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In research, Creative Commons stands highest in Ophthalmology (#135 of 146 worldwide), Surgery (#1,468 of 1,532 worldwide) and Health Professions (#1,821 of 1,895 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Oral Surgery (Ophthalmology is 23.9× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#22,357
of 22,385 · #33,934 all time
Rank in United States
#3,324
of 3,332
Research works
10k
▲ 84% vs 2018-21
Citations
51k
4.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.25×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
95%
world 40%
International
55%
world 18%

What is Creative Commons 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
OphthalmologySubfield #135 of 146 2.1%306 #531
SurgerySubfield #1,468 of 1,532 2.1%611 #2935
Health ProfessionsField #1,821 of 1,895 4.3%188 #3127
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,825 of 1,896 10.4%101 #3195
Oral SurgerySubfield #91 of 94 1.7%79 #357
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #834 of 858 3.2%171 #1778
DermatologySubfield #121 of 124 1.9%77 #455
RheumatologySubfield #313 of 320 0.9%69 #846
EpidemiologySubfield #910 of 927 1.7%176 #1884
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #485 of 493 2.4%71 #1073

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Creative Commons 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Ophthalmology#531 #135
  2. Surgery#2,935 #1,468
  3. Health Professions#3,127 #1,821
  4. Arts and Humanities#3,195 #1,825
  5. Oral Surgery#357 #91
  6. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#1,778 #834
  7. Dermatology#455 #121
  8. Rheumatology#846 #313
  9. Epidemiology#1,884 #910
  10. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#1,073 #485
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Creative Commons work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Creative Commons is in Health Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (63%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 3,433 fractional works · 71.6% of its workMedicine: 3,038 fractional works · 63.4% of its workSurgery: 613 fractional works · 12.8% of its workOphthalmology: 306 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 176 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEpidemiology: 176 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 174 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 171 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOncology: 134 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeurology: 106 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 81 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 80 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 77 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDermatology: 77 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 72 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 72 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 72 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 70 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 60 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 56 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrology: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 188 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 92 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 175 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOral Surgery: 79 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPeriodontics: 48 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthodontics: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 628 fractional works · 13.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 246 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 59 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 54 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 181 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 99 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 49 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 113 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhilosophy: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 520 fractional works · 10.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 311 fractional works · 6.5% of its workGenetics: 124 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 114 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCancer Research: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 101 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 52 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 212 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEngineering: 75 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 49 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCreative Commons4,792fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences72%Social Sciences13%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences3,43371.6%
    1. Medicine3,03863.4%
    2. Health Professions1883.9%
    3. Dentistry1753.7%
    4. Nursing230.5%
    5. Veterinary80.2%
    1. Social Sciences2465.1%
    2. Psychology1813.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities1132.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting320.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance320.7%
    6. Decision Sciences230.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3116.5%
    2. Neuroscience1012.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology521.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences420.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics140.3%
    1. Engineering751.6%
    2. Computer Science491.0%
    3. Environmental Science430.9%
    4. Materials Science130.3%
    5. Mathematics90.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy80.2%
    7. Chemistry60.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences50.1%
    9. Energy40.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Creative Commons specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 23.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 306.1 works24×
  2. Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSubfield · 55.9 works11×
  3. Oral SurgerySubfield · 79.0 works8.6×
  4. DentistryField · 175.1 works7.5×
  5. PeriodonticsSubfield · 47.5 works7.3×
  6. UrologySubfield · 36.1 works6.2×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 42 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 311 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.08× its world share, 52 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.30× its world share, 101 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.83× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 48 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 75 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 43 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 7.53× its world share, 175 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.49× its world share, 188 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.30× its world share, 3,038 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 23 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.26× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.82× its world share, 113 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 32 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 23 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 32 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 181 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 246 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry7.53×175 works
  2. Medicine3.30×3,038 works
  3. Health Professions1.49×188 works
  4. Neuroscience1.30×101 works
  5. Veterinary1.26×8 works
  6. Psychology1.24×181 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.22×311 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.08×52 works
  9. Nursing0.99×23 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.83×14 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.82×113 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.50×23 works
  13. Social Sciences0.41×246 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×32 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.21×32 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×42 works
  17. Environmental Science0.18×43 works
  18. Mathematics0.16×9 works
  19. Computer Science0.13×48 works
  20. Engineering0.10×75 works
  21. Energy0.09×4 works
  22. Chemistry0.08×6 works
  23. Materials Science0.08×13 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.08×8 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×5 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.05×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Creative Commons?

Ranked on the quality score, Elesh Jain, Austin Mitchell and Douglas Jay lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Creative Commons.

