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Research in Williamstown

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Williamstown, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Williams College and Clark Art Institute.

Research institutions
3
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.6k
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
184k
27.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Williamstown

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Which research institutions are in Williamstown?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Williams CollegeUniversity 6,027 #4,317
2Clark Art InstituteArchive 563 #18,061
3Pine Cobble SchoolUniversity 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.

Which fields of science does Williamstown work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research in Williamstown is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Arts and Humanities (11%), Computer Science (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 367 fractional works · 48.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 179 fractional works · 23.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 64 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 26 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEducation: 22 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCultural Studies: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 81 fractional works · 10.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 16 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHistory: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMusic: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 46 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 31 fractional works · 4.1% of its workFinance: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 36 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.8% 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 · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 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: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 254 fractional works · 33.3% of its workComputer Science: 61 fractional works · 8.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 21 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 53 fractional works · 7.0% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 33 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInstrumentation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 31 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPaleontology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 29 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArchitecture: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 28 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 79 fractional works · 10.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 38 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 22 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 62 fractional works · 8.2% of its workMedicine: 49 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWilliamstown762fractional 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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences17923.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities8110.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance466.0%
    4. Psychology364.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting182.3%
    6. Decision Sciences81.1%
    1. Computer Science618.0%
    2. Mathematics537.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy334.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences314.1%
    5. Engineering293.8%
    6. Environmental Science283.6%
    7. Chemistry81.0%
    8. Materials Science60.8%
    9. Energy40.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology385.0%
    2. Neuroscience222.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences152.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Medicine496.4%
    2. Health Professions121.6%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Williamstown?

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

▲ 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. Globalization45▲ 3.0×58 topics
  2. Climate Change36▲ 1.73×62 topics
  3. Identity31▲ 5.7×37 topics
  4. Gender28▲ 7.0×29 topics
  5. Colonialism24▲ 6.7×21 topics
  6. History22▲ 4.1×25 topics
  7. Religion21▲ 5.9×25 topics
  8. Feminism20▲ 9.1×14 topics
  9. Culture20▲ 4.9×15 topics
  10. Literature18▲ 4.2×20 topics
  11. Education17▲ 1.27×33 topics
  12. Human Rights16▲ 2.1×21 topics
  13. Economic Growth16▲ 2.6×18 topics
  14. Nationalism16▲ 4.7×17 topics
  15. Teaching Methods16▲ 13×5 topics
  16. Politics15▲ 7.7×12 topics
  17. Cultural Transmission14▲ 25×3 topics
  18. Race14▲ 15×15 topics
  19. Mathematics Education13▲ 37×2 topics
  20. Historical Sources13▲ 98×1 topic
  21. Mathematical Concepts13▲ 98×1 topic
  22. Postcolonialism13▲ 12×13 topics
  23. Monetary Policy12▲ 6.6×10 topics
  24. Labor Market12▲ 5.4×8 topics
  25. Society12▲ 8.1×9 topics
  26. Neoliberalism11▲ 4.0×14 topics
  27. Social Movements10▲ 4.7×11 topics
  28. Philosophy10▲ 3.0×15 topics
  29. Ethics10▲ 2.5×18 topics
  30. Cultural Studies9▲ 3.3×12 topics
  31. Anthropocene7▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Emotion7▲ 4.7×9 topics
  33. Immigration7▲ 8.7×5 topics
  34. Human Capital7▲ 5.8×3 topics
  35. Number Theory6▲ 34×3 topics
  36. Student Achievement6▲ 9.2×3 topics
  37. Leadership Development6▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Cold War6▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Liquidity6▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Social History6▲ 9.2×3 topics

What research is done in Williamstown?

History and Theory of Ma…13History and Theory of Mathematics: 13 fractional worksEducational Leadership and Practices: 5 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 5 fractional worksMathematics and Applications: 4 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 4 fractional worksVietnamese History and Culture Studies: 4 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…4Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 4 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dynamics: 4 fractional worksClimate Change Policy and Economics: 3 fractional worksBanking stability, regul…3Banking stability, regulation, efficiency: 3 fractional works
Theoretical Computer ScienceEducationSociology and Political ScienceGeometry and Topology4 others

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

  1. 1 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 13 works
  2. 2 Educational Leadership and Practices Education 5 works
  3. 3 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  4. 4 Mathematics and Applications Geometry and Topology 4 works
  5. 5 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 4 works
  6. 6 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  7. 7 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 4 works
  8. 8 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  9. 9 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  10. 10 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 3 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 counting10%20%30%Williamstown11.7% 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 28.5% in 2004.

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