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Hobart and William Smith Colleges

In research, Hobart and William Smith Colleges stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,799 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,921 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities — Arts and Humanities is 7.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,886
of 28,054 · #10,047 all time
Rank in United States
#2,746
of 4,192
Research works
1.8k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
28k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Hobart and William Smith Colleges known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #5,799 of 10,521 13.8%133 #2131
Social SciencesField #4,921 of 6,365 15.1%70 #2117

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Hobart and William Smith Colleges specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 43.5 works7.7×
← 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: 0.54× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.43× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 1.81× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.19× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 7.70× its world share, 44 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.72× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.35× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.84× its world share, 70 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, S. Penn, Kevin C. Dunn and H. Wesley Perkins lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

  1. 1 S. Penn United States · #70,662 worldwide 500 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Kevin C. Dunn United States · #159,788 worldwide 82 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 H. Wesley Perkins United States · #176,885 worldwide 440 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 T. Dunbar Moodie United States · #237,451 worldwide 33 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Helmut R. Wagner United States · #279,883 worldwide 145 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Fernando Rodríguez Mansilla United States · #282,996 worldwide 4 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 William T. Waller United States · #449,327 worldwide 118 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Jodi Dean United States · #556,052 worldwide 44 citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Steven P. Lee United States · #570,992 worldwide 23 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 David Ost United States · #581,159 worldwide 42 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Which keywords describe research at Hobart and William Smith Colleges?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Literature, Gender, Culture, Society, Identity, Globalization and Religious Identity.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. History21▲ 16×15 topics
  2. Literature20▲ 19×14 topics
  3. Gender19▲ 18×15 topics
  4. Culture17▲ 16×11 topics
  5. Society16▲ 43×10 topics
  6. Globalization16▲ 4.1×28 topics
  7. Identity13▲ 9.0×14 topics
  8. Religious Identity10▲ 80×3 topics
  9. Colonialism10▲ 10×14 topics
  10. Golden Age Spain9▲ 565×1 topic
  11. Visual Arts9▲ 286×1 topic
  12. Neoliberalism8▲ 12×9 topics
  13. Feminism8▲ 15×8 topics
  14. Social Movements8▲ 13×8 topics
  15. Economic Growth8▲ 4.5×9 topics
  16. Cultural Identity7▲ 6.8×8 topics
  17. Cultural Exchange6▲ 25×7 topics
  18. Nationalism6▲ 6.6×7 topics
  19. Governance6▲ 9.0×4 topics
  20. Historiography5▲ 21×5 topics
  21. Religion5▲ 5.6×9 topics
  22. Philosophy5▲ 5.8×8 topics
  23. Politics5▲ 9.4×7 topics
  24. Cultural Studies5▲ 6.3×8 topics
  25. NGOs5▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Political Power4▲ 45×3 topics
  27. Anticancer Agents4▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Memory4▲ 8.9×5 topics
  29. Modernization4▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Latin America4▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Postcolonial Studies4▲ 147×2 topics
  32. Power4▲ 29×5 topics
  33. Medicinal Chemistry4▲ 7.1×3 topics
  34. Poverty Reduction4▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Visual Culture4▲ 36×2 topics
  36. Colonial Spanish America4▲ 152×1 topic
  37. Indigenous History4▲ 152×1 topic
  38. Poetry4▲ 57×3 topics
  39. Science4▲ 7.6×4 topics
  40. Development Policies4▲ 50×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher 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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