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Research in Amherst Center

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Amherst Center, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Massachusetts Amherst and Amherst College.

Research institutions
12
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
74k
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.6M
35.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Amherst Center

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Amherst Center?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Massachusetts AmherstUniversity 65,168 #212
2Amherst CollegeUniversity 6,810 #2,433
3Hampshire CollegeUniversity 1,553 #4,076 all time
4StavrosHospital / health system 78 not ranked
5ProSensing (United States)Company 51 not ranked
6Amherst Pelham Regional School DistrictUniversity 38 not ranked
7Scandinavian SeminarNonprofit 30 not ranked
8KSE (United States)Company 17 not ranked
9Yiddish Book CenterArchive 9 not ranked
10BlueRISC (United States)Company 6 not ranked
11FTL Labs (United States)Company 4 not ranked
12Proteus FundInstitution 2 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

University of Massachusetts Amherst: 88.3%Amherst College: 9.2%Hampshire College: 2.1%Stavros: 0.1%8 others listed: 0.2%88%largest
University of Massachusetts Amherst65k · 88.3%Amherst College6,810 · 9.2%Hampshire College1,553 · 2.1%Stavros78 · 0.1%8 others listed157 · 0.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Amherst Center work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Amherst Center is in Physical Sciences, 35% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Computer Science (10%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,667 fractional works · 39.4% of its workComputer Science: 921 fractional works · 9.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 392 fractional works · 4.2% of its workInformation Systems: 123 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 112 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 101 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 878 fractional works · 9.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 232 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 179 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 74 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 61 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 571 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEcology: 138 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 82 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 69 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 376 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 124 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 108 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 311 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 151 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 61 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 183 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 178 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 70 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 174 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,235 fractional works · 34.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,758 fractional works · 18.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 528 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEducation: 451 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 199 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGender Studies: 82 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 80 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 79 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 516 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 168 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 138 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 93 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 79 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 424 fractional works · 4.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 76 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 63 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 218 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 146 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 186 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 133 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 81 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1,358 fractional works · 14.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 596 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 361 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGenetics: 75 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 83 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 492 fractional works · 5.3% of its workFood Science: 160 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 145 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 203 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 117 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,050 fractional works · 11.3% of its workMedicine: 770 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 109 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 73 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 190 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 199 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 109 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAmherst Center9,310fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences35%

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 city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science9219.9%
    2. Engineering8789.4%
    3. Environmental Science5716.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy3764.0%
    5. Materials Science3113.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1832.0%
    7. Chemistry1781.9%
    8. Mathematics1741.9%
    9. Energy490.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering260.3%
  2. Social Sciences3,23534.8%
    1. Social Sciences1,75818.9%
    2. Psychology5165.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities4244.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2182.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting1862.0%
    6. Decision Sciences1331.4%
  3. Life Sciences1,35814.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5966.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4925.3%
    3. Neuroscience2032.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology490.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics180.2%
  4. Health Sciences1,05011.3%
    1. Medicine7708.3%
    2. Health Professions1992.1%
    3. Nursing700.8%
    4. Dentistry60.1%
    5. Veterinary60.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Amherst Center strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Amherst Center is most concentrated in Music, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Anthropology (4.3× the world share in Music).

  1. MusicSubfield · 29.5 works4.3×
  2. Physical and Theoretical ChemistrySubfield · 24.3 works3.7×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 74.7 works3.2×
  4. Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsSubfield · 23.9 works2.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 446 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 530 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.52× its world share, 44 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 172 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.79× its world share, 23 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.23× its world share, 161 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.24× its world share, 810 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 168 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.60× its world share, 46 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.62× its world share, 783 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.24× its world share, 514 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.96× its world share, 282 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.55× its world share, 152 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.83× its world share, 342 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 177 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 688 worksMedicineNursing: 1.56× its world share, 64 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.60× its world share, 386 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 170 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 110 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.16× its world share, 208 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.84× its world share, 470 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 1,604 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 1.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology1.84×470 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy1.83×342 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.60×386 works
  4. Nursing1.56×64 works
  5. Mathematics1.55×152 works
  6. Social Sciences1.51×1,604 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.36×110 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.28×168 works
  9. Neuroscience1.26×172 works
  10. Computer Science1.24×810 works
  11. Environmental Science1.24×514 works
  12. Chemistry1.23×161 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.19×530 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.16×208 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.12×446 works
  16. Materials Science0.96×282 works
  17. Health Professions0.80×177 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.79×23 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.63×170 works
  20. Engineering0.62×783 works
  21. Energy0.60×46 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.52×44 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.52×15 works
  24. Veterinary0.44×5 works
  25. Medicine0.43×688 works
  26. Dentistry0.14×6 works

Which keywords describe research in Amherst Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Globalization, Nanoparticles, Emulsions, Identity, Employment Patterns, Vocational Education and Deep Learning.

▲ 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 city'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. Climate Change356▲ 1.41×101 topics
  2. Globalization294▲ 1.61×124 topics
  3. Deep Learning271▼ 0.84×74 topics
  4. Machine Learning266▼ 0.86×82 topics
  5. Nanoparticles198▲ 1.69×38 topics
  6. Mental Health183▲ 1.38×41 topics
  7. Education182◆ 1.14×96 topics
  8. Neural Networks177▲ 1.24×36 topics
  9. Sustainability175▼ 0.77×90 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications168▲ 1.52×34 topics
  11. Identity156▲ 2.3×65 topics
  12. Public Health140◆ 1.03×53 topics
  13. Gender124▲ 2.5×51 topics
  14. Health Effects116▲ 2.1×23 topics
  15. Colonialism109▲ 2.5×42 topics
  16. Social Justice106▲ 1.92×37 topics
  17. Nationalism104▲ 2.5×32 topics
  18. History101▲ 1.56×47 topics
  19. Neoliberalism99▲ 3.0×25 topics
  20. Self-Assembly99▲ 3.3×12 topics
  21. Meta-Analysis94▲ 1.72×20 topics
  22. Culture92▲ 1.89×28 topics
  23. Literature88▲ 1.72×50 topics
  24. Feminism86▲ 3.2×24 topics
  25. Emulsions86▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Academic Achievement82▲ 5.1×10 topics
  27. Student Engagement82▲ 2.2×16 topics
  28. Employment Patterns78▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Vocational Education77▲ 9.5×3 topics
  30. Hydrocolloids75▲ 10×2 topics
  31. Lipid Oxidation73▲ 7.8×2 topics
  32. Student Retention72▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Training Pathways72▲ 32×1 topic
  34. Workforce Skill Development72▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Proteins70▲ 8.4×3 topics
  36. Digestion60▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Nanoemulsions60▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Public Opinion57▲ 5.1×6 topics
  39. Educational Inequality45▲ 8.1×4 topics
  40. Colloidal Particles44▲ 8.1×3 topics

What research is done in Amherst Center?

Education Systems and Policy: 72 fractional worksProteins in Food Systems: 54 fractional worksTopic Modeling41Topic Modeling: 41 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 32 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 30 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 29 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and …26Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 26 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 25 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Studies: 24 fractional worksPickering emulsions and …23Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization: 23 fractional works
EducationFood ScienceArtificial IntelligenceSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Education Systems and Policy Education 72 works
  2. 2 Proteins in Food Systems Food Science 54 works
  3. 3 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 41 works
  4. 4 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 32 works
  5. 5 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 30 works
  6. 6 Higher Education Research Studies Education 29 works
  7. 7 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 26 works
  8. 8 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 25 works
  9. 9 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 24 works
  10. 10 Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization Materials Chemistry 23 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Amherst Center20.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 37.3% in 2012.

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