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Bard College

In research, Bard College stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,565 of 10,521 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#1,457 of 1,998 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,692 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,897
of 28,054 · #8,243 all time
Rank in United States
#1,941
of 4,192
Research works
2.4k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
11.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Bard College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,565 of 10,521 14.4%233 #2013
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,457 of 1,998 18.2%71 #1050
Social SciencesField #4,692 of 6,365 12.9%129 #2165
Physical SciencesDomain #10,466 of 12,888 8.7%63 #7821

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bard 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#2,013 #4,565
  2. Arts and Humanities#1,050 #1,457
  3. Social Sciences#2,165 #4,692
  4. Physical Sciences#7,821 #10,466
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

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: 0.83× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.00× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.92× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.74× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.20× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 7.21× its world share, 71 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.13× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.66× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.98× its world share, 129 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bard College?

Ranked on the composite score, Hyman P. Minsky, Omar G. Encarnación and Leon Botstein lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bard College.

  1. 1 Hyman P. Minsky United States · #11,802 worldwide 1.4k citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Omar G. Encarnación United States · #122,203 worldwide 82 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Leon Botstein United States · #175,767 worldwide 39 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Sanjib Baruah United States · #206,781 worldwide 50 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Gidon Eshel United States · #221,188 worldwide 190 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Elizabeth Holt United States · #250,060 worldwide 109 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Bruce Chilton United States · #269,480 worldwide 21 citations · 83 works
  8. 8 Garry L. Hagberg United States · #285,002 worldwide 38 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Dilip Hiro United States · #305,183 worldwide 61 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Richard H. Davis United States · #310,229 worldwide 70 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Bard College

Which keywords describe research at Bard College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Colonialism, Identity, Literature, Nationalism, Gender, Human Rights 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 2022–2025 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. Globalization34▲ 5.0×48 topics
  2. Colonialism26▲ 16×28 topics
  3. Identity22▲ 8.9×32 topics
  4. Human Rights20▲ 5.8×23 topics
  5. Literature20▲ 11×28 topics
  6. Nationalism18▲ 12×19 topics
  7. Gender18▲ 9.6×23 topics
  8. History18▲ 7.4×20 topics
  9. Philosophy15▲ 9.9×17 topics
  10. Religion14▲ 8.6×16 topics
  11. Culture14▲ 7.6×17 topics
  12. Ethics12▲ 7.4×16 topics
  13. International Law10▲ 9.7×6 topics
  14. Cultural Studies9▲ 7.3×15 topics
  15. Feminism9▲ 9.7×10 topics
  16. Neoliberalism8▲ 6.8×13 topics
  17. Politics8▲ 8.6×11 topics
  18. Power8▲ 32×5 topics
  19. Memory8▲ 8.9×10 topics
  20. Conflict7▲ 13×7 topics
  21. Cultural Identity7▲ 4.1×10 topics
  22. Global Governance7▲ 9.1×6 topics
  23. Social Justice7▲ 3.5×11 topics
  24. Diplomacy7▲ 21×6 topics
  25. Federalism7▲ 30×3 topics
  26. Ethnicity6▲ 5.0×7 topics
  27. Society6▲ 9.6×7 topics
  28. Postcolonialism6▲ 14×11 topics
  29. Social Movements6▲ 5.8×10 topics
  30. Empire6▲ 20×5 topics
  31. Hegemony6▲ 65×2 topics
  32. International Institutions6▲ 79×1 topic
  33. Norms6▲ 43×1 topic
  34. Cultural Exchange5▲ 12×6 topics
  35. Race5▲ 13×10 topics
  36. Public Opinion5▲ 12×5 topics
  37. Peacebuilding5▲ 22×5 topics
  38. National Identity5▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Occupation5▲ 20×3 topics
  40. Secularism4▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does Bard College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: International Relations and Foreign Policy, American Constitutional Law and Politics, Islamic Studies and History and Italian Fascism and Post-war Society.

International Relations and Foreign Policy: 6 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 4 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 3 fractional worksItalian Fascism and Post-war Society: 3 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 3 fractional worksAustralian History and Society: 3 fractional worksIndian History and Philo…2Indian History and Philosophy: 2 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 2 fractional worksJapanese History and Culture: 2 fractional worksGeographies of human-ani…2Geographies of human-animal interactions: 2 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political SciencePhilosophyHistory and Philosophy of Science2 others

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

  1. 1 International Relations and Foreign Policy Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  2. 2 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  3. 3 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  4. 4 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  5. 5 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  6. 6 Australian History and Society Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 2 works
  8. 8 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  9. 9 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 2 works
  10. 10 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 2 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 available25.7%not open74.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.7%domestic only90.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bard College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.