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Research in Waterville

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Waterville, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Colby College and Thomas College.

Research institutions
3
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.5k
▲ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
66k
14.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Waterville

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Which research institutions are in Waterville?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Colby CollegeUniversity 3,771 #4,612
2Thomas CollegeUniversity 693 #10,874
3MaineGeneral Medical CenterHospital / health system 63 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.

Which fields of science does Waterville work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research in Waterville is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Arts and Humanities (10%), Engineering (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 345 fractional works · 48.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 177 fractional works · 24.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 75 fractional works · 10.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 29 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEducation: 21 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAnthropology: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 74 fractional works · 10.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 18 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhilosophy: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 43 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 26 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 21 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 238 fractional works · 33.4% of its workEngineering: 61 fractional works · 8.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 16 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 56 fractional works · 7.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 42 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 21 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 18 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 71 fractional works · 10.0% of its workNeuroscience: 27 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 20 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 24 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 59 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMedicine: 42 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWaterville713fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences48%

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. Social Sciences17724.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities7410.4%
    3. Psychology436.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance263.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting152.1%
    6. Decision Sciences101.4%
    1. Engineering618.5%
    2. Computer Science567.8%
    3. Environmental Science425.9%
    4. Mathematics212.9%
    5. Chemistry182.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences162.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy142.0%
    8. Materials Science71.0%
    9. Energy20.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Neuroscience273.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences243.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology162.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    1. Medicine425.9%
    2. Health Professions141.9%
    3. Nursing20.3%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Waterville?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Colonialism, Gender, Climate Change, Identity, Ethics, Religion and Literature.

▲ 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. Globalization38▲ 2.7×64 topics
  2. Climate Change37▲ 1.92×59 topics
  3. Colonialism22▲ 6.6×30 topics
  4. Identity22▲ 4.3×36 topics
  5. Gender21▲ 5.6×27 topics
  6. Education19▲ 1.58×39 topics
  7. Sustainability18◆ 1.02×35 topics
  8. History17▲ 3.5×26 topics
  9. Literature17▲ 4.4×31 topics
  10. Ethics17▲ 4.6×28 topics
  11. Religion16▲ 4.9×16 topics
  12. Mental Health16▲ 1.52×26 topics
  13. Innovation15▲ 1.98×18 topics
  14. Nationalism14▲ 4.4×18 topics
  15. Philosophy14▲ 4.4×22 topics
  16. Feminism14▲ 6.5×16 topics
  17. Social Media13▲ 1.35×24 topics
  18. Human Rights13▲ 1.77×28 topics
  19. Democracy12▲ 4.9×14 topics
  20. Biodiversity12▲ 2.2×17 topics
  21. Resilience12▲ 3.3×12 topics
  22. Social Justice11▲ 2.7×21 topics
  23. Culture11▲ 2.9×14 topics
  24. Vulnerability9▲ 5.7×8 topics
  25. Politics9▲ 5.0×9 topics
  26. Neoliberalism9▲ 3.6×16 topics
  27. Social Movements9▲ 4.2×8 topics
  28. Governance8▲ 3.6×9 topics
  29. Race8▲ 9.5×12 topics
  30. Postcolonialism8▲ 7.3×11 topics
  31. Cold War7▲ 17×5 topics
  32. Public Opinion7▲ 8.2×4 topics
  33. Emotion7▲ 4.6×9 topics
  34. Society7▲ 4.9×8 topics
  35. Human-Computer Interaction6▲ 5.1×5 topics
  36. National Identity6▲ 7.8×5 topics
  37. Neural Correlates6▲ 9.0×7 topics
  38. Cultural Exchange6▲ 6.6×6 topics
  39. Cultural Impact6▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Decolonization6▲ 9.7×4 topics

What research is done in Waterville?

Race, History, and Ameri…4Race, History, and American Society: 4 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…4Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 4 fractional worksGaze Tracking and Assistive Technology: 4 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 3 fractional worksSouth Asian Cinema and Culture: 3 fractional worksReligious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies: 3 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 3 fractional worksTeaching and Learning Pr…3Teaching and Learning Programming: 3 fractional worksMemory Processes and Influences: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Numerical Analysis Techniques: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceHistory and Philosophy of ScienceHuman-Computer InteractionEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  2. 2 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 4 works
  3. 3 Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology Human-Computer Interaction 4 works
  4. 4 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 3 works
  5. 5 South Asian Cinema and Culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 3 works
  6. 6 Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 3 works
  8. 8 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 3 works
  9. 9 Memory Processes and Influences Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  10. 10 Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques Computational Mechanics 3 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%Waterville13.0% 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 27.2% in 1999.

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