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International Organization for Migration

In research, International Organization for Migration stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,415 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,658 of 5,988 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#1,331 of 2,526 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations (Sociology and Political Science is 8.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,125
of 22,385 · #5,524 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#51
of 186
Research works
1.1k
▲ 74% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
23.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.22×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
55%
world 18%
International Organization for Migration

What is International Organization for Migration 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 #3,415 of 9,585 14.0%186 #3133
Social SciencesField #2,658 of 5,988 14.0%147 #2146
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,331 of 2,526 10.3%77 #1355

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where International Organization for Migration 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#3,133 #3,415
  2. Social Sciences#2,146 #2,658
  3. Sociology and Political Science#1,355 #1,331
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does International Organization for Migration work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at International Organization for Migration is in Social Sciences, 16% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (58%), Medicine (9%), Health Professions (7%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 199 fractional works · 74.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 156 fractional works · 58.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 80 fractional works · 29.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 33 fractional works · 12.3% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 7.1% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 5.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 13 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 44 fractional works · 16.3% of its workMedicine: 23 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 20 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 17 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKInternationalOrganization for…269fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences74%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences15658.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities197.1%
    3. Psychology155.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting31.1%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Medicine238.5%
    2. Health Professions207.4%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Environmental Science62.2%
    2. Computer Science41.4%
    3. Engineering31.3%
    4. Mathematics10.3%
    5. Materials Science10.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences62.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology20.7%
    3. Neuroscience10.4%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does International Organization for Migration specialise in?

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

  1. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 80.5 works8.3×
  2. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 33.2 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: 0.44× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.82× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.46× its world share, 19 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.86× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.59× its world share, 156 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4.59×156 works
  2. Health Professions2.82×20 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.46×19 works
  4. Psychology1.86×15 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.78×4 works
  6. Nursing0.77×1 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.73×2 works
  8. Environmental Science0.45×6 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.44×6 works
  10. Medicine0.44×23 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.40×1 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.35×3 works
  13. Mathematics0.29×1 works
  14. Neuroscience0.27×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.19×4 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.15×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.11×1 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.09×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×1 works
  20. Engineering0.08×3 works
  21. Materials Science0.07×1 works
  22. Dentistry0.06×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at International Organization for Migration?

Ranked on the quality score, Davide Mosca, Charls Erik Halder and Paola Bollini lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Organization for Migration.

  1. 1 Davide Mosca Switzerland · #565,626 worldwide 3.9k citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Charls Erik Halder Switzerland · #782,822 worldwide 142 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Paola Bollini Switzerland · #923,303 worldwide 6.6k citations · 61 works
  4. 4 Poonam Dhavan Switzerland · #1,144,536 worldwide 2.8k citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Kolitha Prabhash Wickramage Switzerland · #1,225,980 worldwide 2.2k citations · 103 works
  6. 6 Frank Laczko Switzerland · #1,407,985 worldwide 2k citations · 109 works
  7. 7 Manuel Carballo Switzerland · #2,278,038 worldwide 3.5k citations · 163 works
  8. 8 Barbara Rijks Switzerland · #2,411,753 worldwide 382 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Lorenzo Guadagno Switzerland · #3,000,822 worldwide 165 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Michela Martini Switzerland · #3,249,884 worldwide 225 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at International Organization for Migration

What are the most cited papers from International Organization for Migration?

The most cited paper from International Organization for Migration is "The UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move" (Ibrahim Abubakar et al., 2018), with 966 citations. Next come "Towards tuberculosis elimination: an action framework for low-incidence countries" (791) and "Economic Insecurity, Prejudicial Stereotypes, and Public Opinion on Immigration Policy" (756).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: the health of a world on the move Ibrahim Abubakar et al. · The Lancet Open access Dec 2018 966
2 Towards tuberculosis elimination: an action framework for low-incidence countries Knut Lönnroth et al. · European Respiratory Journal Open access 18 Mar 2015 791
3 Economic Insecurity, Prejudicial Stereotypes, and Public Opinion on Immigration Policy Peter Burns, James G. Gimpel · Political Science Quarterly 2000 756
4 The Internal Dynamics of Migration Processes: A Theoretical Inquiry Hein de Haas · Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 29 Jun 2010 682
5 Management of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: WHO guidelines for low tuberculosis burden countries Haileyesus Getahun et al. · European Respiratory Journal Open access 24 Sep 2015 598
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at International Organization for Migration?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Migration, Globalization, Ethnicity, Public Health, Identity, Gender, Immigration and Social Justice.

▲ 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. Migration45▲ 49×15 topics
  2. Globalization35▲ 6.6×57 topics
  3. Public Health27▲ 6.9×27 topics
  4. Ethnicity25▲ 25×10 topics
  5. Identity25▲ 13×32 topics
  6. Gender24▲ 16×23 topics
  7. Mental Health21▲ 5.5×23 topics
  8. Immigration20▲ 69×5 topics
  9. Social Justice19▲ 12×16 topics
  10. Religion19▲ 15×9 topics
  11. Healthcare Access18▲ 25×5 topics
  12. Cultural Diversity18▲ 30×6 topics
  13. Islam17▲ 31×3 topics
  14. North Africa17▲ 174×2 topics
  15. Democracy15▲ 16×8 topics
  16. Family Law15▲ 127×2 topics
  17. Labor Market15▲ 20×5 topics
  18. Social Networks15▲ 20×5 topics
  19. Refugees14▲ 43×7 topics
  20. Social Change14▲ 43×2 topics
  21. Political Islam14▲ 93×2 topics
  22. Reform14▲ 83×1 topic
  23. Colonialism14▲ 11×22 topics
  24. Sociolinguistics14▲ 27×4 topics
  25. Human Rights13▲ 4.8×36 topics
  26. Social Inequality13▲ 18×4 topics
  27. Public Policy12▲ 9.8×7 topics
  28. Discrimination12▲ 22×4 topics
  29. Immigrant12▲ 65×2 topics
  30. Politics12▲ 17×14 topics
  31. Resettlement12▲ 51×3 topics
  32. French Territories11▲ 437×1 topic
  33. Human Capital11▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Migrant Workers11▲ 437×1 topic
  35. Network Effects11▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Remittances11▲ 105×1 topic
  37. Nationalism11▲ 9.1×16 topics
  38. Community Engagement11▲ 12×6 topics
  39. Health Disparities10▲ 15×6 topics
  40. Territorial Governance10▲ 33×3 topics

Which research topics does International Organization for Migration publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender, Migration, Identity, and Health, Migration and Labor Dynamics and Migration, Health and Trauma.

Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 14 fractional worksMigration, Identity, and Health: 11 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dyna…11Migration and Labor Dynamics: 11 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…9Migration, Health and Trauma: 9 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 8 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 6 fractional worksEducation, sociology, an…6Education, sociology, and vocational training: 6 fractional worksMigration and Exile Studies: 6 fractional worksMigration, Ethnicity, and Economy: 4 fractional worksCultural Identity and Heritage: 4 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceClinical PsychologyGeneral Health Professions1 others

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

  1. 1 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 14 works
  2. 2 Migration, Identity, and Health Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  3. 3 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  4. 4 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 9 works
  5. 5 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 6 works
  7. 7 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  8. 8 Migration and Exile Studies Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  9. 9 Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  10. 10 Cultural Identity and Heritage Archeology 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 available42.5%not open57.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors55.2%domestic only44.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has International Organization for Migration's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 74% higher 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 International Organization for Migration as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%International Organization for Migration0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of International Organization for Migration 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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025International Organization for Migration8.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.6% in 2021.

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