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Altarum Institute

In research, Altarum Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,415 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#12,084
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,515
of 7,310
Research works
377
▼ 63% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.6k
22.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Altarum Institute

What is Altarum Institute 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 #9,415 of 14,833 7.5%155

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Altarum Institute 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 Altarum Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Altarum Institute is in Social Sciences, 32% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Health Professions (17%), Medicine (14%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 21 fractional works · 41.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 22.8% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 11.3% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 32.0% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 17.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 14.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 14.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 18.0% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAltarum Institute50fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences32%Social Sciences42%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1122.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities611.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting23.2%
    4. Psychology12.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Health Professions917.3%
    2. Medicine714.0%
    3. Nursing00.6%
    1. Engineering35.6%
    2. Environmental Science35.2%
    3. Computer Science23.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy11.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.0%
    6. Chemistry00.7%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences24.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
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: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.04× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 6.58× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.91× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions6.58×9 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.91×6 works
  3. Social Sciences1.80×12 works
  4. Nursing1.24×0 works
  5. Environmental Science1.04×3 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.99×2 works
  7. Psychology0.92×1 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.90×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.87×2 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.81×1 works
  11. Medicine0.73×7 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.71×2 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.64×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.56×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.48×2 works
  16. Chemistry0.42×0 works
  17. Engineering0.37×3 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.24×0 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.23×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Altarum Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, H. Van Dyke Parunak, Paul Hughes-Cromwick and Christopher C. Duke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Altarum Institute.

  1. 1 H. Van Dyke Parunak United States · #547,033 worldwide 7.3k citations · 223 works
  2. 2 Paul Hughes-Cromwick United States · #1,349,026 worldwide 653 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Christopher C. Duke United States · #1,369,500 worldwide 1.8k citations · 99 works
  4. 4 Trenton T. Cladouhos United States · #1,533,713 worldwide 1.3k citations · 84 works
  5. 5 Charles Roehrig United States · #1,564,640 worldwide 824 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 George W. Miller United States · #1,782,291 worldwide 2.8k citations · 139 works
  7. 7 Brad Smith United States · #2,071,667 worldwide 1.7k citations · 73 works
  8. 8 Rebecca K. Hofer United States · #2,219,553 worldwide 226 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Michael W. Swyer United States · #2,288,488 worldwide 129 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 John Sauter United States · #2,291,950 worldwide 1.4k citations · 75 works
All ranked researchers at Altarum Institute

What are the most cited papers from Altarum Institute?

The most cited paper from Altarum Institute is "Race, socioeconomic status, and health: Complexities, ongoing challenges, and research opportunities" (David R. Williams, Selina A. Mohammed, Jacinta P. Leavell et al., 2010), with 1,484 citations. Next come "Harnessing Social Media for Health Promotion and Behavior Change" (989) and "Climate-induced boreal forest change: Predictions versus current observations" (785).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Race, socioeconomic status, and health: Complexities, ongoing challenges, and research opportunities David R. Williams, Selina A. Mohammed, Jacinta P. Leavell et al. · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Open access Feb 2010 1,484
2 Harnessing Social Media for Health Promotion and Behavior Change Holly Korda, Z. S. Itani · Health Promotion Practice 10 May 2011 989
3 Climate-induced boreal forest change: Predictions versus current observations A. J. Soja, Nadezda M. Tchebakova, Nancy H. F. French et al. · Global and Planetary Change 15 Dec 2006 785
4 Guidelines for Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 Testing: Biologic and Methodologic Considerations Guido Sauter, James A. Lee, John M.S. Bartlett et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology Open access 10 Feb 2009 511
5 Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage: An Updated Review of U.S. Policies and Programs and Their Impact John S. Santelli, Leslie M. Kantor, Stephanie A. Grilo et al. · Journal of Adolescent Health Open access 22 Aug 2017 475
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Altarum Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Health Outcomes, Chronic Disease, Urbanization, Segregation, Health Effects, COVID-19 Impact and Food Insecurity.

▲ 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. Mental Health4▲ 5.8×10 topics
  2. Health Outcomes3▲ 20×6 topics
  3. Epidemiology2▲ 1.23×16 topics
  4. Public Health2▲ 3.2×17 topics
  5. Globalization2▲ 2.2×4 topics
  6. Chronic Disease2▲ 24×4 topics
  7. Health Effects2▲ 6.3×4 topics
  8. Urbanization2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  9. Biodiversity2▲ 4.8×4 topics
  10. Identity2▲ 4.9×6 topics
  11. Segregation2▲ 48×2 topics
  12. COVID-19 Impact2▲ 20×2 topics
  13. Education2▲ 1.95×6 topics
  14. Food Insecurity2▲ 59×1 topic
  15. Healthcare2▲ 2.9×5 topics
  16. Social Determinants2▲ 16×1 topic
  17. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 15×4 topics
  18. Behavior Change1▲ 18×4 topics
  19. Nursing Home1▲ 71×1 topic
  20. Precision Medicine1▲ 5.6×4 topics
  21. Quality of Care1▲ 33×1 topic
  22. Cold War1▲ 44×3 topics
  23. Latin America1▲ 14×1 topic
  24. Market Power1▲ 44×2 topics
  25. Migration1▲ 7.8×4 topics
  26. Residential1▲ 148×1 topic
  27. Adolescents1▲ 6.5×3 topics
  28. Conservation1▲ 5.4×2 topics
  29. Design1▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Diversity1▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Ecosystem1▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Resilience1▲ 4.6×2 topics
  33. Digital Markets Act1▲ 234×1 topic
  34. EU Competition Law1▲ 234×1 topic
  35. East German Memory1▲ 291×1 topic
  36. Evidence-Based Practice1▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Ostalgie1▲ 291×1 topic
  38. Retirement1▲ 32×2 topics
  39. Sagebrush1▲ 139×1 topic
  40. Wildlife Habitat1▲ 139×1 topic

Which research topics does Altarum Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Latin American Urban Studies and Diverse Legal and Medical Studies.

Food Security and Health…2Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 2 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursi…1Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 1 fractional worksLatin American Urban Stu…1Latin American Urban Studies: 1 fractional worksDiverse Legal and Medica…1Diverse Legal and Medical Studies: 1 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 1 fractional worksGerman History and Society: 1 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementa…1Health Policy Implementation Science: 1 fractional worksLibrary Science and Administration: 1 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 1 fractional worksRetirement, Disability, …1Retirement, Disability, and Employment: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsUrban StudiesStrategy and ManagementEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 2 works
  2. 2 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 1 works
  3. 3 Latin American Urban Studies Urban Studies 1 works
  4. 4 Diverse Legal and Medical Studies Strategy and Management 1 works
  5. 5 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 1 works
  6. 6 German History and Society History 1 works
  7. 7 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 1 works
  9. 9 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Retirement, Disability, and Employment Demography 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 available36.7%not open63.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.4%domestic only86.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Altarum Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 63% 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 Altarum Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Altarum Institute0.00024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Altarum Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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