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American Studies Association

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Research works
37
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
227
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
78%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
American Studies Association

Not ranked overall: American Studies Association 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 American Studies Association work in?

In all years, 75% of research at American Studies Association is in Social Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (39%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (17%), Arts and Humanities (10%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 27 fractional works · 74.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 39.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 19.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 10.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 16.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 16.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 10.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 21.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 8.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workALL ITS WORKAmerican StudiesAssociation37fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences75%

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 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1539.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance616.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities410.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting25.4%
    5. Psychology12.7%
    1. Engineering38.7%
    2. Computer Science24.3%
    3. Chemistry13.6%
    4. Environmental Science13.1%
    5. Mathematics11.8%
    1. Health Professions12.9%
    1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.9%
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.

Computer Science: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.32× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 3.29× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsArts and Humanities: 6.01× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10.09× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.85× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.09×2 works
  2. Arts and Humanities6.01×2 works
  3. Health Professions3.29×1 works
  4. Psychology2.85×1 works
  5. Social Sciences1.38×2 works
  6. Engineering1.32×2 works
  7. Computer Science0.74×1 works
  8. Environmental Science0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at American Studies Association?

Ranked on the quality score, RIAS Editors lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Studies Association.

  1. 1 RIAS Editors United States · #4,502,688 worldwide 0 citations · 62 works
All ranked researchers at American Studies Association

What are the most cited papers from American Studies Association?

The most cited paper from American Studies Association is "Understanding Human–Landscape Interactions in the “Anthropocene”" (Carol P. Harden, Anne Chin, Mary R. English et al., 2013), with 90 citations. Next come "Clearing the muddy waters of shared watercourses governance: conceptualizing international River Basin Organizations" (60) and "Just War Theory and the Last of Last Resort" (58).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Understanding Human–Landscape Interactions in the “Anthropocene” Carol P. Harden, Anne Chin, Mary R. English et al. · Environmental Management 21 Jun 2013 90
2 Clearing the muddy waters of shared watercourses governance: conceptualizing international River Basin Organizations Susanne Schmeier, Andrea K. Gerlak, Sabine Blumstein · International Environmental Agreements Politics Law and Economics 28 May 2015 60
3 Just War Theory and the Last of Last Resort Eamon Aloyo · Ethics & International Affairs Open access 2015 58
4 Building the Forest-Climate Bandwagon: REDD+ and the Logic of Problem Amelioration Constance L. McDermott, Kelly Levin, Benjamin William Cashore · Global Environmental Politics 15 Jul 2011 45
5 Major Power Status in International Politics Thomas J. Volgy, Renato Corbetta, Keith A. Grant et al. · Palgrave Macmillan US eBooks Book chapter 2011 44
All 37 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at American Studies Association?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Monetary Policy, Asset Pricing, Financial Analysis, International Law, Globalization, Identity, Human Rights and Colonialism.

▲ 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. Monetary Policy6▲ 55×2 topics
  2. Asset Pricing6▲ 114×1 topic
  3. Financial Analysis6▲ 188×1 topic
  4. International Law6▲ 54×5 topics
  5. Globalization5▲ 6.7×12 topics
  6. Identity4▲ 14×8 topics
  7. Human Rights4▲ 12×10 topics
  8. Colonialism3▲ 19×8 topics
  9. State Sovereignty3▲ 142×2 topics
  10. Culture3▲ 15×4 topics
  11. Gender2▲ 12×4 topics
  12. History2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  13. Conflict2▲ 37×3 topics
  14. Literature2▲ 11×4 topics
  15. Bilateral Investment Treaties2▲ 259×1 topic
  16. Foreign Direct Investment2▲ 106×1 topic
  17. International Relations2▲ 25×7 topics
  18. Corporate Governance2▲ 8.2×2 topics
  19. Environmental Governance2▲ 83×2 topics
  20. Catalysis2▲ 4.9×1 topic
  21. Ethnicity2▲ 14×3 topics
  22. Global Financial Crisis2▲ 52×1 topic
  23. Hypersonic Effect2▲ 163×1 topic
  24. Plasma2▲ 101×1 topic
  25. Regulatory Policymaking2▲ 326×1 topic
  26. Ultrasonic Perception2▲ 163×1 topic
  27. Diplomacy1▲ 41×3 topics
  28. Sustainable Development Goals1▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Ethnography1▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Partially Ordered Sets1▲ 147×1 topic
  31. Periodic Table1▲ 96×1 topic
  32. Postcolonialism1▲ 32×2 topics
  33. Violence1▲ 26×3 topics
  34. Cold War1▲ 40×2 topics
  35. Economic Security1▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Global Governance1▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Humanitarian Intervention1▲ 76×2 topics
  38. Social Movements1▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Federalism1▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Peacebuilding1▲ 52×2 topics

Which research topics does American Studies Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, SAS software applications and methods, Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation and Travel Writing and Literature.

Diverse Scientific and E…2Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 2 fractional worksSAS software applications and methods: 2 fractional worksHuman Resource Development and Performance Evaluation: 1 fractional worksTravel Writing and Literature: 1 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 1 fractional worksHealth and Conflict Studies: 1 fractional worksHuman auditory perceptio…1Human auditory perception and evaluation: 1 fractional worksEducational Robotics and Engineering: 1 fractional worksCrime and Detective Fiction Studies: 0 fractional worksContemporary Literature and Criticism: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsBiomedical EngineeringApplied PsychologyHistory5 others

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

  1. 1 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  2. 2 SAS software applications and methods Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation Applied Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Travel Writing and Literature History 1 works
  5. 5 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 Health and Conflict Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Human auditory perception and evaluation Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Educational Robotics and Engineering Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  9. 9 Crime and Detective Fiction Studies Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  10. 10 Contemporary Literature and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 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 available78.1%not open21.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.9%domestic only79.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has American Studies Association's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower 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 American Studies Association as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000047% in 2023.

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Fractional works of American Studies Association over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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