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Wheelock College

In research, Wheelock College stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,444 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychology and Education — Psychology is 8.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,473
of 28,054 · #26,366 all time
Rank in United States
#2,505
of 4,192
Research works
420
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.5k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
38.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Wheelock College 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 #4,444 of 10,521 42.6%71 #5708

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

What does Wheelock College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychology takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PsychologyField · 24.2 works8.9×
  2. EducationSubfield · 22.9 works8.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.30× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.18× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.97× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 8.94× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.52× its world share, 40 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wheelock College?

Ranked on the composite score, Megina Baker, Eric Kline Silverman and Winifred E. Bain lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wheelock College.

  1. 1 Megina Baker United States · #462,563 worldwide 9 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Eric Kline Silverman United States · #478,454 worldwide 44 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Winifred E. Bain United States · #1,239,750 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Wheelock College

Which keywords describe research at Wheelock College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Child Development, Self-Regulation, Academic Achievement, Education, Well-being, Technology Integration and Educational Technology.

▲ 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. Mental Health9▲ 7.0×23 topics
  2. Education6▲ 4.2×13 topics
  3. Child Development5▲ 15×5 topics
  4. Self-Regulation5▲ 34×4 topics
  5. Academic Achievement5▲ 34×8 topics
  6. Globalization5▲ 2.7×12 topics
  7. Educational Technology4▲ 4.3×8 topics
  8. Well-being4▲ 12×8 topics
  9. Technology Integration4▲ 14×6 topics
  10. Higher Education3▲ 7.0×8 topics
  11. Early Childhood Education3▲ 44×2 topics
  12. Parental Involvement3▲ 19×3 topics
  13. Reflective Practice3▲ 19×5 topics
  14. School Engagement3▲ 75×1 topic
  15. Student-Teacher Relationships3▲ 75×1 topic
  16. Language Policy3▲ 24×2 topics
  17. Multilingualism3▲ 20×2 topics
  18. STEM Education3▲ 7.4×4 topics
  19. Teacher Professional Development3▲ 20×2 topics
  20. Student Engagement3▲ 7.7×9 topics
  21. Teacher Preparation3▲ 45×3 topics
  22. Language Development3▲ 25×4 topics
  23. Social Interaction3▲ 7.6×6 topics
  24. Student Achievement3▲ 35×4 topics
  25. Academic Performance2▲ 33×2 topics
  26. Emotion Regulation2▲ 9.0×4 topics
  27. Professional Development2▲ 14×7 topics
  28. Resilience2▲ 5.8×7 topics
  29. Acculturation2▲ 35×2 topics
  30. Professional Learning Communities2▲ 59×2 topics
  31. Special Education2▲ 46×4 topics
  32. Adolescents2▲ 7.0×5 topics
  33. Student Perceptions2▲ 14×6 topics
  34. Cognitive Development2▲ 20×5 topics
  35. Family Engagement2▲ 61×2 topics
  36. Metacognition2▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Qualitative Research Methods2▲ 66×1 topic
  38. Socioeconomic Factors2▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Teacher Identity2▲ 68×1 topic
  40. Sociolinguistics2▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Wheelock College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Early Childhood Education and Development, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Parental Involvement in Education and Multilingual Education and Policy.

Early Childhood Educatio…3Early Childhood Education and Development: 3 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…2Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 2 fractional worksParental Involvement in Education: 2 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 2 fractional worksScience Education and Pedagogy: 2 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 2 fractional worksRacial and Ethnic Identity Research: 2 fractional worksMotivation and Self-Conc…2Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports: 2 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 2 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 2 fractional works
EducationLinguistics and LanguageDevelopmental and Educational PsychologySociology and Political Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 3 works
  2. 2 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 2 works
  3. 3 Parental Involvement in Education Education 2 works
  4. 4 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 2 works
  5. 5 Science Education and Pedagogy Education 2 works
  6. 6 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Racial and Ethnic Identity Research Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Social Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 2 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 available23.1%not open76.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wheelock College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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