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Research in Wellesley

Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Wellesley, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Wellesley College and Babson College.

Research institutions
15
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
9.3k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
259k
28.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Wellesley

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 Wellesley?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Wellesley CollegeUniversity 6,694 #2,221
2Babson CollegeUniversity 2,466 #4,921
3Massachusetts Bay Community CollegeUniversity 41 not ranked
4Lumicell (United States)Company 17 not ranked
5BioBridges (United States)Company 16 not ranked
6Lexitek (United States)Company 9 not ranked
7MedVadis ResearchResearch facility 9 not ranked
8Advanced Immune Therapeutics (United States)Company 3 not ranked
9Janus Biotherapeutics (United States)Company 2 not ranked
10Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family FoundationInstitution 2 not ranked
11Nancy Lurie Marks Family FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
12Allyke (United States)Company 2 not ranked
13Ben's DreamNonprofit 1 not ranked
14Tommy Fuss FundNonprofit 0 not ranked
15Cure Alzheimer’s FundNonprofit 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.

Wellesley College: 72.3%Babson College: 26.6%Massachusetts Bay Community College: 0.4%Lumicell (United States): 0.2%9 others listed: 0.5%72%largest
Wellesley College6,694 · 72.3%Babson College2,466 · 26.6%Massachusetts Bay Community College41 · 0.4%Lumicell (United States)17 · 0.2%9 others listed46 · 0.5%

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

Which fields of science does Wellesley work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research in Wellesley is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Arts and Humanities (10%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 674 fractional works · 58.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 314 fractional works · 27.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 106 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 54 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEducation: 31 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGender Studies: 22 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnthropology: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCultural Studies: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 114 fractional works · 9.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 30 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhilosophy: 18 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 99 fractional works · 8.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 23 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 20 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMarketing: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 73 fractional works · 6.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 22 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 22 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 57 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 34 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 18 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 254 fractional works · 22.0% of its workComputer Science: 88 fractional works · 7.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 32 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 48 fractional works · 4.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 36 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 20 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 18 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 116 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMedicine: 90 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 114 fractional works · 9.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 57 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 38 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 30 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 18 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWellesley1,159fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences58%

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 Sciences31427.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities1149.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting998.5%
    4. Psychology736.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance574.9%
    6. Decision Sciences181.6%
    1. Computer Science887.6%
    2. Engineering484.1%
    3. Environmental Science363.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy201.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences191.7%
    6. Mathematics181.6%
    7. Chemistry100.9%
    8. Materials Science90.8%
    9. Energy30.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.2%
    1. Medicine907.8%
    2. Health Professions232.0%
    3. Nursing20.2%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology574.9%
    2. Neuroscience302.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences191.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology60.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Wellesley strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Wellesley is most concentrated in Management of Technology and Innovation and Gender Studies (6.7× the world share in Management of Technology and Innovation).

  1. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 20.5 works6.7×
  2. Gender StudiesSubfield · 21.1 works5.8×
← 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: 0.33× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 46 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.54× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.60× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.96× its world share, 75 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 18 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 42 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.41× its world share, 17 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.77× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 74 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.31× its world share, 97 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.76× its world share, 90 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.63× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.24× its world share, 48 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.08× its world share, 64 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.18× its world share, 280 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.31×97 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.76×90 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.24×48 works
  4. Social Sciences2.18×280 works
  5. Psychology2.08×64 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.63×16 works
  7. Neuroscience1.54×25 works
  8. Mathematics1.41×17 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.13×18 works
  10. Computer Science0.96×75 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×46 works
  12. Health Professions0.80×21 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.77×17 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.72×2 works
  15. Environmental Science0.67×34 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.66×2 works
  17. Chemistry0.60×10 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.59×6 works
  19. Medicine0.38×74 works
  20. Nursing0.36×2 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×16 works
  22. Energy0.32×3 works
  23. Engineering0.28×42 works
  24. Materials Science0.19×7 works
  25. Dentistry0.07×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Wellesley?

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

▲ 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. Globalization63▲ 2.8×67 topics
  2. Gender42▲ 6.7×35 topics
  3. Machine Learning36◆ 0.92×58 topics
  4. Identity35▲ 4.1×37 topics
  5. Nationalism35▲ 6.7×24 topics
  6. Social Capital34▲ 5.7×13 topics
  7. Social Media34▲ 2.1×23 topics
  8. Mental Health31▲ 1.89×29 topics
  9. Literature31▲ 4.9×32 topics
  10. Colonialism29▲ 5.3×29 topics
  11. Innovation29▲ 2.4×23 topics
  12. Feminism28▲ 8.4×20 topics
  13. History26▲ 3.2×27 topics
  14. Religion25▲ 4.7×19 topics
  15. Culture25▲ 4.2×20 topics
  16. Human Rights24▲ 2.0×28 topics
  17. Big Data22▲ 1.96×18 topics
  18. Entrepreneurship21▲ 4.6×13 topics
  19. Economic Growth20▲ 2.1×19 topics
  20. Ethics20▲ 3.4×24 topics
  21. Cultural Studies19▲ 4.5×20 topics
  22. Corporate Governance19▲ 2.2×15 topics
  23. Philosophy18▲ 3.6×19 topics
  24. Neoliberalism18▲ 4.3×19 topics
  25. Social Movements17▲ 5.0×14 topics
  26. Regulation17▲ 2.7×12 topics
  27. Democracy16▲ 4.0×17 topics
  28. Gender Differences14▲ 3.4×14 topics
  29. Entrepreneurial Orientation14▲ 14×1 topic
  30. Opportunity Recognition14▲ 14×1 topic
  31. Global Governance13▲ 4.6×12 topics
  32. Emotion12▲ 5.1×12 topics
  33. Discrimination12▲ 5.0×7 topics
  34. Memory12▲ 4.3×13 topics
  35. Monetary Policy12▲ 4.4×8 topics
  36. Society12▲ 5.3×11 topics
  37. Market Dynamics11▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Race10▲ 7.3×12 topics
  39. Aesthetics10▲ 11×6 topics
  40. Public Opinion10▲ 7.0×5 topics

What research is done in Wellesley?

Entrepreneurship Studies…13Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 13 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 7 fractional worksItalian Fascism and Post-war Society: 6 fractional worksManagement and Organizational Studies: 6 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 6 fractional worksShakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism: 5 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technol…5Innovative Human-Technology Interaction: 5 fractional worksAI in Service Interactions: 5 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 5 fractional worksImpact of Technology on …5Impact of Technology on Adolescents: 5 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationPolitical Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 13 works
  2. 2 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  3. 3 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  4. 4 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 6 works
  5. 5 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  6. 6 Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 5 works
  7. 7 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 5 works
  8. 8 AI in Service Interactions Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  9. 9 Social Media and Politics Communication 5 works
  10. 10 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 5 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%Wellesley20.4% 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 33.7% in 2017.

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