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National League of Cities

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Research works
37
▲ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
346
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: National League of Cities is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Which keywords describe research at National League of Cities?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Political Economy, Governance, Development, Fiscal Decentralization, Local Public Goods, Regional Development and Fiscal Policy.

▲ 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. Economic Growth11▲ 40×4 topics
  2. Political Economy9▲ 96×3 topics
  3. Governance9▲ 80×3 topics
  4. Development8▲ 61×2 topics
  5. Fiscal Decentralization8▲ 330×1 topic
  6. Local Public Goods8▲ 1030×1 topic
  7. Regional Development4▲ 36×2 topics
  8. Fiscal Policy3▲ 38×2 topics
  9. Urbanization3▲ 26×3 topics
  10. Infrastructure3▲ 68×2 topics
  11. Public Investment2▲ 108×1 topic
  12. Taxation2▲ 71×1 topic
  13. Economic Development2▲ 9.5×5 topics
  14. Civic Engagement2▲ 56×3 topics
  15. Social Media2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  16. Community2▲ 40×2 topics
  17. Human Rights2▲ 5.2×4 topics
  18. Social Capital2▲ 11×2 topics
  19. Climate Change Adaptation2▲ 34×2 topics
  20. Resilience2▲ 10×2 topics
  21. Shrinking Cities2▲ 191×1 topic
  22. Urban Decline2▲ 191×1 topic
  23. Digital Divide1▲ 20×2 topics
  24. Inequality1▲ 15×3 topics
  25. Community Engagement1▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Disaster1▲ 107×1 topic
  27. National Identity1▲ 30×3 topics
  28. Risk1▲ 66×1 topic
  29. Academic Achievement1▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Deliberative Democracy1▲ 47×1 topic
  31. Migration1▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Parental Involvement1▲ 35×2 topics
  33. Political Participation1▲ 38×1 topic
  34. Spatial Planning1▲ 35×3 topics
  35. Agglomeration Economies1▲ 182×1 topic
  36. China1▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Cultural Politics1▲ 35×2 topics
  38. Economic Geography1▲ 182×1 topic
  39. Financial Crisis1▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Global World1▲ 278×1 topic

Which research topics does National League of Cities publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Social Media and Politics, Regional Economic and Spatial Analysis and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth.

Electoral Systems and Po…0Electoral Systems and Political Participation: 0 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics0Social Media and Politics: 0 fractional worksRegional Economic and Spatial Analysis: 0 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Econom…0Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 0 fractional worksRegional Economics and S…0Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis: 0 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and Integration: 0 fractional worksPublic Relations and Crisis Communication: 0 fractional worksUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies: 0 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsCommunicationEconomics and EconometricsSociology and Political Science

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

  1. 1 Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  2. 2 Social Media and Politics Communication 0 works
  3. 3 Regional Economic and Spatial Analysis Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  4. 4 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  5. 5 Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  6. 6 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 Public Relations and Crisis Communication Communication 0 works
  8. 8 Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 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 available18.6%not open81.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.0%domestic only94.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National League of Cities's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% higher than in 2013–2017.

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