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In research, NationsUniversity stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,214 of 14,833 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,339 of 9,330 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#15,700 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Sociology and Political Science (Sociology and Political Science is 6.5× its share of world research).

nationsu.eduROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#20,059
of 22,385 · #20,283 all time
Rank in United States
#2,966
of 3,332
Research works
482
▲ 40% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.4k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
NationsUniversity

What is NationsUniversity known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #8,214 of 14,833 9.9%281
Social SciencesField #6,339 of 9,330 11.7%179
Physical SciencesDomain #15,700 of 17,446 4.3%139

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

In 2022-now, 65% of research at NationsUniversity is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (46%), Environmental Science (11%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (6%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 63 fractional works · 65.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 44 fractional works · 45.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 22 fractional works · 23.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 22 fractional works · 22.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 11.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNationsUniversity97fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences65%

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 Sciences4445.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance66.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities44.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting44.0%
    5. Psychology43.7%
    6. Decision Sciences11.2%
    1. Environmental Science1111.5%
    2. Engineering55.3%
    3. Computer Science32.9%
    4. Energy11.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.9%
    6. Mathematics00.4%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Medicine55.4%
    2. Health Professions33.3%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.0%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does NationsUniversity specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Sociology and Political Science takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 22.5 works6.5×
← 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: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.31× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.59× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.25× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.89× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.20× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.61× its world share, 44 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.61×44 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.89×6 works
  3. Environmental Science2.31×11 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.59×4 works
  5. Health Professions1.25×3 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.25×4 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.22×1 works
  8. Psychology1.20×4 works
  9. Energy1.13×1 works
  10. Veterinary0.85×0 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.71×0 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.56×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.47×2 works
  14. Computer Science0.38×3 works
  15. Engineering0.36×5 works
  16. Mathematics0.34×0 works
  17. Medicine0.28×5 works
  18. Dentistry0.24×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×1 works
  20. Nursing0.18×0 works
  21. Neuroscience0.11×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at NationsUniversity?

Ranked on the quality score, Tony Addison, Hanneke Van Lavieren and Lionel Demery lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NationsUniversity.

  1. 1 Tony Addison United States · #422,428 worldwide 3.7k citations · 239 works
  2. 2 Hanneke Van Lavieren United States · #1,609,435 worldwide 1.2k citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Lionel Demery United States · #2,020,620 worldwide 3k citations · 73 works
  4. 4 Éléonore Fournier-Tombs United States · #2,385,206 worldwide 180 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Louise Bosetti United States · #2,736,304 worldwide 142 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Mark Blackden United States · #2,764,181 worldwide 312 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Miriam Jorgensen United States · #2,902,606 worldwide 339 citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Robert E. Haywood United States · #3,029,398 worldwide 82 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Basudeb Guha‐Khasnobis United States · #3,113,945 worldwide 1.1k citations · 59 works
  10. 10 Anthony Bartzokas United States · #3,116,069 worldwide 210 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at NationsUniversity

What are the most cited papers from NationsUniversity?

The most cited paper from NationsUniversity is "The who Multicentre Growth Reference Study: Planning, Study Design, and Methodology" (Mercedes de Onís, Cutberto Garza, Cesar Gomes Victora et al., 2004), with 981 citations. Next come "Synergism of nutrition, infection, and immunity: an overview" (968) and "Members of the who Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group" (608).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The who Multicentre Growth Reference Study: Planning, Study Design, and Methodology Mercedes de Onís, Cutberto Garza, Cesar Gomes Victora et al. · Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2004 981
2 Synergism of nutrition, infection, and immunity: an overview N. S. Scrimshaw, John Paul SanGiovanni · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Open access Aug 1997 968
3 Members of the who Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group Mercedes de Onís, Cutberto Garza, Cesar Gomes Victora et al. · Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2004 608
4 Entrepreneurship, developing countries, and development economics: new approaches and insights Wim A. Naudé · Small Business Economics 6 Apr 2009 540
5 Extreme events and disasters: a window of opportunity for change? Analysis of organizational, institutional and political changes, formal and informal responses after mega-disasters Joern Birkmann, Philip D. Buckle, Jochen A.G. Jaeger et al. · Natural Hazards 12 Dec 2008 464
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Which keywords describe research at NationsUniversity?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Vulnerability, Environmental Impact, Resettlement, Adaptation, Migration, Sea-Level Rise and Social Justice.

▲ 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. Climate Change18▲ 6.7×29 topics
  2. Vulnerability11▲ 50×6 topics
  3. Environmental Impact7▲ 4.3×12 topics
  4. Globalization6▲ 3.4×22 topics
  5. Sustainability6▲ 2.6×25 topics
  6. Public Health6▲ 4.2×11 topics
  7. Adaptation5▲ 18×4 topics
  8. Resettlement5▲ 62×2 topics
  9. Migration5▲ 15×4 topics
  10. Sea-Level Rise5▲ 41×3 topics
  11. Social Justice5▲ 8.1×14 topics
  12. Conflict4▲ 28×6 topics
  13. Environmental Refugees4▲ 210×1 topic
  14. Natural Disasters4▲ 210×1 topic
  15. Renewable Energy4▲ 3.0×13 topics
  16. Resilience4▲ 8.7×8 topics
  17. Water Resources4▲ 18×6 topics
  18. Global Warming4▲ 9.9×7 topics
  19. Security4▲ 5.8×5 topics
  20. Arid Regions4▲ 152×2 topics
  21. Infectious Diseases4▲ 11×4 topics
  22. International Cooperation4▲ 73×2 topics
  23. Economic Growth4▲ 4.4×13 topics
  24. Climate Change Adaptation3▲ 19×2 topics
  25. Drought3▲ 36×1 topic
  26. Human Rights3▲ 3.4×16 topics
  27. Transboundary Water3▲ 206×1 topic
  28. Social Capital3▲ 6.5×6 topics
  29. Mortality3▲ 5.6×2 topics
  30. African Christianity3▲ 127×2 topics
  31. Community3▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Disaster3▲ 57×1 topic
  33. Heat Waves3▲ 45×1 topic
  34. Human Health3▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Temperature3▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Global Governance2▲ 11×9 topics
  37. Global Health2▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Health Equity2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  39. International Relations2▲ 9.7×7 topics
  40. Decolonization2▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does NationsUniversity publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration, Transboundary Water Resource Management, Climate Change and Health Impacts and Disaster Management and Resilience.

Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration: 4 fractional worksTransboundary Water Resource Management: 3 fractional worksClimate Change and Healt…3Climate Change and Health Impacts: 3 fractional worksDisaster Management and …3Disaster Management and Resilience: 3 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 2 fractional worksGlobal Security and Public Health: 2 fractional worksChristian Theology and M…2Christian Theology and Mission: 2 fractional worksPentecostalism and Christianity Studies: 1 fractional worksInternational Development and Aid: 1 fractional worksDigital Economy and Work Transformation: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisHealthReligious studies1 others

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

  1. 1 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  2. 2 Transboundary Water Resource Management Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  3. 3 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  4. 4 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  5. 5 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 2 works
  6. 6 Global Security and Public Health Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 2 works
  8. 8 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 1 works
  9. 9 International Development and Aid Development 1 works
  10. 10 Digital Economy and Work Transformation Sociology and Political Science 1 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 available36.3%not open63.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.6%domestic only70.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has NationsUniversity's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 40% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 NationsUniversity as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00027% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%NationsUniversity0.00028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of NationsUniversity over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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