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Lawrence Foundation

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Research works
3
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
44
15.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
68%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Lawrence Foundation

Not ranked overall: Lawrence Foundation is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Lawrence Foundation work in?

In all years, 78% of research at Lawrence Foundation is in Health Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (78%), Decision Sciences (11%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 2 fractional works · 77.8% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 77.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 11.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 11.1% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 3.7% of its workALL ITS WORKLawrenceFoundation3fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences11%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 4 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine277.8%
    1. Decision Sciences011.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology07.4%
    1. Physics and Astronomy03.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.91× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Physics and Astronomy: 2.49× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.12× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 7.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 21.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 21.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences21.05×0 works
  2. Veterinary7.13×0 works
  3. Medicine3.12×1 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy2.49×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.91×0 works
  6. Health Professions0.39×0 works
  7. Social Sciences0.16×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Lawrence Foundation?

The most cited paper from Lawrence Foundation is "Metabolic Recovery Following Human Traumatic Brain Injury Based on FDG-PET: Time Course and Relationship to Neurological Disability" (Marvin Bergsneider, David Allen Hovda, David L. McArthur et al., 2001), with 209 citations. Next come "A path to reconciliation between Indigenous and settler–colonial epistemologies" (4) and "Tapestries of Knowledge: Using Convergence Science to Weave Indigenous Science and Wisdom with Other Scientific Approaches to Climate Challenges" (1).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Metabolic Recovery Following Human Traumatic Brain Injury Based on FDG-PET: Time Course and Relationship to Neurological Disability Marvin Bergsneider, David Allen Hovda, David L. McArthur et al. · Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation Apr 2001 209
2 A path to reconciliation between Indigenous and settler–colonial epistemologies Joseph Gazing Wolf et al. · Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Open access 23 Apr 2025 4
3 Tapestries of Knowledge: Using Convergence Science to Weave Indigenous Science and Wisdom with Other Scientific Approaches to Climate Challenges Heather Lazrus et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Aug 2025 1
All 3 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Lawrence Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cervical Cancer and HPV Research, scientometrics and bibliometrics research, Scientific Computing and Data Management and Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies.

Cervical Cancer and HPV Research: 0 fractional worksscientometrics and bibliometrics research: 0 fractional worksScientific Computing and…0Scientific Computing and Data Management: 0 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining a…0Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 0 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 0 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 0 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 0 fractional worksVoice and Speech Disorders: 0 fractional worksSpace Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 0 fractional worksHead and Neck Surgical Oncology: 0 fractional works
EpidemiologyStatistics, Probability and UncertaintyInformation Systems and ManagementMolecular Biology6 others

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

  1. 1 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 0 works
  2. 2 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 0 works
  3. 3 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 0 works
  4. 4 Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies Molecular Biology 0 works
  5. 5 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 0 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  7. 7 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 0 works
  8. 8 Voice and Speech Disorders Physiology 0 works
  9. 9 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  10. 10 Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Surgery 0 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 available68.1%not open31.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.6%domestic only75.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lawrence Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021.

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