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GfK (United States)

In research, GfK (United States) stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,227 of 14,833 worldwide), Medicine (#8,024 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,342 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, 2022-now
#13,158
of 22,385 · #7,874 all time
Rank in United States
#1,849
of 3,332
Research works
878
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
20.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%

What is GfK (United States) 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 #7,227 of 14,833 8.8%365
MedicineField #8,024 of 14,558 7.8%121
Health SciencesDomain #9,342 of 16,688 7.6%163
Physical SciencesDomain #10,624 of 17,446 7.9%260
Social SciencesField #7,111 of 9,330 8.3%122

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where GfK (United States) 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 fields of science does GfK (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at GfK (United States) is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Medicine (10%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 59 fractional works · 46.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 22.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 37 fractional works · 29.3% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 8.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 7.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 14.8% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 10.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 9.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKGfK (UnitedStates)127fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences46%

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 Sciences2822.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance108.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities96.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting54.1%
    5. Psychology53.7%
    6. Decision Sciences21.5%
    1. Engineering118.7%
    2. Computer Science97.0%
    3. Environmental Science75.8%
    4. Mathematics43.2%
    5. Energy11.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.9%
    7. Chemistry10.8%
    8. Materials Science10.7%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.4%
    1. Medicine1310.3%
    2. Health Professions53.6%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry10.4%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology54.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.9%
    3. Neuroscience21.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.91× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.58× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.17× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.74× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.36× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.40× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.27× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.75× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.20× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.75× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.75×10 works
  2. Mathematics2.74×4 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.40×9 works
  4. Social Sciences1.75×28 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.58×2 works
  6. Health Professions1.36×5 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.27×5 works
  8. Chemical Engineering1.22×0 works
  9. Psychology1.20×5 works
  10. Neuroscience1.19×2 works
  11. Environmental Science1.17×7 works
  12. Energy1.12×1 works
  13. Nursing0.93×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.91×9 works
  15. Dentistry0.90×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.76×5 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.74×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.62×4 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.60×1 works
  20. Engineering0.58×11 works
  21. Medicine0.53×13 works
  22. Chemistry0.50×1 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.39×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.31×1 works
  25. Materials Science0.21×1 works
  26. Veterinary0.18×0 works

Who are the top researchers at GfK (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Randall K. Thomas, Meghan B. Gavaghan and Victor Lange lead among researchers whose main affiliation is GfK (United States).

  1. 1 Randall K. Thomas United States · #1,443,815 worldwide 977 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Meghan B. Gavaghan United States · #2,106,756 worldwide 692 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Victor Lange United States · #2,549,880 worldwide 211 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Shannon O. Armstrong United States · #2,706,216 worldwide 324 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Mike Cooke United States · #2,923,124 worldwide 452 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Beate Carrière United States · #3,609,906 worldwide 122 citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Jens Quandte United States · #3,653,671 worldwide 19 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Susan S. Garfield United States · #3,825,679 worldwide 277 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Alex Bastian United States · #3,846,531 worldwide 114 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 W. Michael Conklin United States · #4,324,663 worldwide 487 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at GfK (United States)

What are the most cited papers from GfK (United States)?

The most cited paper from GfK (United States) is "Good Day Sunshine: Stock Returns and the Weather" (David A. Hirshleifer, Tyler Shumway, 2003), with 1,769 citations. Next come "Differential expression of immediate early genes in the hippocampus and spinal cord" (680) and "Short‐Selling Prior to Earnings Announcements" (615).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Good Day Sunshine: Stock Returns and the Weather David A. Hirshleifer, Tyler Shumway · The Journal of Finance 6 May 2003 1,769
2 Differential expression of immediate early genes in the hippocampus and spinal cord William Wisden, Michael L. Errington, Steven Williams et al. · Neuron Apr 1990 680
3 Short‐Selling Prior to Earnings Announcements Stephen E. Christophe, Michael G. Ferri, James J. Angel · The Journal of Finance 22 Jul 2004 615
4 Caregiver speech and children's use of nouns versus verbs: A comparison of English, Italian, and Mandarin Twila Z. Tardif, Marilyn Shatz, Letitia G. Naigles · Journal of Child Language Oct 1997 489
5 Regulation Fair Disclosure and Earnings Information: Market, Analyst, and Corporate Responses Warren B. Bailey, Haitao Li, Connie X. Mao et al. · The Journal of Finance 7 Nov 2003 484
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at GfK (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: International Relations, International Trade, Sovereign Debt Crises, Economic Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, Climate Change, Sustainability and Learning Environments.

▲ 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. Climate Change6▲ 1.82×30 topics
  2. Sustainability6▲ 1.76×18 topics
  3. International Relations5▲ 17×7 topics
  4. International Trade4▲ 20×3 topics
  5. Renewable Energy3▲ 1.87×12 topics
  6. Sovereign Debt Crises3▲ 65×2 topics
  7. Sustainable Development3▲ 1.67×13 topics
  8. Big Data3▲ 2.5×7 topics
  9. Economic Growth3▲ 3.0×7 topics
  10. Economic Diplomacy3▲ 200×1 topic
  11. Foreign Policy3▲ 62×1 topic
  12. History3▲ 3.4×6 topics
  13. Literature3▲ 4.1×5 topics
  14. Identity3▲ 3.1×10 topics
  15. Learning Environments2▲ 66×2 topics
  16. Ethnicity2▲ 4.8×2 topics
  17. Teaching Methods2▲ 10×3 topics
  18. Environmental Policy2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  19. Firm Performance2▲ 8.6×3 topics
  20. Science2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  21. Cultural Transmission2▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Data Science2▲ 14×2 topics
  23. Environmental Sustainability2▲ 8.5×2 topics
  24. Indigenous Knowledge2▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Islam2▲ 6.8×1 topic
  26. Predictive Analytics2▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Regional Development2▲ 4.2×3 topics
  28. Social Influence2▲ 6.6×1 topic
  29. Engineering Design2▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Ethnomusicology2▲ 33×2 topics
  31. Historical Sources2▲ 77×1 topic
  32. Mathematics Education2▲ 28×1 topic
  33. Decision Support Systems2▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Analytics2▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Business Intelligence2▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Cultural Conservation2▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Ecomusicology2▲ 49×1 topic
  38. Metabolic Health2▲ 6.0×2 topics
  39. Digital Education1▲ 7.6×2 topics
  40. Student Attitudes1▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does GfK (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Balkan and Eastern European Studies, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, History and Theory of Mathematics and Diverse Musicological Studies.

  1. 1 Balkan and Eastern European Studies Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  2. 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 2 works
  4. 4 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 2 works
  5. 5 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 2 works
  6. 6 Education, Psychology, and Social Research Education 1 works
  7. 7 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 1 works
  8. 8 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Environmental Science and Water Management Water Science and Technology 1 works
  10. 10 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 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 available40.0%not open60.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.4%domestic only73.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has GfK (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is GfK (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00035% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%GfK (United States)0.00080% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of GfK (United States) 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025GfK (United States)9.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.5% in 2022.

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