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Mount Holyoke College

In research, Mount Holyoke College stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,697 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,028 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,240 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,384
of 28,054 · #5,534 all time
Rank in United States
#1,551
of 4,192
Research works
3.2k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
62k
19.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is Mount Holyoke 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 #4,697 of 10,521 14.7%183 #1702
Social SciencesField #4,028 of 6,365 18.2%93 #1561
Physical SciencesDomain #9,240 of 12,888 12.2%83 #5307

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mount Holyoke 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#1,702 #4,697
  2. Social Sciences#1,561 #4,028
  3. Physical Sciences#5,307 #9,240
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: 0.47× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.12× its world share, 11 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.94× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.08× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.88× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.30× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.45× its world share, 51 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.32× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.24× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 93 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 Mount Holyoke College?

Ranked on the composite score, H. Nicholson, Joseph J. Ellis and M. D. Dyar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mount Holyoke College.

  1. 1 H. Nicholson United States · #24,701 worldwide 1.6k citations · 129 works
  2. 2 Joseph J. Ellis United States · #95,992 worldwide 100 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 M. D. Dyar United States · #172,570 worldwide 857 citations · 217 works
  4. 4 T. H. Burbine United States · #209,621 worldwide 241 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Fred Moseley United States · #251,099 worldwide 38 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Lynn M. Morgan United States · #281,079 worldwide 66 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 John Mack Faragher United States · #304,721 worldwide 44 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Mary Benson United States · #305,237 worldwide 39 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 George W. Cobb United States · #314,521 worldwide 205 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Meribeth E. Cameron United States · #379,109 worldwide 51 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Mount Holyoke College

Which keywords describe research at Mount Holyoke College?

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

▲ 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. Globalization22▲ 3.5×37 topics
  2. Climate Change15▲ 1.73×40 topics
  3. Colonialism14▲ 9.2×21 topics
  4. Identity14▲ 5.9×23 topics
  5. Gender14▲ 7.9×23 topics
  6. Nationalism12▲ 7.8×16 topics
  7. History11▲ 5.0×20 topics
  8. Literature11▲ 6.4×19 topics
  9. Ethics10▲ 6.5×13 topics
  10. Neoliberalism9▲ 8.0×14 topics
  11. Human Rights8▲ 2.6×19 topics
  12. Religion8▲ 5.5×12 topics
  13. Education8▲ 1.51×24 topics
  14. Politics8▲ 9.3×12 topics
  15. Culture8▲ 4.4×11 topics
  16. Philosophy7▲ 4.7×9 topics
  17. Intersectionality6▲ 11×8 topics
  18. Feminism6▲ 6.6×11 topics
  19. Evolution6▲ 7.0×6 topics
  20. Cultural Studies5▲ 4.3×11 topics
  21. Inequality5▲ 7.1×5 topics
  22. Urban Development5▲ 4.3×6 topics
  23. Democracy5▲ 4.3×13 topics
  24. Imperialism5▲ 19×6 topics
  25. Society5▲ 7.8×8 topics
  26. Capitalism4▲ 21×5 topics
  27. Migration4▲ 4.0×6 topics
  28. Neuroscience4▲ 4.5×7 topics
  29. Emotion4▲ 6.3×7 topics
  30. Social Movements4▲ 4.3×4 topics
  31. Adaptation4▲ 4.5×6 topics
  32. Race4▲ 11×8 topics
  33. Social Networks4▲ 4.7×7 topics
  34. Genetic Code4▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Immigration4▲ 10×4 topics
  36. Authoritarianism4▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Discrimination4▲ 5.8×5 topics
  38. Postcolonialism4▲ 8.8×6 topics
  39. Medicine3▲ 13×5 topics
  40. Class Struggle3▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Mount Holyoke College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Political Economy and Marxism, Race, History, and American Society, Planetary Science and Exploration and Reading and Literacy Development.

Political Economy and Ma…3Political Economy and Marxism: 3 fractional worksRace, History, and Ameri…2Race, History, and American Society: 2 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 2 fractional worksReading and Literacy Development: 2 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dynamics: 2 fractional worksMigration, Ethnicity, and Economy: 2 fractional worksLaw in Society and Culture: 2 fractional worksEthics, Aesthetics, and …2Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art: 2 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 2 fractional worksPsychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceAstronomy and AstrophysicsDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyLaw3 others

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

  1. 1 Political Economy and Marxism Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  2. 2 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  4. 4 Reading and Literacy Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Law in Society and Culture Law 2 works
  8. 8 Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art Philosophy 2 works
  9. 9 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available22.3%not open77.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mount Holyoke College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.