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Center for Policy Analysis

In research, Center for Policy Analysis stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,847 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

ROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#9,897
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,044
of 7,310
Research works
332
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
33.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.26×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Center for Policy Analysis

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 #4,847 of 14,833 16.4%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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Center for Policy Analysis work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Center for Policy Analysis is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Medicine (14%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 31 fractional works · 49.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 29.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 6.1% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 8.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 7.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 7.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 24.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 8.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 6.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 22.4% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 14.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 7.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCenter for PolicyAnalysis62fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences50%

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 Sciences1829.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance58.7%
    3. Psychology57.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities11.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.8%
    6. Decision Sciences11.1%
    1. Computer Science58.4%
    2. Environmental Science46.5%
    3. Engineering34.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy12.4%
    5. Mathematics11.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    7. Materials Science00.3%
    8. Energy00.2%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Medicine914.0%
    2. Health Professions47.2%
    3. Nursing11.1%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.8%
    2. Neuroscience11.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.08× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.31× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.61× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.72× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 2.18× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.07× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.42× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.07×5 works
  2. Health Professions2.72×4 works
  3. Psychology2.42×5 works
  4. Social Sciences2.29×18 works
  5. Nursing2.18×1 works
  6. Mathematics1.61×1 works
  7. Environmental Science1.31×4 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.15×1 works
  9. Computer Science1.08×5 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.06×2 works
  11. Neuroscience0.98×1 works
  12. Medicine0.73×9 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.65×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×1 works
  15. Dentistry0.37×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.33×1 works
  17. Engineering0.29×3 works
  18. Energy0.20×0 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.17×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.07×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Center for Policy Analysis?

Ranked on the quality score, Heather Hough, James W. Conroy and Ellen R. Shaffer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Center for Policy Analysis.

  1. 1 Heather Hough United States · #1,466,523 worldwide 567 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 James W. Conroy United States · #2,290,376 worldwide 1.7k citations · 90 works
  3. 3 Ellen R. Shaffer United States · #2,692,103 worldwide 531 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Devon M. Herrick United States · #3,253,273 worldwide 75 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Jesse S. Hixson United States · #3,908,490 worldwide 64 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 John C. Goodman United States · #4,754,490 worldwide 851 citations · 135 works
All ranked researchers at Center for Policy Analysis

What are the most cited papers from Center for Policy Analysis?

The most cited paper from Center for Policy Analysis is "Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: An Evolution of Conceptual Thinking" (Hans‐Martin Füssel, Richard J. T. Klein, 2006), with 2,002 citations. Next come "Five‐Hundred Life‐Saving Interventions and Their Cost‐Effectiveness" (1,326) and "Global health 2035: a world converging within a generation" (1,238).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: An Evolution of Conceptual Thinking Hans‐Martin Füssel, Richard J. T. Klein · Climatic Change Apr 2006 2,002
2 Five‐Hundred Life‐Saving Interventions and Their Cost‐Effectiveness Tammy O. Tengs, Miriam E. Adams, Joseph S. Pliskin et al. · Risk Analysis Jun 1995 1,326
3 Global health 2035: a world converging within a generation Dean T. Jamison et al. · The Lancet Open access Dec 2013 1,238
4 Principles of Good Practice for Decision Analytic Modeling in Health-Care Evaluation: Report of the ISPOR Task Force on Good Research Practices—Modeling Studies Milton C. Weinstein, Bernie J. OʼBrien, John M. Hornberger et al. · Value in Health Open access 2003 1,183
5 Investing in the foundation of sustainable development: pathways to scale up for early childhood development Linda Marleine Richter, Bernadette M. E. G. Daelmans, Joan Lombardi et al. · The Lancet Open access 8 Oct 2016 923
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Which keywords describe research at Center for Policy Analysis?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: COVID-19, Cost-effectiveness Analysis, Health Utility Measures, Travel Behavior, Emotion Recognition, Transportation, 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-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. Epidemiology4▲ 1.39×26 topics
  2. COVID-193▲ 3.4×12 topics
  3. Deep Learning3▲ 1.27×16 topics
  4. Machine Learning3▲ 1.26×16 topics
  5. Social Media3▲ 3.0×11 topics
  6. Quality of Life2▲ 2.7×7 topics
  7. Mental Health2▲ 2.5×10 topics
  8. Cost-effectiveness Analysis2▲ 37×1 topic
  9. Health Utility Measures2▲ 37×1 topic
  10. Travel Behavior2▲ 32×2 topics
  11. Emotion Recognition2▲ 14×3 topics
  12. Physical Activity2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  13. Public Health2▲ 1.90×9 topics
  14. Transportation2▲ 15×3 topics
  15. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 19×2 topics
  16. GPS Data2▲ 73×1 topic
  17. Gender Inequality2▲ 19×5 topics
  18. Human Mobility2▲ 73×1 topic
  19. Primary Care2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  20. Behavioral Interventions2▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Child Development2▲ 5.8×5 topics
  22. Infectious Diseases2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  23. Active Travel1▲ 33×1 topic
  24. Built Environment1▲ 33×1 topic
  25. Economic Growth1▲ 2.7×9 topics
  26. Genetics1▲ 3.1×5 topics
  27. Mortality1▲ 3.7×8 topics
  28. Semantic Web1▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Vulnerability1▲ 9.1×3 topics
  30. Citizen Science1▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Health Outcomes1▲ 7.0×5 topics
  32. Special Education1▲ 31×2 topics
  33. Functional Analysis1▲ 48×1 topic
  34. Geographic Information Systems1▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Geospatial Crowdsourcing1▲ 88×1 topic
  36. Global Burden of Disease1▲ 7.2×3 topics
  37. Positive Behavior Support1▲ 97×1 topic
  38. Volunteered Geographic Information1▲ 88×1 topic
  39. Health Care Utilization1▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Modeling1▲ 6.8×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: 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 worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Ma…1Healthcare Policy and Management: 1 fractional worksComplex Network Analysis…1Complex Network Analysis Techniques: 1 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder…1Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: 1 fractional worksPublic Relations and Cri…1Public Relations and Crisis Communication: 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 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 1 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  8. 8 Complex Network Analysis Techniques Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1 works
  9. 9 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  10. 10 Public Relations and Crisis Communication Communication 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021.

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grewheldshrank

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Center for Policy Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Center for Policy Analysis0.00025% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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