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Central Intelligence Agency

In research, Central Intelligence Agency stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,594 of 16,945 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,866 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#32,142
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,863
of 8,685
Research works
407
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7k
4.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Central Intelligence Agency 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 #9,594 of 16,945 23.9%222
Social SciencesField #6,866 of 10,206 25.2%146

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Central Intelligence Agency 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.47× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8.42× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 2.14× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.89× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.50× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.61× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.77× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.64× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Central Intelligence Agency?

Ranked on the composite score, Graham E. Fuller, David E. Murphy and Benjamin B. Fischer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Central Intelligence Agency.

  1. 1 Graham E. Fuller United States · #111,655 worldwide 87 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 David E. Murphy United States · #418,680 worldwide 18 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Benjamin B. Fischer United States · #1,005,911 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Kanna Amresh United States · #1,430,859 worldwide 0 citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Kanna Amresh United States · #1,598,024 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Central Intelligence Agency

Which keywords describe research at Central Intelligence Agency?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, International Relations, Cooperation, Analysis, Intelligence, Mental Health, Corporate Governance and Deep Learning.

▲ 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 16 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Ethics2▲ 23×3 topics
  2. Deep Learning2▲ 3.0×9 topics
  3. International Relations2▲ 42×2 topics
  4. Cooperation2▲ 145×2 topics
  5. Analysis2▲ 93×1 topic
  6. Intelligence2▲ 225×1 topic
  7. Mental Health2▲ 5.9×5 topics
  8. Machine Learning2▲ 2.3×7 topics
  9. Corporate Governance2▲ 9.1×4 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 4.4×5 topics
  11. Big Data1▲ 6.2×4 topics
  12. Data Mining1▲ 7.0×3 topics
  13. Positive Emotions1▲ 42×2 topics
  14. Adversity1▲ 64×1 topic
  15. Psychological Resilience1▲ 49×1 topic
  16. Sustainability1▲ 1.83×4 topics

Which research topics does Central Intelligence Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Intelligence, Security, War Strategy, Resilience and Mental Health, Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism and Information Science and Libraries.

Intelligence, Security, …2Intelligence, Security, War Strategy: 2 fractional worksResilience and Mental He…1Resilience and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksHousing, Finance, and Ne…0Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism: 0 fractional worksInformation Science and Libraries: 0 fractional worksGender, Labor, and Family Dynamics: 0 fractional worksCompetitive and Knowledg…0Competitive and Knowledge Intelligence: 0 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 0 fractional worksMachine Learning in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksKnowledge Societies in the 21st Century: 0 fractional worksMusic and Audio Processing: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsClinical PsychologyFinanceInformation Systems6 others

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

  1. 1 Intelligence, Security, War Strategy Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  2. 2 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  3. 3 Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism Finance 0 works
  4. 4 Information Science and Libraries Information Systems 0 works
  5. 5 Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Gender Studies 0 works
  6. 6 Competitive and Knowledge Intelligence Strategy and Management 0 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 0 works
  8. 8 Machine Learning in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  9. 9 Knowledge Societies in the 21st Century Demography 0 works
  10. 10 Music and Audio Processing Signal Processing 0 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 available49.5%not open50.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.8%domestic only95.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Central Intelligence Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower 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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