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Hampshire College

In research, Hampshire College stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,529 of 14,833 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,882 of 9,330 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,309 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#4,076
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#929
of 7,310
Research works
1.6k
▼ 54% vs 2018-21
Citations
26k
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Hampshire College

What is Hampshire College 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 #2,529 of 14,833 11.4%854
Social SciencesField #1,882 of 9,330 11.1%485
Physical SciencesDomain #4,309 of 17,446 8.4%432
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,135 of 3,511 13.1%239
Life SciencesDomain #4,102 of 11,023 13.4%160
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,827 of 4,066 13.5%157
Computer ScienceField #4,045 of 6,336 12.4%120

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

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Hampshire College is in Social Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (46%), Arts and Humanities (12%), Environmental Science (6%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 38 fractional works · 70.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 46.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 14.9% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 11.1% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 12.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 15.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.7% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHampshire College54fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences70%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2546.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities712.1%
    3. Psychology35.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting23.0%
    5. Decision Sciences12.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.4%
    1. Environmental Science36.2%
    2. Computer Science23.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy12.4%
    4. Engineering11.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.1%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    7. Materials Science00.3%
    1. Neuroscience23.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Health Professions24.1%
    2. Medicine12.5%
    3. Nursing00.2%
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: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.44× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.25× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.55× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.19× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.12× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.84× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.65× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.19×7 works
  2. Social Sciences3.65×25 works
  3. Neuroscience2.44×2 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.12×1 works
  5. Psychology1.84×3 works
  6. Health Professions1.55×2 works
  7. Environmental Science1.25×3 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.09×1 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.93×2 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.88×0 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.71×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.67×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.49×1 works
  14. Nursing0.42×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.40×2 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.15×0 works
  18. Medicine0.13×1 works
  19. Engineering0.11×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hampshire College?

Ranked on the quality score, Alan H. Goodman, Lawrence J. Winship and Burton S. Kaliski lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hampshire College.

  1. 1 Alan H. Goodman United States · #369,806 worldwide 7.2k citations · 200 works
  2. 2 Lawrence J. Winship United States · #500,518 worldwide 2k citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Burton S. Kaliski United States · #587,745 worldwide 6.1k citations · 95 works
  4. 4 Sarah R. Partan United States · #754,623 worldwide 2.7k citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Barbara Yngvesson United States · #813,403 worldwide 2.5k citations · 100 works
  6. 6 Lee C. Spector United States · #970,992 worldwide 6.2k citations · 297 works
  7. 7 Dulasiri D. Amarasiriwardena United States · #999,289 worldwide 2.5k citations · 58 works
  8. 8 Charlene D'avanzo United States · #1,005,997 worldwide 1.7k citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Berna Turam United States · #1,018,465 worldwide 548 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Christoph Cox United States · #1,043,650 worldwide 1.6k citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at Hampshire College

What are the most cited papers from Hampshire College?

The most cited paper from Hampshire College is "Concentrating partial entanglement by local operations" (Charles H. Bennett, Herbert Jacob Bernstein, Sandu Popescu et al., 1996), with 3,172 citations. Next come "Experimental realization of any discrete unitary operator" (2,197) and "Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response to warming" (1,426).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Concentrating partial entanglement by local operations Charles H. Bennett, Herbert Jacob Bernstein, Sandu Popescu et al. · Physical Review A Open access Apr 1996 3,172
2 Experimental realization of any discrete unitary operator Michael Reck, Anton Zeilinger, Herbert Jacob Bernstein et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 4 Jul 1994 2,197
3 Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response to warming Thomas Ward Crowther et al. · Nature Open access 29 Nov 2016 1,426
4 Assessment of systemic physiological perturbations from dental enamel hypoplasias and associated histological structures Alan H. Goodman, Jerome C. Rose · American Journal of Physical Anthropology Open access 1990 783
5 Question-Negotiation and Information Seeking in Libraries Robert Stewart Taylor · College & Research Libraries Open access Mar 2015 728
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hampshire College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, History, Social Justice, Colonialism, Culture, Identity, Postcolonialism and Gender.

▲ 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. Globalization7▲ 7.0×21 topics
  2. History5▲ 13×10 topics
  3. Colonialism4▲ 16×10 topics
  4. Culture4▲ 14×8 topics
  5. Social Justice4▲ 12×9 topics
  6. Identity3▲ 8.5×9 topics
  7. Gender3▲ 9.1×6 topics
  8. Postcolonialism3▲ 34×4 topics
  9. Society3▲ 26×5 topics
  10. Education2▲ 2.5×5 topics
  11. Literature2▲ 7.9×5 topics
  12. Race2▲ 33×5 topics
  13. Diversity2▲ 22×3 topics
  14. Teacher Education2▲ 29×3 topics
  15. Decolonization2▲ 43×3 topics
  16. Technology2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  17. Politics2▲ 13×4 topics
  18. Curriculum Development2▲ 4.5×2 topics
  19. Health Equity2▲ 11×2 topics
  20. Narrative2▲ 20×3 topics
  21. Nationalism2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  22. Philosophy2▲ 6.9×3 topics
  23. Historical Trauma2▲ 193×1 topic
  24. Indigenous Health2▲ 193×1 topic
  25. Religion2▲ 6.3×4 topics
  26. Ethnography2▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Emotional Responses1▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Science1▲ 10×4 topics
  29. Aesthetic Emotions1▲ 114×2 topics
  30. Democracy1▲ 6.7×3 topics
  31. Indian Ocean1▲ 130×1 topic
  32. Information Technology1▲ 5.2×2 topics
  33. Pedagogy1▲ 4.9×2 topics
  34. Social Impact1▲ 6.3×2 topics
  35. prehistoric movement1▲ 130×1 topic
  36. Ethical Considerations1▲ 6.4×3 topics
  37. Public Sociology1▲ 261×1 topic
  38. Social Theory1▲ 77×1 topic
  39. Teacher Preparation1▲ 29×3 topics
  40. Aesthetic Perception1▲ 118×1 topic

Which research topics does Hampshire College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights, Global Maritime and Colonial Histories, Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice and History and Developments in Astronomy.

Indigenous Health, Educa…2Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colo…1Global Maritime and Colonial Histories: 1 fractional worksContemporary Sociological Theory and Practice: 1 fractional worksHistory and Developments in Astronomy: 1 fractional worksGlobal Education and Multiculturalism: 1 fractional worksCinema History and Criticism: 1 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 1 fractional worksBig Data Technologies an…1Big Data Technologies and Applications: 1 fractional worksAesthetic Perception and Analysis: 1 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 1 fractional works
HealthAnthropologySociology and Political ScienceAstronomy and Astrophysics4 others

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

  1. 1 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 2 works
  2. 2 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 1 works
  3. 3 Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 History and Developments in Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  5. 5 Global Education and Multiculturalism Education 1 works
  6. 6 Cinema History and Criticism Visual Arts and Performing Arts 1 works
  7. 7 Education and Islamic Studies Education 1 works
  8. 8 Big Data Technologies and Applications Information Systems and Management 1 works
  9. 9 Aesthetic Perception and Analysis Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  10. 10 Higher Education Research Studies Education 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 available14.1%not open85.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.7%domestic only94.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hampshire College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 54% lower 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 Hampshire College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Hampshire College0.00022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hampshire 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.

10%20%30%Hampshire College23.6% in 2020all institutions10.0% in 2020200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.6% in 2020.

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