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Independent Sector

In research, Independent Sector stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,683 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#8,288 of 12,888 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,007 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

World rank, 2022–2025
#6,995
of 28,054 · #12,750 all time
Rank in United States
#931
of 4,192
Research works
963
▲ 103% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
12.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Independent Sector known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #1,683 of 10,521 18.6%136 #2901
Physical SciencesDomain #8,288 of 12,888 20.2%95 #14559
Health SciencesDomain #8,007 of 11,982 18.9%68 #12772
Social SciencesField #4,770 of 6,365 17.4%65 #6230

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Independent Sector 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#2,901 #1,683
  2. Physical Sciences#14,559 #8,288
  3. Health Sciences#12,772 #8,007
  4. Social Sciences#6,230 #4,770
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

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, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 1.66× its world share, 42 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.43× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.23× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.82× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.80× its world share, 50 worksMedicineNursing: 1.51× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.11× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.14× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.86× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.75× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.42× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 65 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Independent Sector?

Ranked on the composite score, Marc Levinson, William A. Wells and César Daniel Reyna Ugarriza lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Independent Sector.

  1. 1 Marc Levinson United States · #971,836 worldwide 10 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 William A. Wells United States · #1,265,158 worldwide 15 citations · 174 works
  3. 3 César Daniel Reyna Ugarriza United States · #1,616,598 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Seonggil Lee United States · #1,633,620 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Independent Sector

Which keywords describe research at Independent Sector?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Big Data, Climate Change, Risk Management, Mental Health, Security, Distributed Systems and Machine Learning.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Climate Change15▲ 1.70×51 topics
  2. Globalization14▲ 2.2×25 topics
  3. Machine Learning14▲ 1.35×41 topics
  4. Epidemiology12◆ 0.95×57 topics
  5. Deep Learning12◆ 1.09×36 topics
  6. Mental Health11▲ 2.3×22 topics
  7. Sustainability11▲ 1.35×31 topics
  8. Big Data10▲ 3.4×13 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence10▲ 2.2×19 topics
  10. Security8▲ 3.9×13 topics
  11. Neural Networks8▲ 1.53×19 topics
  12. Risk Management8▲ 4.8×8 topics
  13. Healthcare7▲ 2.0×14 topics
  14. Supply Chain Management7▲ 2.4×8 topics
  15. Economic Growth6▲ 2.4×13 topics
  16. Distributed Systems6▲ 11×5 topics
  17. Conflict5▲ 10×6 topics
  18. Neoliberalism5▲ 4.5×5 topics
  19. Resilience5▲ 3.3×9 topics
  20. Colonialism5▲ 3.3×13 topics
  21. Cybersecurity5▲ 6.3×4 topics
  22. Feminism5▲ 5.1×5 topics
  23. Social Movements5▲ 4.7×5 topics
  24. Capitalism4▲ 21×3 topics
  25. Global Warming4▲ 3.4×10 topics
  26. Anomaly Detection4▲ 4.6×3 topics
  27. Health Disparities4▲ 4.7×8 topics
  28. Imperialism4▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Fiscal Policy4▲ 5.3×6 topics
  30. Game Theory4▲ 6.7×2 topics
  31. Information Security4▲ 11×1 topic
  32. Policy Compliance4▲ 28×1 topic
  33. Resource Management3▲ 6.2×3 topics
  34. Financial Markets3▲ 7.4×2 topics
  35. Cold War3▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Ecological Economics3▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Black Studies3▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Civil Rights Movement3▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Data Science3▲ 8.8×2 topics
  40. Marxism3▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Independent Sector publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Information and Cyber Security, Race, History, and American Society, Political Economy and Marxism and Big Data and Business Intelligence.

  1. 1 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 4 works
  2. 2 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  3. 3 Political Economy and Marxism Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  4. 4 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 3 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 2 works
  7. 7 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  8. 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 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 available56.7%not open43.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.5%domestic only81.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Independent Sector's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 103% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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