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Mathematica Policy Research

In research, Mathematica Policy Research stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,480 of 9,902 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,614 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Health Professions (General Health Professions is 13.2× its share of world research).

mathematica.orgROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#8,993
of 22,385 · #2,994 all time
Rank in United States
#1,216
of 3,332
Research works
1.6k
▼ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
49k
30.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Mathematica Policy Research

What is Mathematica Policy Research 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 #4,480 of 9,902 10.1%80 #2135
Social SciencesDomain #5,614 of 9,585 11.8%87 #1832

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mathematica Policy Research 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 Mathematica Policy Research work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Mathematica Policy Research is in Social Sciences, 42% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Medicine (21%), Health Professions (20%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Social Sciences: 91 fractional works · 45.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 46 fractional works · 22.6% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 22 fractional works · 10.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 13 fractional works · 6.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 85 fractional works · 42.2% of its workMedicine: 43 fractional works · 21.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 41 fractional works · 20.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 37 fractional works · 18.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 9.6% of its workMathematics: 11 fractional works · 5.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMathematicaPolicy Research203fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences42%Social Sciences45%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4622.6%
    2. Psychology2210.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance157.2%
    4. Decision Sciences42.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting31.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.9%
    1. Medicine4321.3%
    2. Health Professions4120.1%
    3. Nursing10.7%
    1. Mathematics115.6%
    2. Environmental Science41.9%
    3. Computer Science21.1%
    4. Engineering10.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    6. Energy00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.6%
    2. Neuroscience20.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Mathematica Policy Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 13.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 37.0 works13×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 40.8 works7.6×
← 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: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.76× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 7.64× its world share, 41 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.11× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 1.50× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.39× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.52× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 46 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions7.64×41 works
  2. Mathematics4.76×11 works
  3. Psychology3.52×22 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.39×15 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.26×4 works
  6. Social Sciences1.79×46 works
  7. Nursing1.50×2 works
  8. Medicine1.11×43 works
  9. Neuroscience0.53×2 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.47×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.43×3 works
  12. Environmental Science0.39×4 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×3 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.33×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.31×2 works
  16. Computer Science0.14×2 works
  17. Energy0.10×0 works
  18. Engineering0.05×1 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×0 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Mathematica Policy Research?

Ranked on the quality score, Clair Null, Mary Kay Fox and RONETTE R. BRIEFEL lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mathematica Policy Research.

  1. 1 Clair Null United States · #118,985 worldwide 4.7k citations · 101 works
  2. 2 Mary Kay Fox United States · #147,626 worldwide 6.4k citations · 124 works
  3. 3 RONETTE R. BRIEFEL United States · #157,970 worldwide 9.2k citations · 142 works
  4. 4 Ann S. O’Malley United States · #194,860 worldwide 6k citations · 103 works
  5. 5 Kathleen Reidy United States · #284,637 worldwide 3.5k citations · 64 works
  6. 6 Sean Orzol United States · #408,514 worldwide 3k citations · 62 works
  7. 7 Ellen Eliason Kisker United States · #412,082 worldwide 3.4k citations · 89 works
  8. 8 Brian Goesling United States · #422,718 worldwide 2.8k citations · 59 works
  9. 9 Stacy Berg Dale United States · #423,801 worldwide 2.7k citations · 59 works
  10. 10 Melanie C. Besculides United States · #508,318 worldwide 2.1k citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Mathematica Policy Research

What are the most cited papers from Mathematica Policy Research?

