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Hobart and William Smith Colleges

In research, Hobart and William Smith Colleges stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,343 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,707 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,447
of 22,385 · #16,509 all time
Rank in United States
#2,035
of 3,332
Research works
1.8k
▼ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
28k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Hobart and William Smith Colleges

What is Hobart and William Smith Colleges 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 #5,343 of 9,585 8.2%133 #3936
Social SciencesField #3,707 of 5,988 9.6%70 #2904

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hobart and William Smith 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Hobart and William Smith Colleges work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Hobart and William Smith Colleges is in Social Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Arts and Humanities (23%), Environmental Science (6%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 140 fractional works · 67.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 74 fractional works · 35.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 24 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopment: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 47 fractional works · 22.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 19 fractional works · 9.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 38 fractional works · 18.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHobart andWilliam Smith…207fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences68%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7435.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities4722.6%
    3. Psychology84.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance83.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting31.3%
    6. Decision Sciences20.7%
    1. Environmental Science125.8%
    2. Computer Science73.2%
    3. Chemistry62.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences52.6%
    5. Engineering31.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy31.5%
    7. Mathematics10.7%
    8. Materials Science00.2%
    9. Energy00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.5%
    3. Neuroscience52.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Medicine73.2%
    2. Health Professions52.5%
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: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.48× its world share, 5 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 1.72× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.17× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 7 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 7.82× its world share, 47 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.71× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.32× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.82× its world share, 74 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities7.82×47 works
  2. Social Sciences2.82×74 works
  3. Chemistry1.72×6 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.71×8 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.64×5 works
  6. Neuroscience1.48×5 works
  7. Psychology1.32×8 works
  8. Environmental Science1.17×12 works
  9. Health Professions0.95×5 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.75×2 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.68×3 works
  12. Mathematics0.59×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.58×6 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.52×5 works
  15. Computer Science0.41×7 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×3 works
  17. Energy0.18×0 works
  18. Medicine0.17×7 works
  19. Engineering0.10×3 works
  20. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hobart and William Smith Colleges?

Ranked on the quality score, S. Penn, Shannon C. K. Straub and Gregory Harry lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

  1. 1 S. Penn United States · #40,423 worldwide 9.3k citations · 122 works
  2. 2 Shannon C. K. Straub United States · #336,762 worldwide 3.6k citations · 71 works
  3. 3 Gregory Harry United States · #379,371 worldwide 1.2k citations · 54 works
  4. 4 H. Wesley Perkins United States · #523,383 worldwide 8.7k citations · 75 works
  5. 5 Steven P. Lee United States · #850,806 worldwide 3.1k citations · 108 works
  6. 6 Helmut R. Wagner United States · #1,440,238 worldwide 48k citations · 55 works
  7. 7 Craig A. Talmage United States · #1,450,315 worldwide 1.1k citations · 131 works
  8. 8 Daniel Joseph Singal United States · #1,475,151 worldwide 872 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 T. Dunbar Moodie United States · #1,478,982 worldwide 1.8k citations · 125 works
  10. 10 John Lydenberg United States · #1,749,465 worldwide 517 citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at Hobart and William Smith Colleges

What are the most cited papers from Hobart and William Smith Colleges?

The most cited paper from Hobart and William Smith Colleges is "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger" (B. P. Abbott et al., 2016), with 14,545 citations. Next come "GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral" (9,794) and "GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs" (3,658).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,011 authors 11 Feb 2016 14,545
2 GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,124 authors 16 Oct 2017 9,794
3 GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review X Open access1,149 authors 4 Sep 2019 3,658
4 Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A B. P. Abbott et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access1,154 authors 16 Oct 2017 3,599
5 GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access977 authors 15 Jun 2016 3,514
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hobart and William Smith Colleges?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Literature, Gender, Culture, Society, Identity, Globalization 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. History23▲ 16×15 topics
  2. Literature22▲ 20×16 topics
  3. Gender20▲ 18×15 topics
  4. Culture18▲ 17×11 topics
  5. Society18▲ 44×10 topics
  6. Globalization17▲ 4.2×29 topics
  7. Identity14▲ 9.2×15 topics
  8. Colonialism10▲ 11×15 topics
  9. Religious Identity10▲ 80×3 topics
  10. Golden Age Spain9▲ 569×1 topic
  11. Visual Arts9▲ 291×1 topic
  12. Neoliberalism9▲ 12×9 topics
  13. Feminism8▲ 14×8 topics
  14. Social Movements8▲ 13×9 topics
  15. Economic Growth8▲ 4.5×9 topics
  16. Cultural Exchange7▲ 28×7 topics
  17. Cultural Identity7▲ 7.0×8 topics
  18. Nationalism6▲ 6.8×8 topics
  19. Religion6▲ 6.2×9 topics
  20. Governance6▲ 8.7×4 topics
  21. Historiography6▲ 23×7 topics
  22. Philosophy6▲ 6.2×8 topics
  23. Cultural Studies5▲ 7.0×10 topics
  24. Politics5▲ 9.2×7 topics
  25. Postcolonial Studies5▲ 160×2 topics
  26. NGOs5▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Political Power4▲ 45×3 topics
  28. Latin America4▲ 11×5 topics
  29. Anticancer Agents4▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Memory4▲ 8.4×5 topics
  31. Modernization4▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Visual Culture4▲ 37×2 topics
  33. Colonial Spanish America4▲ 161×1 topic
  34. Indigenous History4▲ 161×1 topic
  35. Power4▲ 26×5 topics
  36. Medicinal Chemistry4▲ 6.9×3 topics
  37. Poverty Reduction4▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Poetry4▲ 54×3 topics
  39. Science4▲ 7.2×4 topics
  40. Development Policies4▲ 51×1 topic

Which research topics does Hobart and William Smith Colleges publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Early Modern Spanish Literature, Latin American history and culture, International Development and Aid and Historical Studies in Latin America.

Early Modern Spanish Lit…9Early Modern Spanish Literature: 9 fractional worksLatin American history a…4Latin American history and culture: 4 fractional worksInternational Developmen…4International Development and Aid: 4 fractional worksHistorical Studies in Latin America: 3 fractional worksSpanish Literature and Culture Studies: 3 fractional worksGender, Labor, and Family Dynamics: 2 fractional worksSynthesis and biological activity: 2 fractional worksEconomic Theory and Institutions: 2 fractional worksComparative Literary Analysis and Criticism: 2 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 2 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryVisual Arts and Performing ArtsDevelopmentDemography4 others

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

  1. 1 Early Modern Spanish Literature Literature and Literary Theory 9 works
  2. 2 Latin American history and culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 4 works
  3. 3 International Development and Aid Development 4 works
  4. 4 Historical Studies in Latin America Demography 3 works
  5. 5 Spanish Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  6. 6 Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Gender Studies 2 works
  7. 7 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 2 works
  8. 8 Economic Theory and Institutions Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  9. 9 Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  10. 10 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 2 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 available20.9%not open79.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.8%domestic only95.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hobart and William Smith Colleges's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Hobart and William Smith Colleges as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00081% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Hobart and William Smith Colleges0.00064% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hobart and William Smith Colleges 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 2025Hobart and William Smith Colleges7.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.7% in 2002.

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