care1▲ 280×1 topic
  14. History1▲ 4.9×3 topics
  15. Race1▲ 29×3 topics
  16. Gender Inequality1▲ 23×2 topics
  17. Conditional Cash Transfers1▲ 83×1 topic
  18. Intersectionality1▲ 15×2 topics
  19. Mormonism1▲ 1106×1 topic
  20. Polygamy1▲ 1106×1 topic
  21. School Subsidies1▲ 83×1 topic

Which research topics does Wesley College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Religion, Society, and Development, Child Welfare and Adoption, Mormonism, Religion, and History and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare.

Religion, Society, and D…2Religion, Society, and Development: 2 fractional worksChild Welfare and Adoption: 1 fractional worksMormonism, Religion, and…1Mormonism, Religion, and History: 1 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …1Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 1 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 1 fractional worksTheological Perspectives and Practices: 1 fractional worksChristian Theology and M…1Christian Theology and Mission: 1 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 0 fractional worksCounseling Practices and Supervision: 0 fractional worksReligion, Gender, and Enlightenment: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceSafety ResearchHistoryPolitical Science and International Relations3 others

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

  1. 1 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  2. 2 Child Welfare and Adoption Safety Research 1 works
  3. 3 Mormonism, Religion, and History History 1 works
  4. 4 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 1 works
  5. 5 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 Theological Perspectives and Practices Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 1 works
  8. 8 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Counseling Practices and Supervision Social Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment Religious studies 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 available26.3%not open73.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.8%domestic only84.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wesley College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Wesley College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Wesley College0.00014% in 202519801990200020102020

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