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Williams College

In research, Williams College stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,882 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#4,598 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,140 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,444
of 28,054 · #2,058 all time
Rank in United States
#749
of 4,192
Research works
6k
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
172k
28.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is Williams 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 #2,882 of 10,521 15.7%312 #734
Physical SciencesDomain #4,598 of 12,888 11.0%211 #2192
Social SciencesField #3,140 of 6,365 16.1%157 #1201
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,238 of 1,998 11.2%67 #529
Life SciencesDomain #5,556 of 7,800 8.0%66 #3365

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Williams 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#734 #2,882
  2. Physical Sciences#2,192 #4,598
  3. Social Sciences#1,201 #3,140
  4. Arts and Humanities#529 #1,238
  5. Life Sciences#3,365 #5,556
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: 0.40× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.73× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.79× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 43 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.66× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 6.92× its world share, 51 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.09× its world share, 29 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.72× its world share, 67 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.65× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.06× its world share, 41 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.55× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 157 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Williams College?

Ranked on the composite score, Steven J. Miller, George E. Marcus and Francis Oakley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Williams College.

  1. 1 Steven J. Miller United States · #283 worldwide 3.8k citations · 110 works
  2. 2 George E. Marcus United States · #2,256 worldwide 1.1k citations · 96 works
  3. 3 Francis Oakley United States · #16,571 worldwide 200 citations · 59 works
  4. 4 Saul M. Kassin United States · #20,786 worldwide 663 citations · 63 works
  5. 5 Paul R. Solomon United States · #29,325 worldwide 542 citations · 56 works
  6. 6 Frederick L. Schuman United States · #55,891 worldwide 82 citations · 66 works
  7. 7 Kenneth N. Kuttner United States · #88,427 worldwide 459 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Gordon C. Winston United States · #103,171 worldwide 243 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Mark C. Taylor United States · #104,936 worldwide 80 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Laurie Heatherington United States · #137,794 worldwide 96 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Williams College

Which keywords describe research at Williams College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Gender, Identity, Colonialism, Feminism, Teaching Methods, Religion and Culture.

▲ 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. Globalization40▲ 3.3×51 topics
  2. Climate Change29▲ 1.73×52 topics
  3. Gender26▲ 7.6×29 topics
  4. Identity25▲ 5.6×32 topics
  5. Colonialism22▲ 7.3×21 topics
  6. Feminism18▲ 10×12 topics
  7. Culture18▲ 5.3×15 topics
  8. History17▲ 3.9×24 topics
  9. Religion17▲ 5.8×22 topics
  10. Teaching Methods16▲ 18×5 topics
  11. Education15▲ 1.43×27 topics
  12. Literature15▲ 4.3×20 topics
  13. Economic Growth14▲ 2.7×15 topics
  14. Cultural Transmission14▲ 29×3 topics
  15. Human Rights14▲ 2.2×18 topics
  16. Nationalism14▲ 4.9×16 topics
  17. Politics14▲ 8.2×12 topics
  18. Historical Sources13▲ 120×1 topic
  19. Mathematical Concepts13▲ 120×1 topic
  20. Mathematics Education13▲ 45×2 topics
  21. Race12▲ 18×15 topics
  22. Labor Market11▲ 5.8×7 topics
  23. Monetary Policy11▲ 7.0×8 topics
  24. Postcolonialism11▲ 14×10 topics
  25. Economic Development10▲ 2.0×15 topics
  26. Social Movements10▲ 5.3×10 topics
  27. Neoliberalism10▲ 4.4×13 topics
  28. Society10▲ 7.9×8 topics
  29. Cultural Studies8▲ 3.6×11 topics
  30. Immigration7▲ 9.5×5 topics
  31. Human Capital7▲ 6.7×3 topics
  32. Emotion6▲ 5.0×8 topics
  33. Anthropocene6▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Number Theory6▲ 43×3 topics
  35. Leadership Development6▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Student Achievement6▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Cold War6▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Liquidity6▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Decolonization5▲ 11×6 topics
  40. Social History5▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does Williams College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: History and Theory of Mathematics, Educational Leadership and Practices, Race, History, and American Society and Mathematics and Applications.

History and Theory of Ma…13History and Theory of Mathematics: 13 fractional worksEducational Leadership and Practices: 5 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 5 fractional worksMathematics and Applications: 4 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 4 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 4 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dyna…4Migration and Labor Dynamics: 4 fractional worksVietnamese History and C…4Vietnamese History and Culture Studies: 4 fractional worksClimate Change Policy an…3Climate Change Policy and Economics: 3 fractional worksMatrix Theory and Algori…3Matrix Theory and Algorithms: 3 fractional works
Theoretical Computer ScienceEducationSociology and Political ScienceGeometry and Topology4 others

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

  1. 1 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 13 works
  2. 2 Educational Leadership and Practices Education 5 works
  3. 3 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  4. 4 Mathematics and Applications Geometry and Topology 4 works
  5. 5 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 4 works
  6. 6 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 4 works
  7. 7 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  8. 8 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  9. 9 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  10. 10 Matrix Theory and Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 3 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 available22.0%not open78.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.7%domestic only92.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Williams College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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