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Khan Academy

In research, Khan Academy stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,092 of 9,902 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,511 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,470 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. 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 36.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,535
of 22,385 · #10,679 all time
Rank in United States
#749
of 3,332
Research works
1.2k
▲ 84% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
2.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.69×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
88%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Khan Academy

What is Khan Academy 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,092 of 9,902 6.3%417 #8038
Social SciencesDomain #5,511 of 9,585 4.6%183 #9817
Social SciencesField #4,470 of 5,988 5.3%116 #6994
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #382 of 493 6.9%190 #799
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #763 of 944 8.0%83 #1636
MedicineField #7,119 of 8,541 6.2%236 #11858
Health ProfessionsField #1,615 of 1,895 6.5%178 #2615

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 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. Health Sciences#8,038 #4,092
  2. Social Sciences#9,817 #5,511
  3. Social Sciences#6,994 #4,470
  4. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#799 #382
  5. General Health Professions#1,636 #763
  6. Medicine#11,858 #7,119
  7. Health Professions#2,615 #1,615
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 Khan Academy work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Khan Academy is in Health Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (34%), Health Professions (26%), Social Sciences (17%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 438 fractional works · 61.0% of its workMedicine: 246 fractional works · 34.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 194 fractional works · 27.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 189 fractional works · 26.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 85 fractional works · 11.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 62 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 22 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 198 fractional works · 27.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 123 fractional works · 17.1% of its workEducation: 51 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 47 fractional works · 6.5% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 42 fractional works · 5.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 14 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workReligious studies: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 57 fractional works · 7.9% of its workComputer Science: 42 fractional works · 5.8% of its workInformation Systems: 21 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 19 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 26 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKhan Academy718fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences61%Social Sciences28%

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. Medicine24634.2%
    2. Health Professions18926.3%
    3. Nursing30.4%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences12317.1%
    2. Psychology425.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting131.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities111.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance81.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Computer Science425.8%
    2. Environmental Science70.9%
    3. Engineering40.6%
    4. Chemistry20.3%
    5. Mathematics10.1%
    6. Materials Science10.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences223.1%
    2. Neuroscience20.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Khan Academy specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health takes 36.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 194.3 works36×
  2. Health Information ManagementSubfield · 62.1 works34×
  3. Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationSubfield · 21.5 works16×
  4. Health ProfessionsField · 188.8 works10.0×
  5. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 85.1 works8.6×
← 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: 0.65× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 42 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 9.98× its world share, 189 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.78× its world share, 246 worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.93× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 123 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.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions9.98×189 works
  2. Psychology1.93×42 works
  3. Medicine1.78×246 works
  4. Social Sciences1.35×123 works
  5. Nursing0.90×3 works
  6. Computer Science0.75×42 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.65×22 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×13 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.54×11 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.49×8 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.23×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.19×7 works
  13. Chemistry0.17×2 works
  14. Neuroscience0.16×2 works
  15. Mathematics0.12×1 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×1 works
  17. Dentistry0.07×0 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.05×0 works
  19. Engineering0.04×4 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.04×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.03×1 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Khan Academy?

Ranked on the quality score, Eko Agus Cahyono, Siti Fatimah and Immawati Immawati lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Khan Academy.

  1. 1 Eko Agus Cahyono United States · #2,632,228 worldwide 217 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Siti Fatimah United States · #2,883,633 worldwide 279 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Immawati Immawati United States · #3,953,886 worldwide 78 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Efi Irwansyah Pane United States · #4,265,161 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Senja Atika Sari United States · #4,344,476 worldwide 86 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Nia Risa Dewi United States · #4,588,930 worldwide 67 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Nur Febrianti United States · #4,614,185 worldwide 42 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Yudisa Diaz Lutfi Sandi United States · #4,635,219 worldwide 88 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Mohamed United States · #4,650,125 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Yanti Srinayanti United States · #4,677,304 worldwide 113 citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Khan Academy

What are the most cited papers from Khan Academy?

