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Ford Foundation

In research, Ford Foundation stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,603 of 16,945 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,081 of 10,206 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,657 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,992
of 28,054 · #12,823 all time
Rank in United States
#3,096
of 4,192
Research works
1.1k
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
26k
23.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

What is Ford 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,603 of 16,945 28.0%651
Social SciencesField #4,081 of 10,206 26.1%381
Health SciencesDomain #10,657 of 20,462 15.8%238
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,697 of 4,340 21.8%125
MedicineField #13,510 of 17,978 14.5%184
Physical SciencesDomain #16,457 of 21,541 20.9%132

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ford 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.57× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.49× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.57× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.73× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.26× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 4.22× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.21× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.03× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ford Foundation?

Ranked on the composite score, Philip H. Coombs, M. Barton Waring and Oscar Harkavy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ford Foundation.

  1. 1 Philip H. Coombs United States · #296,975 worldwide 60 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 M. Barton Waring United States · #837,033 worldwide 31 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Oscar Harkavy United States · #948,228 worldwide 31 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Louis Winnick United States · #951,764 worldwide 16 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Robert C. Weaver United States · #1,121,347 worldwide 7 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Alison Bernstein United States · #1,208,798 worldwide 16 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Ford Foundation

Which keywords describe research at Ford Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Mental Health, Thrombosis, Heart Failure, Health, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Left Ventricular Assist Device and Resilience.

▲ 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. Climate Change4▲ 1.55×15 topics
  2. Public Health3▲ 2.8×14 topics
  3. Mental Health3▲ 2.7×15 topics
  4. Social Support2▲ 4.9×7 topics
  5. Heart Failure2▲ 6.2×4 topics
  6. Resilience2▲ 5.4×8 topics
  7. Health2▲ 6.5×6 topics
  8. Depression2▲ 2.8×9 topics
  9. Qualitative Research2▲ 2.7×7 topics
  10. Thrombosis2▲ 8.5×2 topics
  11. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation2▲ 30×1 topic
  12. Left Ventricular Assist Device2▲ 49×1 topic
  13. Racial Disparities2▲ 43×2 topics
  14. Social Justice2▲ 3.7×6 topics
  15. Religion2▲ 4.3×3 topics
  16. Medical Education2▲ 7.5×5 topics
  17. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 8.5×2 topics
  18. Surgical Repair2▲ 46×1 topic
  19. Ventricular Reconstruction2▲ 46×1 topic
  20. Ethical Considerations2▲ 5.4×5 topics
  21. Organizational Performance2▲ 7.3×3 topics
  22. Policy2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  23. Social Inequality2▲ 6.6×2 topics
  24. Community Engagement1▲ 5.2×5 topics
  25. Gender Differences1▲ 4.6×7 topics
  26. Nursing Education1▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Well-being1▲ 4.5×6 topics
  28. Employee Engagement1▲ 9.2×2 topics
  29. Mortality Risk1▲ 6.5×4 topics
  30. Psychiatric Disorders1▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Sociolinguistics1▲ 8.5×2 topics
  32. Clinical Practice1▲ 9.7×3 topics
  33. Neuroanatomy1▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Philanthropy1▲ 32×2 topics
  35. Psychological Adjustment1▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Spirituality1▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Coping1▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Mass Incarceration1▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Psychological1▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Substance Use Disorders1▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Ford Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology.

Mechanical Circulatory S…2Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 2 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anoma…2Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 2 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 1 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…1Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 1 fractional worksTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence: 1 fractional worksPluripotent Stem Cells Research: 1 fractional worksCommunity Development an…1Community Development and Social Impact: 1 fractional worksMedical and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 1 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringSurgerySociology and Political ScienceHealth5 others

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

  1. 1 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Pluripotent Stem Cells Research Molecular Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Community Development and Social Impact Finance 1 works
  9. 9 Medical and Biological Sciences Anatomy 1 works
  10. 10 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available19.4%not open80.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.7%domestic only78.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ford Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower 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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