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Williams College

In research, Williams College stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,390 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,914 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,928 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,317
of 22,385 · #2,276 all time
Rank in United States
#605
of 3,332
Research works
6k
▼ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
172k
28.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.78×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Williams College

What is Williams 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 #2,390 of 9,585 10.1%312 #1047
Social SciencesField #1,914 of 5,988 11.4%157 #1102
Physical SciencesDomain #3,928 of 10,670 4.8%211 #3166
Life SciencesDomain #3,472 of 6,403 3.2%66 #2072
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,120 of 1,896 9.4%67 #921

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 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#1,047 #2,390
  2. Social Sciences#1,102 #1,914
  3. Physical Sciences#3,166 #3,928
  4. Life Sciences#2,072 #3,472
  5. Arts and Humanities#921 #1,120
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 Williams College work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Williams College is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Arts and Humanities (10%), Mathematics (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 336 fractional works · 49.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 168 fractional works · 24.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 60 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 26 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEducation: 19 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCultural Studies: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnthropology: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 72 fractional works · 10.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 15 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHistory: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMusic: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 44 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 30 fractional works · 4.4% of its workFinance: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 32 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 229 fractional works · 33.3% of its workMathematics: 53 fractional works · 7.7% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 48 fractional works · 6.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 19 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 31 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 30 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPaleontology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 24 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 24 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArchitecture: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 76 fractional works · 11.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 37 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 21 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 46 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMedicine: 38 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWilliams College687fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences49%

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 Sciences16824.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities7210.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance446.4%
    4. Psychology324.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting142.0%
    6. Decision Sciences60.8%
    1. Mathematics537.7%
    2. Computer Science486.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy314.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences304.4%
    5. Environmental Science243.5%
    6. Engineering243.5%
    7. Chemistry81.1%
    8. Materials Science60.9%
    9. Energy40.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology375.4%
    2. Neuroscience213.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences152.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Medicine385.5%
    2. Health Professions71.0%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. 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: 0.45× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 37 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.90× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.72× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 48 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.81× its world share, 30 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 6.56× its world share, 53 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.04× its world share, 31 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.64× its world share, 72 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.00× its world share, 44 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.55× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.94× its world share, 168 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics6.56×53 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.64×72 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.00×44 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.81×30 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy2.04×31 works
  6. Social Sciences1.94×168 works
  7. Neuroscience1.90×21 works
  8. Psychology1.55×32 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.02×37 works
  10. Computer Science0.89×48 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.83×6 works
  12. Chemistry0.72×8 works
  13. Environmental Science0.71×24 works
  14. Energy0.70×4 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.63×14 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.45×15 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.41×1 works
  18. Health Professions0.39×7 works
  19. Medicine0.29×38 works
  20. Nursing0.28×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.26×6 works
  22. Engineering0.24×24 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.22×2 works
  24. Veterinary0.07×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Williams College?

Ranked on the quality score, George E. Marcus, Anne E. Jaskot and William K. Wootters lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Williams College.

  1. 1 George E. Marcus United States · #72,705 worldwide 40k citations · 399 works
  2. 2 Anne E. Jaskot United States · #75,588 worldwide 3.5k citations · 150 works
  3. 3 William K. Wootters United States · #84,367 worldwide 54k citations · 116 works
  4. 4 Nate Kornell United States · #114,516 worldwide 8.8k citations · 108 works
  5. 5 Douglas Gollin United States · #152,222 worldwide 11k citations · 141 works
  6. 6 Matthew E. Carter United States · #282,626 worldwide 4.3k citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Stephen N. Freund United States · #302,692 worldwide 3.8k citations · 67 works
  8. 8 Kenneth N. Kuttner United States · #344,130 worldwide 11k citations · 135 works
  9. 9 Matthew Gibson United States · #384,597 worldwide 1.1k citations · 90 works
  10. 10 Francis Oakley United States · #400,800 worldwide 2.7k citations · 213 works
All ranked researchers at Williams College

What are the most cited papers from Williams College?

