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Harvard University Press

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Research works
28k
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
871k
30.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Harvard University Press is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

What does Harvard University Press specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History and Philosophy of Science takes 5.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 121.9 works5.9×
  2. ClassicsSubfield · 44.1 works5.6×
  3. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 86.1 works5.0×
  4. AnthropologySubfield · 133.6 works4.6×
  5. MusicSubfield · 29.2 works4.1×
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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: 0.35× its world share, 79 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 145 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.42× its world share, 101 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 22 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.44× its world share, 696 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 84 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 274 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 157 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 38 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.38× its world share, 222 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.28× its world share, 233 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 112 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 293 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.61× its world share, 694 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.02× its world share, 198 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 123 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.51× its world share, 413 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.33× its world share, 220 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 1,706 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Harvard University Press?

Ranked on the composite score, Stanley Hoffmann, Amartya Sen and Frederick Mosteller lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Harvard University Press.

  1. 1 Stanley Hoffmann United States · #21 worldwide 2.3k citations · 197 works
  2. 2 Amartya Sen United States · #28 worldwide 4.9k citations · 190 works
  3. 3 Frederick Mosteller United States · #203 worldwide 2.3k citations · 145 works
  4. 4 Robert Rosenthal United States · #204 worldwide 3.8k citations · 135 works
  5. 5 Julian Schwinger United States · #684 worldwide 2.6k citations · 109 works
  6. 6 Donald B. Rubin United States · #693 worldwide 4.7k citations · 130 works
  7. 7 Theda Skocpol United States · #762 worldwide 1.4k citations · 114 works
  8. 8 Talcott Parsons United States · #911 worldwide 4.6k citations · 90 works
  9. 9 Edwin G. Boring United States · #1,006 worldwide 1.4k citations · 94 works
  10. 10 Jerome S. Bruner United States · #1,048 worldwide 1.9k citations · 103 works
All ranked researchers at Harvard University Press

Which research topics does Harvard University Press publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chinese history and philosophy, History of Science and Medicine, Classical Antiquity Studies and Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis.

Chinese history and phil…40Chinese history and philosophy: 40 fractional worksHistory of Science and M…40History of Science and Medicine: 40 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Studies: 35 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 31 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 30 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 30 fractional worksVietnamese History and Culture Studies: 29 fractional worksIslamic Studies and Hist…24Islamic Studies and History: 24 fractional worksSchool Choice and Performance: 23 fractional worksDiverse Historical and Scientific Studies: 22 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceHistory and Philosophy of ScienceAnthropologyHistory2 others

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

  1. 1 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 40 works
  2. 2 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 40 works
  3. 3 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 35 works
  4. 4 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 31 works
  5. 5 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 30 works
  6. 6 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 30 works
  7. 7 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 29 works
  8. 8 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 24 works
  9. 9 School Choice and Performance Education 23 works
  10. 10 Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies History and Philosophy of Science 22 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 available22.5%not open77.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Harvard University Press's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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