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Association for Computing Machinery

In research, Association for Computing Machinery stands highest in Computer Science (#1,871 of 6,336 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,914 of 14,833 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,990 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#11,759
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,448
of 7,310
Research works
1.5k
▼ 40% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
9.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.66×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Association for Computing Machinery

What is Association for Computing Machinery 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
Computer ScienceField #1,871 of 6,336 4.4%954
Social SciencesDomain #5,914 of 14,833 5.9%395
Physical SciencesDomain #7,990 of 17,446 4.5%1,073
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #1,643 of 2,786 3.1%209
Information SystemsSubfield #1,655 of 2,566 5.0%269
Social SciencesField #6,584 of 9,330 5.1%162

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Association for Computing Machinery 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 Association for Computing Machinery work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Association for Computing Machinery is in Social Sciences, 37% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (27%), Business, Management and Accounting (12%), Social Sciences (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 19 fractional works · 45.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 12.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 11.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 11.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 9.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 37.2% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 26.6% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 10.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 10.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.4% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workALL ITS WORKAssociation forComputing…42fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences45%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting512.3%
    2. Social Sciences511.9%
    3. Decision Sciences511.0%
    4. Psychology36.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities13.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.8%
    1. Computer Science1126.6%
    2. Engineering36.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.4%
    4. Environmental Science00.9%
    5. Materials Science00.4%
    6. Mathematics00.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Medicine36.2%
    2. Health Professions13.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.8%
    2. Neuroscience12.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.7%
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: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.72× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 3.42× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.53× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.83× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 11.36× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.99× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 11.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences11.36×5 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.83×5 works
  3. Computer Science3.42×11 works
  4. Psychology1.99×2 works
  5. Neuroscience1.72×1 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.53×1 works
  7. Health Professions1.21×1 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.11×1 works
  9. Social Sciences0.94×5 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.70×2 works
  11. Engineering0.43×3 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.37×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.34×0 works
  15. Medicine0.32×3 works
  16. Environmental Science0.18×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.11×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Association for Computing Machinery?

Ranked on the quality score, Markus Völter, Boyan Angelov and Robert Fox lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Association for Computing Machinery.

  1. 1 Markus Völter United States · #1,700,823 worldwide 1k citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Boyan Angelov United States · #2,744,523 worldwide 194 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Robert Fox United States · #3,280,182 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 David Roman United States · #3,660,305 worldwide 75 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Harvey Dubner United States · #3,715,998 worldwide 826 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Jack Rosenberger United States · #3,761,647 worldwide 91 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Rabindranath Tagore United States · #3,800,421 worldwide 1.2k citations · 437 works
  8. 8 Bernard Rous United States · #3,827,961 worldwide 136 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Jay Blickstein United States · #4,077,916 worldwide 2 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Andrew Rosenbloom United States · #4,244,434 worldwide 189 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Association for Computing Machinery

What are the most cited papers from Association for Computing Machinery?

The most cited paper from Association for Computing Machinery is "Generalizing Generalizability in Information Systems Research" (Allen S. Lee, Richard Baskerville, 2003), with 1,560 citations. Next come "Ward's Hierarchical Clustering Method: Clustering Criterion and Agglomerative Algorithm" (1,315) and "Learning by Collaborating: Convergent Conceptual Change" (1,019).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Generalizing Generalizability in Information Systems Research Allen S. Lee, Richard Baskerville · Information Systems Research Sep 2003 1,560
2 Ward's Hierarchical Clustering Method: Clustering Criterion and Agglomerative Algorithm Fionn D. Murtagh, Pierre Legendre · arXiv (Cornell University) PreprintOpen access 27 Nov 2011 1,315
3 Learning by Collaborating: Convergent Conceptual Change Jeremy Roschelle · Journal of the Learning Sciences Jul 1992 1,019
4 Classification of Model Transformation Approaches Krzysztof Czarnecki, Simon Helsen 2003 700
5 Computing as a discipline Peter J. Denning, Douglas E. Comer, David Gries et al. · Computer Feb 1989 638
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Which keywords describe research at Association for Computing Machinery?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Big Data, Innovation, Reproducibility, Scientific Workflows, Data Mining, Peer Review and Artificial Intelligence.

▲ 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. Machine Learning6▲ 4.2×17 topics
  2. Big Data3▲ 7.6×5 topics
  3. Deep Learning3▲ 1.91×11 topics
  4. Innovation3▲ 6.5×8 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 4.4×8 topics
  6. Data Mining2▲ 7.1×3 topics
  7. Reproducibility2▲ 132×1 topic
  8. Scientific Workflows2▲ 132×1 topic
  9. Peer Review2▲ 137×3 topics
  10. Neural Networks2▲ 2.9×7 topics
  11. Classification2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  12. Scholarly Communication2▲ 133×2 topics
  13. Feature Selection2▲ 17×3 topics
  14. Information Retrieval2▲ 16×3 topics
  15. Open Access2▲ 36×2 topics
  16. Research Dissemination2▲ 157×2 topics
  17. Supply Chain Management1▲ 3.8×3 topics
  18. Business Strategy1▲ 74×2 topics
  19. Feature Extraction1▲ 6.8×3 topics
  20. Income Inequality1▲ 23×2 topics
  21. Market Analysis1▲ 30×2 topics
  22. Employment Patterns1▲ 60×2 topics
  23. Entrepreneurship1▲ 7.1×3 topics
  24. Preprints1▲ 158×1 topic
  25. Science Communication1▲ 34×1 topic
  26. Analytics1▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Big Data Analytics1▲ 11×1 topic
  28. Brain Tumor1▲ 36×1 topic
  29. Business Intelligence1▲ 27×1 topic
  30. Cenozoic Evolution1▲ 68×1 topic
  31. Competitive Intelligence1▲ 323×1 topic
  32. Financial Literacy1▲ 26×1 topic
  33. Geospatial Crowdsourcing1▲ 123×1 topic
  34. Information Management1▲ 102×1 topic
  35. MRI1▲ 30×1 topic
  36. Medical Diagnosis1▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Plate Tectonics1▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Retirement Planning1▲ 71×1 topic
  39. Semantic Web1▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Social Media Analysis1▲ 74×2 topics

Which research topics does Association for Computing Machinery publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Scientific Computing and Data Management, Academic Publishing and Open Access, Education Systems and Policy and Competitive and Knowledge Intelligence.

Scientific Computing and…2Scientific Computing and Data Management: 2 fractional worksAcademic Publishing and …1Academic Publishing and Open Access: 1 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 1 fractional worksCompetitive and Knowledge Intelligence: 1 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection an…1Brain Tumor Detection and Classification: 1 fractional worksGeographic Information Systems Studies: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksGeological and Geophysic…1Geological and Geophysical Studies: 1 fractional worksFinancial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional works
Information Systems and ManagementEducationStrategy and ManagementNeurology5 others

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

  1. 1 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 2 works
  2. 2 Academic Publishing and Open Access Information Systems and Management 1 works
  3. 3 Education Systems and Policy Education 1 works
  4. 4 Competitive and Knowledge Intelligence Strategy and Management 1 works
  5. 5 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 1 works
  6. 6 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 1 works
  8. 8 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 1 works
  9. 9 Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis Accounting 1 works
  10. 10 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 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 available39.4%not open60.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Association for Computing Machinery's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 40% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Association for Computing Machinery as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Association for Computing Machinery0.00023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Association for Computing Machinery 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2020Association for Computing Machinery4.6% in 2020200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.3% in 2012.

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