The most cited paper from Williams College is "Theory of games and economic behavior" (Stephan Ramon Garcia, Steven J. Miller, 2019), with 16,891 citations. Next come "Teleporting an unknown quantum state via dual classical and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen channels" (13,933) and "Entanglement of Formation of an Arbitrary State of Two Qubits" (8,424).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Theory of games and economic behavior Stephan Ramon Garcia, Steven J. Miller · American Mathematical Society eBooks Book chapterOpen access 12 Jun 2019 16,891
2 Teleporting an unknown quantum state via dual classical and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen channels Charles H. Bennett, Gilles Brassard, Claude Crépeau et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 29 Mar 1993 13,933
3 Entanglement of Formation of an Arbitrary State of Two Qubits William K. Wootters · Physical Review Letters Open access 9 Mar 1998 8,424
4 PANEL COINTEGRATION: ASYMPTOTIC AND FINITE SAMPLE PROPERTIES OF POOLED TIME SERIES TESTS WITH AN APPLICATION TO THE PPP HYPOTHESIS Peter L. Pedroni · Econometric Theory Jun 2004 6,683
5 A single quantum cannot be cloned William K. Wootters, Wojciech Hubert Zurek · Nature Oct 1982 5,478
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Williams College?

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

▲ 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. Globalization43▲ 3.2×56 topics
  2. Climate Change33▲ 1.78×59 topics
  3. Identity29▲ 5.8×34 topics
  4. Gender27▲ 7.4×29 topics
  5. Colonialism24▲ 7.3×21 topics
  6. Feminism20▲ 9.8×13 topics
  7. History19▲ 4.1×24 topics
  8. Culture19▲ 5.3×15 topics
  9. Religion19▲ 5.9×23 topics
  10. Literature17▲ 4.4×20 topics
  11. Economic Growth16▲ 2.9×18 topics
  12. Human Rights16▲ 2.2×20 topics
  13. Education16▲ 1.33×28 topics
  14. Teaching Methods16▲ 14×5 topics
  15. Nationalism15▲ 4.9×16 topics
  16. Politics15▲ 8.1×12 topics
  17. Cultural Transmission14▲ 28×3 topics
  18. Race14▲ 17×15 topics
  19. Historical Sources13▲ 109×1 topic
  20. Mathematical Concepts13▲ 109×1 topic
  21. Mathematics Education13▲ 40×2 topics
  22. Postcolonialism12▲ 12×13 topics
  23. Labor Market12▲ 6.0×8 topics
  24. Monetary Policy11▲ 6.8×9 topics
  25. Neoliberalism11▲ 4.3×14 topics
  26. Society11▲ 8.1×8 topics
  27. Social Movements10▲ 5.2×11 topics
  28. Cultural Studies8▲ 3.3×11 topics
  29. Immigration7▲ 9.6×5 topics
  30. Emotion7▲ 5.0×9 topics
  31. Anthropocene7▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Human Capital7▲ 6.4×3 topics
  33. Number Theory6▲ 38×3 topics
  34. Leadership Development6▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Student Achievement6▲ 9.8×3 topics
  36. Cold War6▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Liquidity6▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Learning Environment6▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Modular Forms6▲ 22×3 topics
  40. Occupation6▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Williams College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: History and Theory of Mathematics, Educational Leadership and Practices, Race, History, and American Society and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.

History and Theory of Ma…13History and Theory of Mathematics: 13 fractional worksEducational Leadership and Practices: 6 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 5 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 5 fractional worksMathematics and Applications: 4 fractional worksClimate Change Policy and Economics: 4 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…4Geology 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 worksMatrix Theory and Algori…3Matrix Theory and Algorithms: 3 fractional works
Theoretical Computer ScienceEducationSociology and Political SciencePaleontology4 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 6 works
  3. 3 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  4. 4 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 5 works
  5. 5 Mathematics and Applications Geometry and Topology 4 works
  6. 6 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  7. 7 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 4 works
  8. 8 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  9. 9 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Williams College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Williams College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0022% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Williams College0.0024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Williams 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 2025Williams College6.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.4% in 1999.

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