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Barnard College

In research, Barnard College stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,277 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,478 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,527 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,801
of 28,054 · #3,637 all time
Rank in United States
#909
of 4,192
Research works
3.3k
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
75k
22.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Barnard 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 #3,277 of 10,521 17.6%244 #1229
Social SciencesField #3,478 of 6,365 19.2%124 #1042
Physical SciencesDomain #7,527 of 12,888 15.5%84 #5073
Life SciencesDomain #5,075 of 7,800 21.9%69 #3622

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Barnard 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#1,229 #3,277
  2. Social Sciences#1,042 #3,478
  3. Physical Sciences#5,073 #7,527
  4. Life Sciences#3,622 #5,075
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: 0.75× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.39× its world share, 31 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.84× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.33× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.09× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.91× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.42× its world share, 56 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.81× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.95× its world share, 39 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.23× its world share, 124 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Barnard College?

Ranked on the composite score, Bernard Barber, James H. Oliver and Renè Albrecht-Carrié lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Barnard College.

  1. 1 Bernard Barber United States · #3,873 worldwide 973 citations · 66 works
  2. 2 James H. Oliver United States · #11,352 worldwide 257 citations · 69 works
  3. 3 Renè Albrecht-Carrié United States · #53,882 worldwide 98 citations · 58 works
  4. 4 E. V. Cowdry United States · #101,496 worldwide 82 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Rosalie L. Colie United States · #111,452 worldwide 82 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Nancy K. Miller United States · #131,342 worldwide 74 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Kaiama L. Glover United States · #132,791 worldwide 123 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Keith Moxey United States · #148,651 worldwide 43 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 José C. Moya United States · #150,210 worldwide 67 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Deborah Valenze United States · #163,422 worldwide 93 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Barnard College

Which keywords describe research at Barnard College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Ethics, Gender, Culture, Nationalism, Religion, Literature 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. Globalization26▲ 3.1×48 topics
  2. Climate Change20▲ 1.67×45 topics
  3. Ethics16▲ 7.5×22 topics
  4. Gender14▲ 5.8×26 topics
  5. Sustainability14▲ 1.30×32 topics
  6. History13▲ 4.2×23 topics
  7. Culture12▲ 5.4×14 topics
  8. Literature12▲ 5.2×19 topics
  9. Nationalism12▲ 5.9×14 topics
  10. Religion12▲ 5.7×20 topics
  11. Identity11▲ 3.5×24 topics
  12. Human Rights10▲ 2.3×21 topics
  13. Colonialism10▲ 4.8×19 topics
  14. Neoliberalism10▲ 6.4×15 topics
  15. Feminism10▲ 7.9×15 topics
  16. Adaptation9▲ 7.4×8 topics
  17. Inequality8▲ 8.3×8 topics
  18. Philosophy8▲ 4.3×13 topics
  19. Capitalism8▲ 26×5 topics
  20. Democracy8▲ 4.8×15 topics
  21. Migration7▲ 5.0×14 topics
  22. Emotion Regulation7▲ 5.2×8 topics
  23. Empathy7▲ 14×5 topics
  24. Politics7▲ 5.9×10 topics
  25. Neurobiology7▲ 6.0×9 topics
  26. Neuroscience6▲ 5.0×13 topics
  27. Emotion6▲ 6.6×8 topics
  28. Memory6▲ 5.6×8 topics
  29. Imperialism6▲ 17×5 topics
  30. Vulnerability6▲ 5.8×7 topics
  31. Cosmopolitanism6▲ 12×7 topics
  32. Prefrontal Cortex6▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Neural Mechanisms5▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Society5▲ 6.3×7 topics
  35. Race5▲ 10×11 topics
  36. Social Cognition5▲ 6.8×7 topics
  37. Marxism5▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Community4▲ 8.9×6 topics
  39. Labor Theory of Value4▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Uneven and Combined Development4▲ 47×1 topic

Which research topics does Barnard College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Political Economy and Marxism, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior and Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism.

Political Economy and Ma…4Political Economy and Marxism: 4 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Ps…3Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 3 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 3 fractional worksShakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism: 3 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Studies: 3 fractional worksHistorical Economic and Social Studies: 3 fractional worksCircadian rhythm and melatonin: 3 fractional worksWater Governance and Inf…3Water Governance and Infrastructure: 3 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 3 fractional worksClimate Change, Adaptation, Migration: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceCognitive NeuroscienceGeneticsLiterature and Literary Theory5 others

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

  1. 1 Political Economy and Marxism Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  2. 2 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  3. 3 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 3 works
  4. 4 Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  5. 5 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 3 works
  6. 6 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  7. 7 Circadian rhythm and melatonin Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 3 works
  8. 8 Water Governance and Infrastructure Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  9. 9 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  10. 10 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 3 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 available26.9%not open73.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.6%domestic only91.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Barnard College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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