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Hamilton College

In research, Hamilton College stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,736 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,370 of 5,988 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#915 of 1,896 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Literature and Literary Theory (Literature and Literary Theory is 8.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,244
of 22,385 · #4,572 all time
Rank in United States
#830
of 3,332
Research works
2.7k
▲ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
47k
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Hamilton College

What is Hamilton 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 #2,736 of 9,585 10.0%256 #2287
Social SciencesField #2,370 of 5,988 11.2%135 #1730
Arts and HumanitiesField #915 of 1,896 8.2%79 #1412
Physical SciencesDomain #7,669 of 10,670 5.2%91 #5399

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hamilton 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#2,287 #2,736
  2. Social Sciences#1,730 #2,370
  3. Arts and Humanities#1,412 #915
  4. Physical Sciences#5,399 #7,669
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 Hamilton College work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Hamilton College is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Arts and Humanities (20%), Environmental Science (6%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 277 fractional works · 64.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 145 fractional works · 33.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 49 fractional works · 11.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 32 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAnthropology: 14 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCultural Studies: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 86 fractional works · 19.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 20 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPhilosophy: 15 fractional works · 3.6% of its workHistory: 11 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClassics: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 97 fractional works · 22.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 25 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 22 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 33 fractional works · 7.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 24 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKHamilton College430fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences64%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences14533.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities8619.9%
    3. Psychology194.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance132.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting92.1%
    6. Decision Sciences51.2%
    1. Environmental Science255.9%
    2. Computer Science225.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences143.3%
    4. Engineering143.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy81.9%
    6. Mathematics61.4%
    7. Chemistry41.0%
    8. Materials Science20.4%
    9. Energy10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology153.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences92.1%
    3. Neuroscience81.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine133.0%
    2. Health Professions112.6%
    3. Nursing00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hamilton College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Literature and Literary Theory takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 20.4 works8.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.44× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.14× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.19× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.22× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.85× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 6.91× its world share, 86 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.65× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.37× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.47× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.67× its world share, 145 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.91×86 works
  2. Social Sciences2.67×145 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.08×14 works
  4. Psychology1.47×19 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.37×13 works
  6. Mathematics1.22×6 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.20×5 works
  8. Environmental Science1.19×25 works
  9. Neuroscience1.14×8 works
  10. Health Professions0.98×11 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.85×8 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.65×9 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×15 works
  14. Computer Science0.64×22 works
  15. Chemistry0.63×4 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.44×9 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.28×0 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.26×1 works
  19. Energy0.22×1 works
  20. Engineering0.22×14 works
  21. Medicine0.15×13 works
  22. Materials Science0.12×2 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.11×0 works
  24. Nursing0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hamilton College?

Ranked on the quality score, Philip Pearle, Eugene W. Domack and Gregory R. Pierce lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hamilton College.

  1. 1 Philip Pearle United States · #257,209 worldwide 6.3k citations · 123 works
  2. 2 Eugene W. Domack United States · #362,497 worldwide 10k citations · 259 works
  3. 3 Gregory R. Pierce United States · #434,700 worldwide 11k citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Ralph Flores United States · #476,429 worldwide 3.3k citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Rachel E. White United States · #590,150 worldwide 1.4k citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Erica De Bruin United States · #598,433 worldwide 339 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Aaron Strong United States · #623,650 worldwide 2.7k citations · 90 works
  8. 8 Ann L. Owen United States · #888,837 worldwide 5.6k citations · 143 works
  9. 9 Vikranth Rao Bejjanki United States · #983,179 worldwide 939 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 George T. Jones United States · #1,001,591 worldwide 2k citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at Hamilton College

What are the most cited papers from Hamilton College?

