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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

In research, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,543 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,905
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,512
of 7,310
Research works
319
▲ 127% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.9k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

What is Colonial Williamsburg Foundation known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #9,543 of 14,833 11.5%184

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 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 fields of science does Colonial Williamsburg Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is in Social Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Engineering (11%), Arts and Humanities (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 30 fractional works · 54.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 33.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 11.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 8.9% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 7.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 8.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 7.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 31.1% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 11.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 8.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 10.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 5.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKColonialWilliamsburg…55fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences10%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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1833.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities58.4%
    3. Psychology47.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.7%
    5. Decision Sciences11.8%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.6%
    1. Engineering611.3%
    2. Computer Science48.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences24.1%
    4. Environmental Science22.8%
    5. Materials Science11.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy11.2%
    7. Chemistry00.9%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.6%
    9. Mathematics00.6%
    1. Health Professions35.8%
    2. Medicine23.6%
    3. Dentistry00.6%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Neuroscience11.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.2%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
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: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.75× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.04× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.61× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.75× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.20× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.91× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.37× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.65× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.91×5 works
  2. Social Sciences2.65×18 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.61×2 works
  4. Psychology2.37×4 works
  5. Health Professions2.20×3 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.90×1 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.75×0 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.29×2 works
  9. Dentistry1.26×0 works
  10. Neuroscience1.13×1 works
  11. Computer Science1.04×4 works
  12. Engineering0.75×6 works
  13. Veterinary0.75×0 works
  14. Chemistry0.58×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.57×2 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.55×1 works
  17. Mathematics0.52×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.41×1 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.30×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×1 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.19×1 works
  22. Medicine0.19×2 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Colonial Williamsburg Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Ivor Noël Hume, Cary Carson and George L. Miller lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

  1. 1 Ivor Noël Hume United States · #1,316,731 worldwide 978 citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Cary Carson United States · #1,729,877 worldwide 670 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 George L. Miller United States · #2,082,422 worldwide 987 citations · 61 works
  4. 4 Lorena Seebach Walsh United States · #2,445,571 worldwide 583 citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Kevin M. Bartoy United States · #2,637,562 worldwide 286 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Caroline Williams United States · #2,673,143 worldwide 1.1k citations · 107 works
  7. 7 Daniel Sukman United States · #2,790,882 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Audrey Noël Hume United States · #2,863,885 worldwide 20 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Joanne Bowen United States · #3,000,130 worldwide 105 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Edward Porter Alexander United States · #3,341,146 worldwide 283 citations · 86 works
All ranked researchers at Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Colonial Williamsburg Foundation?

The most cited paper from Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is "In Small Things Forgotten: The Archaeology of Early American Life" (Ivor Noël Hume, James F. Deetz, 1978), with 358 citations. Next come "Prison population growth and crime reduction" (292) and "A revised set of CC index values for Classification and Economic Scaling of english ceramics from 1787 to 1880" (233).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 In Small Things Forgotten: The Archaeology of Early American Life Ivor Noël Hume, James F. Deetz · Journal of American History Sep 1978 358
2 Prison population growth and crime reduction Thomas B. Marvell, Carlisle E. Moody · Journal of Quantitative Criminology Jun 1994 292
3 A revised set of CC index values for Classification and Economic Scaling of english ceramics from 1787 to 1880 George L. Miller · Historical Archaeology Mar 1991 233
4 Overview of HOMEChem: House Observations of Microbial and Environmental Chemistry Delphine K. Farmer et al. · Environmental Science Processes & Impacts Open access 2019 225
5 Laboratory goals and considerations for multiple microfossil extraction in archaeology James Coil, M. Alejandra Korstanje, Steven N. Archer et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science 23 Apr 2003 182
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Colonial Williamsburg Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Gender, Ethics, Fan Culture, Sport, Qualitative Research, History and Interviewing.

▲ 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. Identity6▲ 16×6 topics
  2. Gender5▲ 17×5 topics
  3. Ethics4▲ 15×5 topics
  4. Fan Culture4▲ 260×1 topic
  5. Sport4▲ 180×1 topic
  6. Qualitative Research3▲ 7.2×2 topics
  7. Sustainability3▲ 2.4×6 topics
  8. History3▲ 8.2×9 topics
  9. Interviewing3▲ 317×2 topics
  10. Mental Health3▲ 3.9×3 topics
  11. Quality of Life3▲ 3.7×3 topics
  12. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis3▲ 400×1 topic
  13. Occupational Science3▲ 254×1 topic
  14. Open Dialogue Approach3▲ 398×1 topic
  15. Reflexivity3▲ 147×1 topic
  16. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy3▲ 398×1 topic
  17. Therapy Practice3▲ 254×1 topic
  18. British Army2▲ 526×1 topic
  19. Counterinsurgency2▲ 379×1 topic
  20. International Law2▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Sustainable Development2▲ 2.2×3 topics
  22. Colonialism2▲ 7.1×4 topics
  23. Innovation2▲ 3.0×3 topics
  24. Global Governance2▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Mega Events2▲ 81×1 topic
  26. Sport Tourism2▲ 81×1 topic
  27. Cultural Heritage1▲ 4.7×5 topics
  28. Conservation1▲ 5.8×3 topics
  29. Decision Making1▲ 8.4×2 topics
  30. Humanitarian Intervention1▲ 70×2 topics
  31. Public Policy1▲ 5.2×2 topics
  32. Vulnerability1▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Society1▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Community1▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Hurricanes1▲ 54×1 topic
  36. IEEE 14511▲ 82×1 topic
  37. Motor Imagery1▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Smart Sensors1▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Soft Systems Methodology1▲ 74×1 topic
  40. System Dynamics1▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Colonial Williamsburg Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sports, Gender, and Society, Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics, Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics and Occupational Therapy Practice and Research.

Sports, Gender, and Society: 4 fractional worksCounseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics: 3 fractional worksQualitative Research Met…3Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics: 3 fractional worksOccupational Therapy Pra…3Occupational Therapy Practice and Research: 3 fractional worksMilitary History and Str…2Military History and Strategy: 2 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Imp…2Sport and Mega-Event Impacts: 2 fractional worksComplex Systems and Deci…1Complex Systems and Decision Making: 1 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 1 fractional worksSensor Technology and Measurement Systems: 1 fractional worksAsian American and Pacific Histories: 1 fractional works
Gender StudiesClinical PsychologySociology and Political ScienceOccupational Therapy5 others

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

  1. 1 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 4 works
  2. 2 Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics Clinical Psychology 3 works
  3. 3 Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  4. 4 Occupational Therapy Practice and Research Occupational Therapy 3 works
  5. 5 Military History and Strategy Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  8. 8 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  9. 9 Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  10. 10 Asian American and Pacific Histories Cultural Studies 1 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 available21.1%not open78.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.9%domestic only93.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 127% 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 Colonial Williamsburg Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00040% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Colonial Williamsburg Foundation0.000086% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Colonial Williamsburg Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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