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Data & Society Research Institute

In research, Data & Society Research Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,251 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,517
of 28,054 · #28,137 all time
Rank in United States
#2,837
of 4,192
Research works
244
▲ 69% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.8k
27.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
79%
world 28%

What is Data & Society Research Institute 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 #9,251 of 16,945 24.0%152

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Data & Society Research Institute 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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.90× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.33× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.79× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.14× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.99× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.67× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Data & Society Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Ranjit Singh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Data & Society Research Institute.

  1. 1 Ranjit Singh United States · #611,154 worldwide 41 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Data & Society Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Data & Society Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Surveillance, Ethics, Accountability, Fairness and Transparency.

▲ 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 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. Machine Learning14▲ 5.1×28 topics
  2. Artificial Intelligence12▲ 9.9×15 topics
  3. Big Data10▲ 13×11 topics
  4. Surveillance8▲ 37×3 topics
  5. Ethics7▲ 17×6 topics
  6. Accountability7▲ 74×3 topics
  7. Fairness7▲ 90×2 topics
  8. Transparency7▲ 64×2 topics
  9. Algorithmic Bias6▲ 112×1 topic
  10. Discrimination6▲ 39×1 topic
  11. Neural Networks4▲ 3.4×13 topics
  12. Deep Learning4▲ 1.46×18 topics
  13. Social Media4▲ 3.2×11 topics
  14. Digital Labor Platforms4▲ 124×1 topic
  15. Gig Economy4▲ 114×1 topic
  16. Labor Market4▲ 14×3 topics
  17. Mental Health4▲ 2.8×5 topics
  18. COVID-193▲ 2.5×11 topics
  19. Health Outcomes3▲ 13×3 topics
  20. Privacy Concerns3▲ 43×3 topics
  21. Social Determinants of Health3▲ 14×2 topics
  22. Human Rights3▲ 2.9×11 topics
  23. Pandemic2▲ 2.7×7 topics
  24. Precarious Employment2▲ 46×1 topic
  25. Unemployment2▲ 34×1 topic
  26. Trust2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  27. Topic Modeling2▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Natural Language Processing2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  29. Information Disclosure2▲ 70×1 topic
  30. Online Social Networks2▲ 70×1 topic
  31. Information Retrieval2▲ 9.3×2 topics
  32. Text Classification2▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Social Networks2▲ 7.3×5 topics
  34. Financial Markets2▲ 14×1 topic
  35. Health Equity2▲ 6.7×4 topics
  36. business impact2▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Ethical Issues1▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Machine Translation1▲ 9.9×1 topic
  39. Word Representation1▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Differential Privacy1▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Data & Society Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Digital Economy and Work Transformation, Employment and Welfare Studies and Privacy, Security, and Data Protection.

Ethics and Social Impact…6Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 6 fractional worksDigital Economy and Work…4Digital Economy and Work Transformation: 4 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare S…2Employment and Welfare Studies: 2 fractional worksPrivacy, Security, and Data Protection: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 2 fractional worksTopic Modeling1Topic Modeling: 1 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 1 fractional worksWater Governance and Infrastructure: 1 fractional worksLaw, AI, and Intellectual Property: 1 fractional worksReinforcement Learning in Robotics: 1 fractional works
Safety ResearchSociology and Political ScienceGeneral Health ProfessionsEconomics and Econometrics2 others

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

  1. 1 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 6 works
  2. 2 Digital Economy and Work Transformation Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  3. 3 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  4. 4 Privacy, Security, and Data Protection Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  7. 7 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  8. 8 Water Governance and Infrastructure Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Law, AI, and Intellectual Property Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  10. 10 Reinforcement Learning in Robotics Artificial Intelligence 1 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 available79.4%not open20.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.8%domestic only64.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Data & Society Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 69% higher than in 2013–2017.

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