Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Archive · Boston · United States

Boston Athenaeum

Research works
24
▼ 60% vs 2013–17
Citations
13
0.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Boston Athenaeum is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

    Who are the top researchers at Boston Athenaeum?

    Ranked on the composite score, Walter Muir Whitehill lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Boston Athenaeum.

    1. 1 Walter Muir Whitehill United States · #79,981 worldwide 78 citations · 41 works
    All ranked researchers at Boston Athenaeum

    Which keywords describe research at Boston Athenaeum?

    By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Exchange, Iberian Peninsula, History, Archaeology, Globalization, Iron Age, Romanization and American founding.

    ▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

    Size is fractional works in all years 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 35 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

    All 35 words, with their numbers
    1. Cultural Exchange4▲ 124×3 topics
    2. History4▲ 21×6 topics
    3. Iberian Peninsula4▲ 477×2 topics
    4. Globalization3▲ 7.7×4 topics
    5. Archaeology3▲ 92×3 topics
    6. Iron Age3▲ 528×1 topic
    7. Romanization3▲ 740×1 topic
    8. American founding2▲ 143×1 topic
    9. Constitutional government2▲ 143×1 topic
    10. Feminism2▲ 38×3 topics
    11. Conservation2▲ 18×3 topics
    12. Branding2▲ 567×1 topic
    13. Marketing2▲ 134×1 topic
    14. Cultural Heritage2▲ 16×4 topics
    15. Innovation2▲ 7.6×2 topics
    16. Society2▲ 31×3 topics
    17. Cultural Transmission2▲ 68×2 topics
    18. Cold War1▲ 76×2 topics
    19. Economic Growth1▲ 7.5×1 topic
    20. Height1▲ 172×1 topic
    21. Medicine1▲ 59×2 topics
    22. Medieval Architecture1▲ 279×1 topic
    23. Rural Landscapes1▲ 505×1 topic
    24. Science1▲ 30×2 topics
    25. Philosophy1▲ 12×2 topics
    26. Black Studies1▲ 148×1 topic
    27. Civil Rights Movement1▲ 148×1 topic
    28. Environmental Movement1▲ 213×1 topic
    29. Fairy Tales1▲ 246×1 topic
    30. Folklore1▲ 120×1 topic
    31. Indian Ocean1▲ 214×1 topic
    32. Observations1▲ 172×1 topic
    33. Renewable Energy1▲ 4.2×1 topic
    34. Technology1▲ 9.7×1 topic
    35. prehistoric movement1▲ 214×1 topic

    Which research topics does Boston Athenaeum publish most on?

    By volume: Archaeological and Historical Studies, American Constitutional Law and Politics, American History and Culture and Historical Economic and Social Studies.

    1. 1 Archaeological and Historical Studies Archeology 3 works
    2. 2 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
    3. 3 American History and Culture Marketing 2 works
    4. 4 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
    5. 5 Medieval Architecture and Archaeology Archeology 1 works
    6. 6 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
    7. 7 Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
    8. 8 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 1 works
    9. 9 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
    10. 10 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 1 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 available35.2%not open64.8%

    World: 28% of research is openly available.

    with international co-authors3.7%domestic only96.3%

    World: 19% is written across borders.

    How has Boston Athenaeum's research output changed?

    Output in 2018–2022 was 60% lower than in 2013–2017.

    19952000200520102015
    grewheldshrank

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

    Other research institutions in Boston

    All research institutions in Boston

    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.