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Westminster Seminary California

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Research works
62
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
205
3.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Westminster Seminary California is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Who are the top researchers at Westminster Seminary California?

Ranked on the composite score, David VanDrunen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Westminster Seminary California.

  1. 1 David VanDrunen United States · #616,030 worldwide 19 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Westminster Seminary California

Which keywords describe research at Westminster Seminary California?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Theology, Reformation, Cultural Identity, Church History, Nationalism, Early Modern Europe, Calvinism and Religious Controversy.

▲ 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. Theology16▲ 213×3 topics
  2. Reformation11▲ 400×2 topics
  3. Cultural Identity11▲ 41×3 topics
  4. Church History11▲ 281×2 topics
  5. Nationalism10▲ 29×4 topics
  6. Early Modern Europe10▲ 414×2 topics
  7. Calvinism10▲ 409×1 topic
  8. Religious Controversy10▲ 409×1 topic
  9. Political Philosophy9▲ 141×2 topics
  10. American founding9▲ 191×1 topic
  11. Constitutional government9▲ 191×1 topic
  12. Religion7▲ 20×9 topics
  13. Globalization6▲ 5.2×6 topics
  14. Biblical Monotheism5▲ 204×1 topic
  15. Human Rights5▲ 9.6×5 topics
  16. Jewish Society5▲ 204×1 topic
  17. Social Justice4▲ 14×4 topics
  18. Gender4▲ 11×5 topics
  19. Divine Providence3▲ 287×2 topics
  20. Ethnicity3▲ 18×2 topics
  21. African Christianity3▲ 190×2 topics
  22. Multiculturalism3▲ 31×1 topic
  23. Socio-Legal Studies3▲ 579×1 topic
  24. Civil Society3▲ 44×3 topics
  25. History2▲ 5.0×7 topics
  26. Social Change2▲ 31×4 topics
  27. Global Christianity2▲ 218×1 topic
  28. Legal History2▲ 90×3 topics
  29. Short-Term Missions2▲ 218×1 topic
  30. Philosophy2▲ 7.6×5 topics
  31. Literature2▲ 6.7×6 topics
  32. Christian-Muslim Relations2▲ 119×1 topic
  33. Development2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  34. Gospel Translation2▲ 140×1 topic
  35. Metaphysics2▲ 55×2 topics
  36. Virtue Ethics2▲ 136×2 topics
  37. Cultural History2▲ 21×5 topics
  38. Aquinas2▲ 399×1 topic
  39. Boethius2▲ 399×1 topic
  40. Problem of Evil2▲ 224×1 topic

Which research topics does Westminster Seminary California publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: American Constitutional Law and Politics, Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Historical and Linguistic Studies and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics.

American Constitutional …2American Constitutional Law and Politics: 2 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Linguistic Studies: 1 fractional worksEpistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics: 0 fractional worksHistorical Philosophy and Science: 0 fractional worksTheology and Canon Law Studies: 0 fractional worksKarl Barth and Christian Theology: 0 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 0 fractional worksHistorical Legal Studies and Society: 0 fractional worksAugustinian Studies and Theology: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsReligious studiesSociology and Political SciencePhilosophy1 others

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

  1. 1 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  2. 2 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 1 works
  3. 3 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics Philosophy 0 works
  5. 5 Historical Philosophy and Science History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  6. 6 Theology and Canon Law Studies Religious studies 0 works
  7. 7 Karl Barth and Christian Theology Philosophy 0 works
  8. 8 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Historical Legal Studies and Society Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  10. 10 Augustinian Studies and Theology Philosophy 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 available16.2%not open83.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors0.5%domestic only99.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Westminster Seminary California's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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