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Center For Policy Research

In research, Center For Policy Research stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,067 of 9,902 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,181 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Health Professions (General Health Professions is 8.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,322
of 22,385 · #2,539 all time
Rank in United States
#978
of 3,332
Research works
1.4k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
44k
31.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.15×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Center For Policy Research

What is Center For Policy Research 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,067 of 9,902 14.8%65 #1812
Social SciencesDomain #5,181 of 9,585 15.1%95 #1811

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Center For Policy Research 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 Research work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Center For Policy Research is in Social Sciences, 35% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Medicine (19%), Health Professions (15%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 117 fractional works · 52.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 72 fractional works · 32.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 27 fractional works · 12.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 19 fractional works · 8.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 fractional works · 7.2% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 78 fractional works · 35.2% of its workMedicine: 42 fractional works · 18.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 34 fractional works · 15.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 25 fractional works · 11.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 9.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCenter For PolicyResearch223fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences35%Social Sciences52%

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 Sciences7232.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance198.7%
    3. Psychology104.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting73.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities62.5%
    6. Decision Sciences31.4%
    1. Medicine4218.9%
    2. Health Professions3415.4%
    3. Nursing20.7%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Computer Science62.6%
    2. Environmental Science62.5%
    3. Engineering52.1%
    4. Mathematics21.0%
    5. Energy20.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.9%
    3. Neuroscience10.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Center For Policy Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 24.9 works8.1×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 34.4 works5.9×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.86× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.98× its world share, 42 worksMedicineNursing: 1.44× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.87× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.93× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.04× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.47× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.56× its world share, 72 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions5.86×34 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.04×19 works
  3. Social Sciences2.56×72 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.47×3 works
  5. Psychology1.47×10 works
  6. Nursing1.44×2 works
  7. Medicine0.98×42 works
  8. Energy0.96×2 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.93×7 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.87×6 works
  11. Mathematics0.81×2 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.68×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.50×6 works
  14. Neuroscience0.37×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.33×6 works
  16. Dentistry0.31×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×2 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.18×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.17×2 works
  20. Engineering0.14×5 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Center For Policy Research?

Ranked on the quality score, Matthew B. Miles, Patricia Tjaden and Megan Coffman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Center For Policy Research.

  1. 1 Matthew B. Miles United States · #125,036 worldwide 45k citations · 119 works
  2. 2 Patricia Tjaden United States · #970,760 worldwide 10k citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Megan Coffman United States · #1,091,211 worldwide 731 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Nancy Thoennes United States · #1,405,755 worldwide 11k citations · 70 works
  5. 5 Jessica Pearson United States · #1,495,670 worldwide 2.1k citations · 125 works
  6. 6 Stephen Petterson United States · #1,783,428 worldwide 794 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 W McClure United States · #2,504,670 worldwide 389 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Sari Karttunen United States · #2,518,658 worldwide 196 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Yalda Jabbarpour United States · #2,560,227 worldwide 1.4k citations · 117 works
  10. 10 Clyde Z. Nunn United States · #2,615,878 worldwide 656 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Center For Policy Research

What are the most cited papers from Center For Policy Research?

The most cited paper from Center For Policy Research is "Statistical difficulties of detecting interactions and moderator effects." (Gary H. McClelland, Charles M. Judd, 1993), with 3,232 citations. Next come "Symbolic ethnicity: The future of ethnic groups and cultures in America*" (1,808) and "Effects of the Amount and Intensity of Exercise on Plasma Lipoproteins" (1,575).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Statistical difficulties of detecting interactions and moderator effects. Gary H. McClelland, Charles M. Judd · Psychological Bulletin 1993 3,232
2 Symbolic ethnicity: The future of ethnic groups and cultures in America* Herbert J. Gans · Ethnic and Racial Studies 1979 1,808
3 Effects of the Amount and Intensity of Exercise on Plasma Lipoproteins William E. Kraus, Joseph A. Houmard, Brian D. Duscha et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 6 Nov 2002 1,575
4 Framing U.S. Coverage of International News: Contrasts in Narratives of the KAL and Iran Air Incidents Robert M. Entman · Journal of Communication Dec 1991 1,389
5 Prevalence and Consequences of Male-to-female and Female-to-male Intimate Partner Violence as Measured by the National Violence Against Women Survey Patricia Tjaden, Nancy Thoennes · Violence Against Women Feb 2000 1,151
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Center For Policy Research?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Mental Health, Public Health, Chronic Disease Management, Social Support, Quality Improvement, Quality of Life and Health Outcomes.

▲ 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. Mental Health15▲ 4.8×23 topics
  2. Public Health14▲ 4.3×27 topics
  3. Primary Care12▲ 15×11 topics
  4. Globalization10▲ 2.4×29 topics
  5. Quality of Life10▲ 3.2×23 topics
  6. Epidemiology10◆ 1.11×33 topics
  7. Human Rights9▲ 3.9×17 topics
  8. Chronic Disease Management8▲ 19×5 topics
  9. Social Support8▲ 6.5×12 topics
  10. COVID-198▲ 2.7×13 topics
  11. Quality Improvement7▲ 16×7 topics
  12. Health Outcomes6▲ 11×7 topics
  13. Health Care Utilization6▲ 26×3 topics
  14. Risk Factors6▲ 2.5×16 topics
  15. Economic Growth5▲ 2.9×14 topics
  16. Chronic Disease5▲ 13×4 topics
  17. Gender Inequality5▲ 15×4 topics
  18. Ethnicity5▲ 5.7×9 topics
  19. Health Disparities5▲ 8.1×9 topics
  20. Health System Reform5▲ 31×2 topics
  21. Science5▲ 8.5×3 topics
  22. Continuity of Care4▲ 41×2 topics
  23. Patient-Centered Medical Home4▲ 56×1 topic
  24. Pay for Performance4▲ 56×1 topic
  25. Neoliberalism4▲ 5.0×10 topics
  26. Food Insecurity4▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Politics4▲ 6.4×7 topics
  28. Health Equity4▲ 5.8×5 topics
  29. Islam4▲ 8.1×4 topics
  30. Poverty Reduction4▲ 13×4 topics
  31. Mortality Risk4▲ 6.8×3 topics
  32. Social Determinants4▲ 8.0×3 topics
  33. Substance Abuse4▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Health Care Spending3▲ 39×1 topic
  35. Health Workforce3▲ 37×2 topics
  36. Insurance Markets3▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Patient Engagement3▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Household Food Security3▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Neighborhood Effects3▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Nutritional Consequences3▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Center For Policy Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Healthcare Policy and Management, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations and Homelessness and Social Issues.

Primary Care and Health …4Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Ma…3Healthcare Policy and Management: 3 fractional worksFood Security and Health…3Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 3 fractional worksHomelessness and Social …3Homelessness and Social Issues: 3 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 3 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce Issues: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…2Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 2 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 2 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm St…2Suicide and Self-Harm Studies: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEconomics and EconometricsGender StudiesEmergency Medical Services3 others

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

  1. 1 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 4 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  3. 3 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 3 works
  4. 4 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 3 works
  5. 5 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 3 works
  6. 6 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 2 works
  9. 9 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 2 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 available36.8%not open63.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.2%domestic only84.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Center For Policy Research's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Policy Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00085% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Center For Policy Research0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Center For Policy Research 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 counting10%20%30%Center For Policy Research15.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.4% in 2021.

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