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Peabody Essex Museum

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Research works
68
▼ 55% vs 2018-21
Citations
158
2.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
2%
world 18%
Peabody Essex Museum

Not ranked overall: Peabody Essex Museum is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Peabody Essex Museum work in?

In all years, 73% of research at Peabody Essex Museum is in Social Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (36%), Social Sciences (34%), Environmental Science (13%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 49 fractional works · 73.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 24 fractional works · 35.7% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 9.1% of its workMuseology: 6 fractional works · 8.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 6.8% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 34.4% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 10.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 19.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 13.2% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 8.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPeabody EssexMuseum68fractional works, all years
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences73%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities2435.7%
    2. Social Sciences2334.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    5. Psychology00.5%
    1. Environmental Science913.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences23.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy11.5%
    4. Computer Science11.0%
    5. Engineering00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.0%
    1. Health Professions22.4%
    2. Medicine00.6%
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.

Who are the top researchers at Peabody Essex Museum?

Ranked on the quality score, Ernest S. Dodge, Susan S. Bean and Donald Stanley Marshall lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Peabody Essex Museum.

  1. 1 Ernest S. Dodge United States · #1,800,715 worldwide 615 citations · 83 works
  2. 2 Susan S. Bean United States · #2,106,791 worldwide 493 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Donald Stanley Marshall United States · #2,523,324 worldwide 152 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Frederick Hadleigh West United States · #3,380,896 worldwide 196 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Daniel Finamore United States · #3,404,632 worldwide 54 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Dorothy E. Snyder United States · #4,588,035 worldwide 39 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Peabody Essex Museum

What are the most cited papers from Peabody Essex Museum?

The most cited paper from Peabody Essex Museum is "Paleoindian Aggregation and Social Context at Bull Brook" (Brian Robinson, Jennifer Ort, William A. Eldridge et al., 2009), with 96 citations. Next come "Caribou (Rangifer Tarandus L.) Bones from New England Paleoindian Sites" (59) and "Michaud: A Paleoindian Site in the New England-Maritimes Region. Arthur E. Spiess and Deborah B. Wilson. Occasional Publications in Maine Archaeology No. 6. The Maine Historic Preservation Commission and The Maine Archaeological Society, Augusta, 1987. 232 pp., tables, figures, appendices, references. $15.00 (paper)." (24).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Paleoindian Aggregation and Social Context at Bull Brook Brian Robinson, Jennifer Ort, William A. Eldridge et al. · American Antiquity Jul 2009 96
2 Caribou (Rangifer Tarandus L.) Bones from New England Paleoindian Sites Arthur Spiess, Mary Lou Curran, John R. Grimes · North American Archaeologist Oct 1985 59
3 Michaud: A Paleoindian Site in the New England-Maritimes Region. Arthur E. Spiess and Deborah B. Wilson. Occasional Publications in Maine Archaeology No. 6. The Maine Historic Preservation Commission and The Maine Archaeological Society, Augusta, 1987. 232 pp., tables, figures, appendices, references. $15.00 (paper). Mary Lou Curran · American Antiquity Oct 1989 24
4 Ignite the Power of Art: Advancing Visitor Engagement in Museums Juliette Fritsch · Curator The Museum Journal Oct 2011 19
5 An evaluation of Polynesian craniology Donald Stanley Marshall, Charles E. Snow · American Journal of Physical Anthropology Sep 1956 14
All 52 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Peabody Essex Museum?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Globalization, Cultural Sustainability, History, Cultural History, Archaeology, Identity and Cultural Identity.

▲ 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. Climate Change10▲ 5.3×13 topics
  2. Globalization7▲ 5.9×10 topics
  3. Cultural Sustainability6▲ 209×2 topics
  4. History5▲ 9.4×10 topics
  5. Cultural History5▲ 49×4 topics
  6. Archaeology4▲ 42×3 topics
  7. Sustainability4▲ 3.6×4 topics
  8. Identity4▲ 8.0×8 topics
  9. Cultural Identity4▲ 14×6 topics
  10. Holocene4▲ 36×2 topics
  11. Biodiversity4▲ 7.4×6 topics
  12. Urban Development4▲ 17×2 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity4▲ 11×3 topics
  14. Island Ecosystems4▲ 117×2 topics
  15. Informal Education4▲ 334×1 topic
  16. Museum Learning4▲ 334×1 topic
  17. Vulnerability4▲ 33×2 topics
  18. Community Participation3▲ 18×2 topics
  19. Cultural Politics3▲ 58×3 topics
  20. Maritime Archaeology3▲ 203×1 topic
  21. Mediterranean3▲ 42×1 topic
  22. Pacific Islands3▲ 289×1 topic
  23. settlement3▲ 289×1 topic
  24. Adaptive Reuse3▲ 140×1 topic
  25. Intangible Heritage3▲ 140×1 topic
  26. Invasive Species3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  27. Biogeography2▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Literature2▲ 7.2×5 topics
  29. Traditional Knowledge2▲ 85×3 topics
  30. Cultural Exchange2▲ 26×3 topics
  31. Economic Development2▲ 5.1×2 topics
  32. Pacific2▲ 151×2 topics
  33. Visual Culture2▲ 60×3 topics
  34. Nationalism2▲ 5.6×3 topics
  35. African Diaspora2▲ 74×2 topics
  36. Ecology2▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Islands2▲ 211×1 topic
  38. Material Culture2▲ 67×2 topics
  39. Small States2▲ 211×1 topic
  40. Entrepreneurship2▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Peabody Essex Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Maritime and Coastal Archaeology, Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, Art History and Market Analysis and Philippine History and Culture.

Maritime and Coastal Arc…1Maritime and Coastal Archaeology: 1 fractional worksReformation and Early Mo…1Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 1 fractional worksArt History and Market Analysis: 0 fractional worksPhilippine History and Culture: 0 fractional worksFinancial Crisis of the 21st Century: 0 fractional worksHistorical Art and Culture Studies: 0 fractional worksCultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 0 fractional worksMuseums and Cultural Heritage: 0 fractional worksCultural Industries and Urban Development: 0 fractional works
ArcheologyHistoryVisual Arts and Performing ArtsAnthropology3 others

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

  1. 1 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 1 works
  2. 2 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 1 works
  3. 3 Art History and Market Analysis Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0 works
  4. 4 Philippine History and Culture Anthropology 0 works
  5. 5 Financial Crisis of the 21st Century Finance 0 works
  6. 6 Historical Art and Culture Studies Museology 0 works
  7. 7 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 0 works
  8. 8 Museums and Cultural Heritage Museology 0 works
  9. 9 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 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 available35.7%not open64.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors1.5%domestic only98.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Peabody Essex Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 55% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Peabody Essex Museum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000022% in 2023.

0.00050%0.0010%Peabody Essex Museum0.000023% in 202419801990200020102020

Fractional works of Peabody Essex Museum over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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