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Whittier College

In research, Whittier College stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,879 of 20,462 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,236 of 16,945 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,106 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,842
of 28,054 · #12,144 all time
Rank in United States
#1,933
of 4,192
Research works
1.4k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is Whittier College 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,879 of 20,462 9.0%201
Social SciencesDomain #6,236 of 16,945 13.4%719
MedicineField #9,106 of 17,978 9.6%146
Physical SciencesDomain #11,040 of 21,541 10.3%288
Social SciencesField #6,142 of 10,206 14.5%424
Life SciencesDomain #10,025 of 14,347 14.1%143
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #3,676 of 4,340 12.2%137

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

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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.48× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.42× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.54× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.93× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.18× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.24× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.00× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.01× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Whittier College?

Ranked on the composite score, John A. Schutz, B. G. Piner and Robert B. Marks lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Whittier College.

  1. 1 John A. Schutz United States · #61,953 worldwide 87 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 B. G. Piner United States · #360,904 worldwide 142 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Robert B. Marks United States · #399,050 worldwide 18 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Stephen R. Goldberg United States · #492,214 worldwide 380 citations · 127 works
  5. 5 J. William Robinson United States · #771,310 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 I. Nelson Rose United States · #799,159 worldwide 43 citations · 101 works
  7. 7 Marilyn E. Tennyson United States · #858,578 worldwide 36 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Joyce P. Kaufman United States · #951,123 worldwide 7 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 William Wesley Patton United States · #1,076,062 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 E. A. McGregor United States · #1,081,883 worldwide 23 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Whittier College

Which keywords describe research at Whittier College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Labor Market, Intersectionality, Feminism, History, Globalization, Literature and Equality.

▲ 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. Gender7▲ 18×12 topics
  2. Globalization5▲ 3.2×11 topics
  3. Labor Market4▲ 18×3 topics
  4. History3▲ 6.5×6 topics
  5. Intersectionality3▲ 25×6 topics
  6. Feminism3▲ 15×5 topics
  7. Human Rights3▲ 3.9×5 topics
  8. Literature3▲ 7.2×6 topics
  9. Equality2▲ 55×3 topics
  10. Global Governance2▲ 14×3 topics
  11. Identity2▲ 4.4×6 topics
  12. International Law2▲ 10×2 topics
  13. Race2▲ 29×4 topics
  14. Attachment2▲ 33×2 topics
  15. Marital Quality2▲ 100×1 topic
  16. Nationalism2▲ 5.9×3 topics
  17. Relationships2▲ 69×1 topic
  18. Ethics2▲ 5.4×5 topics
  19. Adaptation2▲ 8.5×4 topics
  20. Discrimination2▲ 13×2 topics
  21. Colonialism2▲ 4.8×4 topics
  22. Ethnic2▲ 116×1 topic
  23. Field Experiment2▲ 364×1 topic
  24. Power2▲ 32×2 topics
  25. Neoliberalism2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  26. Conservation2▲ 4.9×5 topics
  27. Technological Change2▲ 52×1 topic
  28. Wage Inequality2▲ 115×1 topic
  29. American founding1▲ 59×1 topic
  30. Constitutional government1▲ 59×1 topic
  31. Cosmopolitanism1▲ 17×1 topic
  32. Global Justice1▲ 88×1 topic
  33. Recycling1▲ 4.8×2 topics
  34. Waste Management1▲ 4.5×2 topics
  35. Norms1▲ 41×2 topics
  36. Transfer Learning1▲ 8.3×2 topics
  37. Psychology1▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Advertising1▲ 33×2 topics
  39. Black Liberation Theology1▲ 333×1 topic
  40. Chest X-Ray1▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Whittier College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Attachment and Relationship Dynamics, Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research, Labor market dynamics and wage inequality and American Constitutional Law and Politics.

Attachment and Relations…2Attachment and Relationship Dynamics: 2 fractional worksNames, Identity, and Dis…2Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research: 2 fractional worksLabor market dynamics an…2Labor market dynamics and wage inequality: 2 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …1American Constitutional Law and Politics: 1 fractional worksPolitical Philosophy and Ethics: 1 fractional worksDiscrimination and Equality Law: 1 fractional worksTheological Perspectives…1Theological Perspectives and Practices: 1 fractional worksAcademic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology: 1 fractional worksInternational Relations and Foreign Policy: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 diagnosis using…1COVID-19 diagnosis using AI: 1 fractional works
Social PsychologySociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsPolitical Science and International Relations3 others

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

  1. 1 Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Social Psychology 2 works
  2. 2 Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Labor market dynamics and wage inequality Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  4. 4 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  5. 5 Political Philosophy and Ethics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 Discrimination and Equality Law Law 1 works
  7. 7 Theological Perspectives and Practices Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology General Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 International Relations and Foreign Policy Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 diagnosis using AI Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available22.3%not open77.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.4%domestic only94.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Whittier College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower 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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