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Center for Policy Analysis

In research, Center for Policy Analysis stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,270 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

ROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#14,224
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,110
of 8,685
Research works
332
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
33.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
44.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Center for Policy Analysis 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 #3,270 of 16,945 45.7%195

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Center for Policy Analysis 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.40× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.59× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.23× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.63× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.67× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 2.52× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.40× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.38× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.35× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Center for Policy Analysis?

Ranked on the composite score, John C. Goodman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Center for Policy Analysis.

  1. 1 John C. Goodman United States · #626,478 worldwide 53 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Center for Policy Analysis

Which keywords describe research at Center for Policy Analysis?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Emotion Recognition, Cost-effectiveness Analysis, Health Utility Measures, Travel Behavior, Gender Inequality, Evidence-Based Practice, Social Media and GPS Data.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology3▲ 1.27×20 topics
  2. Social Media2▲ 3.1×10 topics
  3. COVID-192▲ 3.0×9 topics
  4. Mental Health2▲ 2.8×10 topics
  5. Quality of Life2▲ 2.8×6 topics
  6. Deep Learning2◆ 1.12×11 topics
  7. Machine Learning2◆ 1.09×11 topics
  8. Climate Change2▲ 1.20×13 topics
  9. Cost-effectiveness Analysis2▲ 37×1 topic
  10. Emotion Recognition2▲ 17×3 topics
  11. Health Utility Measures2▲ 37×1 topic
  12. Public Health2▲ 2.1×8 topics
  13. Travel Behavior2▲ 33×2 topics
  14. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 22×2 topics
  15. Gender Inequality2▲ 22×5 topics
  16. Sustainability2▲ 1.23×9 topics
  17. Child Development2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  18. GPS Data2▲ 76×1 topic
  19. Human Mobility2▲ 76×1 topic
  20. Primary Care2▲ 7.4×2 topics
  21. Economic Growth1▲ 3.0×9 topics
  22. Physical Activity1▲ 5.4×4 topics
  23. Transportation1▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Behavioral Interventions1▲ 30×2 topics
  25. Infectious Diseases1▲ 7.5×2 topics
  26. Genetics1▲ 3.3×4 topics
  27. Health Outcomes1▲ 8.0×5 topics
  28. Risk Factors1▲ 2.1×8 topics
  29. Semantic Web1▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Special Education1▲ 37×2 topics
  31. Active Travel1▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Built Environment1▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Functional Analysis1▲ 58×1 topic
  34. Geographic Information Systems1▲ 20×3 topics
  35. Mortality1▲ 3.7×8 topics
  36. Positive Behavior Support1▲ 117×1 topic
  37. Vulnerability1▲ 8.8×3 topics
  38. Citizen Science1▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Health Care Utilization1▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Urbanization1▲ 4.6×4 topics

Which research topics does Center for Policy Analysis publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis, Urban Transport and Accessibility and Behavioral and Psychological Studies.

Health Systems, Economic…2Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksHuman Mobility and Locat…2Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis: 2 fractional worksUrban Transport and Acce…1Urban Transport and Accessibility: 1 fractional worksBehavioral and Psycholog…1Behavioral and Psychological Studies: 1 fractional worksGeographic Information Systems Studies: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 1 fractional worksComplex Network Analysis…1Complex Network Analysis Techniques: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…1COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 1 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder…1Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: 1 fractional worksData-Driven Disease Surv…1Data-Driven Disease Surveillance: 1 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsTransportationDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyGeography, Planning and Development4 others

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

  1. 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  2. 2 Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis Transportation 2 works
  3. 3 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 1 works
  4. 4 Behavioral and Psychological Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  7. 7 Complex Network Analysis Techniques Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 1 works
  9. 9 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  10. 10 Data-Driven Disease Surveillance Epidemiology 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 available45.4%not open54.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.9%domestic only69.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Center for Policy Analysis's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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