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Film Independent

In research, Film Independent stands highest in Social Sciences (#585 of 9,585 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#211 of 1,896 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#836 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Music, Classics and Visual Arts and Performing Arts (Music is 15.2× its share of world research).

filmindependent.orgROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#1,369
of 22,385 · #2,255 all time
Rank in United States
#290
of 3,332
Research works
19k
▲ 86% vs 2018-21
Citations
51k
2.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.70×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Film Independent

What is Film Independent known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #585 of 9,585 6.0%5,099 #744
Arts and HumanitiesField #211 of 1,896 6.5%1,673 #343
Social SciencesField #836 of 5,988 5.8%2,264 #884
Computer ScienceField #893 of 4,417 5.1%899 #1300
Health SciencesDomain #2,183 of 9,902 6.6%356 #4912
MedicineField #2,475 of 8,541 7.6%211 #5537
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #745 of 2,526 6.0%857 #732
Management Information SystemsSubfield #61 of 197 6.3%185 #439
Physical SciencesDomain #3,636 of 10,670 4.9%1,508 #5313
PsychologyField #822 of 2,121 4.8%336 #1166

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Film Independent 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#744 #585
  2. Arts and Humanities#343 #211
  3. Social Sciences#884 #836
  4. Computer Science#1,300 #893
  5. Health Sciences#4,912 #2,183
  6. Medicine#5,537 #2,475
  7. Sociology and Political Science#732 #745
  8. Management Information Systems#439 #61
  9. Physical Sciences#5,313 #3,636
  10. Psychology#1,166 #822
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Film Independent work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Film Independent is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Arts and Humanities (20%), Computer Science (17%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 6,369 fractional works · 64.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,716 fractional works · 27.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1,029 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 471 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAnthropology: 239 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 181 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCultural Studies: 164 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 105 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 96 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 73 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 69 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1,990 fractional works · 20.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 360 fractional works · 3.6% of its workHistory: 338 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhilosophy: 248 fractional works · 2.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 180 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 164 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArcheology: 147 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMusic: 123 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 103 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 93 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMuseology: 88 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClassics: 76 fractional works · 0.8% of its workConservation: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 652 fractional works · 6.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 309 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 115 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 68 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 452 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 146 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 130 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 113 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 347 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 265 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFinance: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 212 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 130 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 72 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,568 fractional works · 25.9% of its workComputer Science: 1,670 fractional works · 16.9% of its workInformation Systems: 533 fractional works · 5.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 486 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 411 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 69 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 484 fractional works · 4.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 107 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 93 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 64 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 64 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 155 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 109 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 63 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 488 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMedicine: 298 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth Informatics: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 190 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 169 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 84 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 480 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 293 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFood Science: 191 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 98 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 81 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 73 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFilm Independent9,905fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences64%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences6,36964.3%
    1. Social Sciences2,71627.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities1,99020.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting6526.6%
    4. Psychology4524.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3473.5%
    6. Decision Sciences2122.1%
    1. Computer Science1,67016.9%
    2. Engineering4844.9%
    3. Environmental Science1551.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1091.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences630.6%
    6. Mathematics380.4%
    7. Materials Science200.2%
    8. Energy160.2%
    9. Chemistry130.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    1. Medicine2983.0%
    2. Health Professions1691.7%
    3. Nursing140.1%
    4. Veterinary50.1%
    5. Dentistry20.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2933.0%
    2. Neuroscience981.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology730.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology100.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Film Independent specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Music takes 15.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MusicSubfield · 122.7 works15×
  2. ClassicsSubfield · 76.5 works13×
  3. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 179.9 works11×
  4. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 164.5 works11×
  5. HistorySubfield · 337.6 works11×
  6. AnthropologySubfield · 238.8 works8.6×
  7. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 309.0 works7.6×
← 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: 0.62× its world share, 293 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 73 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 98 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 13 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.17× its world share, 1,670 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 63 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 484 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 155 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 38 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 109 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 168 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 298 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 6.96× its world share, 1,990 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.04× its world share, 652 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.21× its world share, 212 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.64× its world share, 347 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.50× its world share, 452 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.17× its world share, 2,716 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.96×1,990 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.21×212 works
  3. Computer Science2.17×1,670 works
  4. Social Sciences2.17×2,716 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting2.04×652 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.64×347 works
  7. Psychology1.50×452 works
  8. Health Professions0.65×168 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.62×293 works
  10. Neuroscience0.61×98 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.49×109 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.41×63 works
  13. Veterinary0.40×5 works
  14. Engineering0.33×484 works
  15. Mathematics0.32×38 works
  16. Environmental Science0.31×155 works
  17. Nursing0.29×14 works
  18. Energy0.18×16 works
  19. Medicine0.16×298 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×73 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.14×5 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×10 works
  23. Chemistry0.08×13 works
  24. Materials Science0.06×20 works
  25. Dentistry0.05×2 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.02×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Film Independent?

Ranked on the quality score, Akoh Atadoga, Temitayo Oluwaseun Abrahams and Marie‐Laure Ryan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Film Independent.

