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Center for Effective Philanthropy

In research, Center for Effective Philanthropy stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,621 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Sociology and Political Science (Sociology and Political Science is 4.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,264
of 22,385 · #9,378 all time
Rank in United States
#1,728
of 3,332
Research works
580
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.2k
7.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
Center for Effective Philanthropy

What is Center for Effective Philanthropy known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #5,621 of 9,585 4.3%83 #6146

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Center for Effective Philanthropy 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 Center for Effective Philanthropy work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Center for Effective Philanthropy is in Social Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (38%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%), Business, Management and Accounting (7%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 94 fractional works · 57.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 63 fractional works · 38.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 29 fractional works · 17.7% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 7.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 6.4% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 15.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 14.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 9.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 13.3% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKCenter forEffective…164fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences57%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6338.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting127.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance116.4%
    4. Decision Sciences31.9%
    5. Psychology31.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities31.7%
    1. Environmental Science106.4%
    2. Computer Science63.4%
    3. Engineering53.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.4%
    5. Materials Science10.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    8. Energy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences169.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Health Professions106.4%
    2. Medicine106.2%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Center for Effective Philanthropy specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Sociology and Political Science takes 4.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 29.1 works4.9×
← 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: 2.03× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.29× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.42× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.20× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.00× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.00× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.03× its world share, 63 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.03×63 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.00×10 works
  3. Health Professions2.42×10 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.20×12 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.03×16 works
  6. Decision Sciences2.00×3 works
  7. Environmental Science1.29×10 works
  8. Nursing1.05×1 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.92×2 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.76×7 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.60×3 works
  12. Psychology0.60×3 works
  13. Computer Science0.44×6 works
  14. Veterinary0.37×0 works
  15. Medicine0.32×10 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.24×0 works
  17. Dentistry0.21×0 works
  18. Engineering0.20×5 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.19×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.13×1 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.13×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  23. Neuroscience0.10×0 works
  24. Energy0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Center for Effective Philanthropy?

Ranked on the quality score, Teri Behrens, Michael Moody and Gökçe Mete lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Center for Effective Philanthropy.

  1. 1 Teri Behrens United States · #2,880,593 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  2. 1 Michael Moody United States · #2,880,593 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Gökçe Mete United States · #3,073,614 worldwide 94 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Trish Abalo United States · #3,683,117 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Emily Brenner United States · #3,908,894 worldwide 25 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Gabriel Soares Pereira United States · #4,429,489 worldwide 2 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Michael C. Stanley United States · #4,470,410 worldwide 164 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Tory Martin United States · #4,496,811 worldwide 1 citations · 44 works
  9. 9 André Otávio Tafarello Carneiro United States · #5,122,216 worldwide 7 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Center for Effective Philanthropy

What are the most cited papers from Center for Effective Philanthropy?

The most cited paper from Center for Effective Philanthropy is "High concordance of drug-induced human hepatotoxicity with in vitro cytotoxicity measured in a novel cell-based model using high content screening" (Peter James O'Brien, William Irwin, Dolores Diaz et al., 2006), with 615 citations. Next come "The Effects of Race, Gender, and Marital Status on Giving and Volunteering in Indiana" (319) and "Identity Congruency Effects on Donations" (230).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 High concordance of drug-induced human hepatotoxicity with in vitro cytotoxicity measured in a novel cell-based model using high content screening Peter James O'Brien, William Irwin, Dolores Diaz et al. · Archives of Toxicology 5 Apr 2006 615
2 The Effects of Race, Gender, and Marital Status on Giving and Volunteering in Indiana Debra J. Mesch, Patrick Michael Rooney, Kathryn S. Steinberg et al. · Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly Open access 7 Nov 2006 319
3 Identity Congruency Effects on Donations Jen Yue Shang, Americus Reed, Rachel T. A. Croson · Journal of Marketing Research 13 May 2008 230
4 Applications of cytotoxicity assays and pre-lethal mechanistic assays for assessment of human hepatotoxicity potential Jinghai James Xu, Dolores Diaz, Peter James O'Brien · Chemico-Biological Interactions Nov 2004 225
5 Estratégias de controle do Aedes aegypti: uma revisão Ana Laura de Sene Amâncio Zara, Sandra Maria dos Santos, Ellen Synthia Fernandes-Oliveira et al. · Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde Open access Jun 2016 202
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Which keywords describe research at Center for Effective Philanthropy?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Philanthropy, NGOs, Accountability, Prosocial Behavior, Volunteering, Invasive Species and Phylogeny.

▲ 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. Social Capital18▲ 21×10 topics
  2. Philanthropy16▲ 226×2 topics
  3. NGOs13▲ 87×3 topics
  4. Accountability12▲ 58×2 topics
  5. Prosocial Behavior12▲ 275×1 topic
  6. Volunteering12▲ 572×1 topic
  7. Climate Change10▲ 2.3×29 topics
  8. Sustainable Development8▲ 3.1×16 topics
  9. Invasive Species7▲ 11×14 topics
  10. Globalization7▲ 2.2×24 topics
  11. Public Health7▲ 2.9×20 topics
  12. Phylogeny7▲ 24×13 topics
  13. Biodiversity6▲ 5.2×15 topics
  14. DNA Barcoding6▲ 23×7 topics
  15. Sustainability6▲ 1.54×21 topics
  16. Education6▲ 1.99×20 topics
  17. Investment6▲ 30×3 topics
  18. Biogeography5▲ 12×15 topics
  19. Civic Engagement5▲ 20×4 topics
  20. Healthcare5▲ 2.6×11 topics
  21. Leadership5▲ 6.1×8 topics
  22. Qualitative Research5▲ 3.4×10 topics
  23. Civil Society5▲ 25×5 topics
  24. Community Development5▲ 15×5 topics
  25. Taxonomy5▲ 19×11 topics
  26. Policy4▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Biological Control4▲ 17×5 topics
  28. Finance4▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Community4▲ 21×4 topics
  30. Impact Investing4▲ 186×1 topic
  31. Social Impact Bonds4▲ 186×1 topic
  32. Social Inequality4▲ 9.3×7 topics
  33. Morphology4▲ 13×6 topics
  34. Social Justice4▲ 4.0×6 topics
  35. Evolution4▲ 8.5×7 topics
  36. Primary Care3▲ 5.7×7 topics
  37. Community Engagement3▲ 5.9×4 topics
  38. Global Governance3▲ 7.8×6 topics
  39. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 8.3×4 topics
  40. Diversity2▲ 8.8×4 topics

Which research topics does Center for Effective Philanthropy publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering, Community Development and Social Impact, Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny and Community and Sustainable Development.

Nonprofit Sector and Vol…12Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering: 12 fractional worksCommunity Development and Social Impact: 4 fractional worksHymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny: 2 fractional worksCommunity and Sustainable Development: 2 fractional worksSocial Capital and Networks: 2 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 2 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 2 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 2 fractional worksSpider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies: 1 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceFinanceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEducation1 others

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

  1. 1 Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  2. 2 Community Development and Social Impact Finance 4 works
  3. 3 Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  4. 4 Community and Sustainable Development Education 2 works
  5. 5 Social Capital and Networks Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 2 works
  7. 7 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  8. 8 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies Genetics 1 works
  10. 10 Religion, Society, and Development 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 available58.1%not open41.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.7%domestic only61.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Center for Effective Philanthropy's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher 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 Center for Effective Philanthropy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Center for Effective Philanthropy0.00067% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Center for Effective Philanthropy 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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Center for Effective Philanthropy5.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.6% in 2021.

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