Question 1

What is Boston College known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does Boston College rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Boston College ranks #264 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#237 all time), and #75 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Boston College?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Boston College?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does Boston College publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Boston College?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Boston College work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like Boston College's?

Accepted Answer

University of York has the research profile closest to Boston College's (similarity 0.87 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Arts and Humanities, followed by City University of New York and Florida State University.

Question 9

Is Boston College's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.