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Ian's Friends Foundation

In research, Ian's Friends Foundation stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,886 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,004
of 22,385 · #12,693 all time
Rank in United States
#1,824
of 3,332
Research works
543
▲ 72% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Ian's Friends Foundation

What is Ian's Friends Foundation known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,886 of 9,585 11.6%64 #8259

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ian's Friends 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Ian's Friends Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Ian's Friends Foundation is in Social Sciences, 24% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (17%), Medicine (8%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 72 fractional works · 42.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 47 fractional works · 28.1% of its workEducation: 16 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 5.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 40 fractional works · 23.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 29 fractional works · 17.1% of its workPlant Science: 12 fractional works · 6.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 20.9% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 7.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 5.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 12.9% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIan's FriendsFoundation169fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences43%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4728.1%
    2. Psychology105.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities63.5%
    4. Decision Sciences42.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.9%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2917.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology95.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    4. Neuroscience10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Computer Science137.9%
    2. Environmental Science95.3%
    3. Engineering63.5%
    4. Materials Science31.7%
    5. Chemistry10.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    8. Mathematics10.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine148.2%
    2. Health Professions42.5%
    3. Nursing31.7%
    4. Veterinary10.3%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
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: 3.60× its world share, 29 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.01× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.06× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 3.47× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.46× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.22× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.66× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.88× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.88× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.22× its world share, 48 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.60×29 works
  2. Nursing3.47×3 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.66×4 works
  4. Veterinary2.46×1 works
  5. Social Sciences2.22×48 works
  6. Psychology1.88×10 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.22×6 works
  8. Environmental Science1.06×9 works
  9. Computer Science1.01×13 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.00×9 works
  11. Health Professions0.94×4 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.88×3 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.75×0 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.59×1 works
  15. Chemistry0.54×1 works
  16. Materials Science0.48×3 works
  17. Medicine0.43×14 works
  18. Mathematics0.42×1 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.31×1 works
  20. Neuroscience0.29×1 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.28×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.27×1 works
  23. Dentistry0.27×0 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.24×1 works
  25. Engineering0.23×6 works

Who are the top researchers at Ian's Friends Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Samarth Sandeep, Janet C Remus and Luiz Alberto Oliveira Lima Roque lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ian's Friends Foundation.

  1. 1 Samarth Sandeep United States · #3,753,806 worldwide 101 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Janet C Remus United States · #4,363,788 worldwide 723 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Luiz Alberto Oliveira Lima Roque United States · #4,549,855 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Ianne Lima Nogueira United States · #4,613,789 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Sirley Brandão dos Santos United States · #4,708,094 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Torquato Ferreira Pinheiro United States · #4,932,326 worldwide 7 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Marco Antonio Gomes Teixeira da Silva United States · #5,095,713 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Thomas Reiser United States · #5,184,215 worldwide 194 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Rafael Durán Giménez-Rico United States · #5,545,021 worldwide 9 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Ian's Friends Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Ian's Friends Foundation?

The most cited paper from Ian's Friends Foundation is "Histone acetylation and disease" (Stefanie Timmermann, Heike Lehrmann, Anna Polesskaya et al., 2001), with 342 citations. Next come "Nucleation and growth of thin films" (327) and "Food safety considerations and research priorities for the cultured meat and seafood industry" (213).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Histone acetylation and disease Stefanie Timmermann, Heike Lehrmann, Anna Polesskaya et al. · Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences Open access May 2001 342
2 Nucleation and growth of thin films K. Reichelt · Vacuum 1988 327
3 Food safety considerations and research priorities for the cultured meat and seafood industry Kimberly J. Ong, Jeremiah Johnston, Isha Datar et al. · Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety Open access 10 Oct 2021 213
4 Nanofertilizers and their role in sustainable agriculture Yogendra Kumar · Annals of Plant and Soil Research Open access Aug 2021 162
5 Elastic contact mechanics: Percolation of the contact area and fluid squeeze-out B. N. J. Persson, Nikolay Prodanov, Brandon A. Krick et al. · The European Physical Journal E 2012 67
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ian's Friends Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Qualitative Research, Online Learning, Educational Technology, Higher Education, Public Policy, Social Inequality and Curriculum Development.

▲ 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. Teacher Training14▲ 14×8 topics
  2. Educational Technology11▲ 5.7×9 topics
  3. Qualitative Research11▲ 7.8×6 topics
  4. Online Learning11▲ 7.6×5 topics
  5. Higher Education8▲ 9.4×5 topics
  6. Public Policy8▲ 10×8 topics
  7. Social Inequality8▲ 17×4 topics
  8. Curriculum Development8▲ 6.6×4 topics
  9. Probiotics7▲ 17×5 topics
  10. Innovation6▲ 3.7×7 topics
  11. Social Impact6▲ 9.4×4 topics
  12. Gut Microbiota6▲ 10×4 topics
  13. Education6▲ 1.98×17 topics
  14. Digital Literacy5▲ 5.6×2 topics
  15. Distance Learning5▲ 9.2×2 topics
  16. Inclusive Education5▲ 8.6×3 topics
  17. Social Network Analysis5▲ 27×1 topic
  18. WebQuests5▲ 61×1 topic
  19. Educational Policies5▲ 29×2 topics
  20. Educational Reform5▲ 24×1 topic
  21. Pedagogical Practices5▲ 34×1 topic
  22. Feed Additives5▲ 48×2 topics
  23. Quality Assurance5▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Evaluation4▲ 51×1 topic
  25. SINAES4▲ 103×1 topic
  26. Amino Acids4▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Educational Games4▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Heat Stress4▲ 31×2 topics
  29. Antibiotic Alternatives4▲ 45×1 topic
  30. Poultry Production4▲ 45×1 topic
  31. Pedagogical Strategies4▲ 54×2 topics
  32. Research Methods4▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Data Analysis4▲ 8.3×3 topics
  34. Organizational Management3▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Quantitative Research3▲ 16×1 topic
  36. Bioavailability3▲ 9.2×3 topics
  37. Student Retention3▲ 48×1 topic
  38. University Dropout3▲ 167×1 topic
  39. Cultural Analysis3▲ 37×3 topics
  40. Science Education3▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Ian's Friends Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education and Digital Technologies, Education Pedagogy and Practices, Education and Public Policy and Animal Nutrition and Physiology.

Education and Digital Te…5Education and Digital Technologies: 5 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and P…5Education Pedagogy and Practices: 5 fractional worksEducation and Public Pol…4Education and Public Policy: 4 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Phy…4Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 4 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 3 fractional worksEvasion and Academic Success Factors: 3 fractional worksPhytase and its Applicat…3Phytase and its Applications: 3 fractional worksEducation during COVID-19 pandemic: 2 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 2 fractional worksEducational Games and Gamification: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEducationPolitical Science and International RelationsAnimal Science and Zoology4 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  2. 2 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 5 works
  3. 3 Education and Public Policy Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  4. 4 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 4 works
  5. 5 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 3 works
  6. 6 Evasion and Academic Success Factors Demography 3 works
  7. 7 Phytase and its Applications Plant Science 3 works
  8. 8 Education during COVID-19 pandemic Education 2 works
  9. 9 Science and Education Research Education 2 works
  10. 10 Educational Games and Gamification Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 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 available57.0%not open43.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.7%domestic only69.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ian's Friends Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 72% 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 Ian's Friends Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00054% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Ian's Friends Foundation0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ian's Friends Foundation 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 counting5%10%15%Ian's Friends Foundation11.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.9% in 2020.

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