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In research, Boston College stands highest in Social Sciences (#157 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#117 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#349 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Religious studies, Classics and History (Religious studies is 13.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#264
of 22,385 · #237 all time
Rank in United States
#75
of 3,332
Research works
27k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
798k
29.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.45×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Boston College

What is Boston 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 #157 of 9,585 12.2%1,963 #100
Social SciencesField #117 of 5,988 12.1%938 #84
Physical SciencesDomain #349 of 10,670 13.6%620 #283
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #78 of 1,798 15.3%168 #76
Health SciencesDomain #500 of 9,902 13.5%357 #602
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #149 of 2,526 12.8%338 #108
PsychologyField #126 of 2,121 12.7%253 #85
MedicineField #592 of 8,541 11.7%218 #746
Life SciencesDomain #521 of 6,403 11.9%226 #535
ChemistryField #107 of 1,299 27.9%67 #103

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Boston 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#100 #157
  2. Social Sciences#84 #117
  3. Physical Sciences#283 #349
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#76 #78
  5. Health Sciences#602 #500
  6. Sociology and Political Science#108 #149
  7. Psychology#85 #126
  8. Medicine#746 #592
  9. Life Sciences#535 #521
  10. Chemistry#103 #107
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 Boston College work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Boston College is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Arts and Humanities (13%), Psychology (8%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2,149 fractional works · 61.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,020 fractional works · 29.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 370 fractional works · 10.5% of its workEducation: 186 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 156 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSafety Research: 41 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 34 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 447 fractional works · 12.7% of its workPhilosophy: 95 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHistory: 81 fractional works · 2.3% of its workReligious studies: 78 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 59 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClassics: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 291 fractional works · 8.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 97 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 86 fractional works · 2.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 48 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 39 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 175 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 112 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFinance: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 146 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAccounting: 48 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 70 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 45 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 704 fractional works · 20.1% of its workComputer Science: 148 fractional works · 4.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 44 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 34 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 94 fractional works · 2.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 88 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 84 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 82 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 76 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 58 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 56 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeophysics: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 45 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 399 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMedicine: 248 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 43 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 130 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 101 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 259 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 108 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 67 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 101 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 78 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBoston College3,511fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences61%

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 Sciences2,14961.2%
    1. Social Sciences1,02029.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities44712.7%
    3. Psychology2918.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1755.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting1464.2%
    6. Decision Sciences702.0%
    1. Computer Science1484.2%
    2. Engineering942.7%
    3. Environmental Science882.5%
    4. Mathematics842.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy822.3%
    6. Chemistry762.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences561.6%
    8. Materials Science451.3%
    9. Energy250.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.2%
    1. Medicine2487.1%
    2. Health Professions1303.7%
    3. Nursing190.5%
    4. Veterinary10.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1083.1%
    2. Neuroscience1012.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences401.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology60.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Boston College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Religious studies takes 13.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Religious studiesSubfield · 78.0 works13×
  2. ClassicsSubfield · 26.9 works13×
  3. HistorySubfield · 80.6 works7.1×
  4. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 36.4 works6.7×
  5. PhilosophySubfield · 94.5 works6.3×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 40 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 108 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.77× its world share, 101 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.58× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.37× its world share, 76 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 148 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 56 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 25 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 94 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 88 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 45 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.02× its world share, 84 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.06× its world share, 82 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.41× its world share, 130 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 248 worksMedicineNursing: 1.10× its world share, 19 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.41× its world share, 447 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.29× its world share, 146 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 70 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.34× its world share, 176 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.72× its world share, 291 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.30× its world share, 1,020 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.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.41×447 works
  2. Psychology2.72×291 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.34×176 works
  4. Social Sciences2.30×1,020 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.05×70 works
  6. Mathematics2.02×84 works
  7. Neuroscience1.77×101 works
  8. Health Professions1.41×130 works
  9. Chemistry1.37×76 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting1.29×146 works
  11. Nursing1.10×19 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy1.06×82 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.01×56 works
  14. Energy0.78×25 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.58×108 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.58×7 works
  17. Computer Science0.54×148 works
  18. Environmental Science0.51×88 works
  19. Materials Science0.37×45 works
  20. Medicine0.37×248 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.32×4 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×40 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.18×6 works
  24. Engineering0.18×94 works
  25. Veterinary0.18×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Boston College?

Ranked on the quality score, Philip E. Strahan, Seung‐A Annie Jin and Amir H. Hoveyda lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Boston College.

  1. 1 Philip E. Strahan United States · #9,011 worldwide 25k citations · 218 works
  2. 2 Seung‐A Annie Jin United States · #15,527 worldwide 8.6k citations · 104 works
  3. 3 Amir H. Hoveyda United States · #15,763 worldwide 42k citations · 867 works
  4. 4 Chia‐Kuang Tsung United States · #22,028 worldwide 17k citations · 126 works
  5. 5 Andy Hargreaves United States · #22,630 worldwide 28k citations · 281 works
  6. 6 David L. Blustein United States · #22,810 worldwide 16k citations · 264 works
  7. 7 Marilyn Cochran‐Smith United States · #23,152 worldwide 26k citations · 257 works
  8. 8 Michael G. Pratt United States · #24,890 worldwide 22k citations · 183 works
  9. 9 Eric Dearing United States · #25,902 worldwide 6.3k citations · 109 works
  10. 10 Thomas J. Chemmanur United States · #26,129 worldwide 11k citations · 225 works
All ranked researchers at Boston College

What are the most cited papers from Boston College?

