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Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

In research, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,369 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#24,085
of 34,923
Rank in Switzerland
#291
of 378
Research works
197
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.1k
20.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
70%
world 40%
International
65%
world 18%
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

What is Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition 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
Health SciencesDomain #8,369 of 16,688 13.7%134

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition 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 Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition is in Health Sciences, 21% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (18%), Nursing (18%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 29 fractional works · 52.8% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 25.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 10.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 17.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 10 fractional works · 17.6% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 9.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 21.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 18.1% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 9.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 14.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 11.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGlobal Alliancefor Improved…55fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences53%Social Sciences15%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1425.1%
    2. Nursing1017.6%
    3. Health Professions59.9%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1018.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    1. Social Sciences36.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting35.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.6%
    4. Decision Sciences00.3%
    5. Psychology00.1%
    1. Environmental Science58.2%
    2. Engineering11.4%
    3. Computer Science11.2%
    4. Chemistry00.5%
    5. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
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: 3.80× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.65× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.76× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.30× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 35.95× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.49× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.64× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 36.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing35.95×10 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.80×10 works
  3. Health Professions3.76×5 works
  4. Environmental Science1.65×4 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.64×3 works
  6. Veterinary1.49×0 works
  7. Medicine1.30×14 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.21×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.50×2 works
  10. Social Sciences0.49×3 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.43×0 works
  12. Chemistry0.32×0 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.31×0 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.25×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.16×1 works
  16. Neuroscience0.11×0 works
  17. Engineering0.09×1 works
  18. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  19. Psychology0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition?

Ranked on the quality score, Ty Beal, Stella Nordhagen and Fabian Rohner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition.

  1. 1 Ty Beal Switzerland · #80,647 worldwide 5.6k citations · 108 works
  2. 2 Stella Nordhagen Switzerland · #224,569 worldwide 3.4k citations · 114 works
  3. 3 Fabian Rohner Switzerland · #266,521 worldwide 9.1k citations · 122 works
  4. 4 Marti J. van Liere Switzerland · #400,407 worldwide 2.2k citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Lynnette Marie Neufeld Switzerland · #445,741 worldwide 10k citations · 292 works
  6. 6 James P. Wirth Switzerland · #471,723 worldwide 5.8k citations · 92 works
  7. 7 Greg S. Garrett Switzerland · #791,291 worldwide 1.5k citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Flaminia Ortenzi Switzerland · #932,078 worldwide 739 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Regina Moench‐Pfanner Switzerland · #1,011,998 worldwide 2.9k citations · 62 works
  10. 10 Valerie M Friesen Switzerland · #1,096,145 worldwide 543 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

What are the most cited papers from Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition?

The most cited paper from Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition is "A review of child stunting determinants in Indonesia" (Ty Beal, Alison Tumilowicz, Aang Sutrisna et al., 2018), with 726 citations. Next come "INFORMAS ( I nternational N etwork for F ood and O besity/non‐communicable diseases R esearch, M onitoring and A ction S upport): overview and key principles" (671) and "Micronutrient deficiencies among preschool-aged children and women of reproductive age worldwide: a pooled analysis of individual-level data from population-representative surveys" (645).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A review of child stunting determinants in Indonesia Ty Beal, Alison Tumilowicz, Aang Sutrisna et al. · Maternal and Child Nutrition Open access 17 May 2018 726
2 INFORMAS ( I nternational N etwork for F ood and O besity/non‐communicable diseases R esearch, M onitoring and A ction S upport): overview and key principles Boyd Anthony Swinburn et al. · Obesity Reviews Open access 17 Sep 2013 671
3 Micronutrient deficiencies among preschool-aged children and women of reproductive age worldwide: a pooled analysis of individual-level data from population-representative surveys Gretchen A Stevens et al. · The Lancet Global Health Open access 11 Oct 2022 645
4 Global prevalence and disease burden of vitamin D deficiency: a roadmap for action in low‐ and middle‐income countries Daniel E. Roth, Steven A. Abrams, John F. Aloia et al. · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Open access 18 Sep 2018 534
5 Impacts of COVID-19 on childhood malnutrition and nutrition-related mortality Derek Headey, Rebecca Anne Heidkamp, Saskia J. M. Osendarp et al. · The Lancet Open access 27 Jul 2020 456
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Global Burden of Disease, Child Development, Maternal and Child Undernutrition, Water Sanitation Hygiene, Environmental Impact, Sustainability, Inflammation and Health Effects.

▲ 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. Global Burden of Disease9▲ 66×3 topics
  2. Child Development9▲ 40×3 topics
  3. Maternal and Child Undernutrition9▲ 194×1 topic
  4. Water Sanitation Hygiene9▲ 194×1 topic
  5. Environmental Impact7▲ 7.8×9 topics
  6. Sustainability7▲ 5.0×14 topics
  7. Inflammation6▲ 5.5×11 topics
  8. Health Effects5▲ 15×8 topics
  9. Public Health4▲ 5.3×13 topics
  10. Chronic Disease4▲ 44×3 topics
  11. Climate Change4▲ 2.7×8 topics
  12. Health Outcomes4▲ 27×3 topics
  13. Mental Health4▲ 5.1×3 topics
  14. Social Determinants4▲ 35×2 topics
  15. Food Insecurity4▲ 125×1 topic
  16. Nutritional Consequences4▲ 151×1 topic
  17. Consumer Behavior4▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 5.4×9 topics
  19. Obesity3▲ 7.7×4 topics
  20. Supply Chain3▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Consumer Perception3▲ 24×4 topics
  22. Greenhouse Gas Emissions3▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 6.7×7 topics
  24. Food Waste3▲ 147×1 topic
  25. Household Behavior3▲ 57×1 topic
  26. Food Systems3▲ 111×1 topic
  27. Sustainable Diets3▲ 111×1 topic
  28. Risk Perception3▲ 18×4 topics
  29. Chronic Diseases2▲ 18×4 topics
  30. Cancer Prevention2▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Food Safety2▲ 16×4 topics
  32. Food Security2▲ 8.0×8 topics
  33. Consumer Acceptance2▲ 53×2 topics
  34. Dietary Patterns2▲ 53×1 topic
  35. Functional Foods2▲ 36×2 topics
  36. Mediterranean Diet2▲ 53×1 topic
  37. Muscle Mass2▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Cancer Cachexia2▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Sarcopenia2▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Nutrition Labeling2▲ 119×1 topic

Which research topics does Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact.

Child Nutrition and Wate…9Child Nutrition and Water Access: 9 fractional worksFood Security and Health…4Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 4 fractional worksFood Waste Reduction and…3Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability: 3 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainabili…3Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 3 fractional worksNutritional Studies and …2Nutritional Studies and Diet: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …2Nutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional worksConsumer Attitudes and Food Labeling: 2 fractional worksFood Safety and Hygiene: 2 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 1 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 1 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsGeneral Health ProfessionsFood ScienceEcology3 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 9 works
  2. 2 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 4 works
  3. 3 Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability Food Science 3 works
  4. 4 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 3 works
  5. 5 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works
  7. 7 Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Food Safety and Hygiene Food Science 2 works
  9. 9 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 1 works
  10. 10 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet 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 available69.9%not open30.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors64.7%domestic only35.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition0.00018% in 202520102020

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