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East–West Center

In research, East–West Center stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,146 of 14,833 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,528 of 9,330 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,346 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,264
of 22,385 · #4,690 all time
Rank in United States
#2,355
of 3,332
Research works
1.3k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
36k
28.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
East–West Center

What is East–West Center 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 #2,146 of 14,833 14.6%728
Social SciencesField #1,528 of 9,330 14.2%468
Physical SciencesDomain #6,346 of 17,446 10.9%350
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,574 of 4,066 14.7%160
Environmental ScienceField #2,276 of 5,407 14.8%154
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #1,736 of 3,142 11.5%122

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where East–West Center 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 fields of science does East–West Center work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at East–West Center is in Physical Sciences, 42% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Engineering (14%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 44.2% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 14.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 12.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 10.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 42.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 28.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 9.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEast–West Center77fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences42%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1114.3%
    2. Environmental Science912.2%
    3. Computer Science810.0%
    4. Materials Science23.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.7%
    6. Chemistry11.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.6%
    8. Energy00.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    10. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences2228.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance55.9%
    3. Psychology22.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities22.0%
    5. Decision Sciences11.9%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting11.5%
    1. Medicine56.5%
    2. Health Professions00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences34.0%
    2. Neuroscience11.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.28× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.95× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.45× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.95× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.75× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.75×4 works
  2. Environmental Science2.45×9 works
  3. Social Sciences2.26×22 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.95×1 works
  5. Computer Science1.28×8 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.09×1 works
  7. Neuroscience1.01×1 works
  8. Engineering0.95×11 works
  9. Materials Science0.93×2 works
  10. Chemistry0.89×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.83×3 works
  12. Psychology0.81×2 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.78×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.70×2 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.48×1 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.41×0 works
  17. Energy0.39×0 works
  18. Medicine0.34×5 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.25×0 works
  20. Mathematics0.18×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×1 works
  22. Health Professions0.12×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at East–West Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Karen Oppenheim Mason, Richard W. Brislin and Jefferson Fox lead among researchers whose main affiliation is East–West Center.

  1. 1 Karen Oppenheim Mason United States · #140,089 worldwide 7.1k citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Richard W. Brislin United States · #144,192 worldwide 30k citations · 124 works
  3. 3 Jefferson Fox United States · #180,923 worldwide 8.8k citations · 180 works
  4. 4 David Fitzpatrick United States · #491,178 worldwide 1k citations · 53 works
  5. 5 James T. Fawcett United States · #543,985 worldwide 2.7k citations · 68 works
  6. 6 Geoffrey M. White United States · #803,420 worldwide 6.3k citations · 159 works
  7. 7 Minja Kim Choe United States · #830,842 worldwide 3.8k citations · 132 works
  8. 8 Denny Roy United States · #1,037,502 worldwide 1.6k citations · 135 works
  9. 9 Wimal Dissanayake United States · #1,049,106 worldwide 3k citations · 108 works
  10. 10 Ming Li Yong United States · #1,055,664 worldwide 148 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at East–West Center

What are the most cited papers from East–West Center?

The most cited paper from East–West Center is "The Measurement of Independent and Interdependent Self-Construals" (Theodore M. Singelis, 1994), with 3,620 citations. Next come "Cross-Cultural Research Methods" (2,070) and "Why do people postpone parenthood? Reasons and social policy incentives" (1,094).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Measurement of Independent and Interdependent Self-Construals Theodore M. Singelis · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Oct 1994 3,620
2 Cross-Cultural Research Methods Richard W. Brislin Book chapter 1980 2,070
3 Why do people postpone parenthood? Reasons and social policy incentives Melinda C Mills, Ronald R. Rindfuss, Peter McDonald et al. · Human Reproduction Update Open access 7 Jun 2011 1,094
4 Global production networks, knowledge diffusion, and local capability formation Dieter Ernst, Linsu Kim · Research Policy Dec 2002 1,065
5 First Result from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station: Precision Measurement of the Positron Fraction in Primary Cosmic Rays of 0.5–350 GeV María Luisa Hernández Aguilar et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access348 authors 3 Apr 2013 1,059
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at East–West Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Economic Development, Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Vulnerability, Sustainability, Land Use Change and Human Rights.

▲ 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. Globalization8▲ 5.0×19 topics
  2. Climate Change7▲ 3.3×30 topics
  3. Sustainability5▲ 2.7×15 topics
  4. Economic Development5▲ 8.1×12 topics
  5. Machine Learning4▲ 1.66×11 topics
  6. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 13×8 topics
  7. Deep Learning4▲ 1.31×10 topics
  8. Vulnerability4▲ 20×6 topics
  9. Human Rights3▲ 4.3×8 topics
  10. Sustainable Development3▲ 2.8×10 topics
  11. Internet of Things3▲ 4.2×5 topics
  12. Land Use Change3▲ 12×3 topics
  13. Resilience3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  14. Political Economy3▲ 13×7 topics
  15. Renewable Energy3▲ 2.4×7 topics
  16. Migration2▲ 9.5×3 topics
  17. Innovation2▲ 3.0×6 topics
  18. Governance2▲ 8.8×5 topics
  19. China2▲ 30×4 topics
  20. Sensors2▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Urbanization2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  22. Adaptation2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  23. Education Reform2▲ 100×2 topics
  24. Environmental Services2▲ 73×1 topic
  25. Resettlement2▲ 29×2 topics
  26. Tropical Deforestation2▲ 73×1 topic
  27. Higher Education2▲ 4.5×3 topics
  28. Smart Grid2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  29. Wireless Communication2▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Democracy2▲ 5.9×4 topics
  31. International Relations2▲ 8.7×6 topics
  32. Neoliberalism2▲ 5.9×6 topics
  33. Genocide2▲ 38×2 topics
  34. Political Transition2▲ 40×2 topics
  35. Global Governance1▲ 7.8×4 topics
  36. International Trade1▲ 13×1 topic
  37. Productivity1▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Civil Society1▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Lifelong Learning1▲ 8.4×2 topics
  40. Respiratory Infections1▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does East–West Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Global trade and economics, Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration and Cambodian History and Society.

Conservation, Biodiversi…2Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 2 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics1Global trade and economics: 1 fractional worksClimate Change, Adaptation, Migration: 1 fractional worksCambodian History and Society: 1 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 1 fractional worksWater Governance and Infrastructure: 1 fractional worksInnovations and Analysis in Business and Education: 1 fractional worksElectoral Systems and Po…1Electoral Systems and Political Participation: 1 fractional worksTechnology and Security Systems: 1 fractional worksIoT-based Smart Home Systems: 1 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSociology and Political SciencePollution4 others

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

  1. 1 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  2. 2 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 works
  3. 3 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Cambodian History and Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 1 works
  6. 6 Water Governance and Infrastructure Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  7. 7 Innovations and Analysis in Business and Education Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  8. 8 Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Technology and Security Systems Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 IoT-based Smart Home Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available20.7%not open79.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.9%domestic only83.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has East–West Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 East–West Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00028% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%East–West Center0.00027% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of East–West Center 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.

10%20%30%East–West Center12.7% in 2023all institutions10.0% in 2023200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.5% in 2011.

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