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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Research works
70
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
257
3.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
36.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 2.90× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 3.00× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.17× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.68× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.76× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 14.70× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 14.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston?

Ranked on the composite score, Christraud M. Geary and John J. Herrmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

  1. 1 Christraud M. Geary United States · #240,038 worldwide 53 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 John J. Herrmann United States · #427,962 worldwide 35 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Which keywords describe research at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Archaeology, Conservation, Religion, History, Linguistics, Ancient Egypt and Coptic Language.

▲ 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. Cultural Heritage15▲ 48×9 topics
  2. Archaeology9▲ 84×7 topics
  3. Conservation6▲ 19×4 topics
  4. Religion6▲ 14×6 topics
  5. History5▲ 8.9×12 topics
  6. Linguistics5▲ 58×2 topics
  7. Ancient Egypt5▲ 743×1 topic
  8. Coptic Language5▲ 743×1 topic
  9. Raman Spectroscopy5▲ 29×2 topics
  10. Hyperspectral Imaging5▲ 21×1 topic
  11. X-Ray Fluorescence5▲ 297×1 topic
  12. Literature4▲ 12×7 topics
  13. Urban Development4▲ 17×4 topics
  14. Climate Change4▲ 1.93×5 topics
  15. Cultural Politics3▲ 63×3 topics
  16. Culture3▲ 9.2×8 topics
  17. Art Market3▲ 530×1 topic
  18. Cultural Exchange3▲ 31×6 topics
  19. Environmental Monitoring3▲ 14×1 topic
  20. Investment3▲ 66×1 topic
  21. Museum Environments3▲ 287×1 topic
  22. Identity3▲ 5.5×3 topics
  23. Remote Sensing3▲ 3.7×2 topics
  24. Visual Culture3▲ 64×4 topics
  25. Archaeological Evidence2▲ 74×2 topics
  26. Arabia2▲ 115×1 topic
  27. Byzantine2▲ 115×1 topic
  28. Cultural Studies2▲ 8.6×4 topics
  29. LiDAR2▲ 84×1 topic
  30. Satellite Imagery2▲ 34×1 topic
  31. Society2▲ 14×5 topics
  32. Colonialism2▲ 6.2×6 topics
  33. Gender2▲ 5.4×5 topics
  34. Fashion2▲ 98×2 topics
  35. Biodeterioration2▲ 115×1 topic
  36. Empire2▲ 30×2 topics
  37. Geomycology2▲ 115×1 topic
  38. Sociology2▲ 20×3 topics
  39. Art History2▲ 89×2 topics
  40. Material Culture2▲ 54×2 topics

Which research topics does Museum of Fine Arts, Boston publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis, Synthesis of Organic Compounds, Fashion and Cultural Textiles and Art Education and Development.

Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis: 1 fractional worksSynthesis of Organic Compounds: 1 fractional worksFashion and Cultural Textiles: 1 fractional worksArt Education and Development: 0 fractional worksArchaeological Research and Protection: 0 fractional worksHistorical Art and Culture Studies: 0 fractional worksColor Science and Applic…0Color Science and Applications: 0 fractional worksDiverse Music Education Insights: 0 fractional worksDye analysis and toxicity: 0 fractional worksAesthetic Perception and Analysis: 0 fractional works
ArcheologyPharmacologyMuseologyVisual Arts and Performing Arts5 others

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

  1. 1 Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis Archeology 1 works
  2. 2 Synthesis of Organic Compounds Pharmacology 1 works
  3. 3 Fashion and Cultural Textiles Museology 1 works
  4. 4 Art Education and Development Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0 works
  5. 5 Archaeological Research and Protection Space and Planetary Science 0 works
  6. 6 Historical Art and Culture Studies Museology 0 works
  7. 7 Color Science and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  8. 8 Diverse Music Education Insights Music 0 works
  9. 9 Dye analysis and toxicity Analytical Chemistry 0 works
  10. 10 Aesthetic Perception and Analysis Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available21.5%not open78.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.8%domestic only49.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Museum of Fine Arts, Boston's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% lower 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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