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Colby College

In research, Colby College stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,083 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,811 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,897 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

World rank, 2022-now
#4,612
of 22,385 · #3,029 all time
Rank in United States
#645
of 3,332
Research works
3.8k
▲ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
58k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%

What is Colby 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 #2,083 of 9,585 11.9%238 #1117
Social SciencesField #1,811 of 5,988 12.3%127 #1249
Physical SciencesDomain #3,897 of 10,670 11.3%125 #2919
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,297 of 2,526 9.4%62 #918

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Colby 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#1,117 #2,083
  2. Social Sciences#1,249 #1,811
  3. Physical Sciences#2,919 #3,897
  4. Sociology and Political Science#918 #1,297
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 Colby College work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Colby College is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Arts and Humanities (13%), Computer Science (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 266 fractional works · 54.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 144 fractional works · 29.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 66 fractional works · 13.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 23 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAnthropology: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 63 fractional works · 12.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 15 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 34 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 18 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 14 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 140 fractional works · 28.5% of its workComputer Science: 38 fractional works · 7.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 32 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 14 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 52 fractional works · 10.5% of its workNeuroscience: 25 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 19 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 33 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKColby College491fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences54%

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 Sciences14429.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities6312.8%
    3. Psychology346.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance183.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting50.9%
    6. Decision Sciences40.7%
    1. Computer Science387.7%
    2. Environmental Science326.6%
    3. Engineering163.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences142.9%
    5. Mathematics142.8%
    6. Physics and Astronomy132.6%
    7. Chemistry112.2%
    8. Energy10.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    10. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Neuroscience255.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences142.9%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology112.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Medicine244.8%
    2. Health Professions71.5%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. 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: 0.60× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.12× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.43× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.99× its world share, 38 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.82× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.33× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.36× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.18× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.44× its world share, 63 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.69× its world share, 18 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.27× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.31× its world share, 144 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 Humanities4.44×63 works
  2. Neuroscience3.12×25 works
  3. Mathematics2.36×14 works
  4. Social Sciences2.31×144 works
  5. Psychology2.27×34 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.82×14 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.69×18 works
  8. Chemistry1.43×11 works
  9. Environmental Science1.33×32 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.18×13 works
  11. Computer Science0.99×38 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.77×4 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.60×14 works
  14. Nursing0.59×1 works
  15. Health Professions0.57×7 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×11 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.38×1 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.32×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×5 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.27×1 works
  21. Medicine0.25×24 works
  22. Engineering0.22×16 works
  23. Energy0.21×1 works
  24. Veterinary0.21×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.14×0 works
  26. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Colby College?

Ranked on the quality score, Christopher J. Soto, Stacy‐ann Robinson and Tom H. Tietenberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Colby College.

  1. 1 Christopher J. Soto United States · #8,555 worldwide 11k citations · 142 works
  2. 2 Stacy‐ann Robinson United States · #59,315 worldwide 2.1k citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Tom H. Tietenberg United States · #124,450 worldwide 5k citations · 186 works
  4. 4 Loren McClenachan United States · #152,980 worldwide 5.6k citations · 79 works
  5. 5 Jin X. Goh United States · #295,137 worldwide 1.9k citations · 72 works
  6. 6 D. Whitney King United States · #344,487 worldwide 2.6k citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Edward H. Yeterian United States · #345,793 worldwide 5.6k citations · 70 works
  8. 8 Lindsay Mayka United States · #415,250 worldwide 524 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Cheryl Townsend Gilkes United States · #489,986 worldwide 986 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Cheshire Calhoun United States · #508,202 worldwide 3k citations · 99 works
All ranked researchers at Colby College

What are the most cited papers from Colby College?

The most cited paper from Colby College is "Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth’s ecosystems" (Nick M. Haddad et al., 2015), with 4,812 citations. Next come "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition) 1" (2,743) and "The next Big Five Inventory (BFI-2): Developing and assessing a hierarchical model with 15 facets to enhance bandwidth, fidelity, and predictive power." (2,135).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth’s ecosystems Nick M. Haddad et al. · Science Advances Open access 6 Mar 2015 4,812
2 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition) 1 Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,930 authors 2 Jan 2021 2,743
3 The next Big Five Inventory (BFI-2): Developing and assessing a hierarchical model with 15 facets to enhance bandwidth, fidelity, and predictive power. Christopher J. Soto, Oliver P. John · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Open access 7 Apr 2016 2,135
4 3D-HST+CANDELS: THE EVOLUTION OF THE GALAXY SIZE-MASS DISTRIBUTION SINCE z = 3 A. van der Wel et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 19 May 2014 1,361
5 Age differences in personality traits from 10 to 65: Big Five domains and facets in a large cross-sectional sample. Christopher J. Soto, Oliver P. John, Samuel D. Gosling et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 20 Dec 2010 1,231
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Which keywords describe research at Colby College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Colonialism, Gender, Climate Change, Globalization, Identity, Religion, Literature and Feminism.

▲ 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. Climate Change33▲ 2.5×56 topics
  2. Globalization29▲ 3.0×51 topics
  3. Colonialism21▲ 8.9×29 topics
  4. Identity21▲ 5.8×34 topics
  5. Gender20▲ 7.7×25 topics
  6. Literature16▲ 5.8×27 topics
  7. History15▲ 4.4×22 topics
  8. Religion15▲ 6.6×14 topics
  9. Ethics15▲ 5.9×21 topics
  10. Nationalism14▲ 6.2×18 topics
  11. Feminism13▲ 9.3×15 topics
  12. Philosophy12▲ 5.8×19 topics
  13. Democracy12▲ 7.0×12 topics
  14. Mental Health11▲ 1.62×20 topics
  15. Resilience10▲ 4.4×11 topics
  16. Human Rights10▲ 2.0×20 topics
  17. Social Justice10▲ 3.5×16 topics
  18. Innovation10▲ 1.99×14 topics
  19. Culture10▲ 3.9×12 topics
  20. Politics9▲ 7.0×9 topics
  21. Social Movements9▲ 5.9×7 topics
  22. Vulnerability9▲ 7.5×8 topics
  23. Neoliberalism8▲ 4.6×15 topics
  24. Race8▲ 13×12 topics
  25. Cultural Studies7▲ 4.1×12 topics
  26. Cold War7▲ 24×5 topics
  27. Public Opinion7▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Postcolonialism7▲ 9.9×10 topics
  29. Adaptation7▲ 4.7×9 topics
  30. Governance7▲ 4.2×9 topics
  31. Migration7▲ 4.0×8 topics
  32. Cultural Exchange6▲ 9.6×6 topics
  33. Emotion6▲ 5.8×8 topics
  34. Human-Computer Interaction6▲ 6.7×4 topics
  35. Society6▲ 6.3×6 topics
  36. Neural Correlates6▲ 12×7 topics
  37. Diversity6▲ 6.6×7 topics
  38. Media6▲ 7.5×4 topics
  39. Metacognition5▲ 7.0×4 topics
  40. Decolonization5▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Colby College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Race, History, and American Society, Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology, Teaching and Learning Programming and Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis.

  1. 1 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  2. 2 Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology Human-Computer Interaction 4 works
  3. 3 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 3 works
  4. 4 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 3 works
  5. 5 Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  6. 6 Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  7. 7 Memory Processes and Influences Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  8. 8 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  9. 9 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Latin American history and culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 2 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 available39.9%not open60.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.9%domestic only94.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Colby College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Colby College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0020% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Colby College0.0019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Colby 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%Colby College10.4% 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 17.9% in 1994.

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