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Bowdoin College

In research, Bowdoin College stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,063 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#6,416 of 10,670 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#1,528 of 2,526 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,620
of 22,385 · #2,495 all time
Rank in United States
#1,027
of 3,332
Research works
3.4k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
61k
17.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.81×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Bowdoin College

What is Bowdoin 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 #4,063 of 9,585 10.0%252 #1223
Physical SciencesDomain #6,416 of 10,670 4.5%102 #2483
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,528 of 2,526 11.5%61 #1059
Social SciencesField #3,729 of 5,988 11.9%141 #1385
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,491 of 1,896 8.5%65 #681

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bowdoin 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#1,223 #4,063
  2. Physical Sciences#2,483 #6,416
  3. Sociology and Political Science#1,059 #1,528
  4. Social Sciences#1,385 #3,729
  5. Arts and Humanities#681 #1,491
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 Bowdoin College work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Bowdoin College is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Arts and Humanities (15%), Computer Science (6%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 268 fractional works · 59.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 152 fractional works · 33.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 65 fractional works · 14.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 26 fractional works · 5.8% of its workAnthropology: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCultural Studies: 11 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 69 fractional works · 15.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 19 fractional works · 4.2% of its workHistory: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 18 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 118 fractional works · 25.9% of its workComputer Science: 28 fractional works · 6.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 22 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 22 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 3.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 13 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNumerical Analysis: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 47 fractional works · 10.4% of its workNeuroscience: 20 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKBowdoin College454fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences59%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences15233.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities6915.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance184.0%
    4. Psychology184.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting61.4%
    6. Decision Sciences41.0%
    1. Computer Science286.1%
    2. Environmental Science224.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy224.9%
    4. Engineering163.4%
    5. Mathematics132.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences81.7%
    7. Chemistry51.2%
    8. Materials Science20.5%
    9. Energy10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Neuroscience204.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology143.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences102.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine143.1%
    2. Health Professions71.4%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.48× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.74× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.79× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.99× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.40× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.21× its world share, 22 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.55× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.26× its world share, 69 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.86× its world share, 18 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.65× its world share, 152 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.26×69 works
  2. Neuroscience2.74×20 works
  3. Social Sciences2.65×152 works
  4. Mathematics2.40×13 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy2.21×22 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.86×18 works
  7. Psychology1.30×18 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.10×8 works
  9. Environmental Science0.99×22 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.99×4 works
  11. Computer Science0.79×28 works
  12. Chemistry0.73×5 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×14 works
  14. Health Professions0.55×7 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.48×10 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.46×2 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.44×6 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.31×0 works
  19. Engineering0.23×16 works
  20. Energy0.22×1 works
  21. Medicine0.16×14 works
  22. Materials Science0.15×2 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.14×0 works
  24. Nursing0.09×0 works
  25. Veterinary0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Bowdoin College?

Ranked on the quality score, Erik J Nelson, Philip Camill and Michael M. Franz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bowdoin College.

  1. 1 Erik J Nelson United States · #69,994 worldwide 11k citations · 85 works
  2. 2 Philip Camill United States · #196,315 worldwide 8.5k citations · 76 works
  3. 3 Michael M. Franz United States · #230,325 worldwide 2.3k citations · 144 works
  4. 4 Laura A. Henry United States · #266,405 worldwide 1.1k citations · 80 works
  5. 5 Edward Chase Kirkland United States · #276,072 worldwide 2.8k citations · 169 works
  6. 6 Rachel Connelly United States · #312,566 worldwide 2.8k citations · 89 works
  7. 7 Samuel P. Putnam United States · #345,236 worldwide 6.7k citations · 103 works
  8. 8 Nathaniel T. Wheelwright United States · #445,114 worldwide 6.2k citations · 127 works
  9. 9 Collin S. Roesler United States · #458,196 worldwide 4.8k citations · 121 works
  10. 10 Burke O. Long United States · #461,473 worldwide 935 citations · 67 works
All ranked researchers at Bowdoin College

What are the most cited papers from Bowdoin College?

