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Center for Naval Analyses

In research, Center for Naval Analyses stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,295 of 14,833 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,226 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Social Sciences (Social Sciences is 3.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#12,809
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,657
of 7,310
Research works
391
▲ 177% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.1k
23.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Center for Naval Analyses

What is Center for Naval Analyses 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 #6,295 of 14,833 11.0%204
Physical SciencesDomain #8,226 of 17,446 8.1%148

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

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Center for Naval Analyses is in Social Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (47%), Computer Science (8%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 33 fractional works · 65.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 46.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 24.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 12.7% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 7.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 21.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 8.3% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 10.5% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCenter for NavalAnalyses50fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences65%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2346.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance48.2%
    3. Psychology47.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities01.0%
    6. Decision Sciences00.6%
    1. Computer Science48.3%
    2. Engineering36.8%
    3. Environmental Science12.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy11.4%
    5. Mathematics00.6%
    6. Materials Science00.5%
    7. Energy00.5%
    8. Chemistry00.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    1. Medicine36.1%
    2. Health Professions24.4%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Center for Naval Analyses specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Social Sciences takes 3.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Social SciencesField · 23.3 works3.7×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.06× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.65× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.84× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.47× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.68× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.84×4 works
  2. Social Sciences3.68×23 works
  3. Psychology2.47×4 works
  4. Health Professions1.65×2 works
  5. Computer Science1.06×4 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.95×0 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.63×1 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.57×0 works
  9. Energy0.53×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.53×1 works
  11. Mathematics0.47×0 works
  12. Engineering0.45×3 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.43×1 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.38×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.35×0 works
  16. Medicine0.32×3 works
  17. Chemistry0.21×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.20×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.15×0 works
  20. Nursing0.14×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Center for Naval Analyses?

Ranked on the quality score, Daniel S. Lawrence, James R. Coldren and Brittany C. Cunningham lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Center for Naval Analyses.

  1. 1 Daniel S. Lawrence United States · #674,113 worldwide 476 citations · 55 works
  2. 2 James R. Coldren United States · #1,528,014 worldwide 214 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Brittany C. Cunningham United States · #1,528,760 worldwide 142 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 John M. Danskin United States · #1,604,765 worldwide 1.7k citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Murray Scot Tanner United States · #1,679,074 worldwide 865 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Linda C. Cavalluzzo United States · #2,226,991 worldwide 1.2k citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Edward S. Cavin United States · #2,387,206 worldwide 1k citations · 55 works
  8. 8 Kevin Pollpeter United States · #2,565,582 worldwide 453 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Andrew Ilachinski United States · #2,574,340 worldwide 1.3k citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Nilanthi Samaranayake United States · #2,601,734 worldwide 71 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Center for Naval Analyses

What are the most cited papers from Center for Naval Analyses?

The most cited paper from Center for Naval Analyses is "On the estimation of technical inefficiency in the stochastic frontier production function model" (James M. Jondrow, C. A. Knox Lovell, Ivan S. Materov et al., 1982), with 3,474 citations. Next come "Competition, Small Business Financing, and Discrimination: Evidence from a New Survey" (495) and "Why Don't Schools and Teachers Seem to Matter? Assessing the Impact of Unobservables on Educational Productivity" (409).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 On the estimation of technical inefficiency in the stochastic frontier production function model James M. Jondrow, C. A. Knox Lovell, Ivan S. Materov et al. · Journal of Econometrics Aug 1982 3,474
2 Competition, Small Business Financing, and Discrimination: Evidence from a New Survey Ken S. Cavalluzzo, Linda C. Cavalluzzo, John D. Wolken · The Journal of Business Oct 2002 495
3 Why Don't Schools and Teachers Seem to Matter? Assessing the Impact of Unobservables on Educational Productivity Dan D. Goldhaber, Dominic J. Brewer · The Journal of Human Resources 1997 409
4 Estimation of some limited dependent variable models with application to housing demand Lung-Fei Lee, Robert P. Trost · Journal of Econometrics Dec 1978 324
5 The Boltzmann equation at the borderline. A decade of Monte Carlo simulations of a quantum kinetic equation Aldo Bonasera, Francesca Gulminelli, Joseph Molitoris · Physics Reports Jul 1994 283
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Center for Naval Analyses?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Youth Violence, Criminal Behavior, Crime, Social Structure, Law Enforcement, Racial Disparities, Police Legitimacy and Procedural Justice.

▲ 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. Youth Violence6▲ 277×2 topics
  2. Criminal Behavior6▲ 277×2 topics
  3. Crime5▲ 338×1 topic
  4. Social Structure5▲ 241×1 topic
  5. Law Enforcement5▲ 160×3 topics
  6. Racial Disparities3▲ 121×2 topics
  7. Criminal Justice3▲ 27×1 topic
  8. Mass Incarceration3▲ 209×1 topic
  9. Police Legitimacy3▲ 544×1 topic
  10. Procedural Justice3▲ 544×1 topic
  11. Globalization3▲ 3.0×4 topics
  12. Mental Health2▲ 3.5×4 topics
  13. Economic Growth2▲ 6.0×5 topics
  14. Public Health2▲ 3.3×3 topics
  15. Climate Change2▲ 1.68×9 topics
  16. Security2▲ 6.2×6 topics
  17. Risk Assessment2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  18. Injury Prevention2▲ 28×2 topics
  19. Resource Management2▲ 18×3 topics
  20. Cloud Computing2▲ 11×3 topics
  21. Drug Trafficking2▲ 52×2 topics
  22. Firearm Violence2▲ 266×1 topic
  23. Gun Ownership2▲ 266×1 topic
  24. Economic Development1▲ 3.6×3 topics
  25. International Law1▲ 9.2×3 topics
  26. Mental Disorders1▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Conflict1▲ 16×3 topics
  28. Fiscal Policy1▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Governance1▲ 7.8×3 topics
  30. Psychopathy1▲ 76×1 topic
  31. Transport Infrastructure1▲ 33×2 topics
  32. Violent Recidivism1▲ 149×1 topic
  33. Criminal Networks1▲ 111×1 topic
  34. Organized Crime1▲ 111×1 topic
  35. Academic Achievement1▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Human Capital1▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Institutions1▲ 28×2 topics
  38. International Relations1▲ 8.7×3 topics
  39. Political Economy1▲ 8.7×4 topics
  40. Student Achievement1▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Center for Naval Analyses publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Crime Patterns and Interventions, Policing Practices and Perceptions, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis and Gun Ownership and Violence Research.

Crime Patterns and Inter…5Crime Patterns and Interventions: 5 fractional worksPolicing Practices and Perceptions: 3 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 3 fractional worksGun Ownership and Violen…2Gun Ownership and Violence Research: 2 fractional worksPsychopathy, Forensic Ps…1Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending: 1 fractional worksCrime, Illicit Activitie…1Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance: 1 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 1 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Productivity: 1 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 1 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm Studies: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsHealthClinical Psychology2 others

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

  1. 1 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  2. 2 Policing Practices and Perceptions Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  3. 3 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  4. 4 Gun Ownership and Violence Research Health 2 works
  5. 5 Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending Clinical Psychology 1 works
  6. 6 Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  8. 8 Economic Growth and Productivity Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 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 available18.5%not open81.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.5%domestic only92.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Center for Naval Analyses's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 177% higher than in 2018-2021.

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grewheldshrank

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 Naval Analyses as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00028% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Center for Naval Analyses0.00023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Center for Naval Analyses over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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