The most cited paper from Khan Academy is "Deep Knowledge Tracing" (Chris Piech, Spencer, Jonathan, Jonathan Huang et al., 2015), with 629 citations. Next come "Medical Education Reimagined" (499) and "Evolutionary Health Promotion" (232).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Deep Knowledge Tracing Chris Piech, Spencer, Jonathan, Jonathan Huang et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) PreprintOpen access 19 Jun 2015 629
2 Medical Education Reimagined Charles G. Prober, Salman Ali Khan · Academic Medicine Open access 22 Aug 2013 499
3 Evolutionary Health Promotion Stanley Boyd Eaton, Beverly I. Strassman, Randolph M. Nesse et al. · Preventive Medicine Feb 2002 232
4 High power density of reverse electrodialysis with pore-filling ion exchange membranes and a high-open-area spacer Hanki Kim, Mi-Soon Lee, Seo-Yoon Lee et al. · Journal of Materials Chemistry A Open access 2015 129
5 Statistika Deskriptif Mula Tarigan, Dewi Frintiana Silaban · JINTAN Jurnal Ilmu Keperawatan Open access 29 Jul 2024 88
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Khan Academy?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Education, Community Empowerment, Maternal Health, Breastfeeding, 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-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. Health Education225▲ 72×4 topics
  2. Community Empowerment220▲ 42×9 topics
  3. Maternal Health193▲ 105×3 topics
  4. Breastfeeding193▲ 117×2 topics
  5. Non-Communicable Diseases191▲ 97×2 topics
  6. Child Nutrition191▲ 142×1 topic
  7. Stunting191▲ 142×1 topic
  8. Epidemiology82▲ 2.9×27 topics
  9. Patient Satisfaction72▲ 32×4 topics
  10. Patient Experience70▲ 92×2 topics
  11. Barriers70▲ 119×1 topic
  12. Healthcare Access70▲ 36×1 topic
  13. Quality of Service70▲ 101×2 topics
  14. Health Research65▲ 81×2 topics
  15. Public Health63▲ 6.0×10 topics
  16. Obesity62▲ 11×5 topics
  17. Nursing61▲ 45×3 topics
  18. Nutrition60▲ 19×3 topics
  19. Behavioral Science59▲ 196×1 topic
  20. Medical Physiology59▲ 196×1 topic
  21. Mental Health37▲ 3.6×12 topics
  22. Educational Technology30▲ 3.5×16 topics
  23. COVID-1927▲ 2.9×9 topics
  24. Media Literacy27▲ 7.1×3 topics
  25. Pandemic26▲ 3.7×7 topics
  26. Indonesia25▲ 7.9×3 topics
  27. Digital Literacy25▲ 6.0×6 topics
  28. Economic Impact24▲ 6.3×2 topics
  29. Community Behavior23▲ 58×1 topic
  30. Social Distancing23▲ 26×1 topic
  31. Physical Activity22▲ 6.4×4 topics
  32. Coping Strategies22▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Motor Learning22▲ 44×1 topic
  34. Sport Performance22▲ 44×1 topic
  35. Psychological Distress20▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Cultural Values20▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Youth16▲ 16×3 topics
  38. Self-Efficacy16▲ 8.3×5 topics
  39. Parental Involvement14▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Workplace Safety14▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Khan Academy publish most on?

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

Public Health and Nutrit…191Public Health and Nutrition: 191 fractional worksHealthcare Quality and Satisfaction: 70 fractional worksMethodologies in Health Research and Practice: 59 fractional worksCOVID-19 Prevention and Impact: 23 fractional worksSports and Physical Education Research: 22 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety Management: 13 fractional worksEducational Methods and Media Use: 13 fractional worksChild Development and Education: 12 fractional worksStudent Stress and Coping: 11 fractional worksEdcuational Technology Systems: 11 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsHealth Information ManagementSociology and Political Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 191 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction General Health Professions 70 works
  3. 3 Methodologies in Health Research and Practice Health Information Management 59 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 22 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 12 works
  9. 9 Student Stress and Coping Developmental and Educational Psychology 11 works
  10. 10 Edcuational Technology Systems Artificial Intelligence 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Khan Academy's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 84% 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 Khan Academy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0038% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Khan Academy0.0025% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Khan Academy 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Khan Academy3.9% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.4% in 2022.

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