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Middlebury College

In research, Middlebury College stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,275 of 9,585 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#720 of 1,896 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,724 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History (History is 12.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,117
of 22,385 · #3,997 all time
Rank in United States
#582
of 3,332
Research works
3.9k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
75k
19.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Middlebury College

What is Middlebury College 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 #2,275 of 9,585 9.9%329 #1543
Arts and HumanitiesField #720 of 1,896 13.1%83 #933
Social SciencesField #2,724 of 5,988 9.5%175 #1583
Physical SciencesDomain #6,152 of 10,670 6.5%119 #7244
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,758 of 2,526 9.7%65 #1420

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#1,543 #2,275
  2. Arts and Humanities#933 #720
  3. Social Sciences#1,583 #2,724
  4. Physical Sciences#7,244 #6,152
  5. Sociology and Political Science#1,420 #1,758
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Middlebury College work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Middlebury College is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (33%), Arts and Humanities (17%), Environmental Science (7%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 371 fractional works · 63.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 194 fractional works · 33.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 71 fractional works · 12.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 44 fractional works · 7.5% of its workAnthropology: 14 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCultural Studies: 13 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 101 fractional works · 17.4% of its workHistory: 23 fractional works · 3.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 20 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhilosophy: 15 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMusic: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 37 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 31 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 26 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 129 fractional works · 22.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 43 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 26 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 45 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMedicine: 30 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 38 fractional works · 6.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMiddleburyCollege582fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences64%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences19433.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities10117.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance376.4%
    4. Psychology264.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting81.3%
    6. Decision Sciences40.8%
    1. Environmental Science437.3%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences264.4%
    3. Computer Science213.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy152.6%
    5. Engineering132.2%
    6. Mathematics61.0%
    7. Materials Science20.4%
    8. Chemistry20.4%
    9. Energy10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine305.1%
    2. Health Professions122.1%
    3. Nursing20.3%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences162.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology112.0%
    3. Neuroscience91.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Middlebury College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History takes 12.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HistorySubfield · 22.6 works12×
← 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: 0.57× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.80× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.48× its world share, 43 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.87× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.19× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.78× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 6.02× its world share, 101 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.97× its world share, 37 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.49× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.64× its world share, 194 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.02×101 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.97×37 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.80×26 works
  4. Social Sciences2.64×194 works
  5. Psychology1.49×26 works
  6. Environmental Science1.48×43 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.19×15 works
  8. Neuroscience0.91×9 works
  9. Mathematics0.87×6 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.79×4 works
  11. Health Professions0.78×12 works
  12. Veterinary0.72×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.57×16 works
  14. Nursing0.54×2 works
  15. Computer Science0.46×21 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.41×8 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×11 works
  18. Medicine0.27×30 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.26×0 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.25×0 works
  21. Dentistry0.24×1 works
  22. Chemistry0.23×2 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.22×1 works
  24. Energy0.20×1 works
  25. Engineering0.14×12 works
  26. Materials Science0.11×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Middlebury College?

Ranked on the quality score, John A. Maluccio, Daniel Scharstein and Barbara K. Hofer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Middlebury College.

  1. 1 John A. Maluccio United States · #71,550 worldwide 9.2k citations · 181 works
  2. 2 Daniel Scharstein United States · #105,340 worldwide 22k citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Barbara K. Hofer United States · #224,452 worldwide 10k citations · 89 works
  4. 4 Caitlin Knowles Myers United States · #265,225 worldwide 1.8k citations · 69 works
  5. 5 Jessica C. Teets United States · #268,852 worldwide 2.3k citations · 86 works
  6. 6 Şebnem Gümüşçü United States · #269,343 worldwide 2k citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Alexis M. Mychajliw United States · #360,833 worldwide 1.5k citations · 104 works
  8. 8 Erik Bleich United States · #364,040 worldwide 2.8k citations · 131 works
  9. 9 Kareem Khalifa United States · #415,746 worldwide 1.5k citations · 76 works
  10. 10 Alan R. Berens United States · #451,466 worldwide 3.3k citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Middlebury College

What are the most cited papers from Middlebury College?

