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Clark University

In research, Clark University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,309 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,018 of 5,988 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#798 of 2,526 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History (History is 9.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,942
of 22,385 · #1,696 all time
Rank in United States
#478
of 3,332
Research works
7.1k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
237k
33.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Clark University

What is Clark University 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 #1,309 of 9,585 12.2%432 #633
Social SciencesField #1,018 of 5,988 13.3%240 #595
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #798 of 2,526 16.5%88 #520
Physical SciencesDomain #3,716 of 10,670 7.9%189 #2318
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,547 of 1,896 6.6%62 #936

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Clark University 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#633 #1,309
  2. Social Sciences#595 #1,018
  3. Sociology and Political Science#520 #798
  4. Physical Sciences#2,318 #3,716
  5. Arts and Humanities#936 #1,547
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 Clark University work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Clark University is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Arts and Humanities (9%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 508 fractional works · 59.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 277 fractional works · 32.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 97 fractional works · 11.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 48 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEducation: 28 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAnthropology: 18 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDemography: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSafety Research: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrban Studies: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 78 fractional works · 9.1% of its workHistory: 26 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 60 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 25 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 20 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 46 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 32 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFinance: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 31 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 224 fractional works · 26.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 64 fractional works · 7.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 21 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 50 fractional works · 5.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 24 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 34 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 19 fractional works · 2.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 69 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 30 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 54 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMedicine: 40 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKClark University854fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences6%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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences27732.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities789.1%
    3. Psychology607.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance465.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting313.7%
    6. Decision Sciences151.8%
    1. Environmental Science647.5%
    2. Computer Science505.9%
    3. Engineering344.0%
    4. Mathematics192.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy172.0%
    6. Materials Science131.5%
    7. Chemistry111.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences101.1%
    9. Energy50.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences303.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology283.3%
    3. Neuroscience91.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine404.6%
    2. Health Professions131.5%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Clark University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History takes 9.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HistorySubfield · 25.6 works9.3×
← 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: 0.73× its world share, 30 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.80× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.76× its world share, 50 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.66× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 34 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.51× its world share, 64 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.89× its world share, 19 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.91× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.15× its world share, 78 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.14× its world share, 31 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.82× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.51× its world share, 46 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.32× its world share, 60 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.57× its world share, 277 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.15×78 works
  2. Social Sciences2.57×277 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.51×46 works
  4. Psychology2.32×60 works
  5. Mathematics1.89×19 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.82×15 works
  7. Environmental Science1.51×64 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.14×31 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.91×17 works
  10. Chemistry0.80×11 works
  11. Computer Science0.76×50 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.73×30 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.73×10 works
  14. Energy0.66×5 works
  15. Neuroscience0.65×9 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.62×28 works
  17. Health Professions0.56×12 works
  18. Veterinary0.55×1 works
  19. Materials Science0.42×13 works
  20. Nursing0.29×1 works
  21. Engineering0.27×34 works
  22. Medicine0.24×40 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×2 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.08×0 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.03×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Clark University?

Ranked on the quality score, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, David S. Hibbett and Anthony Bebbington lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Clark University.

  1. 1 Jeffrey Jensen Arnett United States · #16,854 worldwide 56k citations · 252 works
  2. 2 David S. Hibbett United States · #19,465 worldwide 32k citations · 268 works
  3. 3 Anthony Bebbington United States · #28,911 worldwide 15k citations · 267 works
  4. 4 Wendy S. Grolnick United States · #30,337 worldwide 19k citations · 134 works
  5. 5 Susan Hanson United States · #65,678 worldwide 12k citations · 229 works
  6. 6 Johanna Ray Vollhardt United States · #75,702 worldwide 3.5k citations · 110 works
  7. 7 Tamara Κ. Hareven United States · #84,932 worldwide 5.2k citations · 176 works
  8. 8 Christopher Alan Williams United States · #95,282 worldwide 19k citations · 263 works
  9. 9 Rinku Roy Chowdhury United States · #104,029 worldwide 10k citations · 82 works
  10. 10 Roger E. Kasperson United States · #160,023 worldwide 21k citations · 233 works
All ranked researchers at Clark University

What are the most cited papers from Clark University?

