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Witherspoon Institute

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Research works
30
▼ 71% vs 2018-21
Citations
656
22.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
55.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
2%
world 18%
Witherspoon Institute

Not ranked overall: Witherspoon Institute is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Witherspoon Institute work in?

In all years, 89% of research at Witherspoon Institute is in Social Sciences, 8% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (65%), Psychology (12%), Arts and Humanities (9%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 26 fractional works · 88.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 64.6% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 35.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 11.6% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 12.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 10.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKWitherspoonInstitute30fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences89%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 10 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1964.6%
    2. Psychology412.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities38.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.4%
    1. Medicine26.2%
    2. Health Professions12.3%
    1. Physics and Astronomy01.1%
    2. Computer Science00.6%
    3. Engineering00.6%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology00.6%
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.

Who are the top researchers at Witherspoon Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, R. J. Snell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Witherspoon Institute.

  1. 1 R. J. Snell United States · #4,785,510 worldwide 55 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Witherspoon Institute

What are the most cited papers from Witherspoon Institute?

The most cited paper from Witherspoon Institute is "A Meta-Analysis" (William H. Jeynes, 2014), with 191 citations. Next come "A Meta-Analysis on the Relationship Between Character Education and Student Achievement and Behavioral Outcomes" (178) and "A practical model for school leaders to encourage parental involvement and parental engagement" (149).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Meta-Analysis William H. Jeynes · Urban Education Review 26 Mar 2014 191
2 A Meta-Analysis on the Relationship Between Character Education and Student Achievement and Behavioral Outcomes William H. Jeynes · Education and Urban Society Review 28 Dec 2017 178
3 A practical model for school leaders to encourage parental involvement and parental engagement William H. Jeynes · School Leadership and Management 4 Mar 2018 149
4 A Meta-Analysis William H. Jeynes · Education and Urban Society Review 23 Feb 2016 146
5 A Meta-Analysis William H. Jeynes · Journal of Black Studies Review 10 Jan 2016 112
All 51 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Witherspoon Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Parental Involvement, Education, Student Achievement, Academic Achievement, Family Engagement, Socioeconomic Factors, Regulation and Mental Health.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 30 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 30 words, with their numbers
  1. Parental Involvement6▲ 234×2 topics
  2. Education4▲ 11×2 topics
  3. Student Achievement4▲ 142×2 topics
  4. Academic Achievement4▲ 83×3 topics
  5. Family Engagement4▲ 329×1 topic
  6. Socioeconomic Factors4▲ 115×1 topic
  7. Regulation3▲ 16×2 topics
  8. Mental Health3▲ 8.3×5 topics
  9. Educational Choice3▲ 741×1 topic
  10. Homeschooling3▲ 741×1 topic
  11. Resilience3▲ 23×2 topics
  12. Caregiver Well-Being2▲ 159×1 topic
  13. Parenting Stress2▲ 110×1 topic
  14. Nationalism2▲ 13×2 topics
  15. Religion2▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Secularism2▲ 60×2 topics
  17. Political Philosophy2▲ 57×2 topics
  18. Youth Violence2▲ 126×2 topics
  19. American founding2▲ 73×1 topic
  20. Constitutional government2▲ 73×1 topic
  21. Identity2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  22. Public Health2▲ 3.9×2 topics
  23. Religious Education2▲ 62×2 topics
  24. Globalization2▲ 2.7×4 topics
  25. Firearm Violence1▲ 522×1 topic
  26. Gun Ownership1▲ 522×1 topic
  27. Diversity1▲ 24×1 topic
  28. Schools1▲ 259×1 topic
  29. Adolescents1▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Social Support1▲ 7.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Witherspoon Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Parental Involvement in Education, Family and Disability Support Research, Diverse Education Studies and Reforms and Law in Society and Culture.

Parental Involvement in …1Parental Involvement in Education: 1 fractional worksFamily and Disability Su…1Family and Disability Support Research: 1 fractional worksDiverse Education Studies and Reforms: 0 fractional worksLaw in Society and Culture: 0 fractional worksEvolving Legal Systems and Governance: 0 fractional worksPhilosophical Ethics and…0Philosophical Ethics and Theory: 0 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 0 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 0 fractional works
EducationClinical PsychologyLawPhilosophy

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

  1. 1 Parental Involvement in Education Education 1 works
  2. 2 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 1 works
  3. 3 Diverse Education Studies and Reforms Education 0 works
  4. 4 Law in Society and Culture Law 0 works
  5. 5 Evolving Legal Systems and Governance Law 0 works
  6. 6 Philosophical Ethics and Theory Philosophy 0 works
  7. 7 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 0 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 available10.1%not open89.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors1.7%domestic only98.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Witherspoon Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 71% lower 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 Witherspoon Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000090% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Witherspoon Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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