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Families USA

In research, Families USA stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,651 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,944 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions, Health Professions and Psychology — General Health Professions is 12.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,547
of 28,054 · #14,667 all time
Rank in United States
#3,025
of 4,192
Research works
1.2k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
35k
28.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Families USA known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #8,651 of 11,982 12.1%61 #7038
Social SciencesDomain #8,944 of 10,521 10.8%85 #3526

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Families USA 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).

What does Families USA specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 12.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 27.1 works12×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 29.4 works7.0×
  3. PsychologyField · 27.0 works5.5×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.95× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.97× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.54× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.44× its world share, 50 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Families USA?

Ranked on the composite score, Keith Smith, Dominique Fablet and Ed Balls lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Families USA.

  1. 1 Keith Smith United States · #64,525 worldwide 294 citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Dominique Fablet United States · #493,831 worldwide 5 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Ed Balls United States · #1,127,892 worldwide 3 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Cecilia Casanueva United States · #1,276,792 worldwide 19 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Melissa Dolan United States · #1,454,592 worldwide 12 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Families USA

Which keywords describe research at Families USA?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Public Health, Social Determinants of Health, Resilience, Primary Care, Social Support, Community Engagement and Public Policy.

▲ 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. Mental Health28▲ 12×30 topics
  2. Public Health14▲ 6.0×23 topics
  3. Resilience11▲ 15×9 topics
  4. Social Determinants of Health11▲ 31×5 topics
  5. Primary Care11▲ 18×10 topics
  6. Social Support10▲ 12×15 topics
  7. Quality of Life9▲ 3.9×25 topics
  8. Depression7▲ 5.3×16 topics
  9. Community Engagement7▲ 14×8 topics
  10. Public Policy7▲ 9.2×4 topics
  11. Attachment7▲ 49×4 topics
  12. Palliative Care7▲ 26×5 topics
  13. Institutionalization7▲ 45×2 topics
  14. Healthcare Access6▲ 14×5 topics
  15. Digital Health6▲ 33×3 topics
  16. Medical Ethics6▲ 29×4 topics
  17. Local Development6▲ 33×2 topics
  18. Territorial Governance6▲ 30×2 topics
  19. Childhood Trauma6▲ 59×2 topics
  20. End-of-Life Care6▲ 30×3 topics
  21. Gender Equality6▲ 13×5 topics
  22. Healthcare Policy6▲ 38×2 topics
  23. Healthcare Quality Indicators6▲ 61×2 topics
  24. Inequalities6▲ 102×1 topic
  25. Patient Rights6▲ 47×2 topics
  26. Universal Health Coverage6▲ 102×1 topic
  27. Developmental Trajectories6▲ 29×3 topics
  28. Public Health Policy6▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Ethical Practices6▲ 54×1 topic
  30. Healthcare Legislation6▲ 56×1 topic
  31. Community Development5▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Welfare Systems5▲ 178×2 topics
  33. Adolescents5▲ 8.7×8 topics
  34. Inequality5▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Child Development5▲ 7.5×5 topics
  36. Family Support Policies5▲ 198×1 topic
  37. Urban Segregation5▲ 198×1 topic
  38. Citizenship5▲ 25×4 topics
  39. Caregiving5▲ 40×2 topics
  40. Clinical Practice5▲ 20×4 topics

Which research topics does Families USA publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Healthcare Systems and Practices, Health, Medicine and Society, Social Policies and Family and Social Sciences and Governance.

Healthcare Systems and P…6Healthcare Systems and Practices: 6 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…6Health, Medicine and Society: 6 fractional worksSocial Policies and Family5Social Policies and Family: 5 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Gove…4Social Sciences and Governance: 4 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 4 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 4 fractional worksEarly Childhood Educatio…3Early Childhood Education and Development: 3 fractional worksFamily and Disability Su…3Family and Disability Support Research: 3 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…3Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 3 fractional worksChild Welfare and Adoption: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsSociology and Political ScienceUrban StudiesClinical Psychology2 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 6 works
  2. 2 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 6 works
  3. 3 Social Policies and Family Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  4. 4 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 4 works
  5. 5 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 4 works
  6. 6 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 4 works
  7. 7 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 3 works
  8. 8 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 3 works
  10. 10 Child Welfare and Adoption Safety Research 2 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 available33.4%not open66.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.6%domestic only78.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Families USA's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% 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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