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Five Colleges

In research, Five Colleges stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,234 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,679
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,059
of 8,685
Research works
265
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.6k
25.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Five Colleges 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
Physical SciencesDomain #10,234 of 21,541 24.1%204

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Five Colleges 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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.

Neuroscience: 2.65× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.95× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.66× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 3.62× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.18× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 4.37× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 2.83× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.19× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Five Colleges?

Ranked on the composite score, Nicholas A. Devereux lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Five Colleges.

  1. 1 Nicholas A. Devereux United States · #858,161 worldwide 70 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Five Colleges

Which keywords describe research at Five Colleges?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Star Formation, Magnetic Fields, Accretion Disks, Molecular Clouds, Protoplanetary Disks, Spectroscopic Databases, Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers and Exoplanets.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Star Formation42▲ 170×2 topics
  2. Magnetic Fields37▲ 135×3 topics
  3. Accretion Disks37▲ 172×2 topics
  4. Molecular Clouds36▲ 277×1 topic
  5. Protoplanetary Disks36▲ 277×1 topic
  6. Spectroscopic Databases14▲ 96×1 topic
  7. Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers14▲ 96×1 topic
  8. Exoplanets13▲ 69×1 topic
  9. Ozone Depletion13▲ 87×1 topic
  10. Stellar Astrophysics13▲ 69×1 topic
  11. Stratospheric Water Vapor13▲ 87×1 topic
  12. Solar System Abundances12▲ 52×1 topic
  13. Terrestrial Planets12▲ 52×1 topic
  14. Molecular Structure10▲ 32×1 topic
  15. Rotational Spectroscopy10▲ 160×1 topic
  16. Millimeter-Wave9▲ 64×2 topics
  17. Identity8▲ 3.9×19 topics
  18. Black Holes8▲ 20×2 topics
  19. Superconducting Detectors7▲ 214×1 topic
  20. Terahertz7▲ 58×1 topic
  21. Dark Matter7▲ 13×3 topics
  22. Cosmology6▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Astronomical Instrumentation6▲ 45×1 topic
  24. Galaxies6▲ 52×1 topic
  25. Spectrograph6▲ 45×1 topic
  26. Stellar Populations6▲ 52×1 topic
  27. Electronic Structure Calculations5▲ 9.0×2 topics
  28. Gravitational Waves5▲ 29×2 topics
  29. Artificial Neural Networks5▲ 4.4×2 topics
  30. Microwave Filters5▲ 27×1 topic
  31. Substrate Integrated Waveguide5▲ 27×1 topic
  32. Nucleosynthesis5▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Supernovae4▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Density Functional Theory4▲ 6.0×1 topic
  35. Dispersion Correction4▲ 13×1 topic
  36. DNA Strand Breaks4▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Low-Energy Electrons4▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Radio Astronomy4▲ 44×2 topics
  39. Epoch of Reionization4▲ 88×1 topic
  40. Low-Frequency Telescopes4▲ 88×1 topic

Which research topics does Five Colleges publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Polar Research and Ecology, Cryospheric studies and observations, Diverse Musicological Studies and Migration, Health and Trauma.

Polar Research and Ecology1Polar Research and Ecology: 1 fractional worksCryospheric studies and …1Cryospheric studies and observations: 1 fractional worksDiverse Musicological St…0Diverse Musicological Studies: 0 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…0Migration, Health and Trauma: 0 fractional worksRussian Literature and Bakhtin Studies: 0 fractional worksPancasila Values in Education: 0 fractional worksEducation, Technology, a…0Education, Technology, and Ethics: 0 fractional worksEducation, Literature, Philosophy Research: 0 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 0 fractional worksNeuroethics, Human Enhan…0Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations: 0 fractional works
EcologyAtmospheric ScienceMusicClinical Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Polar Research and Ecology Ecology 1 works
  2. 2 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 1 works
  3. 3 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 0 works
  4. 4 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 0 works
  5. 5 Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies Education 0 works
  6. 6 Pancasila Values in Education Education 0 works
  7. 7 Education, Technology, and Ethics Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  8. 8 Education, Literature, Philosophy Research Education 0 works
  9. 9 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations Cognitive Neuroscience 0 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 available29.8%not open70.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.9%domestic only82.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Five Colleges's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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