  1. 1 Elesh Jain United States · #3,608,682 worldwide 968 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Austin Mitchell United States · #6,150,334 worldwide 912 citations · 72 works
  3. 3 Douglas Jay United States · #6,213,232 worldwide 158 citations · 56 works
  4. 4 Ernest Graham-Little United States · #6,288,758 worldwide 33 citations · 128 works
  5. 5 Wanhong Huang United States · #6,548,175 worldwide 0 citations · 94 works
  6. 6 Michela Magas United States · #6,638,568 worldwide 126 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Brigitte Vézina United States · #6,821,204 worldwide 41 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Wanhong Huang United States · #6,836,176 worldwide 58 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Nigel Forman United States · #6,843,607 worldwide 41 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 David Torrance United States · #6,875,902 worldwide 159 citations · 91 works
All ranked researchers at Creative Commons

What are the most cited papers from Creative Commons?

The most cited paper from Creative Commons is "Estimated Projection of US Cancer Incidence and Death to 2040" (Lola Rahib, Mackenzie R. Wehner, Lynn McCormick Matrisian et al., 2021), with 1,394 citations. Next come "Revised National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Pressure Injury Staging System" (1,133) and "Comparison of 10-kHz High-Frequency and Traditional Low-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Back and Leg Pain" (469).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Estimated Projection of US Cancer Incidence and Death to 2040 Lola Rahib, Mackenzie R. Wehner, Lynn McCormick Matrisian et al. · JAMA Network Open Open access 7 Apr 2021 1,394
2 Revised National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Pressure Injury Staging System Laura E. Edsberg, Joyce Marie Black, Margaret Goldberg et al. · Journal of Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing Open access 5 Oct 2016 1,133
3 Comparison of 10-kHz High-Frequency and Traditional Low-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Back and Leg Pain Leonardo Kapural, Cong Yu, Matthew W. Doust et al. · Neurosurgery Open access 31 Aug 2016 469
4 Mindfulness and Behavior Change Zev Schuman‐Olivier, Marcelo Trombka, David Adam Lovas et al. · Harvard Review of Psychiatry Open access Nov 2020 434
5 Defining the HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis care continuum Amy Stewart Nunn, Lauren Brinkley‐Rubinstein, Catherine E. Oldenburg et al. · AIDS Open access 4 Jan 2017 376
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Which keywords describe research at Creative Commons?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Quality of Life, Breast Reconstruction, Glaucoma, Inflammation, Risk Factors and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology606▲ 3.2×136 topics
  2. Quality of Life278▲ 4.0×55 topics
  3. Complications249▲ 10×17 topics
  4. Inflammation221▲ 2.2×79 topics
  5. Treatment180▲ 3.1×52 topics
  6. Risk Factors174▲ 3.3×37 topics
  7. COVID-19161▲ 2.6×27 topics
  8. Diagnosis141▲ 3.2×41 topics
  9. Breast Reconstruction138▲ 46×2 topics
  10. Glaucoma133▲ 18×4 topics
  11. Depression120▲ 2.9×23 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress116▲ 1.47×54 topics
  13. Management111▲ 2.9×30 topics
  14. Radiotherapy110▲ 5.8×13 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations102▲ 4.9×23 topics
  16. Genetics96▲ 2.8×21 topics
  17. Surgical Management96▲ 4.9×20 topics
  18. Free Flap91▲ 47×1 topic
  19. Microsurgical Reconstruction91▲ 47×1 topic
  20. Intraocular Pressure90▲ 21×2 topics
  21. Optical Coherence Tomography88▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Mortality81▲ 3.0×13 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines80▲ 3.1×14 topics
  24. Wound Healing77▲ 6.1×12 topics
  25. Neurodegeneration69▲ 4.7×11 topics
  26. Pain Management68▲ 6.1×9 topics
  27. Optic Nerve66▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Femtosecond Laser65▲ 26×1 topic
  29. Intraocular Lens Implantation65▲ 45×1 topic
  30. Myopia62▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Intravitreal Injection62▲ 18×2 topics
  32. ACE2 Receptor61▲ 5.6×3 topics
  33. Retinal Ganglion Cells57▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Ocular Hypertension54▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Visual Field Progression54▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Macular Degeneration54▲ 9.1×3 topics
  37. Treatment Outcomes54▲ 17×4 topics
  38. Endophthalmitis53▲ 30×2 topics
  39. Acellular Dermal Matrix47▲ 45×1 topic
  40. Patient-Reported Outcome Measure47▲ 45×1 topic

Which research topics does Creative Commons publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques, Intraocular Surgery and Lenses, Glaucoma and retinal disorders and Breast Implant and Reconstruction.

  1. 1 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 91 works
  2. 2 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 65 works
  3. 3 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 54 works
  4. 4 Breast Implant and Reconstruction Surgery 47 works
  5. 5 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 36 works
  6. 6 Cleft Lip and Palate Research Genetics 34 works
  7. 7 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 33 works
  8. 8 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 32 works
  9. 9 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 32 works
  10. 10 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 30 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 available94.8%not open5.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors55.0%domestic only45.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Creative Commons's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 84% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Creative Commons as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0054% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Creative Commons0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Creative Commons 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Creative Commons6.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.6% in 2014.

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