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Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge

ROR OpenAlex
Research works
72
▼ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
733
10.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
38.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 4.34× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMathematics: 8.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsArts and Humanities: 3.30× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 3.13× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.76× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Religion, Nationalism, Identity, Philosophy, Ethics, Labor Market and Culture.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Globalization16▲ 12×25 topics
  2. Religion6▲ 15×8 topics
  3. Nationalism6▲ 14×7 topics
  4. Identity6▲ 10×12 topics
  5. Philosophy5▲ 15×10 topics
  6. Ethics5▲ 14×10 topics
  7. Education5▲ 5.0×9 topics
  8. Culture4▲ 13×9 topics
  9. Labor Market4▲ 25×5 topics
  10. Neoliberalism4▲ 15×9 topics
  11. History4▲ 6.3×7 topics
  12. Democracy3▲ 12×5 topics
  13. Higher Education3▲ 11×4 topics
  14. Lifelong Learning3▲ 28×4 topics
  15. Social Exclusion3▲ 60×2 topics
  16. Ethnicity3▲ 14×3 topics
  17. Unemployment3▲ 54×2 topics
  18. Political Economy3▲ 15×5 topics
  19. Public Opinion3▲ 22×3 topics
  20. Colonialism3▲ 7.5×6 topics
  21. Income Inequality3▲ 27×3 topics
  22. Secularism3▲ 35×3 topics
  23. Social Capital3▲ 9.0×6 topics
  24. Individualization3▲ 210×1 topic
  25. Youth Transitions3▲ 210×1 topic
  26. Social Policy2▲ 27×3 topics
  27. Institutional Change2▲ 72×2 topics
  28. Empire2▲ 36×3 topics
  29. Ideational Power2▲ 80×1 topic
  30. Memory2▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Philosophy of Science2▲ 68×2 topics
  32. Welfare State2▲ 32×1 topic
  33. Hermeneutics2▲ 38×2 topics
  34. Inequality2▲ 12×5 topics
  35. Migration2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  36. Cultural Studies2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  37. Politics2▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Science2▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Balkans2▲ 134×1 topic
  40. Conflict2▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Risk Perception and Management, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Advanced Algebra and Logic and History and Theory of Mathematics.

Risk Perception and Mana…1Risk Perception and Management: 1 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Algebra and Logic: 0 fractional worksHistory and Theory of Mathematics: 0 fractional worksWittgensteinian philosop…0Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications: 0 fractional worksSoil and Unsaturated Flow: 0 fractional worksEducation, Achievement, and Giftedness: 0 fractional worksEmotional Intelligence and Performance: 0 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 0 fractional worksDigital Economy and Work Transformation: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceSoil ScienceComputational Theory and MathematicsTheoretical Computer Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Risk Perception and Management Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 1 works
  3. 3 Advanced Algebra and Logic Computational Theory and Mathematics 0 works
  4. 4 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 0 works
  5. 5 Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications Philosophy 0 works
  6. 6 Soil and Unsaturated Flow Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Education, Achievement, and Giftedness Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Emotional Intelligence and Performance Social Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 0 works
  10. 10 Digital Economy and Work Transformation Sociology and Political Science 0 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 available56.5%not open43.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% lower than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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