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Institute of Behavioral Sciences

In research, Institute of Behavioral Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,352 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#2,674 of 14,558 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,304 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychology (Psychology is 8.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,342
of 22,385 · #2,989 all time
Rank in Japan
#261
of 924
Research works
1.8k
▼ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
77k
42.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
55%
world 18%
Institute of Behavioral Sciences

What is Institute of Behavioral Sciences known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #2,352 of 16,688 11.3%690
MedicineField #2,674 of 14,558 11.6%548
Life SciencesDomain #2,304 of 11,023 13.6%269
Social SciencesDomain #3,140 of 14,833 12.5%758
PsychologyField #835 of 3,404 12.9%443
Health ProfessionsField #1,018 of 3,315 10.1%128
NeuroscienceField #674 of 2,157 13.4%158
Clinical PsychologySubfield #440 of 1,390 13.9%252
Social SciencesField #3,125 of 9,330 11.1%200
Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield #415 of 784 11.1%157

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Behavioral Sciences 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 Institute of Behavioral Sciences work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Institute of Behavioral Sciences is in Social Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Psychology (25%), Medicine (22%), Social Sciences (18%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 68 fractional works · 49.2% of its workPsychology: 35 fractional works · 25.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 10.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 17.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 41 fractional works · 29.6% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 22.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 10.8% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 6.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 10.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitute ofBehavioral…138fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences49%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology3525.2%
    2. Social Sciences2417.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting32.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities31.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.5%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Medicine3122.3%
    2. Health Professions86.2%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry10.4%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Neuroscience96.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Environmental Science53.7%
    2. Engineering43.1%
    3. Computer Science42.6%
    4. Mathematics10.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Materials Science00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institute of Behavioral Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychology takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PsychologyField · 34.7 works8.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.05× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.34× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.16× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 8.28× its world share, 35 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology8.28×35 works
  2. Neuroscience4.05×9 works
  3. Health Professions2.34×8 works
  4. Social Sciences1.40×24 works
  5. Medicine1.16×31 works
  6. Nursing1.11×1 works
  7. Veterinary0.95×0 works
  8. Dentistry0.90×1 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.77×3 works
  10. Environmental Science0.74×5 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.72×2 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.64×2 works
  13. Mathematics0.52×1 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.45×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.38×3 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.37×2 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.37×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.34×4 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.28×0 works
  20. Engineering0.20×4 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×0 works
  22. Energy0.09×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Behavioral Sciences?

Ranked on the quality score, Mina K. Dulcan, Jill Novacek and Patricia M. Schulz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Behavioral Sciences.

  1. 1 Mina K. Dulcan Japan · #132,220 worldwide 18k citations · 125 works
  2. 2 Jill Novacek Japan · #831,733 worldwide 2.6k citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Patricia M. Schulz Japan · #1,639,333 worldwide 1k citations · 19 works
  4. 4 S. Charles Schulz Japan · #2,352,782 worldwide 1.8k citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Akiyoshi Kannari Japan · #3,017,051 worldwide 2.6k citations · 31 works
  6. 6 James Filipczak Japan · #3,108,534 worldwide 214 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Richard E. Farson Japan · #3,550,419 worldwide 474 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 F Milanes Japan · #3,580,312 worldwide 533 citations · 55 works
  9. 9 John R. Raser Japan · #3,734,387 worldwide 185 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Karen M. Donahey Japan · #3,797,034 worldwide 68 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Behavioral Sciences

What are the most cited papers from Institute of Behavioral Sciences?

