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Wellesley College

In research, Wellesley College stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,686 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#2,288 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,733 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now.

World rank, 2022-now
#2,221
of 22,385 · #2,117 all time
Rank in United States
#404
of 3,332
Research works
6.7k
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
167k
25.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%

What is Wellesley 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 #1,686 of 9,585 10.4%381 #1025
Physical SciencesDomain #2,288 of 10,670 9.6%174 #3502
Social SciencesField #1,733 of 5,988 9.7%214 #997
Life SciencesDomain #2,044 of 6,403 9.6%83 #2090
Arts and HumanitiesField #659 of 1,896 13.2%78 #764
Health SciencesDomain #4,176 of 9,902 10.7%73 #3792
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,558 of 2,526 7.2%75 #816

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wellesley 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#1,025 #1,686
  2. Physical Sciences#3,502 #2,288
  3. Social Sciences#997 #1,733
  4. Life Sciences#2,090 #2,044
  5. Arts and Humanities#764 #659
  6. Health Sciences#3,792 #4,176
  7. Sociology and Political Science#816 #1,558
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 Wellesley College work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Wellesley College is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Arts and Humanities (12%), Medicine (9%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 421 fractional works · 52.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 229 fractional works · 28.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 81 fractional works · 10.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 38 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEducation: 21 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGender Studies: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnthropology: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCultural Studies: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 93 fractional works · 11.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 23 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhilosophy: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHistory: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReligious studies: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 59 fractional works · 7.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 19 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 24 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 198 fractional works · 24.5% of its workComputer Science: 65 fractional works · 8.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 22 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoftware: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 34 fractional works · 4.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 27 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 19 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 18 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 100 fractional works · 12.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 51 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeuroscience: 26 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 87 fractional works · 10.8% of its workMedicine: 70 fractional works · 8.7% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKWellesley College806fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences52%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences22928.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities9311.5%
    3. Psychology597.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance242.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting101.3%
    6. Decision Sciences60.7%
    1. Computer Science658.0%
    2. Engineering344.2%
    3. Environmental Science273.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy192.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences182.2%
    6. Mathematics151.8%
    7. Materials Science91.1%
    8. Chemistry81.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering20.3%
    10. Energy20.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology516.4%
    2. Neuroscience263.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences162.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology50.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
    1. Medicine708.7%
    2. Health Professions151.9%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
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: 0.42× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.20× its world share, 51 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.98× its world share, 26 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.65× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.03× its world share, 65 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 18 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 34 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.54× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.05× its world share, 19 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 70 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.99× its world share, 93 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.37× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.40× its world share, 59 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.25× its world share, 229 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.99×93 works
  2. Psychology2.40×59 works
  3. Social Sciences2.25×229 works
  4. Neuroscience1.98×26 works
  5. Mathematics1.54×15 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.39×18 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.37×24 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.20×51 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy1.05×19 works
  10. Computer Science1.03×65 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.85×2 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.77×6 works
  13. Health Professions0.73×15 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.68×2 works
  15. Environmental Science0.67×27 works
  16. Chemistry0.65×8 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.63×5 works
  18. Medicine0.45×70 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×16 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×10 works
  21. Materials Science0.32×9 works
  22. Energy0.30×2 works
  23. Nursing0.30×1 works
  24. Engineering0.28×34 works
  25. Dentistry0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Wellesley College?

Ranked on the quality score, Phillip B. Levine, Vanja Klepac‐Ceraj and Sari Pekkala Kerr lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wellesley College.

  1. 1 Phillip B. Levine United States · #67,848 worldwide 6.4k citations · 186 works
  2. 2 Vanja Klepac‐Ceraj United States · #109,247 worldwide 6.3k citations · 116 works
  3. 3 Sari Pekkala Kerr United States · #120,080 worldwide 4.2k citations · 116 works
  4. 4 Peggy Levitt United States · #150,054 worldwide 16k citations · 177 works
  5. 5 Linda Charmaraman United States · #158,470 worldwide 1.7k citations · 88 works
  6. 6 Stacie E. Goddard United States · #196,009 worldwide 2.3k citations · 59 works
  7. 7 Kevin Scott Bonham United States · #250,222 worldwide 6.6k citations · 55 works
  8. 8 Judith C. Brown United States · #257,946 worldwide 13k citations · 185 works
  9. 9 Helen A. Padykula United States · #290,010 worldwide 5.6k citations · 60 works
  10. 10 Milton M. Gordon United States · #306,539 worldwide 9.5k citations · 60 works
All ranked researchers at Wellesley College

What are the most cited papers from Wellesley College?

