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A Step Ahead Foundation

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Research works
7
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
32
4.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
A Step Ahead Foundation

Not ranked overall: A Step Ahead Foundation is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does A Step Ahead Foundation work in?

In all years, 35% of research at A Step Ahead Foundation is in Health Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (33%), Engineering (25%), Social Sciences (12%).

Health Sciences: 2 fractional works · 34.5% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 32.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 5.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 31.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 12.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 8.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 4.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 6.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 27.4% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 24.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 24.9% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 7.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 6.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 6.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKA Step AheadFoundation7fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences35%Social Sciences31%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 11 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine232.6%
    2. Health Professions01.9%
    1. Social Sciences112.4%
    2. Decision Sciences18.3%
    3. Psychology06.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance02.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities01.6%
    1. Engineering224.9%
    2. Materials Science02.5%
    1. Neuroscience06.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.7%
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.

Who are the top researchers at A Step Ahead Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Stephen R. Balzac lead among researchers whose main affiliation is A Step Ahead Foundation.

  1. 1 Stephen R. Balzac United States · #3,086,410 worldwide 40 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at A Step Ahead Foundation

What are the most cited papers from A Step Ahead Foundation?

The most cited paper from A Step Ahead Foundation is "Design and Testing of a Bionic Dancing Prosthesis" (Elliott J. Rouse, Nathan C. Villagaray-Carski, Robert Wall Emerson et al., 2015), with 22 citations. Next come "Sexually Transmitted Infections and Contraceptive Use in Adolescents" (13) and "Collaboration Between Universities: An effective way of sustaining community-university partnerships?" (2).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Design and Testing of a Bionic Dancing Prosthesis Elliott J. Rouse, Nathan C. Villagaray-Carski, Robert Wall Emerson et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 18 Aug 2015 22
2 Sexually Transmitted Infections and Contraceptive Use in Adolescents Karen J. Derefinko, Sydney Ashby, Tristan Hayes et al. · American Journal of Preventive Medicine 18 Feb 2020 13
3 Collaboration Between Universities: An effective way of sustaining community-university partnerships? Jonathan G.M. Pratt, Steve Matthews, Bruce Nairne et al. · Gateways International Journal of Community Research and Engagement Open access 22 Nov 2011 2
4 Epidemiological Profile of Oral Cancer Patients Attending at B.P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, Chitwan, Nepal Prakriti Poudel, Shailesh Kumar Pandit, Mahendra Giri · NPRC Journal of Multidisciplinary Research. Open access 23 Sep 2024 1
5 Selecting a Publishing Outlet Jessica F. Juanico, Kylene Caquelin, Raena A. Quinnell et al. Book chapter 2023 1
All 8 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does A Step Ahead Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Head and Neck Cancer Studies, Competency Development and Evaluation, Higher Education Learning Practices and Higher Education Governance and Development.

Head and Neck Cancer Stu…0Head and Neck Cancer Studies: 0 fractional worksCompetency Development a…0Competency Development and Evaluation: 0 fractional worksHigher Education Learnin…0Higher Education Learning Practices: 0 fractional worksHigher Education Governa…0Higher Education Governance and Development: 0 fractional worksMeta-analysis and system…0Meta-analysis and systematic reviews: 0 fractional worksAcademic Writing and Publishing: 0 fractional worksscientometrics and bibliometrics research: 0 fractional works
OtorhinolaryngologySocial PsychologyEducationPolitical Science and International Relations2 others

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

  1. 1 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 0 works
  2. 2 Competency Development and Evaluation Social Psychology 0 works
  3. 3 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 0 works
  4. 4 Higher Education Governance and Development Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  5. 5 Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 0 works
  6. 6 Academic Writing and Publishing History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  7. 7 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 0 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 available31.1%not open68.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.4%domestic only87.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has A Step Ahead Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower 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 A Step Ahead Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000090% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%A Step Ahead Foundation0.0000085% in 20252020

Fractional works of A Step Ahead Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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