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Film Independent

In research, Film Independent stands highest in Social Sciences (#246 of 10,521 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#54 of 1,998 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#261 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Music, Classics and History and Philosophy of Science — Music is 17.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,538
of 28,054 · #3,420 all time
Rank in United States
#244
of 4,192
Research works
19k
▲ 79% vs 2013–17
Citations
51k
2.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Film Independent 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
Social SciencesDomain #246 of 10,521 10.5%5,099 #543
Arts and HumanitiesField #54 of 1,998 10.4%1,673 #189
Social SciencesField #261 of 6,365 11.0%2,264 #594
Computer ScienceField #313 of 4,667 11.0%899 #1297
Information SystemsSubfield #110 of 1,291 13.6%298 #636
Management Information SystemsSubfield #22 of 183 10.6%185 —
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #310 of 2,578 9.8%857 #528
PsychologyField #291 of 2,181 11.6%336 #559
Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield #5 of 37 14.4%151 #36
Physical SciencesDomain #2,100 of 12,888 10.2%1,508 #4862

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#543 #246
  2. Arts and Humanities#189 #54
  3. Social Sciences#594 #261
  4. Computer Science#1,297 #313
  5. Information Systems#636 #110
  6. Sociology and Political Science#528 #310
  7. Psychology#559 #291
  8. Visual Arts and Performing Arts#36 #5
  9. Physical Sciences#4,862 #2,100
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Film Independent specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Music takes 17.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MusicSubfield · 107.1 works18×
  2. ClassicsSubfield · 65.1 works15×
  3. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 143.3 works13×
  4. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 151.3 works12×
  5. HistorySubfield · 282.6 works12×
  6. AnthropologySubfield · 208.6 works10×
← 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: 0.79× its world share, 275 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 47 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 70 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.57× its world share, 899 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 45 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 306 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 125 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 26 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 67 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 129 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 211 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 7.86× its world share, 1,673 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.75× its world share, 416 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 128 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.80× its world share, 284 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.50× its world share, 336 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.43× its world share, 2,264 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Film Independent?

Ranked on the composite score, Andreas Ehstand, Monica H. Green and Marion Arnold lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Film Independent.

  1. 1 Andreas Ehstand United States · #142,856 worldwide 0 citations · 129 works
  2. 2 Monica H. Green United States · #162,141 worldwide 62 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Marion Arnold United States · #163,906 worldwide 39 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Marie‐Laure Ryan United States · #175,555 worldwide 52 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 David Rodman United States · #177,061 worldwide 104 citations · 81 works
  6. 6 Ronald Bruce St John United States · #193,414 worldwide 37 citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Patrice M. Dabrowski United States · #210,020 worldwide 27 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Vojtech Mastny United States · #258,016 worldwide 30 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Stephen Bottomore United States · #280,025 worldwide 18 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Sheldon Richmond United States · #365,277 worldwide 29 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Film Independent

Which keywords describe research at Film Independent?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Globalization, History, Gender, Literature, Nationalism, Colonialism and Culture.

▲ 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. Identity663▲ 12×70 topics
  2. Globalization603▲ 4.2×127 topics
  3. Sustainability525▲ 2.9×90 topics
  4. History449▲ 8.7×56 topics
  5. Gender417▲ 10×51 topics
  6. Literature392▲ 9.8×59 topics
  7. Nationalism384▲ 11×32 topics
  8. Colonialism374▲ 11×48 topics
  9. Big Data347▲ 5.2×30 topics
  10. Machine Learning337▲ 1.40×82 topics
  11. Culture329▲ 8.4×33 topics
  12. Religion298▲ 8.5×41 topics
  13. Supply Chain Management254▲ 3.7×23 topics
  14. Feminism222▲ 11×23 topics
  15. Philosophy213▲ 6.6×38 topics
  16. Healthcare210▲ 2.5×30 topics
  17. Human Rights208▲ 2.8×62 topics
  18. Ethics206▲ 5.8×51 topics
  19. Security198▲ 4.1×27 topics
  20. Cultural Identity196▲ 5.2×35 topics
  21. Society191▲ 13×22 topics
  22. Cultural Studies185▲ 6.6×37 topics
  23. Internet of Things170▲ 2.7×20 topics
  24. Food Tourism164▲ 68×1 topic
  25. Gastronomy164▲ 68×1 topic
  26. Distributed Systems160▲ 13×6 topics
  27. Politics147▲ 7.4×22 topics
  28. Race146▲ 18×19 topics
  29. Neoliberalism134▲ 5.1×26 topics
  30. Ethnicity133▲ 4.8×23 topics
  31. Cloud Computing125▲ 6.1×10 topics
  32. Predictive Analytics125▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Firm Performance121▲ 8.7×4 topics
  34. Data Science118▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Analytics117▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Business Intelligence117▲ 17×1 topic
  37. Postcolonialism116▲ 13×20 topics
  38. National Identity103▲ 12×10 topics
  39. Social History98▲ 16×8 topics
  40. Medicine97▲ 16×9 topics

Which research topics does Film Independent publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Culinary Culture and Tourism, Big Data and Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing and Resource Management and Cinema and Media Studies.

Culinary Culture and Tou…164Culinary Culture and Tourism: 164 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 117 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 65 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies: 65 fractional worksSoftware System Performance and Reliability: 63 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 61 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…52Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 52 fractional worksHistorical Economic and Social Studies: 49 fractional worksJewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 45 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 42 fractional works
Food ScienceManagement Information SystemsInformation SystemsEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 Culinary Culture and Tourism Food Science 164 works
  2. 2 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 117 works
  3. 3 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 65 works
  4. 4 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 65 works
  5. 5 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 63 works
  6. 6 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 61 works
  7. 7 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 52 works
  8. 8 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 49 works
  9. 9 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 45 works
  10. 10 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 42 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Film Independent's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 79% 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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