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Center for World Indigenous Studies

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,490
of 22,385
Rank in United States
#3,183
of 3,332
Research works
105
▲ 1680% vs 2018-21
Citations
227
2.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
94%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Center for World Indigenous Studies

Which fields of science does Center for World Indigenous Studies work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Center for World Indigenous Studies is in Social Sciences, 13% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (54%), Arts and Humanities (10%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 50 fractional works · 67.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 39 fractional works · 53.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 15.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 12.8% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 5.7% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 10.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 13.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 12.1% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 7.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCenter for WorldIndigenous…73fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences68%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3953.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities710.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.8%
    4. Psychology11.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.7%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Environmental Science67.8%
    2. Computer Science11.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.4%
    4. Energy11.4%
    5. Engineering00.7%
    1. Health Professions67.7%
    2. Medicine23.4%
    3. Nursing10.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences56.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.7%
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: 1.37× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.57× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 2.93× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 1.86× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.47× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.23× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4.23×39 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.47×7 works
  3. Health Professions2.93×6 works
  4. Nursing1.86×1 works
  5. Environmental Science1.57×6 works
  6. Energy1.49×1 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.37×5 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.87×1 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×1 works
  10. Psychology0.52×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.32×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.23×1 works
  13. Medicine0.18×2 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×0 works
  15. Engineering0.05×0 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Center for World Indigenous Studies?

Ranked on the quality score, Dina Gilio-Whitaker, Amy Eisenberg and Rudolph Rÿser lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Center for World Indigenous Studies.

  1. 1 Dina Gilio-Whitaker United States · #2,566,727 worldwide 175 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Amy Eisenberg United States · #3,844,254 worldwide 71 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Rudolph Rÿser United States · #4,001,630 worldwide 201 citations · 67 works
  4. 4 Leslie E. Korn United States · #4,249,299 worldwide 37 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Center for World Indigenous Studies

What are the most cited papers from Center for World Indigenous Studies?

The most cited paper from Center for World Indigenous Studies is "Forensic Botany. Principles and Applications to Criminal Casework" (Alfredo Gomez-Beloz, 2006), with 78 citations. Next come "A Randomized Trial of a CAM Therapy for Stress Reduction in American Indian and Alaskan Native Family Caregivers" (63) and "Fourth World Nations in the United Nations?" (43).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Forensic Botany. Principles and Applications to Criminal Casework Alfredo Gomez-Beloz · Economic Botany Jun 2006 78
2 A Randomized Trial of a CAM Therapy for Stress Reduction in American Indian and Alaskan Native Family Caregivers Lars Korn, Rebecca G. Logsdon, Nayak Lincoln Polissar et al. · The Gerontologist Open access 18 Apr 2009 63
3 Fourth World Nations in the United Nations? Rudolph Rÿser · Fourth World Journal Open access 14 Aug 2025 43
4 The role of sovereignty in Indigenous community‐based health interventions: A qualitative metasynthesis Gillian M. Joseph · American Journal of Community Psychology 14 Apr 2023 18
5 Fourth World Theory and Methods of Inquiry Rudolph Rÿser, Dina Gilio-Whitaker, Heidi Bruce · Advances in knowledge acquisition, transfer, and management book series/Advances in knowledge acquisition, transfer and management book series Book chapter 12 Sep 2016 13
All 90 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Center for World Indigenous Studies?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Human Rights, Globalization, International Law, Identity, Ecological Knowledge, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Food Security.

▲ 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. Climate Change11▲ 5.6×13 topics
  2. Globalization9▲ 6.5×17 topics
  3. Human Rights9▲ 12×10 topics
  4. International Law8▲ 37×5 topics
  5. Identity6▲ 12×8 topics
  6. Ecological Knowledge5▲ 173×2 topics
  7. Food Security5▲ 14×3 topics
  8. Traditional Ecological Knowledge5▲ 168×2 topics
  9. Security Council5▲ 147×2 topics
  10. Sustainability5▲ 2.9×11 topics
  11. Genocide5▲ 130×2 topics
  12. Arctic Indigenous Peoples5▲ 382×1 topic
  13. Traditional Knowledge5▲ 157×1 topic
  14. Decolonization4▲ 76×2 topics
  15. History4▲ 8.2×5 topics
  16. Colonialism4▲ 12×6 topics
  17. Cultural Diversity4▲ 24×3 topics
  18. Historical Trauma4▲ 356×1 topic
  19. Indigenous Health4▲ 356×1 topic
  20. Indigenous Peoples4▲ 208×2 topics
  21. Humanitarian Intervention4▲ 143×1 topic
  22. Responsibility to Protect4▲ 181×1 topic
  23. Indigenous Rights3▲ 213×1 topic
  24. Legal Pluralism3▲ 54×1 topic
  25. Governance3▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Literature3▲ 7.5×4 topics
  27. Culture3▲ 7.4×3 topics
  28. Society3▲ 20×3 topics
  29. Environmental Ethics3▲ 56×2 topics
  30. Gender3▲ 6.8×3 topics
  31. Global Governance3▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Cultural Heritage2▲ 6.4×4 topics
  33. Neoliberalism2▲ 9.5×3 topics
  34. Biocultural Conservation2▲ 223×1 topic
  35. Earth Stewardship2▲ 223×1 topic
  36. NGOs2▲ 34×2 topics
  37. Peacebuilding2▲ 47×3 topics
  38. Politics2▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Herbal Medicine2▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Development Policies2▲ 83×1 topic

Which research topics does Center for World Indigenous Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Indigenous Studies and Ecology, Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights, Global Peace and Security Dynamics and Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law.

Indigenous Studies and Ecology: 5 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 4 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Securit…4Global Peace and Security Dynamics: 4 fractional worksIndigenous Peoples' Righ…3Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law: 3 fractional worksEnvironmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond: 2 fractional worksJapanese History and Culture: 2 fractional worksInternational Developmen…2International Development and Aid: 2 fractional worksInternational Law and Human Rights: 2 fractional worksPeacebuilding and International Security: 2 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsHealthPolitical Science and International RelationsLaw5 others

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

  1. 1 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 5 works
  2. 2 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 4 works
  3. 3 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  4. 4 Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law Law 3 works
  5. 5 Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond Ecology 2 works
  6. 6 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 2 works
  7. 7 International Development and Aid Development 2 works
  8. 8 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  9. 9 Peacebuilding and International Security Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 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 available93.8%not open6.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.2%domestic only93.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Center for World Indigenous Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1680% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 World Indigenous Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00024% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Center for World Indigenous Studies0.00088% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Center for World Indigenous Studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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