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In research, Museum of Science stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,535 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,477
of 28,054 · #14,724 all time
Rank in United States
#2,506
of 4,192
Research works
880
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.8k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Museum of Science 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 #4,535 of 10,521 12.4%73 #3293

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Museum of Science 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).

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: 1.09× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.03× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.02× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.71× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 10.26× its world share, 33 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.67× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.41× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.19× its world share, 31 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 10.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Museum of Science?

Ranked on the composite score, Christine M. Cunningham, Kathryn M. Bateman and R. H. Traquair lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Museum of Science.

  1. 1 Christine M. Cunningham United States · #126,043 worldwide 100 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Kathryn M. Bateman United States · #472,144 worldwide 43 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 R. H. Traquair United States · #883,663 worldwide 25 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Museum of Science

Which keywords describe research at Museum of Science?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Literature, Cultural Sustainability, Education, Nationalism, History, Cultural Heritage and Informal Education.

▲ 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. Identity9▲ 11×17 topics
  2. Education7▲ 3.7×23 topics
  3. Literature7▲ 11×13 topics
  4. Globalization6▲ 3.0×14 topics
  5. Climate Change5▲ 1.67×24 topics
  6. Cultural Sustainability5▲ 80×2 topics
  7. History5▲ 6.5×9 topics
  8. Nationalism5▲ 9.1×10 topics
  9. Cultural Heritage4▲ 7.3×10 topics
  10. Informal Education4▲ 205×1 topic
  11. Museum Learning4▲ 205×1 topic
  12. Gender4▲ 6.7×9 topics
  13. Narrative4▲ 22×3 topics
  14. Memory4▲ 14×7 topics
  15. Photography4▲ 80×4 topics
  16. Conservation3▲ 7.2×11 topics
  17. Migration3▲ 9.1×7 topics
  18. Aesthetics3▲ 40×5 topics
  19. Human Rights3▲ 2.9×9 topics
  20. Ethics3▲ 5.9×9 topics
  21. Pedagogy3▲ 5.5×7 topics
  22. Postmodernism3▲ 76×3 topics
  23. Cultural Exchange3▲ 19×6 topics
  24. Palestine3▲ 43×2 topics
  25. Occupation3▲ 37×2 topics
  26. Social Justice3▲ 4.1×8 topics
  27. International Relations2▲ 9.5×5 topics
  28. Authenticity2▲ 89×2 topics
  29. Urban Development2▲ 5.9×5 topics
  30. Engineering Education2▲ 22×4 topics
  31. Ethnic Identity2▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Neuroscience2▲ 6.4×5 topics
  33. Collective Memory2▲ 67×2 topics
  34. Israel2▲ 51×1 topic
  35. Settler Colonialism2▲ 43×1 topic
  36. W.G. Sebald2▲ 265×1 topic
  37. ruins2▲ 265×1 topic
  38. Contemporary Art2▲ 154×1 topic
  39. Relational Aesthetics2▲ 154×1 topic
  40. Social Sciences2▲ 11×6 topics

Which research topics does Museum of Science publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Museums and Cultural Heritage, Literature and Cultural Memory, Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies and Art, Politics, and Modernism.

Museums and Cultural Her…4Museums and Cultural Heritage: 4 fractional worksLiterature and Cultural Memory: 2 fractional worksJewish and Middle Easter…2Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 2 fractional worksArt, Politics, and Moder…2Art, Politics, and Modernism: 2 fractional worksConservation Techniques and Studies: 2 fractional worksFinancial Crisis of the 21st Century: 1 fractional worksBalkan and Eastern Europ…1Balkan and Eastern European Studies: 1 fractional worksMemory, History, Trauma, Identity: 1 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 1 fractional worksDigital and Traditional Archives Management: 1 fractional works
MuseologyLiterature and Literary TheorySociology and Political ScienceVisual Arts and Performing Arts5 others

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

  1. 1 Museums and Cultural Heritage Museology 4 works
  2. 2 Literature and Cultural Memory Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  3. 3 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Art, Politics, and Modernism Visual Arts and Performing Arts 2 works
  5. 5 Conservation Techniques and Studies Conservation 2 works
  6. 6 Financial Crisis of the 21st Century Finance 1 works
  7. 7 Balkan and Eastern European Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  8. 8 Memory, History, Trauma, Identity Philosophy 1 works
  9. 9 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 1 works
  10. 10 Digital and Traditional Archives Management Conservation 1 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 available35.6%not open64.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.1%domestic only82.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Museum of Science's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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