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American Council of Learned Societies

In research, American Council of Learned Societies stands highest in Social Sciences (#15,815 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#42,263
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#8,641
of 8,685
Research works
166
▲ 86% vs 2013–17
Citations
578
3.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

What is American Council of Learned Societies 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 #15,815 of 16,945 11.5%142

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where American Council of Learned Societies 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).

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: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 11.18× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.95× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 11.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at American Council of Learned Societies?

Ranked on the composite score, Don Cameron Allen and Frederick Burkhardt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Council of Learned Societies.

  1. 1 Don Cameron Allen United States · #176,040 worldwide 24 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Frederick Burkhardt United States · #479,410 worldwide 19 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at American Council of Learned Societies

Which keywords describe research at American Council of Learned Societies?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Nationalism, Colonialism, History, Social Movements, Political Philosophy, Identity and Health.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Globalization27▲ 8.7×33 topics
  2. Nationalism16▲ 17×13 topics
  3. Colonialism14▲ 17×16 topics
  4. History13▲ 9.7×21 topics
  5. Social Movements10▲ 19×7 topics
  6. Political Philosophy10▲ 55×2 topics
  7. Identity9▲ 7.4×17 topics
  8. Human Rights9▲ 6.3×17 topics
  9. Health9▲ 14×4 topics
  10. Religion9▲ 8.8×13 topics
  11. Inequality8▲ 20×7 topics
  12. American founding8▲ 65×1 topic
  13. Constitutional government8▲ 65×1 topic
  14. Culture8▲ 9.9×12 topics
  15. Gender8▲ 8.2×14 topics
  16. French Revolution8▲ 196×1 topic
  17. Napoleonic Wars8▲ 196×1 topic
  18. Literature7▲ 8.4×15 topics
  19. Imperialism7▲ 38×3 topics
  20. Democracy6▲ 10×11 topics
  21. Economic Growth6▲ 4.8×3 topics
  22. Height6▲ 102×1 topic
  23. Wages6▲ 102×1 topic
  24. International Law5▲ 12×7 topics
  25. Social Network Analysis5▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Society5▲ 14×7 topics
  27. Cultural Identity5▲ 6.7×6 topics
  28. Data Visualization5▲ 71×2 topics
  29. Digital Humanities5▲ 228×1 topic
  30. Literary History5▲ 85×1 topic
  31. Social Justice5▲ 5.7×11 topics
  32. Cultural History5▲ 20×5 topics
  33. Philosophy5▲ 6.1×10 topics
  34. Social History4▲ 26×4 topics
  35. Reformation4▲ 57×2 topics
  36. Historiography4▲ 18×3 topics
  37. International Relations4▲ 11×7 topics
  38. Politics4▲ 8.7×7 topics
  39. Migration4▲ 7.5×9 topics
  40. National Identity4▲ 19×4 topics

Which research topics does American Council of Learned Societies publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Classical Antiquity Studies, Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis, Legal case studies and regulations and Legal Cases and Commentary.

Classical Antiquity Studies: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 1 fractional worksLegal case studies and regulations: 0 fractional worksLegal Cases and Commentary: 0 fractional worksTranslation Studies and Practices: 0 fractional worksEvolution and Science Education: 0 fractional worksQualitative Research Met…0Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics: 0 fractional worksAfrican history and culture studies: 0 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 0 fractional worksInternational Law and Human Rights: 0 fractional works
AnthropologyHistory and Philosophy of SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsReproductive Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 1 works
  2. 2 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  3. 3 Legal case studies and regulations Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  4. 4 Legal Cases and Commentary Reproductive Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 0 works
  6. 6 Evolution and Science Education History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  7. 7 Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 African history and culture studies Anthropology 0 works
  9. 9 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  10. 10 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 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 available19.1%not open80.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.3%domestic only79.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has American Council of Learned Societies's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 86% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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