Question 1

What is Whitman College known for?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 2

How does Whitman College rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Whitman College ranks #15,631 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#5,754 all time), and #2,245 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Whitman College?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Whitman College?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does Whitman College publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Whitman College?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Whitman College work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is Whitman College's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower than in 2018-2021.