The most cited paper from Mathematica Policy Research is "Moving to a World Beyond “ p < 0.05”" (Ron Wasserstein, Allen L. Schirm, Nicole A. Lazar, 2019), with 3,042 citations. Next come "Redefine statistical significance" (2,853) and "The Healthy Eating Index" (1,647).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Moving to a World Beyond “ p < 0.05” Ron Wasserstein, Allen L. Schirm, Nicole A. Lazar · The American Statistician Open access 20 Mar 2019 3,042
2 Redefine statistical significance Daniel Jacob Benjamin et al. · Nature Human Behaviour Open access 31 Aug 2017 2,853
3 The Healthy Eating Index Eileen Kennedy, James C. Ohls, Steven J. Carlson et al. · Journal of the American Dietetic Association Oct 1995 1,647
4 Well-being of Parents and Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey Stephen W. Patrick, Laura E. Henkhaus, Joseph S. Zickafoose et al. · PEDIATRICS 24 Jul 2020 1,248
5 2010 National and State Costs of Excessive Alcohol Consumption Jeffrey J. Sacks, Katherine R. Gonzales, Ellen Bouchery et al. · American Journal of Preventive Medicine 3 Oct 2015 1,218
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Mathematica Policy Research?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Primary Care, Health Care Utilization, Health Outcomes, Quality Improvement, Chronic Disease Management, Epidemiology and Social Determinants of Health.

▲ 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. Mental Health20▲ 6.9×22 topics
  2. Primary Care17▲ 23×9 topics
  3. Epidemiology16▲ 1.94×33 topics
  4. Public Health10▲ 3.5×17 topics
  5. Health Care Utilization10▲ 45×3 topics
  6. Health Outcomes9▲ 17×6 topics
  7. Quality Improvement9▲ 23×6 topics
  8. Quality of Life9▲ 3.0×10 topics
  9. Chronic Disease Management8▲ 19×4 topics
  10. Social Support8▲ 7.0×6 topics
  11. Social Determinants of Health7▲ 17×3 topics
  12. Academic Achievement7▲ 20×7 topics
  13. Health Care Spending7▲ 90×1 topic
  14. Insurance Markets7▲ 90×1 topic
  15. COVID-197▲ 2.7×10 topics
  16. Chronic Disease7▲ 20×4 topics
  17. Risk Factors7▲ 3.0×17 topics
  18. Child Development6▲ 7.7×6 topics
  19. Depression6▲ 3.5×10 topics
  20. Health System Reform6▲ 45×2 topics
  21. Resilience6▲ 6.2×7 topics
  22. Labor Force Participation6▲ 70×2 topics
  23. Continuity of Care6▲ 62×1 topic
  24. Emotion Regulation6▲ 9.4×4 topics
  25. Health Effects6▲ 4.9×4 topics
  26. Patient-Centered Medical Home6▲ 87×1 topic
  27. Health Promotion6▲ 9.0×4 topics
  28. Adolescents5▲ 7.1×5 topics
  29. Developmental Trajectories5▲ 22×3 topics
  30. Employment Patterns5▲ 57×2 topics
  31. Health Disparities5▲ 9.9×8 topics
  32. Social Determinants5▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Self-Regulation5▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Student Achievement5▲ 25×4 topics
  35. Food Insecurity4▲ 39×1 topic
  36. Nutritional Consequences4▲ 47×1 topic
  37. Attachment4▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Parenting4▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Aging Workforce4▲ 90×1 topic
  40. Mortality Risk4▲ 8.4×4 topics

Which research topics does Mathematica Policy Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Healthcare Policy and Management, Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations and Retirement, Disability, and Employment.

Healthcare Policy and Ma…7Healthcare Policy and Management: 7 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health …6Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 6 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 4 fractional worksRetirement, Disability, and Employment: 4 fractional worksCommunity Health and Development: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Causal Inference Techniques: 4 fractional worksEarly Childhood Educatio…4Early Childhood Education and Development: 4 fractional worksDisability Education and Employment: 3 fractional worksReproductive Health and Contraception: 3 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…3Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 3 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsGeneral Health ProfessionsDemographyStatistics and Probability3 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  2. 2 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 6 works
  3. 3 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 4 works
  4. 4 Retirement, Disability, and Employment Demography 4 works
  5. 5 Community Health and Development General Health Professions 4 works
  6. 6 Advanced Causal Inference Techniques Statistics and Probability 4 works
  7. 7 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 4 works
  8. 8 Disability Education and Employment Safety Research 3 works
  9. 9 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  10. 10 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 3 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 available33.5%not open66.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.3%domestic only93.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mathematica Policy Research's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Mathematica Policy Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00079% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Mathematica Policy Research0.00060% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mathematica Policy Research 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%Mathematica Policy Research17.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.1% in 2005.

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