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Research in Pittsfield

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Pittsfield, United States. The largest by output are Berkshire Community College, Gould Farm and Berkshire Health Systems.

Research institutions
7
Research works
840
▼ 59% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.4k
11.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Pittsfield

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 Pittsfield?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Berkshire Community CollegeUniversity 429 #18,144 all time
2Gould FarmInstitution 53 not ranked
3Berkshire Health SystemsHospital / health system 48 not ranked
4Berkshire MuseumArchive 5 not ranked
5Nuclea Biotechnologies (United States)Company 5 not ranked
6Hancock Shaker VillageArchive 4 not ranked
7Frank and Rosemary Iovieno Caring for Children FoundationNonprofit 1 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.

Berkshire Community College: 78.7%Gould Farm: 9.7%Berkshire Health Systems: 8.8%Berkshire Museum: 0.9%3 others listed: 1.8%79%largest
Berkshire Community College429 · 78.7%Gould Farm53 · 9.7%Berkshire Health Systems48 · 8.8%Berkshire Museum5 · 0.9%3 others listed10 · 1.8%

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

Which fields of science does Pittsfield work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research in Pittsfield is in Health Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (38%), Health Professions (29%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 76 fractional works · 68.2% of its workMedicine: 43 fractional works · 38.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 33 fractional works · 29.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 31 fractional works · 27.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 16.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 8.0% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 7.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPittsfield112fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences16%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4338.5%
    2. Health Professions3329.5%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences97.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance43.4%
    3. Psychology33.1%
    4. Decision Sciences11.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    1. Computer Science33.1%
    2. Engineering32.7%
    3. Materials Science10.7%
    4. Environmental Science10.7%
    5. Chemistry10.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.6%
    2. Neuroscience21.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Pittsfield strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Pittsfield is most concentrated in General Health Professions and Health Professions (19.8× the world share in General Health Professions).

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 26.8 works20×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 28.5 works11×
← 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 25 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: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.23× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 10.96× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.95× its world share, 37 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.73× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 11.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions10.96×28 works
  2. Medicine1.95×37 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.73×4 works
  4. Neuroscience1.23×2 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.20×1 works
  6. Psychology0.99×3 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.96×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.72×4 works
  9. Social Sciences0.67×8 works
  10. Computer Science0.43×3 works
  11. Dentistry0.41×0 works
  12. Chemistry0.40×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×2 works
  14. Materials Science0.23×1 works
  15. Engineering0.19×3 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.17×0 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.14×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.07×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Pittsfield?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Public Health, NHS, COVID-19, Healthcare Workers, doctors' strikes, Health Inequalities and Healthcare.

▲ 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. Primary Care27▲ 64×10 topics
  2. Public Health26▲ 16×14 topics
  3. NHS22▲ 1373×2 topics
  4. COVID-1918▲ 12×7 topics
  5. Healthcare Workers16▲ 61×3 topics
  6. Health Inequalities16▲ 118×1 topic
  7. doctors' strikes16▲ 1236×1 topic
  8. Healthcare8▲ 6.6×7 topics
  9. Patient Care7▲ 54×3 topics
  10. Policy6▲ 26×1 topic
  11. Reform6▲ 89×1 topic
  12. Epidemiology6▲ 1.25×35 topics
  13. Inflammation4▲ 1.80×19 topics
  14. Quality of Life3▲ 1.92×13 topics
  15. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 9.6×7 topics
  16. Health Care Costs2▲ 26×2 topics
  17. Neuroimaging2▲ 7.4×5 topics
  18. Mortality2▲ 3.4×7 topics
  19. Stroke2▲ 11×6 topics
  20. Quality of Care2▲ 22×3 topics
  21. Nationalism2▲ 4.0×5 topics
  22. Palliative Care2▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Community Health2▲ 10×2 topics
  24. Health Care Utilization2▲ 15×3 topics
  25. Health Equity2▲ 5.9×3 topics
  26. Ethical Considerations2▲ 4.6×5 topics
  27. Medical Ethics2▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Advocacy2▲ 55×1 topic
  29. Mortality Risk2▲ 6.3×4 topics
  30. Pediatrics2▲ 55×1 topic
  31. Social Determinants2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  32. Training2▲ 7.1×2 topics
  33. Cancer Treatment2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  34. Elderly Patients2▲ 8.3×4 topics
  35. End-of-Life2▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Quality Improvement2▲ 7.4×5 topics
  37. Hyperglycemia2▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Basal Ganglia1▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Elderly Care1▲ 8.2×3 topics
  40. Health Care Spending1▲ 31×1 topic

What research is done in Pittsfield?

Healthcare Systems and C…14Healthcare Systems and Challenges: 14 fractional worksHealth Services Management and Policy: 5 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 1 fractional worksNeurological and metabolic disorders: 1 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 1 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 1 fractional worksEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare: 1 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 1 fractional worksHuman auditory perception and evaluation: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEconomics and EconometricsEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismNephrology3 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Systems and Challenges General Health Professions 14 works
  2. 2 Health Services Management and Policy General Health Professions 5 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 2 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  5. 5 Neurological and metabolic disorders Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  6. 6 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 1 works
  7. 7 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  9. 9 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Human auditory perception and evaluation Aerospace Engineering 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2024Pittsfield9.5% in 20242020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.9% in 2017.

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