The most cited paper from Institute of Behavioral Sciences is "Default-mode network activity distinguishes Alzheimer's disease from healthy aging: Evidence from functional MRI" (Michael D. Greicius, Gaurav Srivastava, Allan L. Reiss et al., 2004), with 3,761 citations. Next come "A critical role for the right fronto-insular cortex in switching between central-executive and default-mode networks" (2,998) and "Validity and Reliability of the Experience-Sampling Method" (2,586).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Default-mode network activity distinguishes Alzheimer's disease from healthy aging: Evidence from functional MRI Michael D. Greicius, Gaurav Srivastava, Allan L. Reiss et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 15 Mar 2004 3,761
2 A critical role for the right fronto-insular cortex in switching between central-executive and default-mode networks Devarajan Sridharan, Daniel J. Levitin, Vinod Menon · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 22 Aug 2008 2,998
3 Validity and Reliability of the Experience-Sampling Method Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Reed W. Larson · The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease Sep 1987 2,586
4 The relation of empathy to prosocial and related behaviors. Nancy Eisenberg, Paul Anthony Miller · Psychological Bulletin 1987 2,559
5 Lifetime and 12-Month Prevalence of Bipolar Spectrum Disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication Kathleen Ries Merikangas, Hagop Souren Akiskal, Jules Angst et al. · Archives of General Psychiatry Open access May 2007 2,432
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Behavioral Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Depression, Mental Health, Social Support, Emotion Regulation, Anxiety, Psychopathology, Quality of Life and Stress.

▲ 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. Depression14▲ 12×17 topics
  2. Mental Health13▲ 6.4×24 topics
  3. Epidemiology9▲ 1.72×39 topics
  4. Quality of Life7▲ 3.5×25 topics
  5. Social Support7▲ 9.2×15 topics
  6. Emotion Regulation6▲ 14×8 topics
  7. Anxiety6▲ 9.2×9 topics
  8. Psychopathology5▲ 19×3 topics
  9. Meta-Analysis5▲ 5.7×8 topics
  10. Stress4▲ 8.9×8 topics
  11. Prevalence4▲ 7.8×10 topics
  12. Self-Efficacy4▲ 12×5 topics
  13. Well-being4▲ 8.2×11 topics
  14. Social Media4▲ 2.3×15 topics
  15. Genetics4▲ 4.4×7 topics
  16. Mental Disorders4▲ 25×3 topics
  17. Adolescents4▲ 7.5×8 topics
  18. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy4▲ 19×3 topics
  19. Neurobiology4▲ 9.9×8 topics
  20. Resilience3▲ 5.0×7 topics
  21. Elderly3▲ 9.7×6 topics
  22. Risk Assessment3▲ 3.5×5 topics
  23. Anxiety Disorders3▲ 20×2 topics
  24. Gender Differences3▲ 5.6×9 topics
  25. Psychological Distress3▲ 8.6×5 topics
  26. Adherence3▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Mobile Health3▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Social Cognition3▲ 11×6 topics
  29. Emotion Recognition3▲ 9.6×4 topics
  30. Network Analysis2▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Self-Regulation2▲ 9.9×4 topics
  32. Behavioral Activation2▲ 26×1 topic
  33. Children2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  34. Cognitive Therapy2▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Internet-based Interventions2▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Nursing2▲ 9.3×4 topics
  37. Depression Symptoms2▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Emotion Dynamics2▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Psychiatric Disorders2▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Educational Achievement2▲ 28×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute of Behavioral Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Digital Mental Health Interventions, Mental Health Research Topics, Health and Well-being Studies and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development.

Digital Mental Health In…2Digital Mental Health Interventions: 2 fractional worksMental Health Research T…2Mental Health Research Topics: 2 fractional worksHealth and Well-being St…2Health and Well-being Studies: 2 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…2Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 2 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 1 fractional worksSchizophrenia research and treatment: 1 fractional worksSleep and related disord…1Sleep and related disorders: 1 fractional worksBehavioral Health and Interventions: 1 fractional worksTransportation and Mobility Innovations: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health1COVID-19 and Mental Health: 1 fractional works
Applied PsychologyExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyClinical PsychologyCognitive Neuroscience2 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 2 works
  2. 2 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  3. 3 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 2 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  6. 6 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  7. 7 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Behavioral Health and Interventions Applied Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 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 available24.9%not open75.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors54.8%domestic only45.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Behavioral Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% 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 Institute of Behavioral Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Institute of Behavioral Sciences0.00069% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institute of Behavioral Sciences 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%Institute of Behavioral Sciences14.0% 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 17.3% in 1991.

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