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MetaMetrics (United States)

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World rank, all time
#28,301
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,936
of 7,310
Research works
147
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
10.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
MetaMetrics (United States)

Which fields of science does MetaMetrics (United States) work in?

In all years, 50% of research at MetaMetrics (United States) is in Social Sciences, 32% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (21%), Social Sciences (18%), Psychology (14%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 74 fractional works · 50.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 18.0% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 20 fractional works · 13.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 5.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 12 fractional works · 8.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 5.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 47 fractional works · 32.3% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 21.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 5.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 10.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 8.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Terminology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 11.9% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 7.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMetaMetrics(United States)147fractional works, all years
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences32%Social Sciences50%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. 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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2618.0%
    2. Psychology2013.6%
    3. Decision Sciences128.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities85.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance42.8%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting42.5%
    1. Medicine3221.4%
    2. Health Professions1510.4%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    1. Computer Science117.2%
    2. Mathematics53.7%
    3. Engineering10.3%
    4. Environmental Science00.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.5%
    3. Neuroscience21.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 2.43× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 9.14× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.29× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 15.61× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.68× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 15.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences15.61×3 works
  2. Mathematics9.14×2 works
  3. Psychology3.68×2 works
  4. Computer Science2.43×3 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.29×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.31×3 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.14×1 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.97×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.65×0 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.62×0 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.59×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.49×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.29×0 works
  14. Medicine0.24×1 works
  15. Health Professions0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at MetaMetrics (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, A. Jackson Stenner, Andrew S. Kyngdon and Jeff Elmore lead among researchers whose main affiliation is MetaMetrics (United States).

  1. 1 A. Jackson Stenner United States · #1,765,275 worldwide 1.2k citations · 74 works
  2. 2 Andrew S. Kyngdon United States · #1,991,226 worldwide 408 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Jeff Elmore United States · #2,566,932 worldwide 293 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 M. de Vries United States · #3,641,642 worldwide 8 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Marijke Bakker United States · #3,804,751 worldwide 4 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at MetaMetrics (United States)

What are the most cited papers from MetaMetrics (United States)?

The most cited paper from MetaMetrics (United States) is "Assessing Measurement Properties of Two Single-item General Health Measures" (Karen B. DeSalvo, William P. Fisher, Ky Tran et al., 2006), with 440 citations. Next come "Sources of Validity Evidence for Educational and Psychological Tests" (169) and "Measuring Reading Comprehension with the Lexile Framework" (137).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Assessing Measurement Properties of Two Single-item General Health Measures Karen B. DeSalvo, William P. Fisher, Ky Tran et al. · Quality of Life Research 8 Feb 2006 440
2 Sources of Validity Evidence for Educational and Psychological Tests Gregory J. Cizek, Sharyn L. Rosenberg, Heather H. Koons · Educational and Psychological Measurement 9 Nov 2007 169
3 Measuring Reading Comprehension with the Lexile Framework A. Jackson Stenner Book chapterOpen access 15 Oct 2022 137
4 How accurate are lexile text measures? A Jackson Stenner, H. O. BURDICK, Eleanor E. Sanford et al. · PubMed 2006 112
5 Optimizing Rating Scales for Self-Efficacy (and Other) Research Everett V. Smith, Melissa B. Wakely, Renée E. L. de Kruif et al. · Educational and Psychological Measurement Jun 2003 110
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Which keywords describe research at MetaMetrics (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Reading Comprehension, Research Methods, Medical Ethics, Language Development, Structural Equation Modeling, Professionalism, Clinical Trials and Dyslexia.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology8▲ 1.37×12 topics
  2. Education6▲ 3.2×8 topics
  3. Public Health5▲ 2.7×10 topics
  4. Reading Comprehension5▲ 51×2 topics
  5. Clinical Trials5▲ 5.6×4 topics
  6. Language Development5▲ 21×2 topics
  7. Medical Ethics5▲ 20×4 topics
  8. Research Methods5▲ 27×3 topics
  9. Mental Health5▲ 3.0×10 topics
  10. Neural Networks5▲ 3.2×5 topics
  11. Professionalism4▲ 23×3 topics
  12. Structural Equation Modeling4▲ 22×3 topics
  13. Dyslexia4▲ 81×1 topic
  14. Reading Acquisition4▲ 81×1 topic
  15. Ethical Considerations4▲ 8.5×6 topics
  16. Health Promotion4▲ 9.6×3 topics
  17. Natural Language Processing4▲ 23×2 topics
  18. Factor Analysis4▲ 239×1 topic
  19. Measurement Invariance4▲ 239×1 topic
  20. Inclusion4▲ 21×2 topics
  21. Empowerment4▲ 30×2 topics
  22. Social Work4▲ 32×2 topics
  23. Cultural Diversity4▲ 13×2 topics
  24. Ethics4▲ 5.2×7 topics
  25. Palliative Care4▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Teacher Development4▲ 42×1 topic
  27. Youth Care4▲ 208×1 topic
  28. Ethical Climate3▲ 56×1 topic
  29. Moral Distress3▲ 56×1 topic
  30. Primary Care3▲ 5.5×7 topics
  31. Readability Assessment3▲ 233×1 topic
  32. Text Simplification3▲ 233×1 topic
  33. Neurodevelopmental Disorders3▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Parental Discretion3▲ 79×1 topic
  35. Pediatric3▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Student Achievement3▲ 22×4 topics
  37. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome3▲ 114×1 topic
  38. Prenatal Alcohol Exposure3▲ 114×1 topic
  39. Ethical Issues3▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Phenomenology3▲ 15×4 topics

Which research topics does MetaMetrics (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Psychometric Methodologies and Testing, Reading and Literacy Development, Education Systems and Policy and Natural Language Processing Techniques.

Psychometric Methodologi…2Psychometric Methodologies and Testing: 2 fractional worksReading and Literacy Development: 1 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 1 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 1 fractional worksStatistics Education and Methodologies: 1 fractional worksText Readability and Simplification: 0 fractional worksMathematics Education and Programs: 0 fractional worksIntellectual Capital and Performance Analysis: 0 fractional worksCognitive Abilities and Testing: 0 fractional worksPhilosophy and History of Science: 0 fractional works
Management Science and Operations ResearchDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyEducationArtificial Intelligence5 others

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

  1. 1 Psychometric Methodologies and Testing Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  2. 2 Reading and Literacy Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 1 works
  3. 3 Education Systems and Policy Education 1 works
  4. 4 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  5. 5 Statistics Education and Methodologies Statistics and Probability 1 works
  6. 6 Text Readability and Simplification Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  7. 7 Mathematics Education and Programs Modeling and Simulation 0 works
  8. 8 Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis Strategy and Management 0 works
  9. 9 Cognitive Abilities and Testing Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Philosophy and History of Science History and Philosophy of Science 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 available37.7%not open62.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.9%domestic only80.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has MetaMetrics (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is MetaMetrics (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000030% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%MetaMetrics (United States)0.000018% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of MetaMetrics (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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