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Mount Holyoke College

In research, Mount Holyoke College stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,882 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,150 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,308 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,646
of 22,385 · #5,443 all time
Rank in United States
#1,164
of 3,332
Research works
3.2k
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
62k
19.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Mount Holyoke College

What is Mount Holyoke 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 #4,882 of 9,585 11.1%183 #2494
Social SciencesField #3,150 of 5,988 11.9%93 #1837
Physical SciencesDomain #9,308 of 10,670 7.5%83 #6387

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 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#2,494 #4,882
  2. Social Sciences#1,837 #3,150
  3. Physical Sciences#6,387 #9,308
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 Mount Holyoke College work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Mount Holyoke College is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Arts and Humanities (16%), Psychology (7%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 216 fractional works · 58.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 108 fractional works · 29.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 45 fractional works · 12.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 18 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 60 fractional works · 16.1% of its workHistory: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhilosophy: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMusic: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 27 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 92 fractional works · 24.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 5.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 41 fractional works · 11.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 23 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMount HolyokeCollege372fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences58%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences10829.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities6016.1%
    3. Psychology277.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance113.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting82.1%
    6. Decision Sciences20.5%
    1. Environmental Science195.2%
    2. Computer Science195.2%
    3. Engineering164.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences102.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy102.7%
    6. Mathematics82.1%
    7. Materials Science61.5%
    8. Chemistry20.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.4%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology195.1%
    2. Neuroscience133.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences82.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.6%
    1. Medicine205.3%
    2. Health Professions20.6%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.43× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.07× its world share, 12 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.76× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.05× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.80× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.21× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.59× its world share, 60 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.65× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.39× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.37× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.30× its world share, 108 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.59×60 works
  2. Psychology2.37×27 works
  3. Social Sciences2.30×108 works
  4. Neuroscience2.07×12 works
  5. Mathematics1.80×8 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.76×10 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.39×11 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.21×10 works
  9. Chemical Engineering1.05×1 works
  10. Environmental Science1.05×19 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.96×19 works
  12. Computer Science0.67×19 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.65×8 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.55×2 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.51×2 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.43×8 works
  17. Materials Science0.43×6 works
  18. Veterinary0.37×0 works
  19. Nursing0.35×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.30×2 works
  21. Engineering0.28×16 works
  22. Medicine0.28×20 works
  23. Health Professions0.24×2 works
  24. Energy0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Mount Holyoke College?

Ranked on the quality score, Catherine A. Corson, Thomas F. Boucher and Amy Frary lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mount Holyoke College.

  1. 1 Catherine A. Corson United States · #487,052 worldwide 2.1k citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Thomas F. Boucher United States · #499,057 worldwide 5.8k citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Amy Frary United States · #697,280 worldwide 2.7k citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Marie V. Ozanne United States · #830,267 worldwide 872 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 John Rapoport United States · #969,157 worldwide 3.2k citations · 69 works
  6. 6 Elly A. Breves United States · #1,078,228 worldwide 3.2k citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Kenneth H. Tucker United States · #1,126,348 worldwide 1.8k citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Francine M. Deutsch United States · #1,154,307 worldwide 3.5k citations · 88 works
  9. 9 Calvin R. Chen United States · #1,223,908 worldwide 1.9k citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Andrew G. Reiter United States · #1,247,142 worldwide 912 citations · 89 works
All ranked researchers at Mount Holyoke College

What are the most cited papers from Mount Holyoke College?

The most cited paper from Mount Holyoke College is "A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity" (Luke Thompson et al., 2017), with 2,968 citations. Next come "Category Interference in Translation and Picture Naming: Evidence for Asymmetric Connections Between Bilingual Memory Representations" (2,653) and "The BABAR detector" (1,362).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity Luke Thompson et al. · Nature Open access303 authors 30 Oct 2017 2,968
2 Category Interference in Translation and Picture Naming: Evidence for Asymmetric Connections Between Bilingual Memory Representations Judith F. Kroll, Elizabeth C. Stewart · Journal of Memory and Language Apr 1994 2,653
3 The BABAR detector Bernard Aubert et al. · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment Open access823 authors Feb 2002 1,362
4 Talking about Race, Learning about Racism: The Application of Racial Identity Development Theory in the Classroom Beverly Daniel Tatum · Harvard Educational Review Apr 1992 1,048
5 The Ethics of Care: Personal, Political, and Global Joan Cocks · Perspectives on Politics 28 Nov 2006 995
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Mount Holyoke College?

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

▲ 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. Globalization26▲ 3.6×45 topics
  2. Climate Change17▲ 1.72×43 topics
  3. Gender16▲ 8.1×25 topics
  4. Colonialism15▲ 8.5×21 topics
  5. Identity15▲ 5.5×24 topics
  6. Literature15▲ 7.2×23 topics
  7. History13▲ 5.1×22 topics
  8. Nationalism13▲ 7.8×16 topics
  9. Ethics13▲ 6.8×16 topics
  10. Neoliberalism11▲ 8.2×17 topics
  11. Religion11▲ 6.2×15 topics
  12. Education10▲ 1.51×24 topics
  13. Human Rights10▲ 2.5×22 topics
  14. Philosophy9▲ 5.4×12 topics
  15. Culture9▲ 4.5×13 topics
  16. Politics9▲ 8.8×12 topics
  17. Intersectionality8▲ 11×8 topics
  18. Feminism7▲ 6.6×12 topics
  19. Democracy7▲ 5.3×14 topics
  20. Cultural Studies6▲ 4.7×12 topics
  21. Evolution6▲ 6.1×8 topics
  22. Inequality6▲ 7.2×7 topics
  23. Emotion6▲ 7.7×8 topics
  24. Urban Development6▲ 4.3×6 topics
  25. Capitalism6▲ 24×5 topics
  26. Imperialism6▲ 20×6 topics
  27. Race5▲ 12×8 topics
  28. Society5▲ 7.3×9 topics
  29. Postcolonialism5▲ 9.2×7 topics
  30. Social Movements5▲ 4.5×5 topics
  31. Adaptation5▲ 4.2×7 topics
  32. Memory4▲ 4.8×9 topics
  33. Genetic Code4▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Anthropocene4▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Cinema4▲ 36×2 topics
  36. Authoritarianism4▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Immigration4▲ 8.9×4 topics
  38. Medicine4▲ 12×5 topics
  39. Empathy4▲ 8.4×5 topics
  40. Class Struggle3▲ 28×2 topics

Which research topics does Mount Holyoke College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Political Economy and Marxism, Historical and Religious Studies of Rome, Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art and Planetary Science and Exploration.

Political Economy and Ma…3Political Economy and Marxism: 3 fractional worksHistorical and Religious…3Historical and Religious Studies of Rome: 3 fractional worksEthics, Aesthetics, and Art: 3 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Ex…3Planetary Science and Exploration: 3 fractional worksReading and Literacy Dev…3Reading and Literacy Development: 3 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 2 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 2 fractional worksEconomic Theory and Policy2Economic Theory and Policy: 2 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 2 fractional worksMigration, Ethnicity, and Economy: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceHistoryPhilosophyAstronomy and Astrophysics4 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 Historical and Religious Studies of Rome History 3 works
  3. 3 Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art Philosophy 3 works
  4. 4 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  5. 5 Reading and Literacy Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 3 works
  6. 6 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Economic Theory and Policy General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 works
  9. 9 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy Sociology and Political 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 available22.3%not open77.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mount Holyoke College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% 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 Mount Holyoke College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Mount Holyoke College0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mount Holyoke 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 2025Mount Holyoke College7.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.4% in 2006.

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