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In-Q-Tel

In research, In-Q-Tel stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,486 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#5,874 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,066 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,032
of 22,385 · #23,652 all time
Rank in United States
#1,085
of 3,332
Research works
6.9k
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
244k
35.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
67%
world 18%
In-Q-Tel

What is In-Q-Tel 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,486 of 9,902 6.5%89 #16114
MedicineField #5,874 of 8,541 7.3%66 #13865
Social SciencesDomain #8,066 of 9,585 7.8%70 #14583
Physical SciencesDomain #9,240 of 10,670 5.1%67 #17397

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where In-Q-Tel 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#16,114 #6,486
  2. Medicine#13,865 #5,874
  3. Social Sciences#14,583 #8,066
  4. Physical Sciences#17,397 #9,240
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does In-Q-Tel work in?

In 2022-now, 33% of research at In-Q-Tel is in Social Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (22%), Social Sciences (21%), Engineering (14%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 101 fractional works · 33.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 63 fractional works · 20.7% of its workEducation: 28 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 3.7% of its workTransportation: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 4.0% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 4.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 90 fractional works · 29.5% of its workMedicine: 66 fractional works · 21.7% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOral Surgery: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthodontics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 74 fractional works · 24.4% of its workEngineering: 41 fractional works · 13.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 16 fractional works · 5.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 5.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 39 fractional works · 12.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 6.2% of its workAquatic Science: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKIn-Q-Tel304fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences29%Social Sciences33%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6320.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance134.4%
    3. Psychology134.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting51.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities51.6%
    6. Decision Sciences20.6%
    1. Medicine6621.7%
    2. Health Professions144.5%
    3. Dentistry82.7%
    4. Nursing20.5%
    1. Engineering4113.6%
    2. Computer Science165.4%
    3. Environmental Science72.3%
    4. Materials Science51.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    7. Mathematics10.3%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences196.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology113.6%
    3. Neuroscience82.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
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: 1.30× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.53× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.91× its world share, 41 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.66× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.72× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.13× its world share, 66 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.55× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.04× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.37× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 63 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry5.66×8 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.04×13 works
  3. Health Professions1.72×14 works
  4. Social Sciences1.64×63 works
  5. Neuroscience1.53×8 works
  6. Psychology1.37×13 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.30×19 works
  8. Medicine1.13×66 works
  9. Nursing1.08×2 works
  10. Engineering0.91×41 works
  11. Computer Science0.69×16 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.67×11 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.67×2 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.55×5 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.53×1 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.52×5 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×2 works
  18. Environmental Science0.46×7 works
  19. Materials Science0.44×5 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.30×2 works
  21. Mathematics0.27×1 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.26×1 works
  23. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  24. Energy0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at In-Q-Tel?

Ranked on the quality score, Robert Dean Clark, Kandabara Tapily and Eric V. Liu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is In-Q-Tel.

  1. 1 Robert Dean Clark United States · #3,547,866 worldwide 3k citations · 209 works
  2. 2 Kandabara Tapily United States · #3,685,219 worldwide 1.8k citations · 146 works
  3. 3 Eric V. Liu United States · #4,649,430 worldwide 2.1k citations · 171 works
  4. 4 Andrea Brennen United States · #5,611,207 worldwide 742 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Steven P. Consiglio United States · #5,635,494 worldwide 1.2k citations · 136 works
  6. 6 Richard Danzig United States · #6,267,210 worldwide 517 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Kumiko Yamazaki United States · #6,410,609 worldwide 400 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Jacob Shermeyer United States · #6,419,556 worldwide 703 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Adam Van Etten United States · #6,689,453 worldwide 1.1k citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Ken Burnett United States · #7,271,069 worldwide 249 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at In-Q-Tel

What are the most cited papers from In-Q-Tel?

