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International Labour Organization

In research, International Labour Organization stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,926 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,950 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Political Science and International Relations is 7.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,995
of 22,385 · #8,237 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#87
of 186
Research works
1.9k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
29k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
International Labour Organization

What is International Labour Organization 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,926 of 9,585 11.9%137 #2171
Social SciencesField #4,950 of 5,988 9.6%87 #1916

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where International Labour Organization 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 International Labour Organization work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at International Labour Organization is in Social Sciences, 19% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (45%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (14%), Health Professions (11%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 158 fractional works · 69.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 101 fractional works · 44.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 34 fractional works · 14.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 26 fractional works · 11.4% of its workLaw: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Administration: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 31 fractional works · 13.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 27 fractional works · 12.0% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 6.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 43 fractional works · 18.9% of its workHealth Professions: 24 fractional works · 10.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 20 fractional works · 8.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 7.8% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInternationalLabour…226fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences70%

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 Sciences10144.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3113.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting146.1%
    4. Psychology52.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities41.9%
    6. Decision Sciences21.0%
    1. Health Professions2410.7%
    2. Medicine187.8%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Environmental Science62.9%
    2. Engineering41.7%
    3. Computer Science31.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.7%
    5. Mathematics10.6%
    6. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    7. Energy10.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.9%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does International Labour Organization specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 25.8 works7.7×
  2. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 27.0 works7.5×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 31.1 works6.4×
← 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: 0.43× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.08× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.90× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.44× its world share, 31 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.55× its world share, 102 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6.44×31 works
  2. Health Professions4.08×24 works
  3. Social Sciences3.55×102 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.90×14 works
  5. Veterinary1.09×0 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.08×2 works
  7. Chemical Engineering0.88×1 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.67×4 works
  9. Psychology0.66×4 works
  10. Environmental Science0.58×6 works
  11. Mathematics0.54×1 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.47×2 works
  13. Nursing0.44×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.43×5 works
  15. Medicine0.40×18 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.31×0 works
  17. Energy0.28×1 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×2 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.18×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.16×3 works
  21. Neuroscience0.14×0 works
  22. Engineering0.11×4 works
  23. Dentistry0.11×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at International Labour Organization?

Ranked on the quality score, Yuka Ujita, Jukka Takala and Guy Standing lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Labour Organization.

  1. 1 Yuka Ujita Switzerland · #232,088 worldwide 1.8k citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Jukka Takala Switzerland · #420,619 worldwide 51k citations · 82 works
  3. 3 Guy Standing Switzerland · #493,610 worldwide 15k citations · 343 works
  4. 4 Rossana Merola Switzerland · #610,062 worldwide 1.1k citations · 70 works
  5. 5 Lin Lean Lim Switzerland · #874,867 worldwide 1.3k citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Sher Singh Verick Switzerland · #1,009,468 worldwide 1.5k citations · 74 works
  7. 7 Christina Behrendt Switzerland · #1,025,430 worldwide 987 citations · 69 works
  8. 8 Isaure Delaporte Switzerland · #1,044,491 worldwide 216 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Clemente Pignatti Switzerland · #1,057,213 worldwide 359 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Susana Puerto Switzerland · #1,098,552 worldwide 701 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at International Labour Organization

What are the most cited papers from International Labour Organization?

The most cited paper from International Labour Organization is "Culture specific and cross-culturally generalizable implicit leadership theories" (Deanne N. Den Hartog et al., 1999), with 1,212 citations. Next come "Global feminization through flexible labor" (666) and "Global Feminization Through Flexible Labor: A Theme Revisited" (651).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Culture specific and cross-culturally generalizable implicit leadership theories Deanne N. Den Hartog et al. · The Leadership Quarterly Open access144 authors 1999 1,212
2 Global feminization through flexible labor Guy Standing · World Development Jul 1989 666
3 Global Feminization Through Flexible Labor: A Theme Revisited Guy Standing · World Development Mar 1999 651
4 Income and inequality as determinants of mortality: An international cross-section analysis G. B. Rodgers · Population Studies Jul 1979 562
5 Global, regional, and national burdens of ischemic heart disease and stroke attributable to exposure to long working hours for 194 countries, 2000–2016: A systematic analysis from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury Frank Pega, Bálint Náfrádi, Natalie C. Momen et al. · Environment International Open access 16 May 2021 433
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at International Labour Organization?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Labor Market, Unemployment, Economic Growth, Health Outcomes, Mental Health, Social Determinants of Health and Economic Crisis.

