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Amherst College

In research, Amherst College stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,995 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#2,525 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,794 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Anthropology (Anthropology is 7.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,433
of 22,385 · #1,525 all time
Rank in United States
#424
of 3,332
Research works
6.8k
▲ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
136k
20.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Amherst College

What is Amherst College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #1,995 of 9,585 9.0%412 #713
Physical SciencesDomain #2,525 of 10,670 9.0%374 #1551
Social SciencesField #1,794 of 5,988 9.1%230 #899
Health SciencesDomain #3,580 of 9,902 13.7%98 #3386
Life SciencesDomain #2,325 of 6,403 10.2%116 #1726
Computer ScienceField #1,870 of 4,417 8.8%121 #1112
MedicineField #3,692 of 8,541 14.1%75 #3400
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,748 of 2,964 9.8%61 #1615
EngineeringField #3,882 of 5,901 6.7%71 #2247
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,870 of 2,526 9.8%80 #842

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Amherst College sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#713 #1,995
  2. Physical Sciences#1,551 #2,525
  3. Social Sciences#899 #1,794
  4. Health Sciences#3,386 #3,580
  5. Life Sciences#1,726 #2,325
  6. Computer Science#1,112 #1,870
  7. Medicine#3,400 #3,692
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,615 #1,748
  9. Engineering#2,247 #3,882
  10. Sociology and Political Science#842 #1,870
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Amherst College work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Amherst College is in Social Sciences, 38% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Computer Science (12%), Arts and Humanities (8%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 474 fractional works · 40.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 268 fractional works · 22.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 94 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 52 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAnthropology: 24 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 24 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCultural Studies: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 89 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPhilosophy: 18 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMusic: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 60 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 23 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 29 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 20 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Sciences: 443 fractional works · 37.8% of its workComputer Science: 143 fractional works · 12.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 70 fractional works · 6.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 86 fractional works · 7.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 22 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 51 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 19 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 46 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 45 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 27 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 21 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 18 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 139 fractional works · 11.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 73 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 46 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 30 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 18 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 117 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMedicine: 89 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAmherst College1,173fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences40%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences26822.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities897.6%
    3. Psychology605.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance292.5%
    5. Decision Sciences151.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting121.1%
    1. Computer Science14312.2%
    2. Engineering867.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy514.3%
    4. Environmental Science463.9%
    5. Mathematics453.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences272.3%
    7. Chemistry211.8%
    8. Materials Science181.5%
    9. Energy40.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology736.2%
    2. Neuroscience302.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences272.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology60.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.2%
    1. Medicine897.6%
    2. Health Professions221.8%
    3. Nursing50.4%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Amherst College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Anthropology takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AnthropologySubfield · 24.2 works7.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 73 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.53× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.57× its world share, 30 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.13× its world share, 21 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.57× its world share, 143 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 27 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 86 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 46 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.25× its world share, 45 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.95× its world share, 51 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 89 worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.63× its world share, 89 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.16× its world share, 29 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.68× its world share, 60 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 268 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics3.25×45 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.63×89 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.95×51 works
  4. Social Sciences1.80×268 works
  5. Psychology1.68×60 works
  6. Neuroscience1.57×30 works
  7. Computer Science1.57×143 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.47×27 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.36×15 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.17×73 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.16×29 works
  12. Chemistry1.13×21 works
  13. Nursing0.90×5 works
  14. Environmental Science0.79×46 works
  15. Health Professions0.70×22 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.67×3 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.60×2 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.53×6 works
  19. Engineering0.49×86 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.48×27 works
  21. Materials Science0.44×18 works
  22. Medicine0.39×89 works
  23. Energy0.38×4 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.33×12 works
  25. Dentistry0.22×1 works
  26. Veterinary0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Amherst College?

Ranked on the quality score, Austin D. Sarat, Katharine R. E. Sims and Lyle A. McGeoch lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Amherst College.

  1. 1 Austin D. Sarat United States · #96,680 worldwide 8.9k citations · 485 works
  2. 2 Katharine R. E. Sims United States · #102,778 worldwide 4.5k citations · 64 works
  3. 3 Lyle A. McGeoch United States · #193,715 worldwide 6.2k citations · 46 works
  4. 4 David S. Hall United States · #255,159 worldwide 7.7k citations · 126 works
  5. 5 Sandra L. Burkett United States · #255,566 worldwide 4.9k citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Russell H. Weigel United States · #274,300 worldwide 2.7k citations · 31 works
  7. 7 David C. Grahame United States · #311,726 worldwide 6.7k citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Nicholas Holschuh United States · #312,861 worldwide 2.5k citations · 114 works
  9. 9 Susan Niditch United States · #337,796 worldwide 1.3k citations · 132 works
  10. 10 David Delaney United States · #379,199 worldwide 2.9k citations · 79 works
All ranked researchers at Amherst College

What are the most cited papers from Amherst College?