The most cited paper from Bowdoin College is "Estimated stocks of circumpolar permafrost carbon with quantified uncertainty ranges and identified data gaps" (Gustaf Hugelius, Jens Strauß, Sebastian Zubrzycki et al., 2014), with 1,798 citations. Next come "The Political Relevance of Political Trust" (1,548) and "Text Chunking Using Transformation-Based Learning" (1,269).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Estimated stocks of circumpolar permafrost carbon with quantified uncertainty ranges and identified data gaps Gustaf Hugelius, Jens Strauß, Sebastian Zubrzycki et al. · Biogeosciences Open access Dec 2014 1,798
2 The Political Relevance of Political Trust Marc J. Hetherington · American Political Science Review Dec 1998 1,548
3 Text Chunking Using Transformation-Based Learning Lance Ramshaw, Mitchell P. Marcus · Text, speech and language technology Book chapter 1999 1,269
4 Development of Short and Very Short Forms of the Children's Behavior Questionnaire Samuel P. Putnam, Mary Klevjord Rothbart · Journal of Personality Assessment Jul 2006 1,203
5 Resurgent Mass Partisanship: The Role of Elite Polarization Marc J. Hetherington · American Political Science Review Sep 2001 1,051
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Bowdoin College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Identity, Colonialism, History, Literature, Nationalism, Culture and Globalization.

▲ 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. Gender33▲ 13×32 topics
  2. Identity33▲ 9.9×34 topics
  3. Colonialism30▲ 14×25 topics
  4. Globalization27▲ 3.0×46 topics
  5. History27▲ 8.6×32 topics
  6. Literature25▲ 10×26 topics
  7. Nationalism23▲ 11×21 topics
  8. Culture22▲ 9.2×19 topics
  9. Climate Change20▲ 1.66×43 topics
  10. Human Rights15▲ 3.2×20 topics
  11. Religion14▲ 6.7×16 topics
  12. Politics14▲ 12×12 topics
  13. Feminism14▲ 10×11 topics
  14. Cultural Studies13▲ 7.8×14 topics
  15. Social Movements13▲ 9.7×8 topics
  16. Society13▲ 15×12 topics
  17. Ethics12▲ 5.5×16 topics
  18. Neoliberalism12▲ 7.5×13 topics
  19. Race12▲ 22×11 topics
  20. Democracy9▲ 5.8×12 topics
  21. Postcolonialism9▲ 14×9 topics
  22. Cold War9▲ 32×5 topics
  23. Migration9▲ 5.6×12 topics
  24. Philosophy8▲ 4.2×13 topics
  25. Decolonization8▲ 22×4 topics
  26. Imperialism8▲ 22×5 topics
  27. Cosmopolitanism7▲ 15×5 topics
  28. Memory7▲ 6.5×8 topics
  29. Black Studies7▲ 71×1 topic
  30. Civil Rights Movement7▲ 71×1 topic
  31. Community7▲ 13×6 topics
  32. Economy6▲ 19×4 topics
  33. Political Economy6▲ 5.2×8 topics
  34. Public Opinion6▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Media5▲ 7.8×5 topics
  36. Anthropocene5▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Ethnic Identity5▲ 10×4 topics
  38. Gender Dynamics5▲ 11×5 topics
  39. Narrative5▲ 7.4×7 topics
  40. Occupation5▲ 18×3 topics

Which research topics does Bowdoin College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Race, History, and American Society, Vietnamese History and Culture Studies, African history and culture studies and Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis.

Race, History, and Ameri…7Race, History, and American Society: 7 fractional worksVietnamese History and C…4Vietnamese History and Culture Studies: 4 fractional worksAfrican history and cult…4African history and culture studies: 4 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…4Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 4 fractional worksCommunism, Protests, Social Movements: 3 fractional worksEducator Training and Historical Pedagogy: 3 fractional worksNorth African History an…3North African History and Literature: 3 fractional worksGeographies of human-animal interactions: 3 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 3 fractional worksPolitical Philosophy and…3Political Philosophy and Ethics: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceAnthropologyHistory and Philosophy of ScienceHistory2 others

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

  1. 1 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  2. 2 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  3. 3 African history and culture studies Anthropology 4 works
  4. 4 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 4 works
  5. 5 Communism, Protests, Social Movements Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  6. 6 Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 North African History and Literature History 3 works
  8. 8 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 3 works
  9. 9 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  10. 10 Political Philosophy and Ethics Political Science and International Relations 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 available27.3%not open72.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.4%domestic only92.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bowdoin College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% 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 Bowdoin College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Bowdoin College0.0016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Bowdoin 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Bowdoin College5.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.6% in 2011.

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