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Annual Reviews

In research, Annual Reviews stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,361 of 14,833 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#15,683 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#20,556
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,271
of 7,310
Research works
497
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.3k
6.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.70×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Annual Reviews

What is Annual Reviews 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 #12,361 of 14,833 11.9%154
Physical SciencesDomain #15,683 of 17,446 9.9%240

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

In 2022-now, 32% of research at Annual Reviews is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Mathematics (15%), Social Sciences (12%).

Physical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 31.6% of its workMathematics: 11 fractional works · 14.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 6 fractional works · 7.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 7.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 29.6% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 24.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 25.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 13.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKAnnual Reviews75fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences25%

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. Mathematics1114.8%
    2. Computer Science67.7%
    3. Engineering34.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy22.6%
    5. Chemistry11.1%
    6. Environmental Science10.9%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine1824.4%
    2. Health Professions44.7%
    3. Veterinary00.5%
    1. Social Sciences912.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance34.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting22.8%
    4. Psychology22.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities22.2%
    6. Decision Sciences11.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology710.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.0%
    4. Neuroscience10.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
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: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.87× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.00× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 12.55× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.77× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.27× its world share, 18 worksMedicineVeterinary: 3.82× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.98× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 12.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics12.55×11 works
  2. Veterinary3.82×0 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.98×3 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.87×8 works
  5. Health Professions1.77×4 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.41×1 works
  7. Medicine1.27×18 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.26×1 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.26×0 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.15×2 works
  11. Computer Science1.00×6 works
  12. Social Sciences0.95×9 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.88×2 works
  14. Psychology0.84×2 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.77×2 works
  16. Chemistry0.71×1 works
  17. Neuroscience0.55×1 works
  18. Engineering0.28×3 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×1 works
  20. Environmental Science0.18×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Annual Reviews?

Ranked on the quality score, Asen L. Dontchev, Albert Shaw and Tracy Bennett lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Annual Reviews.

  1. 1 Asen L. Dontchev United States · #425,595 worldwide 5.6k citations · 165 works
  2. 2 Albert Shaw United States · #2,800,722 worldwide 82 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Tracy Bennett United States · #3,719,669 worldwide 124 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 J. MURRAY LUCK United States · #4,388,795 worldwide 25 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Małgorzata Stawiska United States · #4,621,698 worldwide 74 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Vasilii Vasil'evich Kurta United States · #5,957,356 worldwide 128 citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at Annual Reviews

What are the most cited papers from Annual Reviews?

The most cited paper from Annual Reviews is "Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2017" (Sabeeha Merchant, Wilhelm Gruissem, Donald Ort, 2018), with 219 citations. Next come "Regularity and Conditioning of Solution Mappings in Variational Analysis" (183) and "The Globalization of Jurisdiction" (170).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2017 Sabeeha Merchant, Wilhelm Gruissem, Donald Ort · Current Science Open access Sep 2018 219
2 Regularity and Conditioning of Solution Mappings in Variational Analysis Asen L. Dontchev, R. TYRRELL ROCKAFELLAR · Set-Valued Analysis Mar 2004 183
3 The Globalization of Jurisdiction Paul Schiff Berman · University of Pennsylvania Law Review Dec 2002 170
4 Corporate Governance in the Bankruptcy Reorganization of Large, Publicly Held Companies Lynn M. LoPucki, William C. Whitford · University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1993 162
5 The Euler approximation in state constrained optimal control Asen L. Dontchev, William W. Hager · Mathematics of Computation Open access 13 Apr 2000 148
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Annual Reviews?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Reflective Practice, Assessment Methods, Competency-Based Education, Professional Identity Formation, Bioimage Analysis, High-Content Screening, Quality of Life and Infertility.

▲ 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. Epidemiology4▲ 1.42×15 topics
  2. Machine Learning4▲ 1.58×14 topics
  3. Deep Learning4▲ 1.36×8 topics
  4. Quality of Life3▲ 2.9×8 topics
  5. Reflective Practice3▲ 19×2 topics
  6. Assessment Methods3▲ 33×2 topics
  7. Competency-Based Education2▲ 36×1 topic
  8. Professional Identity Formation2▲ 50×1 topic
  9. Bioimage Analysis2▲ 75×1 topic
  10. High-Content Screening2▲ 75×1 topic
  11. Infertility2▲ 16×2 topics
  12. Wavelets2▲ 75×2 topics
  13. Gender2▲ 4.0×7 topics
  14. Anticancer2▲ 12×3 topics
  15. Differential Operators2▲ 141×1 topic
  16. Holomorphic Functions2▲ 77×2 topics
  17. Medical Education2▲ 7.3×5 topics
  18. Quantum Groups2▲ 57×2 topics
  19. Spectral Theory2▲ 141×1 topic
  20. Frames1▲ 183×1 topic
  21. Pharmacology1▲ 7.8×4 topics
  22. Sampling1▲ 183×1 topic
  23. C*-Algebras1▲ 201×1 topic
  24. Gender Differences1▲ 4.6×3 topics
  25. Noncommutative Geometry1▲ 201×1 topic
  26. Community Engagement1▲ 5.0×4 topics
  27. Legal History1▲ 56×4 topics
  28. Inverse Problems1▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Local Development1▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Territorial Governance1▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Chemistry1▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Crohn's Disease1▲ 17×1 topic
  33. Ill-Posed Problems1▲ 64×1 topic
  34. Immunobiology1▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Inflammatory Bowel Disease1▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Natural Products1▲ 9.3×2 topics
  37. Pain Symptoms1▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Regularization Methods1▲ 64×1 topic
  39. Surgical Treatment1▲ 7.1×2 topics
  40. Weighted Spaces1▲ 59×2 topics

Which research topics does Annual Reviews publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Innovations in Medical Education, Cell Image Analysis Techniques, Spectral Theory in Mathematical Physics and Mathematical Analysis and Transform Methods.

Innovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional worksCell Image Analysis Techniques: 2 fractional worksSpectral Theory in Mathe…2Spectral Theory in Mathematical Physics: 2 fractional worksMathematical Analysis an…1Mathematical Analysis and Transform Methods: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Operator Algebra Research: 1 fractional worksEndometriosis Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease1Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 1 fractional worksNumerical methods in inverse problems: 1 fractional worksHolomorphic and Operator Theory: 1 fractional worksReproductive Health and Technologies: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthBiophysicsMathematical PhysicsApplied Mathematics2 others

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

  1. 1 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  2. 2 Cell Image Analysis Techniques Biophysics 2 works
  3. 3 Spectral Theory in Mathematical Physics Mathematical Physics 2 works
  4. 4 Mathematical Analysis and Transform Methods Applied Mathematics 1 works
  5. 5 Advanced Operator Algebra Research Mathematical Physics 1 works
  6. 6 Endometriosis Research and Treatment Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 1 works
  8. 8 Numerical methods in inverse problems Mathematical Physics 1 works
  9. 9 Holomorphic and Operator Theory Applied Mathematics 1 works
  10. 10 Reproductive Health and Technologies Reproductive Medicine 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 available23.6%not open76.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.0%domestic only85.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Annual Reviews's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% 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 Annual Reviews as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00024% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Annual Reviews0.00034% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Annual Reviews over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2019Annual Reviews7.8% in 20192010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.5% in 2017.

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