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Research in Northampton

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Northampton, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Smith College.

Research institutions
11
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.7k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
118k
17.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Northampton

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 Northampton?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Smith CollegeUniversity 6,470 #5,363
2Cooley Dickinson Health CareNonprofit 53 not ranked
3Tapestry HealthHospital / health system 50 not ranked
4Clarke Schools for Hearing and SpeechUniversity 27 not ranked
5Mass HumanitiesFunder 5 not ranked
6Coordinating Council for Women in HistoryNonprofit 3 not ranked
7Collaborative for Educational ServicesNonprofit 3 not ranked
8Forbes LibraryArchive 1 not ranked
9Pioneer Valley Books (United States)Company 1 not ranked
10Historic NorthamptonArchive 0 not ranked
11American Macular Degeneration FoundationNonprofit 0 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.

Smith College: 97.8%Cooley Dickinson Health Care: 0.8%Tapestry Health: 0.8%Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech: 0.4%5 others listed: 0.2%98%largest
Smith College6,470 · 97.8%Cooley Dickinson Health Care53 · 0.8%Tapestry Health50 · 0.8%Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech27 · 0.4%5 others listed13 · 0.2%

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

Which fields of science does Northampton work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research in Northampton is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Arts and Humanities (13%), Psychology (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 493 fractional works · 56.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 266 fractional works · 30.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 97 fractional works · 11.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 36 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEducation: 32 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAnthropology: 21 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGender Studies: 19 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCultural Studies: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Administration: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 114 fractional works · 13.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 24 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHistory: 21 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClassics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 71 fractional works · 8.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 27 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 19 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 22 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 18 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 224 fractional works · 25.7% of its workComputer Science: 54 fractional works · 6.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 38 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArchitecture: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 35 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 34 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 30 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 88 fractional works · 10.1% of its workMedicine: 61 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 24 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 18 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 65 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 19 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNorthampton870fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences57%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences26630.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities11413.1%
    3. Psychology718.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance222.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting131.5%
    6. Decision Sciences80.9%
    1. Computer Science546.2%
    2. Engineering384.3%
    3. Environmental Science354.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences343.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy303.5%
    6. Mathematics141.6%
    7. Chemistry111.3%
    8. Materials Science70.7%
    9. Energy20.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine617.1%
    2. Health Professions242.8%
    3. Nursing20.2%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology293.3%
    2. Neuroscience192.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences131.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Northampton strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Northampton is most concentrated in Anthropology (9.3× the world share in Anthropology).

  1. AnthropologySubfield · 20.1 works9.3×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.22× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.89× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 45 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.72× its world share, 33 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.38× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.49× its world share, 25 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.10× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 53 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.63× its world share, 103 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.24× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.64× its world share, 62 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.47× its world share, 240 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.63×103 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.72×33 works
  3. Psychology2.64×62 works
  4. Social Sciences2.47×240 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.49×25 works
  6. Mathematics1.38×12 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.24×20 works
  8. Neuroscience1.22×15 works
  9. Health Professions1.10×22 works
  10. Chemistry0.89×11 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.86×6 works
  12. Computer Science0.75×45 works
  13. Environmental Science0.74×28 works
  14. Veterinary0.65×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.58×24 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.45×11 works
  17. Nursing0.40×2 works
  18. Medicine0.36×53 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×12 works
  20. Engineering0.29×33 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.24×2 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.21×6 works
  24. Energy0.16×1 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.06×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Northampton?

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

▲ 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. Globalization50▲ 2.9×72 topics
  2. Identity38▲ 6.1×43 topics
  3. Colonialism36▲ 8.7×32 topics
  4. History34▲ 5.7×30 topics
  5. Gender33▲ 7.0×32 topics
  6. Literature29▲ 6.0×35 topics
  7. Nationalism28▲ 7.1×21 topics
  8. Mental Health27▲ 2.1×25 topics
  9. Climate Change25◆ 1.07×50 topics
  10. Education25▲ 1.70×41 topics
  11. Culture25▲ 5.6×20 topics
  12. Human Rights24▲ 2.8×26 topics
  13. Religion21▲ 5.2×23 topics
  14. Social Justice21▲ 4.0×29 topics
  15. Feminism20▲ 7.9×18 topics
  16. Philosophy20▲ 5.2×23 topics
  17. Intersectionality18▲ 11×11 topics
  18. Neoliberalism17▲ 5.4×21 topics
  19. Cultural Identity16▲ 3.8×25 topics
  20. Innovation16▲ 1.76×14 topics
  21. Race15▲ 15×14 topics
  22. Society14▲ 8.6×11 topics
  23. Resilience14▲ 3.2×12 topics
  24. Cultural Studies14▲ 4.3×17 topics
  25. Ethics13▲ 3.0×23 topics
  26. Democracy12▲ 4.0×12 topics
  27. Migration12▲ 4.1×15 topics
  28. Politics11▲ 5.0×12 topics
  29. Social Movements11▲ 4.4×13 topics
  30. Discrimination11▲ 5.9×6 topics
  31. Evidence-Based Practice10▲ 8.6×5 topics
  32. Public Opinion9▲ 8.9×6 topics
  33. Cultural Competence9▲ 8.1×5 topics
  34. Holocene9▲ 9.4×3 topics
  35. Imperialism9▲ 13×6 topics
  36. Reflective Practice9▲ 5.3×6 topics
  37. Medicine8▲ 12×6 topics
  38. Ethnic Identity8▲ 8.7×3 topics
  39. Cultural Exchange8▲ 7.0×10 topics
  40. Sea Level7▲ 9.2×2 topics

What research is done in Northampton?

Advanced Materials and M…6Advanced Materials and Mechanics: 6 fractional worksJewish and Middle Easter…6Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 6 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 5 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 5 fractional worksExperimental and Theoretical Physics Studies: 5 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 4 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 4 fractional worksAfrican history and cult…4African history and culture studies: 4 fractional worksSocial Work Education and Practice: 4 fractional worksGender Politics and Representation: 4 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceAtmospheric ScienceHistory and Philosophy of Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Materials and Mechanics Mechanical Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  3. 3 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 5 works
  4. 4 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 5 works
  5. 5 Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 5 works
  6. 6 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  7. 7 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  8. 8 African history and culture studies Anthropology 4 works
  9. 9 Social Work Education and Practice Public Administration 4 works
  10. 10 Gender Politics and Representation Gender Studies 4 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 counting10%20%30%Northampton12.7% 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 27.6% in 2014.

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