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Willamette University

In research, Willamette University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,504 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#8,101 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,218 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations (Political Science and International Relations is 5.0× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#8,608
of 22,385 · #4,441 all time
Rank in United States
#1,157
of 3,332
Research works
2.3k
▼ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
32k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%

What is Willamette University 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 #4,504 of 9,585 10.3%152 #1664
Physical SciencesDomain #8,101 of 10,670 8.6%62 #5425
Social SciencesField #5,218 of 5,988 8.4%68 #2684

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Willamette University 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,664 #4,504
  2. Physical Sciences#5,425 #8,101
  3. Social Sciences#2,684 #5,218
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Willamette University work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Willamette University is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%), Arts and Humanities (9%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 166 fractional works · 59.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 75 fractional works · 26.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 26 fractional works · 9.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 21 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 26 fractional works · 9.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 24 fractional works · 8.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 22 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 6.8% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 68 fractional works · 24.3% of its workComputer Science: 24 fractional works · 8.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 9.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWillametteUniversity280fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences59%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7526.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting269.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities248.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance227.7%
    5. Psychology134.5%
    6. Decision Sciences72.3%
    1. Computer Science248.6%
    2. Engineering155.3%
    3. Environmental Science114.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy62.3%
    5. Mathematics41.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.1%
    7. Chemistry20.9%
    8. Materials Science10.4%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences124.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology93.2%
    3. Neuroscience51.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine113.8%
    2. Health Professions51.8%
    3. Dentistry20.8%
    4. Nursing10.4%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Willamette University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 20.6 works5.0×
← 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: 0.93× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.10× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.82× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.31× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.03× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.55× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.02× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.89× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.43× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.61× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.48× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.10× its world share, 74 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.61×22 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.02×24 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.89×26 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.43×7 works
  5. Social Sciences2.10×74 works
  6. Dentistry1.55×2 works
  7. Psychology1.48×13 works
  8. Mathematics1.31×4 works
  9. Computer Science1.10×24 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.03×6 works
  11. Neuroscience1.02×5 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.93×12 works
  13. Environmental Science0.82×12 works
  14. Nursing0.73×1 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.71×3 works
  16. Veterinary0.71×0 works
  17. Health Professions0.68×5 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×9 works
  19. Chemistry0.56×2 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.39×0 works
  21. Engineering0.35×15 works
  22. Medicine0.20×11 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.13×0 works
  24. Energy0.13×0 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.11×0 works
  26. Materials Science0.11×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Willamette University?

Ranked on the quality score, Gary Knight, Stuart Read and Peter Harmer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Willamette University.

  1. 1 Gary Knight United States · #109,332 worldwide 18k citations · 153 works
  2. 2 Stuart Read United States · #145,995 worldwide 7.2k citations · 81 works
  3. 3 Peter Harmer United States · #204,013 worldwide 8.6k citations · 121 works
  4. 4 Robert Wiltbank United States · #205,982 worldwide 5.1k citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Courtney Stevens United States · #284,770 worldwide 2.9k citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Melissa R. Witkow United States · #337,758 worldwide 2.5k citations · 64 works
  7. 7 Erik E. Noftle United States · #416,339 worldwide 3.5k citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Jeremy K. Miller United States · #602,861 worldwide 2k citations · 94 works
  9. 9 Andrew Philip Kach United States · #636,806 worldwide 1.4k citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Richard Watkins United States · #649,594 worldwide 5.5k citations · 80 works
All ranked researchers at Willamette University

What are the most cited papers from Willamette University?

The most cited paper from Willamette University is "THE NUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPIC TELESCOPE ARRAY ( NuSTAR ) HIGH-ENERGY X-RAY MISSION" (Fiona A. Harrison et al., 2013), with 2,299 citations. Next come "Neural Networks: Tricks of the Trade" (2,160) and "Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective" (1,993).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 THE NUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPIC TELESCOPE ARRAY ( NuSTAR ) HIGH-ENERGY X-RAY MISSION Fiona A. Harrison et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 30 May 2013 2,299
2 Neural Networks: Tricks of the Trade Montavon, Grégoire, Müller, Klaus-Robert, Orr, Geneviève B · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 2012 2,160
3 Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective Gregory N. Bratman et al. · Science Advances Open access 5 Jul 2019 1,993
4 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): The need to maintain regular physical activity while taking precautions Peijie Chen, Lijuan Mao, George P. Nassis et al. · Journal of sport and health science/Journal of Sport and Health Science Open access 5 Feb 2020 1,270
5 Efficient BackProp Yann LeCun, Léon Bottou, Genevieve Orr et al. · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 2012 1,246
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Willamette University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Globalization, Monetary Policy, Corporate Governance, Human Rights, Democracy, Identity and Gender.

▲ 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. Globalization17▲ 3.0×32 topics
  2. History12▲ 6.2×18 topics
  3. Human Rights12▲ 4.2×21 topics
  4. Corporate Governance11▲ 5.2×13 topics
  5. Monetary Policy10▲ 14×5 topics
  6. Identity9▲ 4.6×19 topics
  7. Democracy9▲ 9.1×9 topics
  8. Gender8▲ 5.6×18 topics
  9. Nationalism8▲ 6.1×8 topics
  10. Economic Development8▲ 3.3×10 topics
  11. Colonialism7▲ 5.0×13 topics
  12. Public Opinion7▲ 20×4 topics
  13. Culture6▲ 4.3×9 topics
  14. Feminism6▲ 7.4×9 topics
  15. Gender Differences6▲ 5.8×7 topics
  16. Social Justice6▲ 3.5×13 topics
  17. Literature6▲ 3.7×13 topics
  18. Multiculturalism6▲ 11×5 topics
  19. Learning Analytics6▲ 17×2 topics
  20. STEM Education6▲ 4.4×7 topics
  21. Religion6▲ 4.3×12 topics
  22. Market Competition5▲ 43×2 topics
  23. Federalism5▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Asset Pricing5▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Brain Activity5▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Environmental Law5▲ 8.3×2 topics
  27. Hypersonic Effect5▲ 120×1 topic
  28. Ultrasonic Perception5▲ 120×1 topic
  29. Venture Capital5▲ 69×2 topics
  30. Financial Analysis5▲ 15×1 topic
  31. Financial Crisis5▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Panel Data Models5▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Politics5▲ 6.2×8 topics
  34. International Trade4▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Criminal Justice4▲ 7.0×2 topics
  36. Globalisation4▲ 1258×1 topic
  37. Inequality4▲ 6.8×7 topics
  38. Market Integration4▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Political Philosophy4▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Sovereignty4▲ 16×5 topics

Which research topics does Willamette University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Human auditory perception and evaluation, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Diverse Specialized Academic Research and Teaching and Learning Programming.

  1. 1 Human auditory perception and evaluation Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  3. 3 Diverse Specialized Academic Research Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  4. 4 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 4 works
  5. 5 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  6. 6 Legal Systems and Judicial Processes Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  7. 7 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 2 works
  8. 8 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 2 works
  9. 9 Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  10. 10 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 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 available39.5%not open60.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.6%domestic only82.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Willamette University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Willamette University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Willamette University0.00099% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Willamette University 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Willamette University6.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.8% in 1990.

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