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Research in Merrimack

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Merrimack, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Northeast Catholic College.

Research institutions
5
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.8k
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
26k
14.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

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 Merrimack?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Northeast Catholic CollegeUniversity 1,710 #13,260
2Nanocomp Technologies (United States)Company 51 not ranked
3Thomas More College of Liberal ArtsUniversity 11 not ranked
4GT Advanced Technologies (United States)Company 10 not ranked
5SCA Technica (United States)Company 5 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.

Northeast Catholic College: 95.7%Nanocomp Technologies (United States): 2.9%Thomas More College of Liberal Arts: 0.6%GT Advanced Technologies (United States): 0.6%1 other listed: 0.3%96%largest
Northeast Catholic College1,710 · 95.7%Nanocomp Technologies (United States)51 · 2.9%Thomas More College of Liberal Arts11 · 0.6%GT Advanced Technologies (United States)10 · 0.6%1 other listed5 · 0.3%

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

Which fields of science does Merrimack work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research in Merrimack is in Social Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (41%), Social Sciences (26%), Engineering (5%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 110 fractional works · 77.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 59 fractional works · 41.2% of its workHistory: 12 fractional works · 8.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 11 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPhilosophy: 9 fractional works · 6.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 8 fractional works · 5.6% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClassics: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 26.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 6.2% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 22 fractional works · 15.3% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMerrimack143fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences3%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 city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities5941.2%
    2. Social Sciences3826.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance64.0%
    4. Psychology63.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting21.1%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Engineering74.9%
    2. Materials Science42.8%
    3. Computer Science32.4%
    4. Environmental Science21.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy21.1%
    7. Mathematics10.8%
    8. Chemistry00.3%
    9. Energy00.2%
    1. Neuroscience31.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Medicine21.6%
    2. Health Professions10.8%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Merrimack strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Merrimack is most concentrated in Arts and Humanities (12.9× the world share in Arts and Humanities).

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 44.2 works13×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.37× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 12.90× its world share, 44 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.11× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.36× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.28× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 12.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities12.90×44 works
  2. Social Sciences2.28×34 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.11×5 works
  4. Neuroscience1.37×3 works
  5. Psychology1.36×5 works
  6. Materials Science0.98×4 works
  7. Mathematics0.84×1 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.70×1 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.60×0 works
  10. Nursing0.57×0 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.56×2 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.53×1 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.42×2 works
  14. Engineering0.35×6 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.33×2 works
  16. Health Professions0.33×1 works
  17. Veterinary0.30×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.26×2 works
  19. Environmental Science0.21×1 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.18×0 works
  22. Energy0.16×0 works
  23. Medicine0.08×2 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Merrimack?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Literature, Colonialism, Gender, Identity, Society, Religion and Philosophy.

▲ 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. History13▲ 14×17 topics
  2. Literature10▲ 13×17 topics
  3. Colonialism10▲ 14×11 topics
  4. Gender10▲ 13×16 topics
  5. Globalization9▲ 3.1×25 topics
  6. Identity9▲ 8.5×17 topics
  7. Society9▲ 32×8 topics
  8. Religion9▲ 13×12 topics
  9. Philosophy8▲ 12×7 topics
  10. Human Rights7▲ 4.8×13 topics
  11. Medicine7▲ 58×7 topics
  12. Culture7▲ 9.0×7 topics
  13. Cultural Identity6▲ 9.0×6 topics
  14. Ethics6▲ 8.4×12 topics
  15. Social History6▲ 48×6 topics
  16. Theology6▲ 42×3 topics
  17. Cultural Studies5▲ 10×10 topics
  18. Innovation5▲ 3.4×6 topics
  19. Alchemy4▲ 87×3 topics
  20. Church History4▲ 71×3 topics
  21. International Law4▲ 9.3×9 topics
  22. Science4▲ 11×4 topics
  23. Neuroscience4▲ 8.6×5 topics
  24. Gender Studies4▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Late Antiquity4▲ 50×2 topics
  26. Social Justice4▲ 4.3×8 topics
  27. Nationalism3▲ 5.3×7 topics
  28. Ethnography3▲ 14×6 topics
  29. Democracy3▲ 6.4×6 topics
  30. Literary Criticism3▲ 44×3 topics
  31. Memory3▲ 8.8×6 topics
  32. Calvinism3▲ 93×1 topic
  33. Postcolonialism3▲ 15×4 topics
  34. Reformation3▲ 75×1 topic
  35. Social Impact3▲ 5.4×4 topics
  36. Ancient Rome3▲ 63×1 topic
  37. Art3▲ 22×4 topics
  38. Greek Literature3▲ 63×1 topic
  39. Medieval3▲ 54×2 topics
  40. Postmodernism3▲ 52×3 topics

What research is done in Merrimack?

  1. 1 Medieval Literature and History Classics 2 works
  2. 2 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  3. 3 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 2 works
  4. 4 Poetry Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  5. 5 Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices Philosophy 2 works
  6. 6 Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
  7. 7 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 2 works
  8. 8 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 1 works
  9. 9 Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  10. 10 Advanced ceramic materials synthesis Ceramics and Composites 1 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Merrimack7.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 33.1% in 2010.

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