The most cited paper from Middlebury College is "A Taxonomy and Evaluation of Dense Two-Frame Stereo Correspondence Algorithms" (Daniel Scharstein, Rick Szeliski, 2002), with 6,797 citations. Next come "Review of Ecological Effects of Roads on Terrestrial and Aquatic Communities" (2,766) and "A Comparison and Evaluation of Multi-View Stereo Reconstruction Algorithms" (2,429).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Taxonomy and Evaluation of Dense Two-Frame Stereo Correspondence Algorithms Daniel Scharstein, Rick Szeliski · International Journal of Computer Vision Apr 2002 6,797
2 Review of Ecological Effects of Roads on Terrestrial and Aquatic Communities Stephen C. Trombulak, Christopher A. Frissell · Conservation Biology Feb 2000 2,766
3 A Comparison and Evaluation of Multi-View Stereo Reconstruction Algorithms Steven M. Seitz, Brian Curless, James R. Diebel et al. Conference paper 10 Jul 2006 2,429
4 A Database and Evaluation Methodology for Optical Flow Simon J Baker, Daniel Scharstein, John P. Lewis et al. · International Journal of Computer Vision Open access 29 Nov 2010 2,263
5 Reaction between slab-derived melts and peridotite in the mantle wedge: experimental constraints at 3.8 GPa Robert Paul Rapp, Nobumichi Shimizu, Marc D. Norman et al. · Chemical Geology Sep 1999 1,824
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Middlebury College?

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

▲ 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. Globalization45▲ 3.9×55 topics
  2. Climate Change36▲ 2.3×53 topics
  3. Identity35▲ 8.4×36 topics
  4. Nationalism34▲ 13×24 topics
  5. History34▲ 8.3×29 topics
  6. Gender30▲ 9.5×34 topics
  7. Colonialism29▲ 11×31 topics
  8. Literature26▲ 8.2×27 topics
  9. Religion26▲ 9.5×22 topics
  10. Culture23▲ 7.5×20 topics
  11. Cultural Identity18▲ 6.3×17 topics
  12. Philosophy16▲ 6.4×16 topics
  13. Politics16▲ 11×15 topics
  14. Labor Market16▲ 9.7×10 topics
  15. Human Rights15▲ 2.6×22 topics
  16. Democracy14▲ 6.8×14 topics
  17. Society13▲ 12×12 topics
  18. Ethnicity13▲ 6.0×12 topics
  19. Ethics12▲ 4.1×21 topics
  20. Feminism12▲ 7.1×15 topics
  21. Migration12▲ 6.0×17 topics
  22. Political Economy12▲ 7.9×13 topics
  23. Inequality11▲ 8.6×8 topics
  24. Neoliberalism11▲ 5.1×11 topics
  25. Authoritarianism10▲ 20×5 topics
  26. Economy10▲ 22×4 topics
  27. Governance10▲ 5.0×11 topics
  28. Memory10▲ 6.7×12 topics
  29. Language Policy9▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Global Governance9▲ 6.4×11 topics
  31. Cultural Exchange8▲ 12×6 topics
  32. Empire8▲ 16×4 topics
  33. Civil Society8▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Market Efficiency8▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Visual Culture7▲ 23×4 topics
  36. China7▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Social7▲ 32×2 topics
  38. Competitive Balance7▲ 49×1 topic
  39. National Identity7▲ 11×6 topics
  40. Prediction Markets7▲ 49×1 topic

Which research topics does Middlebury College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sports Analytics and Performance, Latin American history and culture, Chinese history and philosophy and Historical Economic and Social Studies.

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 worksHistorical Economic and Social Studies: 4 fractional worksTerrorism, Counterterror…4Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence: 4 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 4 fractional worksTurkey's Politics and Society: 4 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…4Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 4 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 4 fractional worksPolitics and Society in Latin America: 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 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  5. 5 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  6. 6 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  7. 7 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  8. 8 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 4 works
  9. 9 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 4 works
  10. 10 Politics and Society in Latin America 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Middlebury College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Middlebury College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0022% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Middlebury College0.0022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Middlebury College 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 2025Middlebury College8.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.2% in 2004.

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