The most cited paper from Hamilton College is "SDSS-III: MASSIVE SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS OF THE DISTANT UNIVERSE, THE MILKY WAY, AND EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS" (Daniel J. Eisenstein et al., 2011), with 2,231 citations. Next come "Estimating dynamic panel data models: a guide for macroeconomists" (2,171) and "THE BARYON OSCILLATION SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF SDSS-III" (2,091).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 SDSS-III: MASSIVE SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS OF THE DISTANT UNIVERSE, THE MILKY WAY, AND EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS Daniel J. Eisenstein et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access244 authors 9 Aug 2011 2,231
2 Estimating dynamic panel data models: a guide for macroeconomists Ruth Judson, Ann L. Owen · Economics Letters Oct 1999 2,171
3 THE BARYON OSCILLATION SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF SDSS-III Kyle S. Dawson et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access165 authors 6 Dec 2012 2,091
4 Commensuration as a Social Process Wendy Nelson Espeland, Mitchell L. Stevens · Annual Review of Sociology Review Aug 1998 2,064
5 THEHUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPECLUSTER SUPERNOVA SURVEY. V. IMPROVING THE DARK-ENERGY CONSTRAINTS ABOVEz> 1 AND BUILDING AN EARLY-TYPE-HOSTED SUPERNOVA SAMPLE N. Suzuki et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 27 Jan 2012 1,718
All 57 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hamilton College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, Culture, History, Globalization, Gender, Philosophy, Religion and Colonialism.

▲ 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. Globalization32▲ 3.8×43 topics
  2. Literature26▲ 11×24 topics
  3. Culture24▲ 11×18 topics
  4. History23▲ 7.8×23 topics
  5. Gender22▲ 9.6×34 topics
  6. Philosophy22▲ 11×17 topics
  7. Climate Change22▲ 1.84×47 topics
  8. Religion21▲ 11×21 topics
  9. Colonialism19▲ 9.5×25 topics
  10. Identity19▲ 6.1×27 topics
  11. Nationalism17▲ 8.8×18 topics
  12. Feminism14▲ 12×17 topics
  13. Democracy14▲ 9.2×16 topics
  14. Society14▲ 16×11 topics
  15. Mental Health13▲ 2.2×17 topics
  16. Ethics12▲ 5.5×20 topics
  17. Postcolonialism11▲ 18×12 topics
  18. Race11▲ 21×15 topics
  19. Cultural Identity10▲ 4.9×13 topics
  20. Human Rights10▲ 2.2×19 topics
  21. Neoliberalism10▲ 6.2×15 topics
  22. Politics9▲ 8.0×9 topics
  23. Migration9▲ 6.1×9 topics
  24. Emotion8▲ 9.1×8 topics
  25. Labor Market8▲ 6.5×6 topics
  26. Medieval8▲ 50×3 topics
  27. Social Movements8▲ 6.0×12 topics
  28. Manuscripts7▲ 80×2 topics
  29. National Identity7▲ 14×6 topics
  30. Anglo-Saxon7▲ 99×1 topic
  31. Monasticism7▲ 99×1 topic
  32. Narrative6▲ 9.4×7 topics
  33. International Relations6▲ 5.8×9 topics
  34. Cold War6▲ 22×4 topics
  35. Latin America6▲ 6.9×7 topics
  36. Historical Narratives5▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Gender Studies5▲ 7.7×7 topics
  38. Language Policy5▲ 8.5×4 topics
  39. Public Opinion5▲ 9.8×5 topics
  40. Theology5▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Hamilton College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Medieval Literature and History, Classical Antiquity Studies, Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis and Employment and Welfare Studies.

Medieval Literature and …7Medieval Literature and History: 7 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Stud…4Classical Antiquity Studies: 4 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…4Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 4 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare S…4Employment and Welfare Studies: 4 fractional worksClassical Philosophy and Thought: 4 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 3 fractional worksEvolutionary Algorithms …3Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications: 3 fractional worksCooperative Studies and Economics: 3 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 3 fractional worksLatin American and Latin…3Latin American and Latino Studies: 3 fractional works
ClassicsAnthropologyHistory and Philosophy of ScienceGeneral Health Professions6 others

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

  1. 1 Medieval Literature and History Classics 7 works
  2. 2 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 4 works
  3. 3 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 4 works
  4. 4 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 4 works
  5. 5 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 4 works
  6. 6 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 3 works
  7. 7 Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  8. 8 Cooperative Studies and Economics Strategy and Management 3 works
  9. 9 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  10. 10 Latin American and Latino Studies Cultural Studies 3 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 available26.7%not open73.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.6%domestic only92.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hamilton College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Hamilton College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0018% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Hamilton College0.0017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hamilton 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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Hamilton College6.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.7% in 2003.

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