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Khan Academy

In research, Khan Academy stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,431 of 11,982 worldwide), Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (#338 of 441 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,894 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Health Information Management and Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation — Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health is 37.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,354
of 28,054 · #32,056 all time
Rank in United States
#2,488
of 4,192
Research works
1.2k
▲ 382% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.4k
2.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
88%
world 28%

What is Khan Academy known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #5,431 of 11,982 1.6%417 #12648
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #338 of 441 1.3%190 #1042
Social SciencesDomain #8,894 of 10,521 2.5%183 #12600
Health ProfessionsField #1,680 of 1,928 1.3%178 #3462
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #850 of 916 2.3%83 #1924
MedicineField #9,764 of 10,443 1.5%236 #16786
Social SciencesField #6,145 of 6,365 2.8%116 #9160

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Khan Academy 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.

  1. Health Sciences#12,648 #5,431
  2. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#1,042 #338
  3. Social Sciences#12,600 #8,894
  4. Health Professions#3,462 #1,680
  5. General Health Professions#1,924 #850
  6. Medicine#16,786 #9,764
  7. Social Sciences#9,160 #6,145
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Khan Academy specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 37.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 190.5 works38×
  2. Health Information ManagementSubfield · 55.6 works32×
  3. Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationSubfield · 20.5 works17×
  4. Health ProfessionsField · 178.5 works10×
  5. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 82.5 works8.9×
← 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: 0.66× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 10.03× its world share, 178 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.82× its world share, 236 worksMedicineNursing: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.90× its world share, 39 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 116 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 10.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Khan Academy?

Ranked on the composite score, Noor Noor lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Khan Academy.

  1. 1 Noor Noor United States · #1,587,678 worldwide 4 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Khan Academy

Which keywords describe research at Khan Academy?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Education, Community Empowerment, Breastfeeding, Maternal Health, Non-Communicable Diseases, Child Nutrition, Stunting and Patient Satisfaction.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
  1. Health Education220▲ 73×4 topics
  2. Community Empowerment215▲ 42×8 topics
  3. Breastfeeding189▲ 113×2 topics
  4. Maternal Health189▲ 102×2 topics
  5. Non-Communicable Diseases188▲ 94×2 topics
  6. Child Nutrition187▲ 135×1 topic
  7. Stunting187▲ 135×1 topic
  8. Epidemiology75▲ 2.8×26 topics
  9. Patient Satisfaction70▲ 33×4 topics
  10. Patient Experience68▲ 92×2 topics
  11. Quality of Service68▲ 99×2 topics
  12. Barriers68▲ 117×1 topic
  13. Healthcare Access68▲ 36×1 topic
  14. Health Research58▲ 82×2 topics
  15. Obesity56▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Public Health55▲ 5.6×8 topics
  17. Nursing54▲ 43×2 topics
  18. Nutrition54▲ 18×2 topics
  19. Behavioral Science52▲ 207×1 topic
  20. Medical Physiology52▲ 207×1 topic
  21. Mental Health36▲ 3.6×11 topics
  22. Educational Technology29▲ 3.6×15 topics
  23. Media Literacy27▲ 7.0×3 topics
  24. COVID-1926▲ 2.8×8 topics
  25. Pandemic26▲ 3.6×7 topics
  26. Indonesia24▲ 7.5×3 topics
  27. Digital Literacy24▲ 5.9×5 topics
  28. Economic Impact24▲ 6.0×2 topics
  29. Community Behavior23▲ 54×1 topic
  30. Social Distancing23▲ 25×1 topic
  31. Physical Activity21▲ 6.2×3 topics
  32. Motor Learning20▲ 41×1 topic
  33. Sport Performance20▲ 41×1 topic
  34. Coping Strategies20▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Psychological Distress20▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Cultural Values18▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Youth15▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Self-Efficacy14▲ 7.7×5 topics
  39. Workplace Safety14▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Parental Involvement13▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Khan Academy publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Public Health and Nutrition, Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction, Methodologies in Health Research and Practice and COVID-19 Prevention and Impact.

Public Health and Nutrit…187Public Health and Nutrition: 187 fractional worksHealthcare Quality and Satisfaction: 68 fractional worksMethodologies in Health …52Methodologies in Health Research and Practice: 52 fractional worksCOVID-19 Prevention and Impact: 23 fractional worksSports and Physical Education Research: 20 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety Management: 13 fractional worksEducational Methods and Media Use: 13 fractional worksChild Development and Education: 11 fractional worksEdcuational Technology Systems: 11 fractional worksEducational Methods and Impacts: 11 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsHealth Information ManagementSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 187 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction General Health Professions 68 works
  3. 3 Methodologies in Health Research and Practice Health Information Management 52 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Prevention and Impact Sociology and Political Science 23 works
  5. 5 Sports and Physical Education Research Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 20 works
  6. 6 Occupational Health and Safety Management Occupational Therapy 13 works
  7. 7 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 13 works
  8. 8 Child Development and Education Education 11 works
  9. 9 Edcuational Technology Systems Artificial Intelligence 11 works
  10. 10 Educational Methods and Impacts Education 11 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 available87.5%not open12.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.1%domestic only86.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Khan Academy's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 382% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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