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Whitman College

In research, Whitman College stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,608 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,296 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,631
of 22,385 · #5,754 all time
Rank in United States
#2,245
of 3,332
Research works
1.7k
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
28k
16.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Whitman College

What is Whitman College known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #8,608 of 9,585 7.2%92 #3299
Physical SciencesDomain #10,296 of 10,670 7.5%79 #5677

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

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Whitman College is in Social Sciences, 37% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Arts and Humanities (14%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 108 fractional works · 46.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 55 fractional works · 23.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 21 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 33 fractional works · 14.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 4.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 88 fractional works · 37.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 17 fractional works · 7.2% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 6.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 26 fractional works · 11.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKWhitman College234fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences46%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5523.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities3314.2%
    3. Psychology104.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance52.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting41.5%
    6. Decision Sciences20.7%
    1. Environmental Science208.5%
    2. Mathematics177.2%
    3. Computer Science166.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences146.1%
    5. Engineering93.8%
    6. Physics and Astronomy83.2%
    7. Materials Science20.9%
    8. Chemistry20.9%
    9. Energy00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology104.3%
    2. Neuroscience83.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences83.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine104.1%
    2. Health Professions20.8%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
    4. Nursing00.0%
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: 0.68× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.21× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.88× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.86× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.70× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 6.08× its world share, 17 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.44× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.91× its world share, 33 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.41× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.86× its world share, 55 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics6.08×17 works
  2. Arts and Humanities4.91×33 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.86×14 works
  4. Neuroscience2.21×8 works
  5. Social Sciences1.86×55 works
  6. Environmental Science1.70×20 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.44×8 works
  8. Psychology1.41×10 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.99×5 works
  10. Computer Science0.88×16 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.80×10 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.76×2 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.68×8 works
  14. Chemistry0.55×2 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×4 works
  16. Veterinary0.35×0 works
  17. Health Professions0.30×2 works
  18. Materials Science0.27×2 works
  19. Engineering0.25×9 works
  20. Medicine0.21×10 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.20×0 works
  22. Energy0.19×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.15×0 works
  24. Nursing0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Whitman College?

Ranked on the quality score, Timothy Parker, Erin E. Pahlke and Alissa Cordner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Whitman College.

  1. 1 Timothy Parker United States · #330,992 worldwide 7.9k citations · 296 works
  2. 2 Erin E. Pahlke United States · #381,515 worldwide 2.2k citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Alissa Cordner United States · #457,974 worldwide 1.9k citations · 85 works
  4. 4 Moira I. Gresham United States · #535,695 worldwide 1.4k citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Paul H. Yancey United States · #547,009 worldwide 11k citations · 102 works
  6. 6 Heidi E. M. Dobson United States · #644,312 worldwide 1.9k citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Gary Orin Rollefson United States · #651,363 worldwide 4k citations · 101 works
  8. 8 Melissa Wechsler Clearfield United States · #684,929 worldwide 2.1k citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Ginger S. Withers United States · #1,024,403 worldwide 2.4k citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Daniel M. Vernon United States · #1,029,637 worldwide 1.7k citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Whitman College

What are the most cited papers from Whitman College?

The most cited paper from Whitman College is "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger" (B. P. Abbott et al., 2016), with 14,545 citations. Next come "GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral" (9,794) and "GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs" (3,658).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,011 authors 11 Feb 2016 14,545
2 GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,124 authors 16 Oct 2017 9,794
3 GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review X Open access1,149 authors 4 Sep 2019 3,658
4 Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A B. P. Abbott et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access1,154 authors 16 Oct 2017 3,599
5 GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access977 authors 15 Jun 2016 3,514
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Whitman College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Colonialism, Gender, Religion, History, Literature, Nationalism and Culture.

▲ 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-now 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. Climate Change18▲ 2.9×34 topics
  2. Colonialism10▲ 9.2×17 topics
  3. History10▲ 6.2×13 topics
  4. Gender10▲ 7.8×15 topics
  5. Globalization10▲ 2.1×24 topics
  6. Literature9▲ 7.2×14 topics
  7. Religion9▲ 8.5×13 topics
  8. Identity8▲ 4.9×17 topics
  9. Culture8▲ 6.5×11 topics
  10. Nationalism8▲ 7.3×12 topics
  11. Feminism7▲ 10×14 topics
  12. Education7▲ 1.72×15 topics
  13. Ethics7▲ 5.8×15 topics
  14. Remote Sensing7▲ 2.3×10 topics
  15. Philosophy6▲ 6.3×9 topics
  16. Society6▲ 14×7 topics
  17. Holocene5▲ 19×2 topics
  18. Paleoclimatology5▲ 26×2 topics
  19. Solar Influence5▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Glacial Cycles5▲ 31×1 topic
  21. Monsoon Dynamics5▲ 31×1 topic
  22. Neoliberalism4▲ 5.3×11 topics
  23. Democracy4▲ 5.1×10 topics
  24. Regulation4▲ 3.4×8 topics
  25. Politics4▲ 6.3×6 topics
  26. Art4▲ 17×6 topics
  27. Urban Development4▲ 4.5×4 topics
  28. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 6.4×3 topics
  29. Armendariz Rings4▲ 126×1 topic
  30. Zero-Divisor Graphs4▲ 126×1 topic
  31. Cultural History3▲ 12×8 topics
  32. Empathy3▲ 12×5 topics
  33. Race3▲ 11×6 topics
  34. Sediment Transport3▲ 7.9×3 topics
  35. Theology3▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Media3▲ 8.1×5 topics
  37. Model Theory3▲ 125×1 topic
  38. Synchronization3▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Topological Dynamics3▲ 125×1 topic
  40. Modernism3▲ 54×2 topics

Which research topics does Whitman College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Rings, Modules, and Algebras, Advanced Topology and Set Theory and Chinese history and philosophy.

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 5 fractional worksRings, Modules, and Algebras: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Topology and Se…3Advanced Topology and Set Theory: 3 fractional worksChinese history and phil…2Chinese history and philosophy: 2 fractional worksExperimental Learning in Engineering: 2 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 2 fractional worksMusic Technology and Sou…2Music Technology and Sound Studies: 2 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 2 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 2 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity M…2Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 2 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceAlgebra and Number TheoryGeometry and TopologySociology and Political Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 5 works
  2. 2 Rings, Modules, and Algebras Algebra and Number Theory 4 works
  3. 3 Advanced Topology and Set Theory Geometry and Topology 3 works
  4. 4 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 2 works
  6. 6 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  7. 7 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  8. 8 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 2 works
  9. 9 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 2 works
  10. 10 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 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 available23.0%not open77.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.4%domestic only91.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Whitman College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% 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 Whitman College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Whitman College0.00079% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Whitman College6.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.6% in 2006.

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