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Westminster College - Pennsylvania

In research, Westminster College - Pennsylvania stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,322 of 16,945 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,567 of 10,206 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#1,787 of 3,836 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,427
of 28,054 · #17,552 all time
Rank in United States
#3,833
of 4,192
Research works
909
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.5k
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
18%
world 28%

What is Westminster College - Pennsylvania 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 #3,322 of 16,945 16.1%617
Social SciencesField #2,567 of 10,206 17.2%326
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,787 of 3,836 14.1%174
Physical SciencesDomain #20,279 of 21,541 8.7%155

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Westminster College - Pennsylvania 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: 1.46× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.23× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.71× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 6.56× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 2.37× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.64× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Westminster College - Pennsylvania?

Ranked on the composite score, Lewis Fry Richardson, Russell E. Martin and Phyllis Bird lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Westminster College - Pennsylvania.

  1. 1 Lewis Fry Richardson United States · #78,475 worldwide 366 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Russell E. Martin United States · #471,842 worldwide 3 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Phyllis Bird United States · #515,801 worldwide 16 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Vern G. Williamsen United States · #633,560 worldwide 6 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Bryan Rennie United States · #683,265 worldwide 6 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Peter M. Smith United States · #824,313 worldwide 45 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Richard Badenhausen United States · #1,081,264 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Westminster College - Pennsylvania

Which keywords describe research at Westminster College - Pennsylvania?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Identity, Nationalism, Religion, Philosophy, Social Movements, Public Opinion, Globalization 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. Globalization4▲ 2.8×11 topics
  2. Cultural Identity3▲ 9.0×6 topics
  3. Sustainability3▲ 1.86×7 topics
  4. Nationalism3▲ 9.7×6 topics
  5. Religion3▲ 9.0×7 topics
  6. Philosophy3▲ 9.0×6 topics
  7. Social Movements3▲ 13×3 topics
  8. Public Opinion3▲ 29×3 topics
  9. Ethics3▲ 7.3×6 topics
  10. Literature2▲ 5.9×7 topics
  11. Democracy2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  12. Economic Policy2▲ 62×2 topics
  13. Identity2▲ 4.0×5 topics
  14. Religious Identity2▲ 44×3 topics
  15. Feminism2▲ 9.0×5 topics
  16. History2▲ 3.7×6 topics
  17. Memory2▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Youth2▲ 19×4 topics
  19. Secularism2▲ 22×2 topics
  20. Emotion2▲ 10×4 topics
  21. Prefrontal Cortex2▲ 26×3 topics
  22. Cell Cycle2▲ 62×2 topics
  23. Cultural Studies2▲ 5.3×3 topics
  24. Narrative2▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Reformation2▲ 68×2 topics
  26. Social History2▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Mutation1▲ 10×2 topics
  28. Cold War1▲ 28×2 topics
  29. Counterculture1▲ 142×2 topics
  30. Criminal Justice1▲ 8.1×2 topics
  31. Empirical Analysis1▲ 80×1 topic
  32. Global Governance1▲ 7.9×2 topics
  33. Pilgrimage1▲ 95×1 topic
  34. Political Science1▲ 56×1 topic
  35. Religious Tourism1▲ 95×1 topic
  36. Calvinism1▲ 65×1 topic
  37. Ethnography1▲ 9.1×3 topics
  38. Nuclear Pore Complex1▲ 154×1 topic
  39. Nucleocytoplasmic Transport1▲ 154×1 topic
  40. Religious Controversy1▲ 65×1 topic

Which research topics does Westminster College - Pennsylvania publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Religious Tourism and Spaces, Nuclear Structure and Function and Reformation and Early Modern Christianity.

Electoral Systems and Po…1Electoral Systems and Political Participation: 1 fractional worksReligious Tourism and Sp…1Religious Tourism and Spaces: 1 fractional worksNuclear Structure and Function: 1 fractional worksReformation and Early Mo…1Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …1SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 1 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 1 fractional worksInternational Relations …1International Relations and Foreign Policy: 1 fractional worksPolitical and Economic history of UK and US: 1 fractional worksQ Methodology Applications: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsGeography, Planning and DevelopmentMolecular BiologyHistory3 others

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

  1. 1 Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  2. 2 Religious Tourism and Spaces Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  3. 3 Nuclear Structure and Function Molecular Biology 1 works
  4. 4 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 1 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 International Relations and Foreign Policy Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Political and Economic history of UK and US Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 Q Methodology Applications Management Science and Operations Research 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 available17.5%not open82.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Westminster College - Pennsylvania's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.