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Horizon Research (United States)

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World rank, all time
#24,431
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,080
of 7,310
Research works
143
▲ 52% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
17.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Horizon Research (United States)

Which fields of science does Horizon Research (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Horizon Research (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (21%), Medicine (15%), Social Sciences (13%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 39.6% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 21.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 7.8% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 7.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 10.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 35.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 12.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 16.9% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 14.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKHorizon Research(United States)44fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences36%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science921.1%
    2. Engineering510.9%
    3. Environmental Science24.9%
    4. Materials Science01.0%
    5. Chemical Engineering00.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.7%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences612.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting37.6%
    3. Decision Sciences35.8%
    4. Psychology25.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities12.9%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.9%
    1. Medicine714.7%
    2. Health Professions01.0%
    3. Nursing01.0%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.1%
    3. Neuroscience00.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
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: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.51× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.71× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.73× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 1.98× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.37× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.96× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.67× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences5.96×3 works
  2. Computer Science2.71×9 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.51×0 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.37×3 works
  5. Nursing1.98×0 works
  6. Psychology1.67×2 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.99×1 works
  8. Social Sciences0.99×6 works
  9. Environmental Science0.98×2 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.90×1 works
  11. Medicine0.77×6 works
  12. Engineering0.73×5 works
  13. Veterinary0.69×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.65×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×2 works
  16. Neuroscience0.48×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.47×0 works
  18. Dentistry0.39×0 works
  19. Health Professions0.38×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.37×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.29×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Horizon Research (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Eric R. Banilower, P. Sean Smith and Daniel J. Heck lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Horizon Research (United States).

  1. 1 Eric R. Banilower United States · #1,045,622 worldwide 1.5k citations · 36 works
  2. 2 P. Sean Smith United States · #1,301,681 worldwide 1.3k citations · 65 works
  3. 3 Daniel J. Heck United States · #1,489,572 worldwide 1.1k citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Joan D. Pasley United States · #2,692,562 worldwide 466 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Horizon Research (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Horizon Research (United States) is "Conceptualizing the curriculum enactment process in mathematics education" (Janine T. Remillard, Daniel J. Heck, 2014), with 321 citations. Next come "Buprenorphine compared with methadone to treat pregnant women with opioid use disorder: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of safety in the mother, fetus and child" (240) and "Can professional development make the vision of the standards a reality? The impact of the national science foundation's local systemic change through teacher enhancement initiative" (229).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Conceptualizing the curriculum enactment process in mathematics education Janine T. Remillard, Daniel J. Heck · ZDM 4 Jul 2014 321
2 Buprenorphine compared with methadone to treat pregnant women with opioid use disorder: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of safety in the mother, fetus and child Barbara K. Zedler, Ashley L. Mann, Mimi Kim et al. · Addiction ReviewOpen access 25 May 2016 240
3 Can professional development make the vision of the standards a reality? The impact of the national science foundation's local systemic change through teacher enhancement initiative Eric R. Banilower, Daniel J. Heck, Iris R. Weiss · Journal of Research in Science Teaching 14 Nov 2006 229
4 Treating Women Who Are Pregnant and Parenting for Opioid Use Disorder and the Concurrent Care of Their Infants and Children: Literature Review to Support National Guidance Stacey L. Klaman, Krystyna R. Isaacs, Anne Leopold et al. · Journal of Addiction Medicine Open access 12 Apr 2017 201
5 Bridging the Ethnic Divide: Student and School Characteristics in African American, Asian‐Descent, Latino, and White Adolescents' Cross‐Ethnic Friend Nominations Jill V. Hamm, B. Bradford Brown, Daniel J. Heck · Journal of Research on Adolescence 16 Feb 2005 172
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Which keywords describe research at Horizon Research (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Energy Efficiency, Cloud Computing, Deep Learning, MapReduce, Virtualization, Security and Bioinformatics.

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

All 29 words, with their numbers
  1. Big Data4▲ 9.0×9 topics
  2. Deep Learning4▲ 2.3×12 topics
  3. Energy Efficiency3▲ 7.3×5 topics
  4. Machine Learning3▲ 2.0×12 topics
  5. Neural Networks2▲ 3.3×7 topics
  6. Cloud Computing2▲ 15×3 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 2.8×7 topics
  8. Security2▲ 6.1×6 topics
  9. MapReduce2▲ 64×1 topic
  10. Virtualization2▲ 46×1 topic
  11. Epidemiology2◆ 0.88×9 topics
  12. Bioinformatics2▲ 29×2 topics
  13. Consumer Behavior1▲ 4.8×4 topics
  14. Education1▲ 1.72×5 topics
  15. Risk Assessment1▲ 4.5×5 topics
  16. Social Media1▲ 2.2×6 topics
  17. Artificial Neural Networks1▲ 6.1×3 topics
  18. Climate Change1◆ 0.98×13 topics
  19. Healthcare1▲ 2.4×4 topics
  20. Internet of Things1▲ 3.1×5 topics
  21. Sustainability1◆ 1.07×9 topics
  22. Economic Development1▲ 3.0×4 topics
  23. Mental Health1▲ 1.76×8 topics
  24. Religion1▲ 5.5×4 topics
  25. Building Energy Consumption1▲ 30×1 topic
  26. Educational Technology1▲ 1.96×3 topics
  27. Reproducibility1▲ 57×1 topic
  28. Scientific Workflows1▲ 57×1 topic
  29. Thermal Comfort1▲ 17×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Cloud Computing and Resource Management, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Scientific Computing and Data Management and Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects.

Cloud Computing and Reso…2Cloud Computing and Resource Management: 2 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization: 1 fractional worksScientific Computing and…1Scientific Computing and Data Management: 1 fractional worksPrenatal Substance Expos…1Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects: 1 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 1 fractional worksConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification: 0 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…0Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 0 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 0 fractional worksGenetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research: 0 fractional worksDigital Marketing and Social Media: 0 fractional works
Information SystemsBuilding and ConstructionInformation Systems and ManagementPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health6 others

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

  1. 1 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 2 works
  2. 2 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 1 works
  3. 3 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 1 works
  4. 4 Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  5. 5 Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  6. 6 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Marketing 0 works
  7. 7 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  8. 8 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  9. 9 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 0 works
  10. 10 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 0 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 available54.9%not open45.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.7%domestic only73.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 52% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Horizon Research (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Horizon Research (United States)0.00027% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Horizon Research (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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