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Wesley College

In research, Wesley College stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,000 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,045
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,922
of 8,685
Research works
320
▲ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.7k
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

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 #7,000 of 16,945 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 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: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.65× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 2.38× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.12× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 3.01× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.65× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wesley College?

Ranked on the composite score, Norman H. Snaith, John A. Newton and Yvonne Craig lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wesley College.

  1. 1 Norman H. Snaith United States · #343,743 worldwide 4 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 John A. Newton United States · #503,165 worldwide 1 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Yvonne Craig United States · #684,426 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Brian E. Beck United States · #803,299 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Vincent Taylor United States · #1,239,576 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Wesley College

Which keywords describe research at Wesley College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Religion, Developmental Trajectories, Faith-Based Organizations, Social Services, Social Justice, Child Welfare and Foster Care.

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

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Mental Health3▲ 6.7×5 topics
  2. Religion2▲ 18×3 topics
  3. Developmental Trajectories2▲ 53×2 topics
  4. Faith-Based Organizations2▲ 203×1 topic
  5. Social Services2▲ 144×1 topic
  6. Social Justice2▲ 8.9×4 topics
  7. Child Welfare1▲ 131×1 topic
  8. Foster Care1▲ 323×1 topic
  9. Nationalism1▲ 10×2 topics
  10. History1▲ 5.8×3 topics
  11. Identity1▲ 5.2×3 topics
  12. Conditional Cash Transfers1▲ 95×1 topic
  13. School Subsidies1▲ 95×1 topic

Which research topics does Wesley College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Religion, Society, and Development, Child Welfare and Adoption, Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare and American Constitutional Law and Politics.

Religion, Society, and D…2Religion, Society, and Development: 2 fractional worksChild Welfare and Adoption: 1 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 1 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 1 fractional worksMormonism, Religion, and History: 1 fractional worksTheatre and Performance …0Theatre and Performance Studies: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Sensing Technologies: 0 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity: 0 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 0 fractional worksCounseling Practices and Supervision: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceSafety ResearchPolitical Science and International RelationsHistory5 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 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 1 works
  4. 4 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  5. 5 Mormonism, Religion, and History History 1 works
  6. 6 Theatre and Performance Studies Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0 works
  7. 7 Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies Instrumentation 0 works
  8. 8 Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity Ecology 0 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Counseling Practices and Supervision Social Psychology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wesley College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% 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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