The most cited paper from Amherst College is "Scikit-learn: Machine Learning in Python" (Fabián Pedregosa, Gaël Varoquaux, Alexandre Gramfort et al., 2012), with 64,016 citations. Next come "SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python" (40,161) and "A standardised static in vitro digestion method suitable for food – an international consensus" (5,749).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Scikit-learn: Machine Learning in Python Fabián Pedregosa, Gaël Varoquaux, Alexandre Gramfort et al. · ORBi (University of Liège) Open access 2 Jan 2012 64,016
2 SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python Pauli Virtanen et al. · Nature Methods Open access112 authors 3 Feb 2020 40,161
3 A standardised static in vitro digestion method suitable for food – an international consensus Mans Minekus et al. · Food & Function Open access 2014 5,749
4 Teachers, Schools, and Academic Achievement Steven G. Rivkin, Eric Alan Hanushek, John F. Kain · Econometrica 4 Feb 2005 4,426
5 A Language Modeling Approach to Information Retrieval Jay M. Ponte, W. Bruce Croft · ACM SIGIR Forum Open access 2 Aug 2017 2,534
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Amherst College?

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

▲ 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 institution'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. Globalization54▲ 2.4×62 topics
  2. Machine Learning54▲ 1.37×65 topics
  3. Deep Learning43◆ 1.07×65 topics
  4. Identity39▲ 4.6×39 topics
  5. Climate Change36◆ 1.14×68 topics
  6. Colonialism36▲ 6.4×26 topics
  7. Nationalism31▲ 5.9×26 topics
  8. Human Rights30▲ 2.5×31 topics
  9. History28▲ 3.5×27 topics
  10. Culture26▲ 4.2×18 topics
  11. Neural Networks24▲ 1.32×27 topics
  12. Gender24▲ 3.8×30 topics
  13. Religion23▲ 4.2×23 topics
  14. Mental Health22▲ 1.33×34 topics
  15. Literature22▲ 3.4×23 topics
  16. Politics19▲ 6.2×14 topics
  17. Neoliberalism18▲ 4.2×17 topics
  18. Ethics16▲ 2.6×20 topics
  19. Democracy15▲ 3.7×15 topics
  20. Feminism15▲ 4.4×15 topics
  21. Race15▲ 10×12 topics
  22. Ethnicity12▲ 2.8×15 topics
  23. Migration12▲ 3.1×10 topics
  24. Demography12▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Late Antiquity12▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Society11▲ 5.0×9 topics
  27. Public Opinion11▲ 7.9×6 topics
  28. Ancient Rome11▲ 29×1 topic
  29. Empire11▲ 11×6 topics
  30. Greek Literature11▲ 29×1 topic
  31. Discrimination10▲ 4.2×7 topics
  32. Secularism10▲ 8.2×4 topics
  33. Imperialism9▲ 10×6 topics
  34. Immigration9▲ 6.6×5 topics
  35. NGOs8▲ 7.6×4 topics
  36. Authoritarianism8▲ 7.8×5 topics
  37. National Identity8▲ 5.9×6 topics
  38. Federalism8▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Humanitarianism7▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Cold War7▲ 9.8×5 topics

Which research topics does Amherst College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Classical Antiquity Studies, Race, History, and American Society, Classical Philosophy and Thought and American Constitutional Law and Politics.

Classical Antiquity Stud…11Classical Antiquity Studies: 11 fractional worksRace, History, and Ameri…6Race, History, and American Society: 6 fractional worksClassical Philosophy and Thought: 6 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 5 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 5 fractional worksMolecular Spectroscopy and Structure: 5 fractional worksStatistics Education and…5Statistics Education and Methodologies: 5 fractional worksTopic Modeling: 4 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 4 fractional worksReligion and Society Int…4Religion and Society Interactions: 4 fractional works
AnthropologySociology and Political SciencePhilosophyPolitical Science and International Relations4 others

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

  1. 1 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 11 works
  2. 2 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  3. 3 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 6 works
  4. 4 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  5. 5 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  6. 6 Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure Spectroscopy 5 works
  7. 7 Statistics Education and Methodologies Statistics and Probability 5 works
  8. 8 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  9. 9 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 4 works
  10. 10 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 4 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available27.9%not open72.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.4%domestic only89.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Amherst College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Amherst College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0046% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Amherst College0.0045% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Amherst College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Amherst College10.0% 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 17.6% in 1991.

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