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Center for a New American Security

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Research works
36
▲ 280% vs 2013–17
Citations
309
8.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
8%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Center for a New American Security is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.63× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Arts and Humanities: 1.77× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.38× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 6.08× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Center for a New American Security?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Global Governance, Globalization, Human Rights, Economic Growth, Security, Ethnic Conflict, Conflict 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 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. Global Governance6▲ 77×4 topics
  2. Globalization6▲ 8.7×7 topics
  3. Human Rights5▲ 17×6 topics
  4. Economic Growth4▲ 15×3 topics
  5. Security4▲ 26×5 topics
  6. Ethnic Conflict4▲ 290×2 topics
  7. Conflict4▲ 66×5 topics
  8. Democracy4▲ 27×3 topics
  9. International Law4▲ 36×3 topics
  10. Civil War4▲ 351×2 topics
  11. International Relations3▲ 41×5 topics
  12. Transitional Justice3▲ 113×2 topics
  13. Geopolitics3▲ 72×3 topics
  14. Authoritarianism3▲ 86×1 topic
  15. Political Institutions3▲ 402×1 topic
  16. Nation-Building3▲ 150×2 topics
  17. State-Building3▲ 246×2 topics
  18. Defense Spending2▲ 716×1 topic
  19. Military Expenditure2▲ 716×1 topic
  20. Latin America2▲ 33×3 topics
  21. Norms2▲ 134×2 topics
  22. International Institutions2▲ 281×1 topic
  23. Politics2▲ 22×3 topics
  24. Power2▲ 76×1 topic
  25. Environmental Impact2▲ 4.2×2 topics
  26. Sovereignty2▲ 46×2 topics
  27. Europe2▲ 66×2 topics
  28. Healthcare2▲ 6.5×3 topics
  29. Afghanistan2▲ 225×1 topic
  30. Pakistan2▲ 225×1 topic
  31. Political Economy2▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Refugees2▲ 46×3 topics
  33. Big Data2▲ 7.7×3 topics
  34. Climate Consequences2▲ 345×1 topic
  35. Economic Integration2▲ 129×1 topic
  36. Nuclear War2▲ 345×1 topic
  37. Regionalism2▲ 213×1 topic
  38. Global Trade1▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Governance1▲ 13×3 topics
  40. British Army1▲ 402×1 topic

Which research topics does Center for a New American Security publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Political Conflict and Governance, Historical Economic and Social Studies, Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics and Middle East Politics and Society.

Political Conflict and G…3Political Conflict and Governance: 3 fractional worksHistorical Economic and …1Historical Economic and Social Studies: 1 fractional worksPost-Soviet Geopolitical…1Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics: 1 fractional worksMiddle East Politics and Society: 1 fractional worksMiddle East and Rwanda Conflicts: 1 fractional worksElectoral Systems and Po…1Electoral Systems and Political Participation: 1 fractional worksJewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 1 fractional worksPopulism, Right-Wing Movements: 1 fractional worksPeacebuilding and International Security: 0 fractional worksEuropean Political History Analysis: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsPolitical Science and International RelationsHistory

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

  1. 1 Political Conflict and Governance Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  2. 2 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  3. 3 Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  4. 4 Middle East Politics and Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  7. 7 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Populism, Right-Wing Movements Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Peacebuilding and International Security Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 European Political History Analysis History 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 available8.5%not open91.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.5%domestic only97.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Center for a New American Security's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 280% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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.

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