The most cited paper from Clark University is "A framework for vulnerability analysis in sustainability science" (Billie Lee Turner, Roger E. Kasperson, Pamela A. Matson et al., 2003), with 4,379 citations. Next come "The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths" (3,797) and "The Social Amplification of Risk: A Conceptual Framework" (3,671).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A framework for vulnerability analysis in sustainability science Billie Lee Turner, Roger E. Kasperson, Pamela A. Matson et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 5 Jun 2003 4,379
2 The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths Éric F. Lambin et al. · Global Environmental Change Open access Dec 2001 3,797
3 The Social Amplification of Risk: A Conceptual Framework Roger E. Kasperson, Ortwin Renn, Paul Slovic et al. · Risk Analysis Open access Jun 1988 3,671
4 Terrestrial Gross Carbon Dioxide Uptake: Global Distribution and Covariation with Climate Christian Beer et al. · Science Open access 5 Jul 2010 2,991
5 An assessment of the effectiveness of a random forest classifier for land-cover classification Victor Francisco Rodriguez-Galiano, Bardan Ghimire, John S. Rogan et al. · ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 6 Dec 2011 2,945
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Clark University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Gender, Identity, Nationalism, Colonialism, Mental Health, Social Movements and Politics.

▲ 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. Globalization66▲ 3.9×64 topics
  2. Climate Change44▲ 1.88×62 topics
  3. Sustainability40▲ 1.92×54 topics
  4. Mental Health40▲ 3.3×25 topics
  5. Identity38▲ 6.2×38 topics
  6. Gender36▲ 7.9×32 topics
  7. Nationalism34▲ 8.9×25 topics
  8. Machine Learning31◆ 1.09×50 topics
  9. Colonialism30▲ 7.5×29 topics
  10. Social Movements26▲ 10×13 topics
  11. Culture24▲ 5.3×18 topics
  12. Politics23▲ 10×14 topics
  13. History22▲ 3.8×24 topics
  14. Human Rights22▲ 2.5×26 topics
  15. Remote Sensing20▲ 1.95×22 topics
  16. Literature18▲ 3.9×30 topics
  17. Neoliberalism17▲ 5.7×20 topics
  18. Race17▲ 16×13 topics
  19. Religion16▲ 4.1×19 topics
  20. Public Opinion16▲ 16×5 topics
  21. Discrimination16▲ 8.7×8 topics
  22. Cultural Identity15▲ 3.6×15 topics
  23. Ecosystem Services15▲ 4.4×11 topics
  24. Urbanization14▲ 4.2×10 topics
  25. Democracy14▲ 4.7×16 topics
  26. Intersectionality14▲ 8.4×11 topics
  27. Political Philosophy14▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Biodiversity Conservation13▲ 4.1×10 topics
  29. Health Disparities12▲ 5.5×5 topics
  30. Postcolonialism12▲ 10×11 topics
  31. Society12▲ 7.5×11 topics
  32. African Diaspora12▲ 35×4 topics
  33. American founding12▲ 50×1 topic
  34. Constitutional government12▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Revolution11▲ 65×2 topics
  36. Economy11▲ 17×5 topics
  37. Stigma11▲ 9.4×4 topics
  38. Racial Identity11▲ 53×2 topics
  39. Social-Ecological Systems10▲ 8.3×4 topics
  40. Historiography10▲ 9.4×5 topics

Which research topics does Clark University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: American Constitutional Law and Politics, European Political History Analysis, Colonialism, slavery, and trade and Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis.

American Constitutional …12American Constitutional Law and Politics: 12 fractional worksEuropean Political Histo…10European Political History Analysis: 10 fractional worksColonialism, slavery, and trade: 8 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 8 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 8 fractional worksHistorical Studies in Latin America: 7 fractional worksMagnetism in coordination complexes: 6 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…6Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 6 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 6 fractional worksReproductive Health and Technologies: 6 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsHistoryAnthropologyHistory and Philosophy of Science6 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 12 works
  2. 2 European Political History Analysis History 10 works
  3. 3 Colonialism, slavery, and trade Anthropology 8 works
  4. 4 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 8 works
  5. 5 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 8 works
  6. 6 Historical Studies in Latin America Demography 7 works
  7. 7 Magnetism in coordination complexes Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 6 works
  8. 8 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  9. 9 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 6 works
  10. 10 Reproductive Health and Technologies Reproductive Medicine 6 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 available22.3%not open77.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.3%domestic only87.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Clark University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% 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 Clark University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0026% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Clark University0.0027% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Clark University 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%30%Clark University10.8% 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 21.0% in 2007.

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