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Middlebury College

In research, Middlebury College stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,492 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#6,521 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,298 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,462
of 28,054 · #3,701 all time
Rank in United States
#1,124
of 4,192
Research works
3.9k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
75k
19.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Middlebury College 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 #3,492 of 10,521 15.8%329 #838
Physical SciencesDomain #6,521 of 12,888 12.1%119 #4155
Social SciencesField #3,298 of 6,365 15.4%175 #953
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,952 of 2,578 13.9%65 #1003
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,702 of 1,998 14.7%83 #978

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Middlebury 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#838 #3,492
  2. Physical Sciences#4,155 #6,521
  3. Social Sciences#953 #3,298
  4. Sociology and Political Science#1,003 #1,952
  5. Arts and Humanities#978 #1,702
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 0.58× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.73× its world share, 22 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.54× its world share, 40 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.97× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.16× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.53× its world share, 83 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.11× its world share, 34 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.56× its world share, 25 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.67× its world share, 175 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Middlebury College?

Ranked on the composite score, David Macey, John A. Maluccio and Jeffrey P. Carpenter lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Middlebury College.

  1. 1 David Macey United States · #76,435 worldwide 203 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 John A. Maluccio United States · #96,962 worldwide 321 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Jeffrey P. Carpenter United States · #132,368 worldwide 468 citations · 89 works
  4. 4 Erik Bleich United States · #170,255 worldwide 98 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Theodore Sasson United States · #174,730 worldwide 140 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Daniel Scharstein United States · #185,536 worldwide 1.1k citations · 17 works
  7. 7 David Stoll United States · #231,678 worldwide 36 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Jay Parini United States · #238,213 worldwide 31 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 David Colander United States · #324,218 worldwide 286 citations · 133 works
  10. 10 Marjorie Lamberti United States · #367,093 worldwide 19 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Middlebury College

Which keywords describe research at Middlebury College?

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

▲ 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. Globalization39▲ 3.9×53 topics
  2. Climate Change32▲ 2.3×51 topics
  3. Identity27▲ 7.2×35 topics
  4. Nationalism27▲ 11×24 topics
  5. History26▲ 7.0×27 topics
  6. Gender24▲ 8.4×30 topics
  7. Religion22▲ 9.0×19 topics
  8. Colonialism22▲ 9.0×29 topics
  9. Culture20▲ 7.4×19 topics
  10. Literature17▲ 5.9×23 topics
  11. Labor Market15▲ 9.9×9 topics
  12. Philosophy14▲ 6.2×14 topics
  13. Human Rights14▲ 2.6×20 topics
  14. Cultural Identity13▲ 4.7×15 topics
  15. Politics12▲ 8.6×15 topics
  16. Democracy12▲ 6.5×12 topics
  17. Society11▲ 11×10 topics
  18. Migration11▲ 6.2×17 topics
  19. Feminism10▲ 7.2×14 topics
  20. Political Economy10▲ 7.8×13 topics
  21. Inequality10▲ 8.7×8 topics
  22. Ethics10▲ 4.1×20 topics
  23. Neoliberalism10▲ 5.3×11 topics
  24. Authoritarianism9▲ 20×5 topics
  25. Language Policy9▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Global Governance8▲ 7.1×11 topics
  27. Cultural Exchange8▲ 12×6 topics
  28. Ethnicity8▲ 4.1×11 topics
  29. Governance8▲ 4.7×11 topics
  30. Trust8▲ 5.5×7 topics
  31. Market Efficiency8▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Visual Culture7▲ 26×4 topics
  33. Civil Society7▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Competitive Balance7▲ 56×1 topic
  35. Prediction Markets7▲ 56×1 topic
  36. Economy7▲ 17×4 topics
  37. Islam7▲ 6.1×4 topics
  38. China6▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Religious Practices6▲ 27×3 topics
  40. Public Opinion6▲ 9.3×4 topics

Which research topics does Middlebury College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports Analytics and Performance, Latin American history and culture, Chinese history and philosophy and Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence.

Sports Analytics and Per…7Sports Analytics and Performance: 7 fractional worksLatin American history a…6Latin American history and culture: 6 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 4 fractional worksTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence: 4 fractional worksTurkey's Politics and So…4Turkey's Politics and Society: 4 fractional worksHistorical Economic and Social Studies: 4 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 4 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient …4Archaeology and ancient environmental studies: 4 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 4 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 3 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsVisual Arts and Performing ArtsSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations2 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Analytics and Performance Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  2. 2 Latin American history and culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 6 works
  3. 3 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  5. 5 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  6. 6 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  7. 7 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 4 works
  8. 8 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 4 works
  9. 9 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  10. 10 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 3 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 available27.7%not open72.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Middlebury College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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