The most cited paper from Boston College is "The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools" (Heng Li, Bob Handsaker, Alec Wysoker et al., 2009), with 69,061 citations. Next come "A meta-analytic test of intergroup contact theory." (8,946) and "An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes" (8,281).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools Heng Li, Bob Handsaker, Alec Wysoker et al. · Bioinformatics Open access 8 Jun 2009 69,061
2 A meta-analytic test of intergroup contact theory. Thomas Fraser Pettigrew, Linda R. Tropp · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2006 8,946
3 An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes Gil A. McVean et al. · Nature Open access363 authors 31 Oct 2012 8,281
4 A map of human genome variation from population-scale sequencing Richard M. Durbin et al. · Nature Open access337 authors 26 Oct 2010 8,156
5 Perfect Metamaterial Absorber Nathan I. Landy, Soji Sajuyigbe, Jack J. Mock et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 21 May 2008 7,671
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Boston College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Ethics, Mental Health, Globalization, History, Identity, Nationalism and Social Justice.

▲ 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. Globalization174▲ 2.5×97 topics
  2. Mental Health156▲ 3.1×39 topics
  3. Religion136▲ 8.4×37 topics
  4. Ethics121▲ 6.8×41 topics
  5. Education118▲ 1.96×78 topics
  6. History117▲ 4.8×40 topics
  7. Identity112▲ 4.4×50 topics
  8. Social Justice97▲ 4.6×34 topics
  9. Nationalism89▲ 5.7×27 topics
  10. Philosophy87▲ 5.6×33 topics
  11. Gender82▲ 4.3×48 topics
  12. Human Rights79▲ 2.2×59 topics
  13. Public Health78▲ 1.53×44 topics
  14. Literature77▲ 4.0×45 topics
  15. Culture66▲ 3.6×25 topics
  16. Colonialism65▲ 3.9×36 topics
  17. Economic Growth64▲ 2.2×22 topics
  18. Theology62▲ 19×6 topics
  19. Social Support61▲ 3.2×16 topics
  20. Feminism55▲ 5.4×19 topics
  21. Neoliberalism54▲ 4.3×23 topics
  22. Higher Education52▲ 2.8×20 topics
  23. Secularism49▲ 14×5 topics
  24. Cultural Identity49▲ 2.8×26 topics
  25. Society49▲ 7.3×17 topics
  26. Democracy48▲ 3.9×25 topics
  27. Diversity48▲ 7.7×9 topics
  28. Health Disparities47▲ 5.1×8 topics
  29. Public Opinion39▲ 9.2×6 topics
  30. Psychology39▲ 8.3×13 topics
  31. Intersectionality37▲ 5.5×13 topics
  32. Emotion36▲ 5.0×11 topics
  33. Federalism35▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Political Philosophy35▲ 18×4 topics
  35. Academic Achievement34▲ 5.7×10 topics
  36. Acculturation33▲ 13×2 topics
  37. American founding32▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Constitutional government32▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Biblical Monotheism30▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Jewish Society30▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Boston College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: American Constitutional Law and Politics, Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Religious Education and Schools and Higher Education Governance and Development.

American Constitutional …32American Constitutional Law and Politics: 32 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Int…30Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 30 fractional worksReligious Education and Schools: 20 fractional worksHigher Education Governance and Development: 19 fractional worksCatholicism and Religiou…18Catholicism and Religious Studies: 18 fractional worksMedieval Literature and History: 18 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 17 fractional worksRacial and Ethnic Identi…17Racial and Ethnic Identity Research: 17 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 16 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 16 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsReligious studiesEducationHistory4 others

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

  1. 1 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 32 works
  2. 2 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 30 works
  3. 3 Religious Education and Schools Education 20 works
  4. 4 Higher Education Governance and Development Political Science and International Relations 19 works
  5. 5 Catholicism and Religious Studies History 18 works
  6. 6 Medieval Literature and History Classics 18 works
  7. 7 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 17 works
  8. 8 Racial and Ethnic Identity Research Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  9. 9 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 16 works
  10. 10 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 16 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 available36.5%not open63.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.4%domestic only90.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Boston College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower 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 Boston College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Boston College0.014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Boston 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%Boston College10.8% 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 18.1% in 2003.

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Which institutions have research most like Boston College's?

Among the world's leading institutions, University of York has the research profile closest to Boston College's, with both strong in Arts and Humanities.

  1. 1 University of YorkUnited Kingdom · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Psychology, Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.87 Compare
  2. 2 City University of New YorkUnited States · Both strong in Psychology, Arts and Humanities, Mathematics 0.86 Compare
  3. 3 Florida State UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Psychology, Neuroscience, Arts and Humanities 0.85 Compare
  4. 4 Stockholm UniversitySweden · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Psychology, Social Sciences 0.83 Compare
  5. 5 Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Mathematics, Social Sciences 0.81 Compare

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