Question 1

What is Colby College known for?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 2

How does Colby College rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Colby College ranks #4,612 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#3,029 all time), and #645 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Colby College?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Colby College?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does Colby College publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Colby College?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Colby College work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is Colby College's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

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