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Research in Amherst Center

Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Amherst Center, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Massachusetts Amherst and Amherst College.

Research institutions
15
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
74k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
19.7%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Amherst Center?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Massachusetts AmherstUniversity 64,901 #361
2Amherst CollegeUniversity 6,810 #3,369
3Hampshire CollegeUniversity 1,553 #10,886 all time
4Five CollegesNonprofit 265 #18,679 all time
5Northeast Climate Science CenterGovernment institution 95 not ranked
6StavrosHospital / health system 78 not ranked
7ProSensing (United States)Company 51 not ranked
8Amherst Pelham Regional School DistrictUniversity 38 not ranked
9Scandinavian SeminarNonprofit 30 not ranked
10KSE (United States)Company 17 not ranked
11Yiddish Book CenterArchive 9 not ranked
12BlueRISC (United States)Company 6 not ranked
13FTL Labs (United States)Company 4 not ranked
14Proteus FundInstitution 2 not ranked
15Center for Hierarchical ManufacturingFunder 1 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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: 87.9%Amherst College: 9.2%Hampshire College: 2.1%Five Colleges: 0.4%11 others listed: 0.4%88%largest
University of Massachusetts Amherst65k · 87.9%Amherst College6,810 · 9.2%Hampshire College1,553 · 2.1%Five Colleges265 · 0.4%11 others listed331 · 0.4%

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

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×
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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.

Which keywords describe research in Amherst Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Globalization, Nanoparticles, Employment Patterns, Emulsions, Vocational Education, Identity and Student Retention.

▲ 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 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 Change319▲ 1.41×101 topics
  2. Globalization265▲ 1.61×116 topics
  3. Deep Learning229▼ 0.80×73 topics
  4. Machine Learning226▼ 0.83×81 topics
  5. Nanoparticles180▲ 1.71×37 topics
  6. Mental Health170▲ 1.39×40 topics
  7. Education169▲ 1.17×88 topics
  8. Sustainability158▼ 0.77×87 topics
  9. Neural Networks154▲ 1.19×34 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications150▲ 1.51×34 topics
  11. Identity138▲ 2.3×61 topics
  12. Public Health127◆ 1.04×51 topics
  13. Gender110▲ 2.4×46 topics
  14. Health Effects107▲ 2.1×23 topics
  15. Social Justice98▲ 2.0×36 topics
  16. Colonialism96▲ 2.4×40 topics
  17. Nationalism95▲ 2.5×30 topics
  18. History92▲ 1.57×47 topics
  19. Self-Assembly91▲ 3.3×12 topics
  20. Neoliberalism90▲ 3.0×25 topics
  21. Meta-Analysis88▲ 1.79×20 topics
  22. Culture84▲ 1.90×27 topics
  23. Academic Achievement80▲ 5.7×10 topics
  24. Employment Patterns78▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Feminism78▲ 3.3×22 topics
  26. Emulsions77▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Vocational Education76▲ 10×3 topics
  28. Student Engagement76▲ 2.3×16 topics
  29. Student Retention72▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Training Pathways72▲ 32×1 topic
  31. Workforce Skill Development72▲ 32×1 topic
  32. Hydrocolloids68▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Lipid Oxidation67▲ 7.8×2 topics
  34. Proteins63▲ 8.3×3 topics
  35. Digestion54▲ 15×1 topic
  36. Nanoemulsions54▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Public Opinion50▲ 4.7×6 topics
  38. Educational Inequality42▲ 8.7×4 topics
  39. Academic Performance42▲ 6.0×6 topics
  40. Colloidal Particles38▲ 8.1×3 topics

What research is done in Amherst Center?

  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

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