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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

In research, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,425 of 14,833 worldwide), Political Science and International Relations (#524 of 2,238 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,741 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Social Sciences (Social Sciences is 5.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#14,661
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,026
of 7,310
Research works
454
▼ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.7k
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.18×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

What is Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 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 #3,425 of 14,833 11.9%397
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #524 of 2,238 13.7%191
Social SciencesField #2,741 of 9,330 12.2%320

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 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 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is in Social Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (72%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (8%), Engineering (5%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 31 fractional works · 82.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 72.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 14 fractional works · 36.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 16.5% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 15.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCarnegieEndowment for…38fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences82%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2772.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance37.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities11.5%
    4. Decision Sciences00.5%
    5. Psychology00.2%
    1. Engineering25.3%
    2. Computer Science24.6%
    3. Energy01.3%
    4. Environmental Science01.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy01.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.9%
    7. Materials Science00.9%
    1. Medicine12.1%
    2. Health Professions00.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Carnegie Endowment for International Peace specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Social Sciences takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Social SciencesField · 27.1 works5.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.45× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.60× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 5.70× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences5.70×27 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.60×3 works
  3. Energy1.45×0 works
  4. Computer Science0.58×2 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.57×0 works
  6. Arts and Humanities0.54×1 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.50×0 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.50×0 works
  9. Engineering0.36×2 works
  10. Materials Science0.25×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.24×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.18×0 works
  13. Medicine0.11×1 works
  14. Psychology0.06×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace?

Ranked on the quality score, Thomas Carothers, Thomas de Waal and Tim Maurer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

  1. 1 Thomas Carothers United States · #101,587 worldwide 8.8k citations · 115 works
  2. 2 Thomas de Waal United States · #810,383 worldwide 806 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Tim Maurer United States · #860,964 worldwide 423 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Marina S. Ottaway United States · #919,955 worldwide 2.8k citations · 183 works
  5. 5 Milan Vaishnav United States · #1,161,582 worldwide 671 citations · 68 works
  6. 6 Robert S. Leiken United States · #1,510,009 worldwide 547 citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Vikram Nehru United States · #1,797,674 worldwide 1.3k citations · 32 works
  8. 8 James M. Acton United States · #1,941,432 worldwide 671 citations · 63 works
  9. 9 Frederic Wehrey United States · #2,064,567 worldwide 862 citations · 100 works
  10. 10 Zainab Usman United States · #2,225,289 worldwide 362 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

What are the most cited papers from Carnegie Endowment for International Peace?

The most cited paper from Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is "Can We Discern the Effect of Globalization on Income Distribution? Evidence from Household Surveys" (Branko Milanović, 2005), with 306 citations. Next come "Rebuilding State Institutions in Collapsed States" (267) and "Government by Algorithm: Artificial Intelligence in Federal Administrative Agencies" (265).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Can We Discern the Effect of Globalization on Income Distribution? Evidence from Household Surveys Branko Milanović · The World Bank Economic Review Open access 18 May 2005 306
2 Rebuilding State Institutions in Collapsed States Marina S. Ottaway · Development and Change Open access Nov 2002 267
3 Government by Algorithm: Artificial Intelligence in Federal Administrative Agencies David Freeman Engstrom, Daniel E. Ho, Catherine M. Sharkey et al. · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2020 265
4 Democracy promotion as a world value Michael McFaul · The Washington Quarterly 22 Nov 2004 231
5 Burden-sharing during refugee emergencies: the logic of collective versus national action Astri Suhrke · Journal of Refugee Studies Dec 1998 209
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Which keywords describe research at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, International Law, Public Health, Climate Consequences, Nuclear War, Global Governance, Human Rights and Democracy.

▲ 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. Globalization6▲ 7.7×11 topics
  2. International Law4▲ 34×5 topics
  3. Public Health4▲ 6.8×3 topics
  4. Climate Consequences3▲ 913×1 topic
  5. Nuclear War3▲ 913×1 topic
  6. Global Governance3▲ 37×5 topics
  7. Human Rights3▲ 7.9×9 topics
  8. Democracy3▲ 21×6 topics
  9. Economic Growth3▲ 8.7×4 topics
  10. Governance2▲ 20×4 topics
  11. Economic Development2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  12. Norms2▲ 152×2 topics
  13. Colonialism2▲ 11×4 topics
  14. NGOs2▲ 57×2 topics
  15. Conflict2▲ 32×5 topics
  16. Diplomacy2▲ 53×2 topics
  17. Migration2▲ 15×4 topics
  18. International Institutions2▲ 230×1 topic
  19. International Relations2▲ 20×6 topics
  20. Neoliberalism2▲ 13×2 topics
  21. Power2▲ 65×1 topic
  22. Development Policies2▲ 134×1 topic
  23. Foreign Aid2▲ 134×1 topic
  24. Refugees2▲ 35×5 topics
  25. Nationalism2▲ 9.0×5 topics
  26. Spatial Planning2▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Territorial Governance2▲ 35×2 topics
  28. Authoritarianism1▲ 44×3 topics
  29. Central Asia1▲ 54×2 topics
  30. Information Warfare1▲ 108×2 topics
  31. Political Economy1▲ 15×6 topics
  32. Politics1▲ 13×5 topics
  33. Citizenship1▲ 27×3 topics
  34. Empire1▲ 36×2 topics
  35. Genocide1▲ 63×2 topics
  36. Religion1▲ 6.7×3 topics
  37. Cyber Security1▲ 59×1 topic
  38. Internet Governance1▲ 165×1 topic
  39. National Identity1▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Gentrification1▲ 176×1 topic

Which research topics does Carnegie Endowment for International Peace publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nuclear Issues and Defense, International Relations and Foreign Policy, International Development and Aid and Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies.

Nuclear Issues and Defense3Nuclear Issues and Defense: 3 fractional worksInternational Relations and Foreign Policy: 2 fractional worksInternational Development and Aid: 2 fractional worksCybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies: 1 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 1 fractional worksUrban Planning and Governance: 1 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 1 fractional worksSoviet and Russian History: 1 fractional worksAfrican Studies and Geopolitics: 1 fractional worksPeacebuilding and International Security: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsDevelopmentUrban StudiesAnthropology1 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear Issues and Defense Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  2. 2 International Relations and Foreign Policy Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  3. 3 International Development and Aid Development 2 works
  4. 4 Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  5. 5 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 1 works
  6. 6 Urban Planning and Governance Urban Studies 1 works
  7. 7 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 Soviet and Russian History Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 African Studies and Geopolitics Anthropology 1 works
  10. 10 Peacebuilding and International Security Sociology and Political Science 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 available22.3%not open77.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.6%domestic only93.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Carnegie Endowment for International Peace0.00014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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