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University of Massachusetts Amherst

In research, University of Massachusetts Amherst stands highest in Food Science (#10 of 492 worldwide), Social Sciences (#229 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#389 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Music and Surfaces, Coatings and Films — Physical and Theoretical Chemistry is 4.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#361
of 28,054 · #148 all time
Rank in United States
#74
of 4,192
Research works
65k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.4M
37.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is University of Massachusetts Amherst 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
Food ScienceSubfield #10 of 492 57.5%141 #1
Social SciencesDomain #229 of 10,521 18.2%2,489 #120
Physical SciencesDomain #389 of 12,888 18.9%2,875 #112
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #164 of 3,409 40.5%420 #98
Life SciencesDomain #411 of 7,800 28.1%1,083 #248
Social SciencesField #359 of 6,365 18.1%1,343 #132
Health SciencesDomain #933 of 11,982 20.0%825 #555
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #207 of 2,578 23.6%382 #94
Business, Management and AccountingField #212 of 2,578 24.6%157 #147
Computer ScienceField #405 of 4,667 19.8%685 #60

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Massachusetts Amherst 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. Food Science#1 #10
  2. Social Sciences#120 #229
  3. Physical Sciences#112 #389
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#98 #164
  5. Life Sciences#248 #411
  6. Social Sciences#132 #359
  7. Health Sciences#555 #933
  8. Sociology and Political Science#94 #207
  9. Business, Management and Accounting#147 #212
  10. Computer Science#60 #405
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.

What does University of Massachusetts Amherst specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry takes 4.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physical and Theoretical ChemistrySubfield · 23.0 works4.0×
  2. MusicSubfield · 21.5 works3.6×
  3. Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsSubfield · 23.0 works3.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 1.22× its world share, 420 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.20× its world share, 466 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.52× its world share, 38 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.22× its world share, 144 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.82× its world share, 21 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.26× its world share, 143 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.21× its world share, 686 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 139 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.63× its world share, 42 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.65× its world share, 706 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.27× its world share, 459 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.05× its world share, 267 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.33× its world share, 114 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.84× its world share, 298 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 157 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 599 worksMedicineNursing: 1.67× its world share, 60 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.43× its world share, 300 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 157 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 96 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.16× its world share, 180 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.86× its world share, 412 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 1,344 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Massachusetts Amherst?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrew McCallum, Derek R. Lovley and Subhransu Maji lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Massachusetts Amherst.

  1. 1 Andrew McCallum United States · #895 worldwide 4.5k citations · 98 works
  2. 2 Derek R. Lovley United States · #1,727 worldwide 2.2k citations · 87 works
  3. 3 Subhransu Maji United States · #3,477 worldwide 2.7k citations · 71 works
  4. 4 J. Eliot B. Moss United States · #4,471 worldwide 1.1k citations · 68 works
  5. 5 Peter H. Rossi United States · #4,474 worldwide 1.2k citations · 107 works
  6. 6 W. Bruce Croft United States · #4,481 worldwide 2.4k citations · 127 works
  7. 7 Keith Rayner United States · #5,830 worldwide 1.6k citations · 66 works
  8. 8 Nancy Folbre United States · #6,481 worldwide 701 citations · 66 works
  9. 9 Brendan O’Connor United States · #8,432 worldwide 659 citations · 56 works
  10. 10 Seymour Epstein United States · #8,625 worldwide 953 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at University of Massachusetts Amherst

Which keywords describe research at University of Massachusetts Amherst?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Globalization, Nanoparticles, Emulsions, Employment Patterns, Vocational Education, Student Retention and Training Pathways.

▲ 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. Climate Change276▲ 1.41×99 topics
  2. Globalization210▲ 1.47×109 topics
  3. Deep Learning191▼ 0.77×72 topics
  4. Machine Learning178▼ 0.75×78 topics
  5. Nanoparticles170▲ 1.86×37 topics
  6. Education148▲ 1.19×83 topics
  7. Mental Health148▲ 1.39×40 topics
  8. Biomedical Applications144▲ 1.68×34 topics
  9. Sustainability136▼ 0.77×84 topics
  10. Neural Networks133▲ 1.18×34 topics
  11. Environmental Impact118◆ 0.95×50 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress112◆ 0.94×58 topics
  13. Public Health110◆ 1.04×51 topics
  14. Identity100▲ 1.89×53 topics
  15. Health Effects100▲ 2.3×23 topics
  16. Gender86▲ 2.2×41 topics
  17. Self-Assembly86▲ 3.6×12 topics
  18. Meta-Analysis83▲ 1.94×20 topics
  19. Social Justice82▲ 1.91×35 topics
  20. Emulsions77▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Academic Achievement76▲ 6.2×10 topics
  22. Employment Patterns76▲ 21×2 topics
  23. Vocational Education75▲ 12×3 topics
  24. Neoliberalism74▲ 2.9×25 topics
  25. Student Retention70▲ 25×1 topic
  26. Training Pathways70▲ 36×1 topic
  27. Hydrocolloids68▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Student Engagement68▲ 2.3×15 topics
  29. Lipid Oxidation67▲ 8.9×2 topics
  30. Nationalism65▲ 1.95×27 topics
  31. Feminism64▲ 3.1×20 topics
  32. Proteins63▲ 9.5×3 topics
  33. Digestion53▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Nanoemulsions53▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Teacher Education41▲ 4.4×8 topics
  36. Academic Performance38▲ 6.2×5 topics
  37. Colloidal Particles38▲ 9.2×3 topics
  38. Educational Inequality38▲ 8.9×3 topics
  39. Teacher Preparation37▲ 7.4×4 topics
  40. Student Outcomes35▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Massachusetts Amherst publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education Systems and Policy, Proteins in Food Systems, Topic Modeling and Natural Language Processing Techniques.

Education Systems and Po…70Education Systems and Policy: 70 fractional worksProteins in Food Systems: 53 fractional worksTopic Modeling37Topic Modeling: 37 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 29 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 26 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 25 fractional worksRace, History, and Ameri…24Race, History, and American Society: 24 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and …24Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 24 fractional worksPickering emulsions and …23Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization: 23 fractional worksEducation and Critical T…22Education and Critical Thinking Development: 22 fractional works
EducationFood ScienceArtificial IntelligenceSociology and Political Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Education Systems and Policy Education 70 works
  2. 2 Proteins in Food Systems Food Science 53 works
  3. 3 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 37 works
  4. 4 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 29 works
  5. 5 Higher Education Research Studies Education 26 works
  6. 6 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 25 works
  7. 7 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 24 works
  8. 8 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 24 works
  9. 9 Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization Materials Chemistry 23 works
  10. 10 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 22 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 available31.3%not open68.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.1%domestic only86.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Massachusetts Amherst's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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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.