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Department of Social Services

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Research works
105
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
2k
19.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Department of Social Services is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 12.55× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.28× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.38× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 3.93× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.21× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 12.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Department of Social Services?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Job Satisfaction, Mental Health, Qualitative Research, Dental Caries, Public Health, Aging and Anxiety.

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

All 12 words, with their numbers
  1. Quality of Life2▲ 6.3×16 topics
  2. Epidemiology2▲ 1.91×15 topics
  3. Mental Health2▲ 5.0×12 topics
  4. Job Satisfaction2▲ 16×8 topics
  5. Public Health2▲ 4.2×12 topics
  6. Qualitative Research2▲ 7.1×4 topics
  7. Risk Factors1▲ 4.5×7 topics
  8. Dental Caries1▲ 46×2 topics
  9. Depression1▲ 5.0×7 topics
  10. Aging1▲ 7.8×5 topics
  11. Anxiety1▲ 8.7×4 topics
  12. Healthcare1▲ 3.6×6 topics

Which research topics does Department of Social Services publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dental Health and Care Utilization, Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout, Oral microbiology and periodontitis research and Research in Social Sciences.

Dental Health and Care U…1Dental Health and Care Utilization: 1 fractional worksHealthcare professionals…1Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 1 fractional worksOral microbiology and pe…0Oral microbiology and periodontitis research: 0 fractional worksResearch in Social Scien…0Research in Social Sciences: 0 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 0 fractional worksEducation Practices and Challenges: 0 fractional worksNursing education and ma…0Nursing education and management: 0 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 0 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 0 fractional worksEthics in Clinical Resea…0Ethics in Clinical Research: 0 fractional works
PeriodonticsGeneral Health ProfessionsEducationGeriatrics and Gerontology4 others

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

  1. 1 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 1 works
  2. 2 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 1 works
  3. 3 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 0 works
  4. 4 Research in Social Sciences Education 0 works
  5. 5 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 0 works
  6. 6 Education Practices and Challenges Philosophy 0 works
  7. 7 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 0 works
  8. 8 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 0 works
  9. 9 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Ethics in Clinical Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available45.6%not open54.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors69.2%domestic only30.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Department of Social Services's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% higher 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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