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Wesleyan University

In research, Wesleyan University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,565 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,389 of 6,365 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#646 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,525
of 28,054 · #1,546 all time
Rank in United States
#629
of 4,192
Research works
8.5k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
208k
24.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Wesleyan University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #1,565 of 10,521 18.7%413 #636
Social SciencesField #1,389 of 6,365 21.0%212 #807
Arts and HumanitiesField #646 of 1,998 15.1%112 #431
Physical SciencesDomain #4,327 of 12,888 10.9%195 #1506
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,383 of 2,578 19.8%78 #586
Life SciencesDomain #5,995 of 7,800 10.9%86 #2222

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wesleyan University 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#636 #1,565
  2. Social Sciences#807 #1,389
  3. Arts and Humanities#431 #646
  4. Physical Sciences#1,506 #4,327
  5. Sociology and Political Science#586 #1,383
  6. Life Sciences#2,222 #5,995
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 0.49× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.32× its world share, 52 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.31× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.91× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.49× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.90× its world share, 22 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 37 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.02× its world share, 26 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.90× its world share, 31 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.25× its world share, 112 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.89× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.93× its world share, 44 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 212 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wesleyan University?

Ranked on the composite score, Gary Yohe, W. W. Comfort and Ruth H. Striegel‐Moore lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wesleyan University.

  1. 1 Gary Yohe United States · #3,103 worldwide 2.1k citations · 72 works
  2. 2 W. W. Comfort United States · #38,193 worldwide 337 citations · 50 works
  3. 3 Ruth H. Striegel‐Moore United States · #46,767 worldwide 309 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Mark Slobin United States · #58,211 worldwide 69 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Basil J. Moore United States · #67,551 worldwide 245 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Lydia Goehr United States · #82,671 worldwide 91 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Joseph Rouse United States · #88,915 worldwide 125 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Dana L. Royer United States · #107,567 worldwide 428 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Hamidreza Ramezani United States · #111,944 worldwide 229 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Thornton Page United States · #121,282 worldwide 124 citations · 62 works
All ranked researchers at Wesleyan University

Which keywords describe research at Wesleyan University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Gender, Globalization, Identity, Colonialism, Nationalism, Culture and Ethics.

▲ 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. Globalization52▲ 3.6×63 topics
  2. Climate Change41▲ 2.1×61 topics
  3. History40▲ 7.7×29 topics
  4. Identity37▲ 6.9×40 topics
  5. Gender36▲ 9.1×32 topics
  6. Colonialism35▲ 9.9×29 topics
  7. Culture30▲ 7.8×19 topics
  8. Nationalism30▲ 8.9×24 topics
  9. Literature27▲ 6.7×28 topics
  10. Ethics26▲ 7.3×24 topics
  11. Religion24▲ 7.0×20 topics
  12. Human Rights24▲ 3.1×29 topics
  13. Philosophy21▲ 6.4×16 topics
  14. Society21▲ 15×11 topics
  15. Innovation17▲ 2.2×15 topics
  16. Feminism16▲ 7.6×16 topics
  17. Politics14▲ 7.0×14 topics
  18. Migration14▲ 5.5×16 topics
  19. Political Economy13▲ 6.8×12 topics
  20. Democracy13▲ 4.8×12 topics
  21. Neoliberalism12▲ 4.7×15 topics
  22. Global Governance12▲ 7.4×11 topics
  23. Social Justice12▲ 2.8×23 topics
  24. Cultural Studies12▲ 4.2×12 topics
  25. Regulation12▲ 2.9×12 topics
  26. Race11▲ 14×13 topics
  27. International Relations11▲ 6.1×14 topics
  28. Economy9▲ 16×4 topics
  29. Medicine9▲ 14×6 topics
  30. Science9▲ 4.8×7 topics
  31. Environmental Ethics9▲ 19×5 topics
  32. Transition9▲ 13×5 topics
  33. Public Perception8▲ 8.6×3 topics
  34. Christianity8▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Religious Identity8▲ 17×5 topics
  36. Public Opinion8▲ 8.5×4 topics
  37. Capitalism8▲ 16×4 topics
  38. Genetic Code8▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Empathy7▲ 8.8×6 topics
  40. Postcolonialism7▲ 7.8×11 topics

Which research topics does Wesleyan University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis, Early Modern Spanish Literature, Chinese history and philosophy and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms.

Historical Studies and S…6Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 6 fractional worksEarly Modern Spanish Lit…6Early Modern Spanish Literature: 6 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 5 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 5 fractional worksVietnamese History and Culture Studies: 4 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dynamics: 4 fractional worksRussia and Soviet political economy: 4 fractional worksPhilosophical Ethics and…4Philosophical Ethics and Theory: 4 fractional worksGeographies of human-animal interactions: 4 fractional worksInternational Relations and Foreign Policy: 4 fractional works
History and Philosophy of ScienceLiterature and Literary TheorySociology and Political ScienceMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 6 works
  2. 2 Early Modern Spanish Literature Literature and Literary Theory 6 works
  3. 3 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  4. 4 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 5 works
  5. 5 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  6. 6 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 4 works
  7. 7 Russia and Soviet political economy Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  8. 8 Philosophical Ethics and Theory Philosophy 4 works
  9. 9 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 4 works
  10. 10 International Relations and Foreign Policy Political Science and International Relations 4 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 available27.4%not open72.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.6%domestic only92.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wesleyan University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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