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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Research works
70
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
168
2.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Massachusetts Historical Society is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Who are the top researchers at Massachusetts Historical Society?

Ranked on the composite score, Louis Leonard Tucker and Malcolm Freiberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Massachusetts Historical Society.

  1. 1 Louis Leonard Tucker United States · #466,840 worldwide 22 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Malcolm Freiberg United States · #555,908 worldwide 17 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Massachusetts Historical Society

Which keywords describe research at Massachusetts Historical Society?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nationalism, Public Opinion, American founding, Constitutional government, History, Globalization, Social Movements and Feminism.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Nationalism25▲ 63×4 topics
  2. Public Opinion24▲ 185×3 topics
  3. American founding23▲ 451×1 topic
  4. Constitutional government23▲ 451×1 topic
  5. History12▲ 22×8 topics
  6. Globalization9▲ 6.7×7 topics
  7. Social Movements8▲ 34×4 topics
  8. Feminism7▲ 39×2 topics
  9. Black Studies7▲ 308×1 topic
  10. Civil Rights Movement7▲ 308×1 topic
  11. Branding6▲ 649×1 topic
  12. Marketing6▲ 153×1 topic
  13. Identity5▲ 8.5×7 topics
  14. Sustainability4▲ 3.2×4 topics
  15. Atlantic History4▲ 261×1 topic
  16. Transatlantic Slave Trade4▲ 261×1 topic
  17. Innovation3▲ 4.7×2 topics
  18. Colonialism3▲ 8.4×8 topics
  19. Gender3▲ 6.4×6 topics
  20. Society3▲ 16×3 topics
  21. Culture2▲ 7.4×3 topics
  22. Literature2▲ 6.5×6 topics
  23. Renewable Energy2▲ 3.1×2 topics
  24. Cultural Identity2▲ 6.6×2 topics
  25. Immigration2▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Public Policy2▲ 6.6×2 topics
  27. Religion2▲ 4.9×3 topics
  28. Cultural Heritage2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  29. Medicine2▲ 28×2 topics
  30. Science2▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Canada2▲ 87×1 topic
  32. Conservation2▲ 5.0×1 topic
  33. Environmental Movement2▲ 122×1 topic
  34. Social Policy2▲ 18×1 topic
  35. International Law2▲ 7.6×4 topics
  36. Philosophy2▲ 4.7×1 topic
  37. Scientific History2▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Technological Development2▲ 43×1 topic
  39. Technology2▲ 5.0×1 topic
  40. Professional Development1▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Massachusetts Historical Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: American History and Culture, Colonialism, slavery, and trade, History of Science and Medicine and Communism, Protests, Social Movements.

American History and Cul…1American History and Culture: 1 fractional worksColonialism, slavery, an…1Colonialism, slavery, and trade: 1 fractional worksHistory of Science and M…1History of Science and Medicine: 1 fractional worksCommunism, Protests, Soc…0Communism, Protests, Social Movements: 0 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 0 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 0 fractional worksVietnamese History and Culture Studies: 0 fractional worksPublishing and Scholarly Communication: 0 fractional worksDigital Humanities and Scholarship: 0 fractional works
MarketingAnthropologyHistory and Philosophy of ScienceSociology and Political Science1 others

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

  1. 1 American History and Culture Marketing 1 works
  2. 2 Colonialism, slavery, and trade Anthropology 1 works
  3. 3 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  4. 4 Communism, Protests, Social Movements Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  5. 5 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  7. 7 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Publishing and Scholarly Communication History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  9. 9 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 0 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 available28.0%not open72.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors1.8%domestic only98.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Massachusetts Historical Society's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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