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Foreign Service Institute

In research, Foreign Service Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,846 of 16,945 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,741 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations, Social Sciences and Social Sciences — Political Science and International Relations is 38.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#35,121
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,451
of 8,685
Research works
270
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.5k
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

What is Foreign Service Institute 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 #9,846 of 16,945 21.9%238
Social SciencesField #7,741 of 10,206 18.3%168

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Foreign Service Institute 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 Foreign Service Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 38.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 21.0 works38×
  2. Social SciencesField · 28.3 works6.1×
  3. Social SciencesDomain · 33.3 works3.6×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.28× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.48× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 6.09× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Foreign Service Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, O. Edmund Clubb, Earl W. Stevick and Carleton Τ. Hodge lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Foreign Service Institute.

  1. 1 O. Edmund Clubb United States · #421,988 worldwide 5 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Earl W. Stevick United States · #460,613 worldwide 54 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Carleton Τ. Hodge United States · #709,179 worldwide 16 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Walter D. Connor United States · #804,841 worldwide 19 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Joseph Fewsmith United States · #1,109,715 worldwide 25 citations · 306 works
All ranked researchers at Foreign Service Institute

Which keywords describe research at Foreign Service Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nation-Building, Sovereignty, State-Building, International Law, De Facto States, Unrecognized Quasi-States, Security Council and Humanitarian Intervention.

▲ 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 37 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 37 words, with their numbers
  1. Nation-Building7▲ 370×3 topics
  2. Sovereignty7▲ 205×2 topics
  3. State-Building7▲ 520×2 topics
  4. International Law7▲ 61×2 topics
  5. De Facto States7▲ 1550×1 topic
  6. Unrecognized Quasi-States7▲ 1550×1 topic
  7. Security Council5▲ 257×2 topics
  8. Humanitarian Intervention5▲ 340×1 topic
  9. Responsibility to Protect5▲ 424×1 topic
  10. Security4▲ 19×5 topics
  11. Globalization4▲ 5.2×6 topics
  12. Russia4▲ 218×2 topics
  13. Ukraine4▲ 276×2 topics
  14. International Relations3▲ 37×5 topics
  15. Human Rights3▲ 8.4×6 topics
  16. Global Governance3▲ 33×3 topics
  17. Local Turn3▲ 532×1 topic
  18. Resilience Governance3▲ 532×1 topic
  19. European Union2▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Foreign Policy2▲ 168×2 topics
  21. Eastern Partnership2▲ 474×1 topic
  22. International Institutions2▲ 292×1 topic
  23. Migration2▲ 18×1 topic
  24. Power2▲ 87×1 topic
  25. Business Strategy2▲ 131×3 topics
  26. Democracy2▲ 15×3 topics
  27. Data Mining2▲ 6.5×2 topics
  28. Competitive Intelligence2▲ 620×1 topic
  29. Conflict2▲ 29×3 topics
  30. Information Management2▲ 186×1 topic
  31. Hybrid Warfare1▲ 214×1 topic
  32. Military Strategy1▲ 214×1 topic
  33. Social Media1▲ 2.5×7 topics
  34. Political Economy1▲ 12×3 topics
  35. NGOs1▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Nationalism1▲ 5.9×1 topic
  37. Philippines1▲ 191×1 topic

Which research topics does Foreign Service Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics, Global Peace and Security Dynamics, Peacebuilding and International Security and International Relations and Foreign Policy.

Post-Soviet Geopolitical…7Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics: 7 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 5 fractional worksPeacebuilding and International Security: 3 fractional worksInternational Relations and Foreign Policy: 2 fractional worksEuropean Politics and Security: 2 fractional worksCompetitive and Knowledg…2Competitive and Knowledge Intelligence: 2 fractional worksEuropean and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies: 1 fractional worksPhilippine History and Culture: 1 fractional worksEconomic Sanctions and International Relations: 1 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceStrategy and ManagementAnthropology1 others

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

  1. 1 Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  2. 2 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  3. 3 Peacebuilding and International Security Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  4. 4 International Relations and Foreign Policy Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  5. 5 European Politics and Security Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Competitive and Knowledge Intelligence Strategy and Management 2 works
  7. 7 European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 Philippine History and Culture Anthropology 1 works
  9. 9 Economic Sanctions and International Relations Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  10. 10 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 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 available19.8%not open80.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.3%domestic only92.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Foreign Service Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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