▲ 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. Globalization38▲ 8.5×46 topics
  2. Labor Market29▲ 46×12 topics
  3. Unemployment21▲ 116×3 topics
  4. Economic Growth20▲ 11×19 topics
  5. Mental Health18▲ 5.6×17 topics
  6. Health Outcomes16▲ 26×3 topics
  7. Social Determinants of Health15▲ 31×4 topics
  8. Economic Crisis14▲ 55×2 topics
  9. Social Justice14▲ 10×11 topics
  10. Human Rights14▲ 6.0×34 topics
  11. Job Insecurity14▲ 104×1 topic
  12. Precarious Employment14▲ 104×1 topic
  13. Education13▲ 3.2×16 topics
  14. Gender Inequality12▲ 39×7 topics
  15. Gender Equality11▲ 17×7 topics
  16. Economic Development10▲ 5.6×22 topics
  17. Social Policy10▲ 47×5 topics
  18. Technological Change9▲ 108×2 topics
  19. Gig Economy9▲ 103×2 topics
  20. Income Inequality9▲ 28×6 topics
  21. Labor Market Flexibility9▲ 97×2 topics
  22. Algorithmic Control9▲ 104×1 topic
  23. Digital Labor Platforms9▲ 104×1 topic
  24. Decent Work8▲ 494×1 topic
  25. International Labour Organization8▲ 494×1 topic
  26. Human Capital8▲ 22×6 topics
  27. Personality Traits8▲ 26×4 topics
  28. Political Economy7▲ 13×8 topics
  29. Skill-Biased7▲ 187×1 topic
  30. Wage Inequality7▲ 187×1 topic
  31. Labor Force Participation7▲ 74×2 topics
  32. Trade Unions6▲ 73×3 topics
  33. Social Networks6▲ 9.3×6 topics
  34. Age Discrimination6▲ 89×2 topics
  35. Immigration6▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Welfare State6▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Collective Bargaining5▲ 108×2 topics
  38. Institutional Change5▲ 67×2 topics
  39. Industrial Relations5▲ 111×2 topics
  40. Public Opinion5▲ 18×3 topics

Which research topics does International Labour Organization publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Employment and Welfare Studies, Digital Economy and Work Transformation, International Labor and Employment Law and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality.

Employment and Welfare S…14Employment and Welfare Studies: 14 fractional worksDigital Economy and Work Transformation: 9 fractional worksInternational Labor and …8International Labor and Employment Law: 8 fractional worksLabor market dynamics an…7Labor market dynamics and wage inequality: 7 fractional worksLabor Movements and Unions: 5 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform Studies: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts4COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 4 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 4 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dynamics: 4 fractional worksRetirement, Disability, and Employment: 4 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 14 works
  2. 2 Digital Economy and Work Transformation Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  3. 3 International Labor and Employment Law Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  4. 4 Labor market dynamics and wage inequality Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  5. 5 Labor Movements and Unions Public Administration 5 works
  6. 6 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  8. 8 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 4 works
  9. 9 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  10. 10 Retirement, Disability, and Employment Demography 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 available35.7%not open64.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.2%domestic only74.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has International Labour Organization's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is International Labour Organization as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%International Labour Organization0.00072% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of International Labour Organization 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%International Labour Organization11.2% 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 19.1% in 1999.

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