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Catholic Development Office

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Research works
22
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
14
0.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Catholic Development Office

Not ranked overall: Catholic Development Office 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 Catholic Development Office work in?

In all years, 53% of research at Catholic Development Office is in Social Sciences, 45% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Medicine (23%), Health Professions (22%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 11 fractional works · 52.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 26.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 8.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 15.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 10.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 7.3% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 45.0% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 22.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 22.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 17.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workALL ITS WORKCatholicDevelopment…22fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences45%Social Sciences53%

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 11 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences626.1%
    2. Psychology315.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities27.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting01.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.8%
    1. Medicine522.7%
    2. Health Professions522.4%
    1. Computer Science00.8%
    2. Environmental Science00.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.8%
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: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceHealth Professions: 13.06× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.99× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 4.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 13.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions13.06×1 works
  2. Psychology4.03×0 works
  3. Medicine1.99×1 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.27×0 works
  5. Computer Science1.05×0 works
  6. Social Sciences0.22×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Catholic Development Office?

The most cited paper from Catholic Development Office is "Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus septic arthritis: an emerging clinical syndrome" (John J. Ross, Lisa E. Davidson, 2005), with 48 citations. Next come "The Use of Plaque Score Measurements to Assess Changes in Atherosclerotic Plaque Burden Induced by Lipid-Lowering Therapy Over Time: The METEOR Study" (24) and "Maintenance of Environmental Services Cleaning and Disinfection in the ICU After a Performance Improvement Project" (11).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus septic arthritis: an emerging clinical syndrome John J. Ross, Lisa E. Davidson · Lara D. Veeken 27 Jul 2005 48
2 The Use of Plaque Score Measurements to Assess Changes in Atherosclerotic Plaque Burden Induced by Lipid-Lowering Therapy Over Time: The METEOR Study Sanne A. E. Peters, Soner Doğan, Rudy Meijer et al. · Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis Open access 2011 24
3 Maintenance of Environmental Services Cleaning and Disinfection in the ICU After a Performance Improvement Project Teresa Ann Fitzgerald, Lee Sholtz, Nedra Marion et al. · American Journal of Infection Control 22 May 2012 11
4 Virtual Reality as a Possible Means to Meet the Psycho-spiritual Needs of Older Adults in Nursing Homes Věra Suchomelová, Karolina Diallo, Lenka Lhotská · Caritas et Veritas Open access 29 Nov 2023 3
5 Social Distancing, Community Stigma, and Implications for Psychological Distress in the Aftermath of Ebola Virus Disease Thomas M. Crea, K. Megan Collier, Elizabeth K. Klein et al. · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2022 2
All 33 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Catholic Development Office?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Self-Efficacy, Social Support, Welfare State, Elderly, European Union, Russia, Public Health and Globalization.

▲ 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 28 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Self-Efficacy2▲ 49×2 topics
  2. Social Support2▲ 20×2 topics
  3. Epidemiology2▲ 2.0×5 topics
  4. Globalization2▲ 4.4×7 topics
  5. Public Health2▲ 5.7×2 topics
  6. Welfare State2▲ 79×2 topics
  7. Elderly2▲ 28×2 topics
  8. European Union2▲ 28×1 topic
  9. Russia2▲ 194×1 topic
  10. Mental Health1▲ 5.9×3 topics
  11. Community Intervention1▲ 189×1 topic
  12. Complications1▲ 12×2 topics
  13. Integrated Care1▲ 125×2 topics
  14. Social Work1▲ 77×1 topic
  15. Surgical Management1▲ 14×2 topics
  16. Social Policy1▲ 41×2 topics
  17. Stress1▲ 14×2 topics
  18. Health Care Utilization1▲ 38×2 topics
  19. Acromioclavicular Joint1▲ 174×1 topic
  20. Clavicle Fractures1▲ 174×1 topic
  21. Coaching1▲ 242×1 topic
  22. Crisis Resolution1▲ 197×1 topic
  23. Health1▲ 12×1 topic
  24. Home Treatment1▲ 197×1 topic
  25. Homelessness1▲ 112×1 topic
  26. Nursing1▲ 37×1 topic
  27. Psychodrama1▲ 247×1 topic
  28. Quality of Life1▲ 3.5×1 topic

Which research topics does Catholic Development Office publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Social and Demographic Issues in Germany, Biomedical and Chemical Research, Resilience and Mental Health and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery.

Social and Demographic I…0Social and Demographic Issues in Germany: 0 fractional worksBiomedical and Chemical …0Biomedical and Chemical Research: 0 fractional worksResilience and Mental Health: 0 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 0 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 0 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealt…0Mobile Health and mHealth Applications: 0 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 0 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 0 fractional worksVirology and Viral Diseases: 0 fractional worksInnovation and Socioeconomic Development: 0 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsSurgeryClinical PsychologyRehabilitation4 others

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

  1. 1 Social and Demographic Issues in Germany General Health Professions 0 works
  2. 2 Biomedical and Chemical Research Surgery 0 works
  3. 3 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 0 works
  4. 4 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 0 works
  5. 5 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 0 works
  6. 6 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 0 works
  7. 7 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 0 works
  8. 8 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 0 works
  9. 9 Virology and Viral Diseases Epidemiology 0 works
  10. 10 Innovation and Socioeconomic Development Business and International Management 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 available51.8%not open48.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.4%domestic only75.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Catholic Development Office's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% 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 Catholic Development Office as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000018% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Catholic Development Office0.0000034% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Catholic Development Office over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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