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Wesleyan College

In research, Wesleyan College stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,080 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#28,758
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,052
of 7,310
Research works
199
▼ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3k
6.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Wesleyan College

What is Wesleyan 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 #11,080 of 14,833 8.5%134

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

In all years, 67% of research at Wesleyan College is in Social Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Arts and Humanities (21%), Psychology (7%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 134 fractional works · 67.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 63 fractional works · 31.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 24 fractional works · 12.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 16 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 41 fractional works · 20.8% of its workPhilosophy: 9 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHistory: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workReligious studies: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 17.5% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 10.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKWesleyan College199fractional works, all years
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences67%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6331.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities4120.8%
    3. Psychology157.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting73.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance63.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Engineering94.4%
    2. Environmental Science94.4%
    3. Computer Science83.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy42.0%
    5. Chemistry31.6%
    6. Mathematics21.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences83.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.3%
    3. Neuroscience63.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine73.3%
    2. Health Professions31.3%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
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: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Neuroscience: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.20× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 10.10× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.26× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.52× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities10.10×5 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.26×2 works
  3. Social Sciences2.52×6 works
  4. Environmental Science2.20×2 works
  5. Neuroscience1.40×0 works
  6. Psychology1.08×1 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.77×1 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×0 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.39×0 works
  10. Medicine0.31×1 works
  11. Computer Science0.08×0 works
  12. Engineering0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Wesleyan College?

Ranked on the quality score, Joseph B. James, Henry Chandlee Forman and Walter Miller lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wesleyan College.

  1. 1 Joseph B. James United States · #1,276,397 worldwide 65 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Henry Chandlee Forman United States · #2,421,392 worldwide 76 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Walter Miller United States · #2,897,884 worldwide 33 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Brandi Simpson Miller United States · #3,246,450 worldwide 31 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Ronald D. Reed United States · #4,347,756 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Martin LaBar United States · #4,386,497 worldwide 185 citations · 44 works
  7. 7 Leon O. Hynson United States · #4,712,959 worldwide 17 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Wesleyan College

What are the most cited papers from Wesleyan College?

The most cited paper from Wesleyan College is "Iron oxyhydroxide mineralization on microbial extracellular polysaccharides" (Clara S. Chan, Sirine C. Fakra, David C. Edwards et al., 2009), with 392 citations. Next come "To which world regions does the valence–dominance model of social perception apply?" (212) and "Characterization and use of EBT radiochromic film for IMRT dose verification" (172).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Iron oxyhydroxide mineralization on microbial extracellular polysaccharides Clara S. Chan, Sirine C. Fakra, David C. Edwards et al. · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 7 Apr 2009 392
2 To which world regions does the valence–dominance model of social perception apply? Benedict Christopher Jones et al. · Nature Human Behaviour Open access241 authors 4 Jan 2021 212
3 Characterization and use of EBT radiochromic film for IMRT dose verification Omar A. Zeidan, Stacy Ann L. Stephenson, Sanford L. Meeks et al. · Medical Physics 16 Oct 2006 172
4 Treatment of insomnia in cancer patients using muscle relaxation training James P. Cannici, Robert J Malcolm, Leon A. Peek · Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry Open access Sep 1983 101
5 Changes in intestinal Toll-like receptors and cytokines precede histological injury in a rat model of necrotizing enterocolitis Yuying Liu, Limin Zhu, Nicole Y. Fatheree et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology Open access 16 Jul 2009 98
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Wesleyan College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Nationalism, Identity, History, Religion, Public Opinion, Political Philosophy and American founding.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Globalization22▲ 6.0×33 topics
  2. Nationalism18▲ 16×15 topics
  3. Identity15▲ 9.8×24 topics
  4. History12▲ 7.5×20 topics
  5. Religion12▲ 9.9×18 topics
  6. Public Opinion10▲ 27×3 topics
  7. Political Philosophy10▲ 47×2 topics
  8. Sustainability10▲ 2.7×13 topics
  9. American founding9▲ 64×1 topic
  10. Constitutional government9▲ 64×1 topic
  11. Philosophy9▲ 9.9×11 topics
  12. Colonialism8▲ 8.2×11 topics
  13. Gender8▲ 7.2×17 topics
  14. Education8▲ 3.0×15 topics
  15. Ethics8▲ 8.2×15 topics
  16. Literature8▲ 7.8×13 topics
  17. Culture6▲ 6.4×10 topics
  18. Democracy6▲ 8.4×7 topics
  19. Social Justice6▲ 6.0×12 topics
  20. News Media5▲ 67×2 topics
  21. Theology5▲ 22×2 topics
  22. Feminism5▲ 8.8×7 topics
  23. Mediatization5▲ 51×2 topics
  24. Political Communication5▲ 52×2 topics
  25. Biblical Monotheism4▲ 55×1 topic
  26. Jewish Society4▲ 55×1 topic
  27. Agenda Setting4▲ 68×1 topic
  28. Media Framing4▲ 68×1 topic
  29. National Identity4▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Race4▲ 14×8 topics
  31. Ethnicity4▲ 6.0×5 topics
  32. Cultural History3▲ 12×5 topics
  33. Memory3▲ 6.3×5 topics
  34. Political Economy3▲ 6.4×6 topics
  35. Global Governance3▲ 7.4×3 topics
  36. Psychology3▲ 12×7 topics
  37. Imperialism3▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Secularism3▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Science3▲ 7.9×5 topics
  40. Australian history3▲ 69×1 topic

Which research topics does Wesleyan College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: History of Science and Medicine, Political Conflict and Governance, HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses and Musicians’ Health and Performance.

History of Science and M…1History of Science and Medicine: 1 fractional worksPolitical Conflict and G…1Political Conflict and Governance: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 1 fractional worksMusicians’ Health and Pe…1Musicians’ Health and Performance: 1 fractional worksAmerican Environmental a…1American Environmental and Regional History: 1 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 1 fractional worksCultural Industries and Urban Development: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 1 fractional worksArt History and Market Analysis: 0 fractional worksMulticultural Socio-Legal Studies: 0 fractional works
History and Philosophy of ScienceSociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsRehabilitation3 others

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

  1. 1 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  2. 2 Political Conflict and Governance Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  4. 4 Musicians’ Health and Performance Rehabilitation 1 works
  5. 5 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  6. 6 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 1 works
  8. 8 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  9. 9 Art History and Market Analysis Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0 works
  10. 10 Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies 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 available16.4%not open83.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.7%domestic only96.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wesleyan College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Wesleyan College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000073% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Wesleyan College0.000051% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Wesleyan College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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