The most cited paper from In-Q-Tel is "Estimates of worldwide burden of cancer in 2008: GLOBOCAN 2008" (Jacques Ferlay, Hai‐Rim Shin, Freddie Bray et al., 2010), with 21,446 citations. Next come "International pediatric sepsis consensus conference: Definitions for sepsis and organ dysfunction in pediatrics*" (3,655) and "The impact of supply chain integration on performance: A contingency and configuration approach" (3,283).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Estimates of worldwide burden of cancer in 2008: GLOBOCAN 2008 Jacques Ferlay, Hai‐Rim Shin, Freddie Bray et al. · International Journal of Cancer 17 Jun 2010 21,446
2 International pediatric sepsis consensus conference: Definitions for sepsis and organ dysfunction in pediatrics* Brahm Goldstein, Brett P. Giroir, Adrienne G. Randolph · Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2005 3,655
3 The impact of supply chain integration on performance: A contingency and configuration approach Barbara Bechler Flynn, Baofeng Huo, Xiande Zhao · Journal of Operations Management 17 Jun 2009 3,283
4 Relationships between operational practices and performance among early adopters of green supply chain management practices in Chinese manufacturing enterprises Qinghua Zhu, Joseph Sarkis · Journal of Operations Management 20 Apr 2004 2,676
5 Towards a theory of supply chain management: the constructs and measurements Injazz J. Chen, Antony Paulraj · Journal of Operations Management 27 Feb 2004 2,426
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at In-Q-Tel?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pedagogy, Language Teaching, Student Competencies, Teaching Methods, Epidemiology, Entrepreneurship, Investment and Digital Economy.

▲ 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. Pedagogy27▲ 18×4 topics
  2. Language Teaching26▲ 32×2 topics
  3. Student Competencies25▲ 127×1 topic
  4. Teaching Methods25▲ 52×1 topic
  5. Epidemiology24▲ 2.0×65 topics
  6. Globalization13▲ 2.2×8 topics
  7. Sustainability13▲ 1.72×11 topics
  8. Entrepreneurship12▲ 9.7×5 topics
  9. Investment11▲ 31×2 topics
  10. Digital Economy11▲ 18×3 topics
  11. Economic Development11▲ 4.5×3 topics
  12. Industrial Enterprises11▲ 102×1 topic
  13. Innovation Economics11▲ 102×1 topic
  14. Renewable Energy10▲ 2.4×8 topics
  15. Climate Change Impact10▲ 14×2 topics
  16. Islam10▲ 16×2 topics
  17. Energy Consumption10▲ 14×2 topics
  18. Irrigation9▲ 161×1 topic
  19. Water Efficiency9▲ 161×1 topic
  20. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 2.7×18 topics
  21. Ethnicity9▲ 7.8×3 topics
  22. History9▲ 4.2×2 topics
  23. Meta-Analysis9▲ 4.8×13 topics
  24. Science9▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Culture8▲ 5.4×1 topic
  26. Social Influence8▲ 13×1 topic
  27. Air Force8▲ 23×1 topic
  28. Legal Regulation8▲ 12×1 topic
  29. Modernization8▲ 15×1 topic
  30. Transport Policy8▲ 22×1 topic
  31. Circadian Rhythms8▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Migration7▲ 6.4×2 topics
  33. Primary Care7▲ 6.0×9 topics
  34. Global Governance6▲ 8.6×4 topics
  35. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy6▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Psychometric Evaluation6▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Insomnia6▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Sleep Duration6▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Biopolitics5▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Crisis Management5▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does In-Q-Tel publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Economic and Industrial Development, Engineering and Agricultural Innovations and Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies.

Education, Innovation an…25Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 25 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial …11Economic and Industrial Development: 11 fractional worksEngineering and Agricult…9Engineering and Agricultural Innovations: 9 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 8 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 8 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…8Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 8 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 6 fractional worksMedical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies: 5 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 4 fractional worksAdvancements in Photolithography Techniques: 4 fractional works
EducationEconomics and EconometricsAquatic ScienceSociology and Political Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 25 works
  2. 2 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 11 works
  3. 3 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 9 works
  4. 4 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  5. 5 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 8 works
  6. 6 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 8 works
  7. 7 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 6 works
  8. 8 Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  9. 9 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 4 works
  10. 10 Advancements in Photolithography Techniques Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 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 available28.6%not open71.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors67.1%domestic only32.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has In-Q-Tel's research output changed?

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

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 In-Q-Tel as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00086% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%In-Q-Tel0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of In-Q-Tel 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025In-Q-Tel8.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.3% in 1991.

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