The most cited paper from Wellesley College is "Species-Specific Recognition of Single-Stranded RNA via Toll-like Receptor 7 and 8" (Florian Heil, Hiroaki Hemmi, Hubertus Hochrein et al., 2004), with 3,973 citations. Next come "The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer" (3,854) and "Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes" (3,360).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Species-Specific Recognition of Single-Stranded RNA via Toll-like Receptor 7 and 8 Florian Heil, Hiroaki Hemmi, Hubertus Hochrein et al. · Science 23 Feb 2004 3,973
2 The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer Ludmil B. Alexandrov et al. · Nature Open access1,384 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,854
3 Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes Lauri A. Aaltonen et al. · Nature Open access1,324 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,360
4 Conceptualizing Simultaneity: A Transnational Social Field Perspective on Society Peggy Levitt, Nina Glick Schiller · International Migration Review Sep 2004 2,754
5 White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack (1989) 1 Peggy McIntosh Book chapter 4 Jul 2019 2,595
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Wellesley College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Nationalism, Feminism, Colonialism, Literature, Globalization, Religion and 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 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. Globalization37▲ 2.4×57 topics
  2. Gender37▲ 8.5×33 topics
  3. Nationalism27▲ 7.4×20 topics
  4. Literature26▲ 5.9×29 topics
  5. Mental Health25▲ 2.2×28 topics
  6. Colonialism25▲ 6.6×28 topics
  7. Identity25▲ 4.2×31 topics
  8. Machine Learning24◆ 0.91×50 topics
  9. Feminism23▲ 9.8×18 topics
  10. Social Media22▲ 2.0×18 topics
  11. Religion22▲ 5.8×18 topics
  12. History21▲ 3.8×26 topics
  13. Culture20▲ 4.8×18 topics
  14. Philosophy16▲ 4.4×16 topics
  15. Cultural Studies16▲ 5.2×19 topics
  16. Ethics14▲ 3.4×18 topics
  17. Cultural Identity12▲ 2.9×13 topics
  18. Democracy11▲ 4.1×16 topics
  19. Gender Differences11▲ 3.6×12 topics
  20. Memory11▲ 5.4×11 topics
  21. Neoliberalism10▲ 3.5×15 topics
  22. Social Movements10▲ 4.2×12 topics
  23. Online Communication9▲ 7.6×3 topics
  24. Intersectionality9▲ 6.1×8 topics
  25. Society9▲ 6.0×10 topics
  26. Aesthetics9▲ 14×6 topics
  27. Social Networks9▲ 4.1×6 topics
  28. Public Opinion9▲ 8.8×5 topics
  29. Cinema8▲ 37×3 topics
  30. Media8▲ 6.7×6 topics
  31. Race8▲ 8.4×11 topics
  32. Empire8▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Propaganda8▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Secularism8▲ 9.5×3 topics
  35. Political Philosophy8▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Totalitarianism7▲ 34×2 topics
  37. Gesture Recognition7▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Cold War7▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Fascism7▲ 41×1 topic
  40. Italy7▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Wellesley College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Italian Fascism and Post-war Society, Islamic Studies and History, American Constitutional Law and Politics and Innovative Human-Technology Interaction.

  1. 1 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  2. 2 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  3. 3 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  4. 4 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 6 works
  5. 5 Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 5 works
  6. 6 Social Media and Politics Communication 5 works
  7. 7 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  8. 8 Interactive and Immersive Displays Human-Computer Interaction 4 works
  9. 9 Child Development and Digital Technology Education 4 works
  10. 10 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 4 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 available27.3%not open72.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.9%domestic only92.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wellesley College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher 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 Wellesley College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0034% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Wellesley College0.0028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Wellesley 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 2025Wellesley College9.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.0% in 1995.

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