  1. 1 Akoh Atadoga United States · #93,517 worldwide 1.4k citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Temitayo Oluwaseun Abrahams United States · #119,025 worldwide 1.6k citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Marie‐Laure Ryan United States · #334,789 worldwide 7.7k citations · 200 works
  4. 4 Emmanuel Augustine Etukudoh United States · #364,631 worldwide 2k citations · 74 works
  5. 5 Emmanuel Cadet United States · #883,324 worldwide 478 citations · 64 works
  6. 6 Myeshia N. Price United States · #907,968 worldwide 1.7k citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Damilola Christiana Ayodeji United States · #968,749 worldwide 330 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Noah Ayanbode United States · #1,032,295 worldwide 172 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Henry Summerson United States · #1,136,559 worldwide 445 citations · 130 works
  10. 10 Joshua Oluwagbenga Ajayi United States · #1,308,315 worldwide 604 citations · 90 works
All ranked researchers at Film Independent

What are the most cited papers from Film Independent?

The most cited paper from Film Independent is "SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python" (Pauli Virtanen et al., 2020), with 40,161 citations. Next come "Global trends in insufficient physical activity among adolescents: a pooled analysis of 298 population-based surveys with 1·6 million participants" (4,091) and "Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8" (2,672).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python Pauli Virtanen et al. · Nature Methods Open access112 authors 3 Feb 2020 40,161
2 Global trends in insufficient physical activity among adolescents: a pooled analysis of 298 population-based surveys with 1·6 million participants Regina Guthold, Gretchen A Stevens, Leanne Margaret Riley et al. · The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Open access 21 Nov 2019 4,091
3 Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8 Eli Coleman et al. · International Journal of Transgender Health Open access119 authors 19 Aug 2022 2,672
4 The epidemiological burden of obesity in childhood: a worldwide epidemic requiring urgent action Mariachiara Di Cesare, Maroje Sorić, Pascal Bovet et al. · BMC Medicine Open access 24 Nov 2019 1,130
5 IOC consensus statement on relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S): 2018 update Margo Lynn Mountjoy, Jorunn Kaiander Sundgot-Borgen, Louise M. Burke et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 17 May 2018 878
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Which keywords describe research at Film Independent?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Big Data, History, Globalization, Gender, Literature, Colonialism and Nationalism.

▲ 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. Identity737▲ 10×73 topics
  2. Globalization712▲ 3.7×132 topics
  3. Sustainability644▲ 2.7×93 topics
  4. Big Data583▲ 6.2×30 topics
  5. Machine Learning561▲ 1.70×84 topics
  6. History519▲ 7.5×58 topics
  7. Gender484▲ 9.1×55 topics
  8. Literature471▲ 8.7×60 topics
  9. Colonialism445▲ 9.5×48 topics
  10. Nationalism428▲ 9.6×32 topics
  11. Distributed Systems424▲ 25×6 topics
  12. Culture379▲ 7.3×35 topics
  13. Supply Chain Management377▲ 4.2×24 topics
  14. Security367▲ 5.5×28 topics
  15. Religion347▲ 7.6×43 topics
  16. Healthcare302▲ 2.7×35 topics
  17. Ethics291▲ 5.8×54 topics
  18. Philosophy269▲ 6.1×41 topics
  19. Feminism268▲ 9.2×25 topics
  20. Internet of Things260▲ 3.1×22 topics
  21. Anomaly Detection249▲ 8.8×5 topics
  22. Cloud Computing248▲ 8.8×11 topics
  23. Cultural Identity232▲ 4.7×35 topics
  24. Society217▲ 11×24 topics
  25. Cultural Studies213▲ 5.8×37 topics
  26. Fault Localization200▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Log Analysis200▲ 47×1 topic
  28. Performance Prediction200▲ 29×1 topic
  29. Race179▲ 15×19 topics
  30. Food Tourism167▲ 52×1 topic
  31. Gastronomy167▲ 52×1 topic
  32. Virtualization165▲ 20×3 topics
  33. Predictive Analytics164▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Politics164▲ 6.3×23 topics
  35. Firm Performance159▲ 9.0×4 topics
  36. Resource Management158▲ 9.4×5 topics
  37. Data Science155▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Analytics155▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Business Intelligence155▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Postcolonialism144▲ 10×20 topics

Which research topics does Film Independent publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Software System Performance and Reliability, Culinary Culture and Tourism, Big Data and Business Intelligence and Cloud Computing and Resource Management.

Software System Performance and Reliability: 200 fractional worksCulinary Culture and Tourism: 167 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 155 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 133 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 82 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies72Cinema and Media Studies: 72 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 59 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 55 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 54 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Security: 54 fractional works
Computer Networks and CommunicationsFood ScienceManagement Information SystemsInformation Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 200 works
  2. 2 Culinary Culture and Tourism Food Science 167 works
  3. 3 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 155 works
  4. 4 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 133 works
  5. 5 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 82 works
  6. 6 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 72 works
  7. 7 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 59 works
  8. 8 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 55 works
  9. 9 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 54 works
  10. 10 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 54 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 available46.8%not open53.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Film Independent's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 86% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Film Independent as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.037% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Film Independent0.046% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Film Independent 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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Film Independent4.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.7% in 2004.

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