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ICF International (United States)

In research, ICF International (United States) stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,686 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,964
of 22,385 · #2,922 all time
Rank in United States
#1,074
of 3,332
Research works
1.1k
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
27.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
ICF International (United States)

What is ICF International (United States) 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 #6,686 of 9,585 14.0%61 #3767

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where ICF International (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 ICF International (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research at ICF International (United States) is in Social Sciences, 32% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (21%), Social Sciences (16%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 66 fractional works · 39.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 16.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 6.6% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 11.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 54 fractional works · 31.8% of its workMedicine: 35 fractional works · 20.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 8.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 6.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 36 fractional works · 21.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 11.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 9 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKICF International(United States)169fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences32%Social Sciences39%

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 Sciences2716.0%
    2. Psychology1911.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance95.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities52.9%
    5. Decision Sciences42.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting31.7%
    1. Medicine3520.9%
    2. Health Professions158.9%
    3. Nursing31.6%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Environmental Science2011.6%
    2. Engineering63.7%
    3. Computer Science42.5%
    4. Mathematics31.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.2%
    6. Chemistry10.4%
    7. Energy10.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    9. Materials Science00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.2%
    3. Neuroscience21.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology21.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.33× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.30× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.36× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.09× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 3.36× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.02× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.16× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.56× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.63× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.63×19 works
  2. Health Professions3.36×15 works
  3. Nursing3.36×3 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.56×9 works
  5. Environmental Science2.33×20 works
  6. Decision Sciences2.16×4 works
  7. Mathematics1.30×3 works
  8. Social Sciences1.26×27 works
  9. Medicine1.09×35 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.03×2 works
  11. Arts and Humanities1.02×5 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.74×2 works
  13. Neuroscience0.72×2 works
  14. Dentistry0.68×1 works
  15. Veterinary0.56×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.55×5 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.52×3 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.46×4 works
  19. Energy0.36×1 works
  20. Computer Science0.33×4 works
  21. Chemistry0.25×1 works
  22. Engineering0.25×6 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.14×0 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.09×0 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.05×0 works
  26. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at ICF International (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Heather J. Cole-Lewis, Trevor N. Croft and Shari L. Shanklin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is ICF International (United States).

  1. 1 Heather J. Cole-Lewis United States · #82,125 worldwide 10k citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Trevor N. Croft United States · #190,634 worldwide 3.2k citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Shari L. Shanklin United States · #234,833 worldwide 14k citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Fred Arnold United States · #258,086 worldwide 4.4k citations · 116 works
  5. 5 Sorrel M. L. Namaste United States · #285,284 worldwide 3k citations · 62 works
  6. 6 Ronaldo Iachan United States · #325,642 worldwide 5k citations · 71 works
  7. 7 Jourdan DeVies United States · #352,323 worldwide 2.3k citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Sunita Kishor United States · #371,001 worldwide 3.8k citations · 48 works
  9. 9 Robyn B. Blain United States · #375,844 worldwide 2.7k citations · 47 works
  10. 10 Bethany Tennant United States · #417,587 worldwide 4.3k citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at ICF International (United States)

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

The most cited paper from ICF International (United States) is "The ARRIVE guidelines 2.0: Updated guidelines for reporting animal research" (Nathalie Percie du Sert et al., 2020), with 6,005 citations. Next come "Reporting animal research: Explanation and elaboration for the ARRIVE guidelines 2.0" (2,875) and "Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — United States, 2017" (2,544).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The ARRIVE guidelines 2.0: Updated guidelines for reporting animal research Nathalie Percie du Sert et al. · PLoS Biology Open access 14 Jul 2020 6,005
2 Reporting animal research: Explanation and elaboration for the ARRIVE guidelines 2.0 Nathalie Percie du Sert et al. · PLoS Biology Open access 14 Jul 2020 2,875
3 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — United States, 2017 Laura K. Kann, Tim McManus, William A. Harris et al. · MMWR Surveillance Summaries Open access 14 Jun 2018 2,544
4 The external wealth of nations mark II: Revised and extended estimates of foreign assets and liabilities, 1970–2004 Philip R. Lane, Gian Maria Milesi‐Ferretti · Journal of International Economics 22 Apr 2007 2,537
5 Youth Risk Behavior SurveillanceUnited States, 2015 Laura K. Kann, Tim McManus, William A. Harris et al. · MMWR Surveillance Summaries Open access 9 Jun 2016 2,044
All 55 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at ICF International (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Effects, Mental Health, Public Health, Epidemiology, Global Burden of Disease, Climate Change, Health Disparities and Antiretroviral Therapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology12▲ 1.79×37 topics
  2. Mental Health10▲ 4.3×21 topics
  3. Public Health10▲ 3.9×21 topics
  4. Climate Change9▲ 2.0×35 topics
  5. Health Effects8▲ 7.8×14 topics
  6. COVID-196▲ 2.5×11 topics
  7. Risk Factors5▲ 2.9×12 topics
  8. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 13×4 topics
  9. Depression5▲ 3.5×9 topics
  10. Anxiety4▲ 5.1×5 topics
  11. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 14×4 topics
  12. Economic Growth4▲ 2.9×10 topics
  13. Environmental Exposure4▲ 21×3 topics
  14. Health Disparities4▲ 9.0×5 topics
  15. Mortality4▲ 4.1×5 topics
  16. Child Development4▲ 5.3×6 topics
  17. Maternal Mortality4▲ 9.8×3 topics
  18. Mortality Rates4▲ 23×2 topics
  19. Psychological Impact4▲ 6.5×7 topics
  20. Viral Load3▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Health Inequalities3▲ 16×3 topics
  22. Psychological Distress3▲ 7.7×3 topics
  23. Behavior Change3▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Community Health Workers3▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Psychiatric Disorders3▲ 13×3 topics
  26. HIV Transmission3▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Risk Perception3▲ 6.5×5 topics
  28. Child Mortality3▲ 23×1 topic
  29. Evidence-Based Practice3▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Health Systems3▲ 23×1 topic
  31. Preexposure Prophylaxis3▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Stigma and Discrimination3▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Fisheries Sustainability3▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Air Pollution2▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Fine Particulate Air Pollution2▲ 16×1 topic
  36. Fiscal Policy2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  37. Particulate Matter2▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Substance Abuse2▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Data Quality2▲ 33×2 topics
  40. Global Health2▲ 9.1×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Global Maternal and Child Health, Air Quality and Health Impacts and COVID-19 and Mental Health.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…3HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…3Global Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…2Child Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksSurvey Methodology and Nonresponse: 2 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…2Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksEffects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: 2 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Cessation: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisClinical Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 3 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  3. 3 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  6. 6 Survey Methodology and Nonresponse Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  8. 8 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  9. 9 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  10. 10 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 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 available41.7%not open58.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.3%domestic only82.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 ICF International (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00052% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%ICF International (United States)0.00069% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of ICF International (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%30%ICF International (United States)10.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.0% in 2020.

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