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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Arts and Humanities4.44×63 works
Neuroscience3.12×25 works
Mathematics2.36×14 works
Social Sciences2.31×144 works
Psychology2.27×34 works
Earth and Planetary Sciences1.82×14 works
Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.69×18 works
Chemistry1.43×11 works
Environmental Science1.33×32 works
Physics and Astronomy1.18×13 works
Computer Science0.99×38 works
Decision Sciences0.77×4 works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.60×14 works
Nursing0.59×1 works
Health Professions0.57×7 works
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×11 works
Chemical Engineering0.38×1 works
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.32×1 works
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).
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
Climate Change33▲ 2.5×56 topics
Globalization29▲ 3.0×51 topics
Colonialism21▲ 8.9×29 topics
Identity21▲ 5.8×34 topics
Gender20▲ 7.7×25 topics
Literature16▲ 5.8×27 topics
History15▲ 4.4×22 topics
Religion15▲ 6.6×14 topics
Ethics15▲ 5.9×21 topics
Nationalism14▲ 6.2×18 topics
Feminism13▲ 9.3×15 topics
Philosophy12▲ 5.8×19 topics
Democracy12▲ 7.0×12 topics
Mental Health11▲ 1.62×20 topics
Resilience10▲ 4.4×11 topics
Human Rights10▲ 2.0×20 topics
Social Justice10▲ 3.5×16 topics
Innovation10▲ 1.99×14 topics
Culture10▲ 3.9×12 topics
Politics9▲ 7.0×9 topics
Social Movements9▲ 5.9×7 topics
Vulnerability9▲ 7.5×8 topics
Neoliberalism8▲ 4.6×15 topics
Race8▲ 13×12 topics
Cultural Studies7▲ 4.1×12 topics
Cold War7▲ 24×5 topics
Public Opinion7▲ 12×4 topics
Postcolonialism7▲ 9.9×10 topics
Adaptation7▲ 4.7×9 topics
Governance7▲ 4.2×9 topics
Migration7▲ 4.0×8 topics
Cultural Exchange6▲ 9.6×6 topics
Emotion6▲ 5.8×8 topics
Human-Computer Interaction6▲ 6.7×4 topics
Society6▲ 6.3×6 topics
Neural Correlates6▲ 12×7 topics
Diversity6▲ 6.6×7 topics
Media6▲ 7.5×4 topics
Metacognition5▲ 7.0×4 topics
Decolonization5▲ 13×3 topics
Which research topics does Colby College publish most on?
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.
40%60%
openly available39.9%not open60.1%
World: 40% of research is openly available.
94%
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.
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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