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Wellesley College

In research, Wellesley College stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,025 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#4,103 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,088 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,060
of 28,054 · #2,034 all time
Rank in United States
#572
of 4,192
Research works
6.6k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
162k
24.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Wellesley College 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 #2,025 of 10,521 18.3%367 #673
Physical SciencesDomain #4,103 of 12,888 15.9%172 #3399
Social SciencesField #2,088 of 6,365 20.4%206 #741
Arts and HumanitiesField #672 of 1,998 14.9%77 #587
Life SciencesDomain #4,424 of 7,800 17.1%83 #1516
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,792 of 2,578 18.4%73 #529
Health SciencesDomain #9,659 of 11,982 15.1%70 #4587

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 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. Social Sciences#673 #2,025
  2. Physical Sciences#3,399 #4,103
  3. Social Sciences#741 #2,088
  4. Arts and Humanities#587 #672
  5. Life Sciences#1,516 #4,424
  6. Sociology and Political Science#529 #1,792
  7. Health Sciences#4,587 #9,659
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.

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: 0.43× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 41 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.70× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.89× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.03× its world share, 55 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.69× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.07× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.88× its world share, 77 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.48× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.25× its world share, 47 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.36× its world share, 206 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wellesley College?

Ranked on the composite score, Sally Engle Merry, Peggy Levitt and Rosalind C. Barnett lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wellesley College.

  1. 1 Sally Engle Merry United States · #16,381 worldwide 336 citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Peggy Levitt United States · #28,026 worldwide 455 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Rosalind C. Barnett United States · #30,680 worldwide 580 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Marshall I. Goldman United States · #30,982 worldwide 268 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Mary R. Lefkowitz United States · #34,816 worldwide 364 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Leland H. Jenks United States · #44,886 worldwide 185 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Lidwien Kapteijns United States · #45,335 worldwide 122 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Karl E. Case United States · #52,489 worldwide 401 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Adrienne Asch United States · #90,180 worldwide 160 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Lars T. Lih United States · #124,557 worldwide 43 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Wellesley College

Which keywords describe research at Wellesley College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Nationalism, Globalization, Colonialism, Feminism, Literature, 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 2022–2025 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. Globalization34▲ 2.5×55 topics
  2. Gender31▲ 8.2×30 topics
  3. Nationalism25▲ 7.9×18 topics
  4. Colonialism21▲ 6.5×27 topics
  5. Identity21▲ 4.2×26 topics
  6. Mental Health21▲ 2.1×28 topics
  7. Literature21▲ 5.5×26 topics
  8. History19▲ 3.9×24 topics
  9. Religion19▲ 5.7×16 topics
  10. Social Media18▲ 1.87×17 topics
  11. Feminism18▲ 9.3×15 topics
  12. Culture17▲ 4.8×15 topics
  13. Cultural Studies12▲ 4.8×18 topics
  14. Democracy11▲ 4.3×14 topics
  15. Ethics10▲ 3.1×17 topics
  16. Philosophy10▲ 3.4×15 topics
  17. Cultural Identity10▲ 2.9×13 topics
  18. Gender Differences10▲ 3.8×11 topics
  19. Memory10▲ 5.8×11 topics
  20. Social Movements9▲ 4.4×10 topics
  21. Social Networks9▲ 4.8×6 topics
  22. Intersectionality8▲ 6.5×8 topics
  23. Public Opinion8▲ 9.4×5 topics
  24. Society8▲ 5.7×9 topics
  25. Media7▲ 7.0×5 topics
  26. Secularism7▲ 10×3 topics
  27. Cinema7▲ 37×3 topics
  28. Aesthetics7▲ 14×6 topics
  29. Political Philosophy7▲ 18×3 topics
  30. Propaganda7▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Empire7▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Online Communication7▲ 6.4×3 topics
  33. Human Capital7▲ 6.2×3 topics
  34. Race6▲ 8.2×10 topics
  35. Totalitarianism6▲ 34×2 topics
  36. Cold War6▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Middle East6▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Hermeneutics6▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Fascism6▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Italy6▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Wellesley College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Italian Fascism and Post-war Society, Islamic Studies and History, American Constitutional Law and Politics and Innovative Human-Technology Interaction.

Italian Fascism and Post…6Italian Fascism and Post-war Society: 6 fractional worksIslamic Studies and Hist…6Islamic Studies and History: 6 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 6 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technol…5Innovative Human-Technology Interaction: 5 fractional worksShakespeare, Adaptation,…5Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism: 5 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dynamics: 4 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 4 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics4Social Media and Politics: 4 fractional worksAsian Culture and Media Studies: 4 fractional worksMobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing: 4 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsHuman-Computer InteractionLiterature and Literary Theory3 others

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

  1. 1 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 6 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 5 works
  5. 5 Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 5 works
  6. 6 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  7. 7 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  8. 8 Social Media and Politics Communication 4 works
  9. 9 Asian Culture and Media Studies Cultural Studies 4 works
  10. 10 Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing Computer Science Applications 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 available27.2%not open72.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wellesley College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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