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Allegheny Intermediate Unit

In research, Allegheny Intermediate Unit stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,946 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#24,105
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,019
of 7,310
Research works
263
▲ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.6k
10.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Allegheny Intermediate Unit

What is Allegheny Intermediate Unit known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #12,946 of 14,833 8.1%123

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Allegheny Intermediate Unit 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 fields of science does Allegheny Intermediate Unit work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research at Allegheny Intermediate Unit is in Social Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (27%), Social Sciences (20%), Computer Science (8%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Social Sciences: 14 fractional works · 31.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 20.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 31.2% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 27.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 27.5% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 7.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAlleghenyIntermediate Unit43fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences32%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences920.1%
    2. Psychology25.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities24.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine1227.5%
    2. Health Professions13.5%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    1. Computer Science37.9%
    2. Engineering36.3%
    3. Environmental Science25.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy12.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.9%
    6. Mathematics11.6%
    7. Materials Science00.8%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.8%
    1. Neuroscience23.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.2%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.40× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.23× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 1.01× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.43× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.63× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.87× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience2.40×2 works
  2. Chemical Engineering2.23×0 works
  3. Psychology1.87×2 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.63×2 works
  5. Social Sciences1.59×9 works
  6. Medicine1.43×12 works
  7. Mathematics1.32×1 works
  8. Health Professions1.31×2 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.22×1 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.20×1 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology1.19×0 works
  12. Environmental Science1.12×2 works
  13. Computer Science1.01×3 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.55×0 works
  15. Nursing0.53×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.46×1 works
  17. Engineering0.42×3 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×1 works
  19. Materials Science0.24×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.24×0 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×0 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.16×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Allegheny Intermediate Unit?

Ranked on the quality score, Ben Smith, Ben Smith and Jared Mader lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Allegheny Intermediate Unit.

  1. 1 Ben Smith United States · #5,524,747 worldwide 177 citations · 132 works
  2. 2 Ben Smith United States · #6,007,991 worldwide 94 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Jared Mader United States · #6,365,456 worldwide 24 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at Allegheny Intermediate Unit

What are the most cited papers from Allegheny Intermediate Unit?

The most cited paper from Allegheny Intermediate Unit is "BEHAVIORAL MOMENTUM IN THE TREATMENT OF NONCOMPLIANCE" (F. Charles Mace, Michael L. Hock, Joseph S. Lalli et al., 1988), with 401 citations. Next come "AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR IN ADULT SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION1" (361) and "Perspectives of Students with Intellectual Disabilities about their Experiences with Paraprofessional Support" (191).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 BEHAVIORAL MOMENTUM IN THE TREATMENT OF NONCOMPLIANCE F. Charles Mace, Michael L. Hock, Joseph S. Lalli et al. · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis Open access Jun 1988 401
2 AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR IN ADULT SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION1 Howard H. Kleinmann · Language Learning 1977 361
3 Perspectives of Students with Intellectual Disabilities about their Experiences with Paraprofessional Support Stephen M. Broer, Mary Beth Doyle, Michael F. Giangreco · Exceptional Children Jul 2005 191
4 TEACHER USE OF DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS DATA TO IMPLEMENT INTERVENTIONS TO DECREASE STUDENTS' PROBLEM BEHAVIORS Joseph S. Lalli, Diane M. Browder, F. Charles Mace et al. · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis Open access Jun 1993 186
5 A MnCo 2 S 4 nanowire array as an earth-abundant electrocatalyst for an efficient oxygen evolution reaction under alkaline conditions Xiaoping Zhang, Chongdian Si, Xiaoxi Guo et al. · Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2017 160
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Which keywords describe research at Allegheny Intermediate Unit?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Aesthetic Perception, Neuroaesthetics, Mortality, Art Market, Environmental Movement, Industrial Agriculture, Investment and Epidemiology.

▲ 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 21 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology2▲ 1.39×17 topics
  2. Education2▲ 2.3×10 topics
  3. Sustainability2▲ 1.51×4 topics
  4. Aesthetic Perception1▲ 200×1 topic
  5. Deep Learning1▼ 0.85×4 topics
  6. Machine Learning1◆ 0.92×6 topics
  7. Neuroaesthetics1▲ 200×1 topic
  8. Renewable Energy1▲ 2.1×2 topics
  9. Climate Change1◆ 1.01×6 topics
  10. Curriculum Development1▲ 4.1×5 topics
  11. Educational Technology1▲ 2.5×5 topics
  12. Human Rights1▲ 2.8×4 topics
  13. Mortality1▲ 5.1×8 topics
  14. COVID-191▲ 2.0×5 topics
  15. Art Market1▲ 314×1 topic
  16. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 1.68×3 topics
  17. Conservation1▲ 5.7×2 topics
  18. Environmental Movement1▲ 301×1 topic
  19. Industrial Agriculture1▲ 301×1 topic
  20. Inflammation1◆ 1.15×5 topics
  21. Investment1▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does Allegheny Intermediate Unit publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Aesthetic Perception and Analysis, American Environmental and Regional History, Art History and Market Analysis and Military Technology and Strategies.

Aesthetic Perception and…1Aesthetic Perception and Analysis: 1 fractional worksAmerican Environmental a…1American Environmental and Regional History: 1 fractional worksArt History and Market Analysis: 1 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 1 fractional worksArt Education and Development: 1 fractional worksPublic Spaces through Art: 1 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technology Interaction: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …1Artificial Intelligence Applications: 1 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 1 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 1 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawVisual Arts and Performing ArtsAerospace Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Aesthetic Perception and Analysis Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  2. 2 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  3. 3 Art History and Market Analysis Visual Arts and Performing Arts 1 works
  4. 4 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Art Education and Development Visual Arts and Performing Arts 1 works
  6. 6 Public Spaces through Art Urban Studies 1 works
  7. 7 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 1 works
  8. 8 Artificial Intelligence Applications Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  9. 9 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 1 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 available25.8%not open74.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.8%domestic only82.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Allegheny Intermediate Unit's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Allegheny Intermediate Unit as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Allegheny Intermediate Unit0.00031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Allegheny Intermediate Unit over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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