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Education & Research Foundation

In research, Education & Research Foundation stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,166 of 16,688 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#12,759 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education (Education is 6.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,595
of 22,385 · #13,795 all time
Rank in United States
#2,401
of 3,332
Research works
417
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.4k
13.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Education & Research Foundation

What is Education & Research Foundation 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
Health SciencesDomain #10,166 of 16,688 7.9%164
Social SciencesDomain #12,759 of 14,833 6.3%133

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Education & Research Foundation 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 Education & Research Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Education & Research Foundation is in Social Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Medicine (25%), Engineering (7%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 49 fractional works · 45.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 31 fractional works · 28.5% of its workEducation: 22 fractional works · 20.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 29 fractional works · 27.2% of its workMedicine: 27 fractional works · 24.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 19.2% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 7.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 8.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKEducation &Research…108fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences45%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3128.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting65.4%
    3. Psychology43.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance43.3%
    5. Decision Sciences32.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities21.6%
    1. Medicine2724.7%
    2. Health Professions32.3%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Engineering87.3%
    2. Computer Science44.0%
    3. Environmental Science33.0%
    4. Materials Science21.6%
    5. Mathematics21.5%
    6. Chemistry11.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences44.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.4%
    3. Neuroscience21.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Education & Research Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 22.5 works6.8×
← 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: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.28× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.68× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.86× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.52× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.20× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.25× its world share, 31 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences2.86×3 works
  2. Social Sciences2.25×31 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting1.68×6 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.52×4 works
  5. Medicine1.28×27 works
  6. Mathematics1.25×2 works
  7. Psychology1.20×4 works
  8. Health Professions0.89×2 works
  9. Neuroscience0.86×2 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.83×4 works
  11. Chemistry0.82×1 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.67×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.61×3 works
  14. Veterinary0.57×0 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.54×2 works
  16. Computer Science0.52×4 works
  17. Engineering0.49×8 works
  18. Materials Science0.45×2 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.44×2 works
  20. Nursing0.20×0 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.13×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×0 works
  23. Energy0.11×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Education & Research Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Ronald Arlen Sherman, Barbara McLaughlin and Janet G. Hickman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Education & Research Foundation.

  1. 1 Ronald Arlen Sherman United States · #1,017,473 worldwide 3.8k citations · 92 works
  2. 2 Barbara McLaughlin United States · #2,850,754 worldwide 352 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Janet G. Hickman United States · #3,005,323 worldwide 827 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Puspendu Chandra Chandra United States · #3,239,499 worldwide 68 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Robbins RA United States · #4,712,859 worldwide 259 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 N. S. Ghatge United States · #5,268,091 worldwide 15 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Robbins RA United States · #6,324,692 worldwide 24 citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Robbins RA United States · #6,673,037 worldwide 15 citations · 63 works
All ranked researchers at Education & Research Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Education & Research Foundation?

The most cited paper from Education & Research Foundation is "Thermogenic Mechanisms and Their Hormonal Regulation" (J. Enrique Silva, 2006), with 689 citations. Next come "Breast Implant–Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma in Australia and New Zealand: High-Surface-Area Textured Implants Are Associated with Increased Risk" (375) and "Cytokine mRNA expression in postischemic/reperfused myocardium." (374).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Thermogenic Mechanisms and Their Hormonal Regulation J. Enrique Silva · Physiological Reviews Review Apr 2006 689
2 Breast Implant–Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma in Australia and New Zealand: High-Surface-Area Textured Implants Are Associated with Increased Risk Anna Loch-Wilkinson, Ken Beath, Robert John William Knight et al. · Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Open access 6 May 2017 375
3 Cytokine mRNA expression in postischemic/reperfused myocardium. A Herskowitz, Steven J. Choi, Aftab Ahmed Ansari et al. · PubMed Open access Feb 1995 374
4 INACTIVATION OF HTLV-III/LAV-INFECTED CULTURES OF NORMAL HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES BY NONOXYNOL-9 IN VITRO DonaldR. Hicks, LindaS. Martin, JaneP. Getchell et al. · The Lancet Dec 1985 337
5 Temperature dependence of amide proton chemical shifts: The secondary structures of gramicidin S and valinomycin M. Ohnishi, Dan W. Urry · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications Jul 1969 306
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Education & Research Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Development, Sustainable Development, Curriculum Development, Teacher Education, Gender Equality, Technology Integration and Information Technology.

▲ 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. Education10▲ 5.2×11 topics
  2. Sustainable Development8▲ 4.5×9 topics
  3. Development6▲ 16×3 topics
  4. Curriculum Development6▲ 8.0×3 topics
  5. Teacher Education6▲ 40×4 topics
  6. Gender Equality5▲ 17×3 topics
  7. Technology Integration5▲ 15×5 topics
  8. Information Technology5▲ 9.6×2 topics
  9. Nigeria5▲ 197×1 topic
  10. Youth Unemployment5▲ 360×1 topic
  11. E-Learning4▲ 4.0×4 topics
  12. Innovation4▲ 3.7×7 topics
  13. Educational Technology4▲ 3.1×7 topics
  14. Online Learning4▲ 3.9×8 topics
  15. Professional Development3▲ 15×5 topics
  16. Inclusive Education3▲ 8.5×5 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 2.4×13 topics
  18. Cultural Diversity3▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Teacher Professional Development3▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Pedagogy2▲ 4.4×3 topics
  21. Reflective Practice2▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Digital Learning2▲ 4.2×5 topics
  23. Blended Learning2▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Teaching Strategies2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  25. Child Development2▲ 4.7×5 topics
  26. Online Education2▲ 10.0×2 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 6.3×6 topics
  28. Social Studies2▲ 39×2 topics
  29. Urban Development2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  30. Professional Learning Communities2▲ 37×2 topics
  31. Student Satisfaction2▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Academic Achievement2▲ 10×3 topics
  33. Distance Learning2▲ 5.1×3 topics
  34. Environmental Ethics2▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Global Governance2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  36. Poverty2▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Ethnic Conflicts2▲ 877×1 topic
  38. Fertility2▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Sociological Theory2▲ 877×1 topic
  40. Early Childhood Education2▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does Education & Research Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: African Education and Politics, Educational, Social, and Political Issues, E-Learning and COVID-19 and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies.

African Education and Po…5African Education and Politics: 5 fractional worksEducational, Social, and Political Issues: 2 fractional worksE-Learning and COVID-19: 1 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…1Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 1 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 1 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 1 fractional worksMathematics Education an…1Mathematics Education and Pedagogy: 1 fractional worksEducational Practices and Challenges: 1 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 1 fractional worksEducation and Islamic St…1Education and Islamic Studies: 1 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political ScienceApplied MathematicsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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

  1. 1 African Education and Politics Education 5 works
  2. 2 Educational, Social, and Political Issues Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 E-Learning and COVID-19 Education 1 works
  4. 4 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 1 works
  5. 5 Online and Blended Learning Education 1 works
  6. 6 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 1 works
  7. 7 Mathematics Education and Pedagogy Applied Mathematics 1 works
  8. 8 Educational Practices and Challenges Education 1 works
  9. 9 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Education and Islamic Studies Education 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 available62.6%not open37.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.2%domestic only73.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Education & Research Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% 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 Education & Research Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00030% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Education & Research Foundation0.00055% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Education & Research Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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