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Children's Defense Fund

childrensdefense.orgROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#42,066
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#8,621
of 8,685
Research works
192
▼ 85% vs 2013–17
Citations
717
3.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
84%
world 28%

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: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.54× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 8.34× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 4.22× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 6.06× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 7.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 2.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.36× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Children's Defense Fund?

Ranked on the composite score, Icie G. Macy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Children's Defense Fund.

  1. 1 Icie G. Macy United States · #64,373 worldwide 190 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Children's Defense Fund

Which keywords describe research at Children's Defense Fund?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Lattice QCD, Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Higgs Boson, High-Energy Collider, charmonium, QCD and Heavy-Ion Collisions.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Lattice QCD42▲ 165×2 topics
  2. Dark Matter39▲ 108×2 topics
  3. Particle Physics39▲ 161×2 topics
  4. Higgs Boson35▲ 188×1 topic
  5. High-Energy Collider35▲ 188×1 topic
  6. QCD21▲ 136×1 topic
  7. charmonium21▲ 136×1 topic
  8. Heavy-Ion Collisions21▲ 212×1 topic
  9. Quark-Gluon Plasma21▲ 212×1 topic
  10. Primary Care13▲ 16×5 topics
  11. Public Health12▲ 4.7×10 topics
  12. Mental Health11▲ 5.2×13 topics
  13. Social Determinants10▲ 26×3 topics
  14. Health Equity8▲ 23×3 topics
  15. Community Health8▲ 29×2 topics
  16. Advocacy7▲ 90×1 topic
  17. Pediatrics7▲ 90×1 topic
  18. Particle Detectors6▲ 108×1 topic
  19. Silicon Detectors6▲ 108×1 topic
  20. Health Care Utilization5▲ 21×2 topics
  21. Nutrition5▲ 6.2×4 topics
  22. Data Analysis5▲ 7.9×2 topics
  23. Python5▲ 118×1 topic
  24. Scientific Computing5▲ 118×1 topic
  25. Nb3Sn Conductor4▲ 58×1 topic
  26. Superconducting Magnets4▲ 58×1 topic
  27. Health Care Spending4▲ 36×1 topic
  28. Insurance Markets4▲ 36×1 topic
  29. Developmental Trajectories4▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Axions4▲ 73×1 topic
  31. Child Development4▲ 7.4×4 topics
  32. Child Welfare4▲ 53×2 topics
  33. Cosmic Rays4▲ 32×2 topics
  34. Neutrinos4▲ 32×2 topics
  35. WIMPs4▲ 73×1 topic
  36. Attachment4▲ 16×1 topic
  37. Foster Care4▲ 115×1 topic
  38. Adolescent Health4▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Chronic Disease3▲ 9.8×3 topics
  40. Child Health3▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Children's Defense Fund publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Space exploration and regulation, Arctic and Russian Policy Studies and Obesity and Health Practices.

Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: 1 fractional worksSpace exploration and regulation: 0 fractional worksArctic and Russian Polic…0Arctic and Russian Policy Studies: 0 fractional worksObesity and Health Pract…0Obesity and Health Practices: 0 fractional worksEvaluation and Performance Assessment: 0 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 0 fractional worksHealth and Conflict Stud…0Health and Conflict Studies: 0 fractional worksJewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 0 fractional worksImmune responses and vaccinations: 0 fractional worksTryptophan and brain disorders: 0 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceAstronomy and AstrophysicsSociology and Political SciencePharmacy5 others

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

  1. 1 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  2. 2 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  3. 3 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  4. 4 Obesity and Health Practices Pharmacy 0 works
  5. 5 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 0 works
  6. 6 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Health and Conflict Studies General Health Professions 0 works
  8. 8 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Immune responses and vaccinations Immunology 0 works
  10. 10 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 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 available83.7%not open16.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.7%domestic only97.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Children's Defense Fund's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 85% 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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