- 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 Walter Muir Whitehill United States · #79,981 worldwide 78 citations · 41 works
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.
- Technology
- Observations
- Folklore
- Environmental Movement
- Black Studies
- Science
- Medieval Architecture
- Height
- Cold War
- Society
- Cultural Heritage
- Branding
- Feminism
- American founding
- Iron Age
- Globalization
- History
- Cultural Exchange
- Iberian Peninsula
- Archaeology
- Romanization
- Constitutional government
- Conservation
- Marketing
- Innovation
- Cultural Transmission
- Economic Growth
- Medicine
- Rural Landscapes
- Philosophy
- Civil Rights Movement
- Fairy Tales
- Indian Ocean
- Renewable Energy
- prehistoric movement
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
- Cultural Exchange4▲ 124×3 topics
- History4▲ 21×6 topics
- Iberian Peninsula4▲ 477×2 topics
- Globalization3▲ 7.7×4 topics
- Archaeology3▲ 92×3 topics
- Iron Age3▲ 528×1 topic
- Romanization3▲ 740×1 topic
- American founding2▲ 143×1 topic
- Constitutional government2▲ 143×1 topic
- Feminism2▲ 38×3 topics
- Conservation2▲ 18×3 topics
- Branding2▲ 567×1 topic
- Marketing2▲ 134×1 topic
- Cultural Heritage2▲ 16×4 topics
- Innovation2▲ 7.6×2 topics
- Society2▲ 31×3 topics
- Cultural Transmission2▲ 68×2 topics
- Cold War1▲ 76×2 topics
- Economic Growth1▲ 7.5×1 topic
- Height1▲ 172×1 topic
- Medicine1▲ 59×2 topics
- Medieval Architecture1▲ 279×1 topic
- Rural Landscapes1▲ 505×1 topic
- Science1▲ 30×2 topics
- Philosophy1▲ 12×2 topics
- Black Studies1▲ 148×1 topic
- Civil Rights Movement1▲ 148×1 topic
- Environmental Movement1▲ 213×1 topic
- Fairy Tales1▲ 246×1 topic
- Folklore1▲ 120×1 topic
- Indian Ocean1▲ 214×1 topic
- Observations1▲ 172×1 topic
- Renewable Energy1▲ 4.2×1 topic
- Technology1▲ 9.7×1 topic
- 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.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Archaeological and Historical Studies Archeology 3 works
- 2 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
- 3 American History and Culture Marketing 2 works
- 4 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
- 5 Medieval Architecture and Archaeology Archeology 1 works
- 6 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
- 7 Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
- 8 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 1 works
- 9 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
- 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
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.
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
- Boston University
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Northeastern University
- Boston Children's Hospital
- Boston College
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- General Electric (United States)
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.