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Lithuanian Social Research Centre

In research, Lithuanian Social Research Centre stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,873 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,625 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations and Economics and Econometrics (Political Science and International Relations is 6.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,035
of 22,385 · #13,180 all time
Rank in Lithuania
#13
of 36
Research works
564
▲ 45% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.1k
7.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Lithuanian Social Research Centre

What is Lithuanian Social Research Centre 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 #2,873 of 9,585 15.8%127 #4331
Social SciencesField #3,625 of 5,988 13.7%72 #4384

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lithuanian Social Research Centre 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 Lithuanian Social Research Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Lithuanian Social Research Centre is in Social Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (37%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (10%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 145 fractional works · 64.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 84 fractional works · 37.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 27 fractional works · 11.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 21 fractional works · 9.3% of its workLaw: 10 fractional works · 4.6% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 23 fractional works · 10.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 21 fractional works · 9.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 21 fractional works · 9.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 42 fractional works · 18.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 10 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Energy: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 8.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKLithuanian SocialResearch Centre225fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences64%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences8437.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2310.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting219.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities72.9%
    5. Decision Sciences62.8%
    6. Psychology62.5%
    1. Environmental Science177.4%
    2. Energy104.4%
    3. Engineering73.2%
    4. Computer Science62.8%
    5. Materials Science10.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Medicine104.3%
    2. Health Professions94.1%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences167.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Lithuanian Social Research Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 20.9 works6.2×
  2. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 20.9 works5.8×
← 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: 1.53× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.75× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.50× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.56× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.01× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.84× its world share, 21 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.86× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.67× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.94× its world share, 84 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy4.75×10 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.67×22 works
  3. Social Sciences2.94×84 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.86×6 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting2.84×21 works
  6. Health Professions1.56×9 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.53×16 works
  8. Environmental Science1.50×17 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.01×7 works
  10. Veterinary0.82×0 works
  11. Psychology0.82×6 works
  12. Computer Science0.36×6 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.26×0 works
  14. Medicine0.22×10 works
  15. Engineering0.21×7 works
  16. Materials Science0.17×1 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×2 works
  18. Nursing0.15×0 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.10×0 works
  20. Neuroscience0.04×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.03×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Lithuanian Social Research Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Justas Štreimikis, Vida Dabkienė and Erika Ribašauskienė lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lithuanian Social Research Centre.

  1. 1 Justas Štreimikis Lithuania · #55,886 worldwide 3.4k citations · 135 works
  2. 2 Vida Dabkienė Lithuania · #1,001,000 worldwide 311 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Erika Ribašauskienė Lithuania · #1,140,819 worldwide 512 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Jolanta Aidukaitė Lithuania · #1,276,380 worldwide 807 citations · 73 works
  5. 5 Vitalija Simonaitytė Lithuania · #1,828,230 worldwide 63 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Milda Žygutienė Lithuania · #2,141,740 worldwide 394 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Laura Rimšaitė Lithuania · #2,215,195 worldwide 54 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Nerija Kuprevičienė Lithuania · #2,362,035 worldwide 362 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Gintarė Pociūtė-Sereikienė Lithuania · #2,363,417 worldwide 174 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Donatas Burneika Lithuania · #2,433,022 worldwide 291 citations · 76 works
All ranked researchers at Lithuanian Social Research Centre

What are the most cited papers from Lithuanian Social Research Centre?

