Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Nonprofit · Buffalo · United States

Center for Inquiry

In research, Center for Inquiry stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,967 of 16,945 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,507 of 10,206 worldwide) and Education (#1,258 of 3,044 worldwide), over all time.

centerforinquiry.netROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#11,833
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,599
of 8,685
Research works
1.4k
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
13%
world 28%

What is Center for Inquiry 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 #3,967 of 16,945 14.6%980
Social SciencesField #2,507 of 10,206 16.6%613
EducationSubfield #1,258 of 3,044 17.9%299
Health SciencesDomain #8,891 of 20,462 13.4%135
Physical SciencesDomain #12,487 of 21,541 13.8%176
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #3,104 of 4,340 13.9%124
PsychologyField #3,539 of 3,744 6.6%165

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Center for Inquiry 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.35× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.42× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.71× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 2.69× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.40× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.81× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.82× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.78× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.76× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Center for Inquiry?

Ranked on the composite score, Susan L. Robertson, Ruth Deakin Crick and PM Broadfoot lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Center for Inquiry.

  1. 1 Susan L. Robertson United States · #30,665 worldwide 301 citations · 78 works
  2. 2 Ruth Deakin Crick United States · #107,044 worldwide 188 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 PM Broadfoot United States · #140,374 worldwide 66 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Frances Giampapa United States · #359,151 worldwide 85 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 F Olivero United States · #674,315 worldwide 21 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 JC Winter United States · #848,302 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Laurinda C Brown United States · #887,427 worldwide 35 citations · 56 works
  8. 8 Tim Bond United States · #894,373 worldwide 10 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 MJ Osborn United States · #973,663 worldwide 16 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Alf Coles United States · #982,224 worldwide 47 citations · 59 works
All ranked researchers at Center for Inquiry

Which keywords describe research at Center for Inquiry?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Social Capital, Entrepreneurship, Child Development, Social Justice, Online Learning, Urban Development and Maternal Mortality.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 39 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 39 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization4▲ 4.4×15 topics
  2. Social Capital2▲ 7.9×4 topics
  3. Entrepreneurship2▲ 10×4 topics
  4. Online Learning2▲ 4.8×6 topics
  5. Child Development2▲ 9.2×5 topics
  6. Public Health2▲ 2.6×7 topics
  7. Social Justice2▲ 6.3×6 topics
  8. Curriculum Development2▲ 5.0×3 topics
  9. Gender2▲ 5.5×8 topics
  10. Lifelong Learning2▲ 15×4 topics
  11. Maternal Mortality2▲ 14×3 topics
  12. Mental Health2▲ 2.1×12 topics
  13. Student Engagement2▲ 7.4×4 topics
  14. Urban Development2▲ 8.4×4 topics
  15. Assessment Methods2▲ 26×2 topics
  16. Innovation2▲ 2.8×8 topics
  17. Healthcare1▲ 2.3×8 topics
  18. Machine Learning1▼ 0.80×4 topics
  19. Self-Regulation1▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 1.86×7 topics
  21. Knowledge Representation1▲ 29×2 topics
  22. School Engagement1▲ 55×1 topic
  23. Student-Teacher Relationships1▲ 55×1 topic
  24. Community Health Workers1▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Engineering Education1▲ 25×1 topic
  26. Neoliberalism1▲ 6.5×7 topics
  27. Ontology1▲ 28×1 topic
  28. Outcome-Based Education1▲ 85×1 topic
  29. Qualitative Research1▲ 2.7×4 topics
  30. Semantic Web1▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Social Media1▲ 1.60×4 topics
  32. Community Empowerment1▲ 2.7×5 topics
  33. Education1▲ 1.27×7 topics
  34. COVID-191▲ 1.40×6 topics
  35. Colonialism1▲ 4.0×4 topics
  36. Creative Economy1▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Cultural Policy1▲ 47×1 topic
  38. Educational Technology1▲ 1.66×5 topics
  39. Evidence-Based Practice1▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Center for Inquiry publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Early Childhood Education and Development, Semantic Web and Ontologies, Engineering Education and Curriculum Development and Cultural Industries and Urban Development.

Early Childhood Educatio…1Early Childhood Education and Development: 1 fractional worksSemantic Web and Ontolog…1Semantic Web and Ontologies: 1 fractional worksEngineering Education an…1Engineering Education and Curriculum Development: 1 fractional worksCultural Industries and …1Cultural Industries and Urban Development: 1 fractional worksUrban Green Space and Health: 1 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 1 fractional worksSurgical site infection …1Surgical site infection prevention: 1 fractional worksPreterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis: 1 fractional worksHearing Impairment and Communication: 1 fractional worksNeonatal and Maternal In…1Neonatal and Maternal Infections: 1 fractional works
EducationArtificial IntelligenceMedia TechnologyUrban Studies6 others

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

  1. 1 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 1 works
  2. 2 Semantic Web and Ontologies Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  3. 3 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 1 works
  4. 4 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 1 works
  5. 5 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  6. 6 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 1 works
  7. 7 Surgical site infection prevention Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Hearing Impairment and Communication Developmental and Educational Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Neonatal and Maternal Infections Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available12.9%not open87.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.1%domestic only90.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Center for Inquiry's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Other research institutions in Buffalo

All research institutions in Buffalo

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.