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.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All 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.
- Social Sciences#2,901 #1,683
- Physical Sciences#14,559 #8,288
- Health Sciences#12,772 #8,007
- Social Sciences#6,230 #4,770
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2.8×
- Psychology 2.4×
- Decision Sciences 1.9×
- Health Professions 1.8×
- Computer Science 1.7×
- Social Sciences 1.6×
- Nursing 1.5×
- Veterinary 1.4×
- Environmental Science 1.2×
- Business, Management and Accounting 1.1×
- Arts and Humanities 1.1×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.0×
- Immunology and Microbiology 1.0×
- Mathematics 0.9×
- Medicine 0.8×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.7×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.6×
- Energy 0.5×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.5×
- Engineering 0.4×
- Neuroscience 0.4×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.3×
- Chemical Engineering 0.3×
- Materials Science 0.2×
- Dentistry 0.1×
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 Marc Levinson United States · #971,836 worldwide 10 citations · 25 works
- 2 William A. Wells United States · #1,265,158 worldwide 15 citations · 174 works
- 3 César Daniel Reyna Ugarriza United States · #1,616,598 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
- 4 Seonggil Lee United States · #1,633,620 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
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.
- Marxism
- Civil Rights Movement
- Ecological Economics
- Financial Markets
- Policy Compliance
- Game Theory
- Imperialism
- Anomaly Detection
- Capitalism
- Feminism
- Colonialism
- Neoliberalism
- Distributed Systems
- Supply Chain Management
- Risk Management
- Security
- Big Data
- Mental Health
- Epidemiology
- Globalization
- Climate Change
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Sustainability
- Artificial Intelligence
- Neural Networks
- Healthcare
- Economic Growth
- Conflict
- Resilience
- Cybersecurity
- Social Movements
- Global Warming
- Health Disparities
- Fiscal Policy
- Information Security
- Resource Management
- Cold War
- Black Studies
- Data Science
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
- Climate Change15▲ 1.70×51 topics
- Globalization14▲ 2.2×25 topics
- Machine Learning14▲ 1.35×41 topics
- Epidemiology12◆ 0.95×57 topics
- Deep Learning12◆ 1.09×36 topics
- Mental Health11▲ 2.3×22 topics
- Sustainability11▲ 1.35×31 topics
- Big Data10▲ 3.4×13 topics
- Artificial Intelligence10▲ 2.2×19 topics
- Security8▲ 3.9×13 topics
- Neural Networks8▲ 1.53×19 topics
- Risk Management8▲ 4.8×8 topics
- Healthcare7▲ 2.0×14 topics
- Supply Chain Management7▲ 2.4×8 topics
- Economic Growth6▲ 2.4×13 topics
- Distributed Systems6▲ 11×5 topics
- Conflict5▲ 10×6 topics
- Neoliberalism5▲ 4.5×5 topics
- Resilience5▲ 3.3×9 topics
- Colonialism5▲ 3.3×13 topics
- Cybersecurity5▲ 6.3×4 topics
- Feminism5▲ 5.1×5 topics
- Social Movements5▲ 4.7×5 topics
- Capitalism4▲ 21×3 topics
- Global Warming4▲ 3.4×10 topics
- Anomaly Detection4▲ 4.6×3 topics
- Health Disparities4▲ 4.7×8 topics
- Imperialism4▲ 14×3 topics
- Fiscal Policy4▲ 5.3×6 topics
- Game Theory4▲ 6.7×2 topics
- Information Security4▲ 11×1 topic
- Policy Compliance4▲ 28×1 topic
- Resource Management3▲ 6.2×3 topics
- Financial Markets3▲ 7.4×2 topics
- Cold War3▲ 15×2 topics
- Ecological Economics3▲ 19×2 topics
- Black Studies3▲ 40×1 topic
- Civil Rights Movement3▲ 40×1 topic
- Data Science3▲ 8.8×2 topics
- 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.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 4 works
- 2 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 3 works
- 3 Political Economy and Marxism Sociology and Political Science 3 works
- 4 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 3 works
- 5 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 2 works
- 6 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 2 works
- 7 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
- 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
- 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
- 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
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.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Other research institutions in Washington D.C.
- Georgetown University
- George Washington University
- United States Naval Research Laboratory
- Agricultural Research Service
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs
- United States Department of Agriculture
- American University
- Environmental Protection Agency
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.