The most cited paper from Lithuanian Social Research Centre is "Risk of cancer after low doses of ionising radiation: retrospective cohort study in 15 countries" (Elisabeth Cardis et al., 2005), with 606 citations. Next come "Transitions in European land-management regimes between 1800 and 2010" (379) and "Energy poverty indicators: A systematic literature review and comprehensive analysis of integrity" (233).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Risk of cancer after low doses of ionising radiation: retrospective cohort study in 15 countries Elisabeth Cardis et al. · BMJ Open access 29 Jun 2005 606
2 Transitions in European land-management regimes between 1800 and 2010 Martin Rudbeck Jepsen et al. · Land Use Policy Open access 24 Aug 2015 379
3 Energy poverty indicators: A systematic literature review and comprehensive analysis of integrity Indrė Šikšnelytė-Butkienė, Dalia Štreimikienė, Vidas Lekavičius et al. · Sustainable Cities and Society Review 5 Feb 2021 233
4 A systematic review of existing ageism scales Liat Ayalon, Pnina Dolberg, Sarmitė Mikulionienė et al. · Ageing Research Reviews ReviewOpen access 19 Jun 2019 229
5 HIV-1 genetic subtype A/B recombinant strain causing an explosive epidemic in injecting drug users in Kaliningrad Kirsi Liitsola, Irina Tashkinova, Tiina Laukkanen et al. · AIDS Oct 1998 212
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lithuanian Social Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Economic Growth, Environmental Impact, Human Rights, European Union, Global Governance and Sustainable Development.

▲ 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. Sustainability23▲ 4.2×39 topics
  2. Renewable Energy18▲ 5.7×19 topics
  3. Environmental Impact17▲ 4.4×18 topics
  4. Climate Change16▲ 2.5×23 topics
  5. Economic Growth14▲ 7.4×15 topics
  6. Sustainable Development14▲ 3.8×22 topics
  7. Human Rights13▲ 5.7×26 topics
  8. European Union10▲ 21×11 topics
  9. Global Governance10▲ 19×11 topics
  10. Globalization9▲ 2.1×32 topics
  11. Energy Efficiency8▲ 3.9×8 topics
  12. Innovation8▲ 3.5×20 topics
  13. Consumer Behavior8▲ 5.4×10 topics
  14. Geopolitics8▲ 22×4 topics
  15. International Relations8▲ 14×13 topics
  16. Greenhouse Gas Emissions7▲ 11×5 topics
  17. Energy Security7▲ 79×1 topic
  18. Natural Gas7▲ 32×1 topic
  19. Entrepreneurship6▲ 7.0×8 topics
  20. Regional Development6▲ 8.0×9 topics
  21. Environmental Regulation6▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Urbanization6▲ 6.2×5 topics
  23. Environmental Management6▲ 6.0×8 topics
  24. International Law5▲ 7.7×12 topics
  25. Energy Consumption5▲ 10×3 topics
  26. Financial Development5▲ 16×3 topics
  27. Soviet Union5▲ 41×3 topics
  28. CO2 Emissions5▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Knowledge Economy5▲ 21×5 topics
  30. Panel Data Analysis5▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Kuznets Curve5▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Social Policy5▲ 24×5 topics
  33. Trade Openness5▲ 21×1 topic
  34. Labor Market5▲ 7.7×6 topics
  35. Environmental Policy5▲ 11×3 topics
  36. COVID-19 Impact5▲ 12×6 topics
  37. Judicial Review4▲ 23×4 topics
  38. Global Economy4▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Diplomacy4▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Eastern Europe4▲ 35×2 topics

Which research topics does Lithuanian Social Research Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Energy Security and Policy, Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics and Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis.

Global Energy Security and Policy: 7 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 5 fractional worksHistorical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics: 4 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 3 fractional worksSocio-economic Development and Sustainability: 3 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 3 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare S…3Employment and Welfare Studies: 3 fractional worksAgricultural Economics and Policy: 3 fractional worksEU Law and Policy Analysis: 2 fractional worksSustainable Agricultural…2Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis: 2 fractional works
General EnergyEconomics and EconometricsPolitical Science and International RelationsSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Global Energy Security and Policy General Energy 7 works
  2. 2 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  3. 3 Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  4. 4 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  5. 5 Socio-economic Development and Sustainability Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  6. 6 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  7. 7 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 3 works
  8. 8 Agricultural Economics and Policy General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 works
  9. 9 EU Law and Policy Analysis Law 2 works
  10. 10 Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis Environmental Chemistry 2 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 available62.0%not open38.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.9%domestic only77.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lithuanian Social Research Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 45% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Lithuanian Social Research Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Lithuanian Social Research Centre0.00089% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Lithuanian Social Research Centre 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%Lithuanian Social Research Centre20.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.8% in 2025.

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