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William P. Wharton Trust

In research, William P. Wharton Trust stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,599 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting (Business, Management and Accounting is 8.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,993
of 22,385 · #4,889 all time
Rank in United States
#1,077
of 3,332
Research works
644
▲ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
27k
42.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.17×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
William P. Wharton Trust

What is William P. Wharton Trust 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 #3,599 of 9,585 17.3%108 #2673

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where William P. Wharton Trust 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 William P. Wharton Trust work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at William P. Wharton Trust is in Social Sciences, 10% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (26%), Social Sciences (23%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (15%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 112 fractional works · 77.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 38 fractional works · 26.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 12 fractional works · 8.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 5.8% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 22.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 9.6% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 21 fractional works · 14.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 14 fractional works · 9.5% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 6.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 10.0% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 8.9% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWilliam P.Wharton Trust144fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences77%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting3826.3%
    2. Social Sciences3222.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2114.9%
    4. Psychology107.0%
    5. Decision Sciences96.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    1. Computer Science64.2%
    2. Engineering53.6%
    3. Environmental Science21.6%
    4. Mathematics00.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    6. Energy00.1%
    1. Health Professions74.6%
    2. Medicine64.1%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Neuroscience31.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does William P. Wharton Trust specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 8.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 37.9 works8.2×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.17× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.73× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8.16× its world share, 38 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 6.26× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.96× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.29× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting8.16×38 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6.96×22 works
  3. Decision Sciences6.26×9 works
  4. Psychology2.29×10 works
  5. Social Sciences1.78×32 works
  6. Health Professions1.73×7 works
  7. Neuroscience1.17×3 works
  8. Computer Science0.54×6 works
  9. Nursing0.43×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.31×2 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.29×2 works
  12. Engineering0.24×5 works
  13. Mathematics0.24×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.22×1 works
  15. Medicine0.21×6 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.17×0 works
  17. Energy0.13×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at William P. Wharton Trust?

Ranked on the quality score, Andrew M. Carton, Aline Gatignon and Karren Kimberly Knowlton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is William P. Wharton Trust.

  1. 1 Andrew M. Carton United States · #125,275 worldwide 2.3k citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Aline Gatignon United States · #583,822 worldwide 448 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Karren Kimberly Knowlton United States · #1,148,377 worldwide 423 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Saerom Lee United States · #1,397,294 worldwide 595 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Samuel E. Skowronek United States · #1,733,477 worldwide 139 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Rachel D. Arnett United States · #1,876,065 worldwide 80 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at William P. Wharton Trust

What are the most cited papers from William P. Wharton Trust?

The most cited paper from William P. Wharton Trust is "Why Differences Make a Difference: A Field Study of Diversity, Conflict and Performance in Workgroups" (Karen A. Jehn, Gregory B. Northcraft, Margaret A. Neale, 1999), with 3,403 citations. Next come "Enriching or Depleting? The Dynamics of Engagement in Work and Family Roles" (1,878) and "Experience-weighted Attraction Learning in Normal Form Games" (1,547).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Why Differences Make a Difference: A Field Study of Diversity, Conflict and Performance in Workgroups Karen A. Jehn, Gregory B. Northcraft, Margaret A. Neale · Administrative Science Quarterly Dec 1999 3,403
2 Enriching or Depleting? The Dynamics of Engagement in Work and Family Roles Nancy P. Rothbard · Administrative Science Quarterly Open access Dec 2001 1,878
3 Experience-weighted Attraction Learning in Normal Form Games Colin F. Camerer, Teck‐Hua Ho · Econometrica Jul 1999 1,547
4 Artificial Intelligence in Human Resources Management: Challenges and a Path Forward Prasanna B. Tambe, Peter H. Cappelli, Valery Yakubovich · California Management Review Aug 2019 1,530
5 The growth of patenting and licensing by U.S. universities: an assessment of the effects of the Bayh–Dole act of 1980 David C. Mowery, Richard R. Nelson, Bhaven N. Sampat et al. · Research Policy 2001 1,441
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at William P. Wharton Trust?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Social Capital, Leadership, Innovation, Institutional Theory, Market Dynamics, Gender Differences and Organizational Change.

▲ 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. Corporate Governance12▲ 11×12 topics
  2. Social Capital11▲ 15×12 topics
  3. Leadership9▲ 13×11 topics
  4. Innovation8▲ 5.7×16 topics
  5. Sustainability7▲ 1.93×14 topics
  6. Institutional Theory7▲ 45×2 topics
  7. Market Dynamics6▲ 54×2 topics
  8. Gender Differences6▲ 11×4 topics
  9. Economic Growth6▲ 4.9×13 topics
  10. Organizational Change6▲ 51×4 topics
  11. Professionalism6▲ 24×3 topics
  12. Institutional Entrepreneurship5▲ 139×1 topic
  13. Sensemaking5▲ 139×1 topic
  14. Economic Development5▲ 4.6×10 topics
  15. Regulation5▲ 6.9×6 topics
  16. Neuroscience5▲ 12×4 topics
  17. Entrepreneurship5▲ 8.6×6 topics
  18. Job Satisfaction5▲ 7.6×6 topics
  19. Organizational Performance5▲ 13×8 topics
  20. Organizational Learning4▲ 44×4 topics
  21. Firm Performance4▲ 15×3 topics
  22. Altruism4▲ 31×3 topics
  23. Emotion4▲ 12×6 topics
  24. Empathy4▲ 22×3 topics
  25. Financial Performance4▲ 4.7×7 topics
  26. Labor Market4▲ 9.4×7 topics
  27. Stereotypes4▲ 28×2 topics
  28. Risk Management4▲ 5.5×7 topics
  29. Business Ethics4▲ 29×3 topics
  30. Human Resource Management4▲ 16×5 topics
  31. Board Diversity4▲ 73×1 topic
  32. Gender Diversity4▲ 73×1 topic
  33. Organizational Culture4▲ 6.3×4 topics
  34. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 7.8×6 topics
  35. Cooperation3▲ 35×2 topics
  36. Asset Pricing3▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Competition3▲ 42×3 topics
  38. Trust3▲ 8.0×6 topics
  39. Psychological Capital3▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Strategic Alliances3▲ 33×2 topics

Which research topics does William P. Wharton Trust publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Management and Organizational Studies, Gender Diversity and Inequality, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences and Empathy and Medical Education.

Management and Organizational Studies: 5 fractional worksGender Diversity and Inequality: 4 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 3 fractional worksEmpathy and Medical Education: 3 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 3 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge Management: 2 fractional worksExperimental Behavioral …2Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies: 2 fractional worksFinancial Markets and Investment Strategies: 2 fractional worksEthics in Business and Education: 2 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…2Big Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional works
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementGender StudiesManagement of Technology and InnovationPsychiatry and Mental health5 others

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

  1. 1 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 5 works
  2. 2 Gender Diversity and Inequality Gender Studies 4 works
  3. 3 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 3 works
  4. 4 Empathy and Medical Education Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  5. 5 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  6. 6 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 2 works
  7. 7 Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies Safety Research 2 works
  8. 8 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 2 works
  9. 9 Ethics in Business and Education Information Systems and Management 2 works
  10. 10 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 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 available28.3%not open71.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.4%domestic only79.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has William P. Wharton Trust's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 William P. Wharton Trust as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00061% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%William P. Wharton Trust0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of William P. Wharton Trust 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.

10%20%30%William P. Wharton Trust12.7% in 2024all institutions10.0% in 202420102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.0% in 2013.

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