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Office of the Secretary of Defense

In research, Office of the Secretary of Defense stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,642 of 16,945 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#17,364 of 21,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,620 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#21,629
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,674
of 8,685
Research works
539
▼ 62% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.6k
12.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
13%
world 28%

What is Office of the Secretary of Defense 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 #11,642 of 16,945 16.9%242
Physical SciencesDomain #17,364 of 21,541 13.2%183
Social SciencesField #8,620 of 10,206 17.4%125

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Office of the Secretary of Defense 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.47× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.90× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.30× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.10× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.23× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.17× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.14× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Office of the Secretary of Defense?

Ranked on the composite score, George Baehr, Peter Probst and Richard G. Robbins lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Office of the Secretary of Defense.

  1. 1 George Baehr United States · #123,535 worldwide 81 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Peter Probst United States · #296,741 worldwide 89 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Richard G. Robbins United States · #472,719 worldwide 57 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Leslie H. Gelb United States · #546,753 worldwide 6 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Office of the Secretary of Defense

Which keywords describe research at Office of the Secretary of Defense?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Resilience, Trauma, Mental Health, Machine Learning, Epidemiology, Fiber Networks, Paper Mechanics and Artificial Intelligence.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 12 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 12 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology2▲ 1.97×18 topics
  2. Machine Learning2▲ 2.2×7 topics
  3. Mental Health2▲ 4.0×9 topics
  4. Climate Change2▲ 1.70×8 topics
  5. Sustainability2▲ 1.92×3 topics
  6. Resilience1▲ 9.3×4 topics
  7. Trauma1▲ 22×3 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 2.8×3 topics
  9. Renewable Energy1▲ 2.7×3 topics
  10. Deep Learning1◆ 0.91×3 topics
  11. Fiber Networks1▲ 288×1 topic
  12. Paper Mechanics1▲ 288×1 topic

Which research topics does Office of the Secretary of Defense publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Material Properties and Processing, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Economic and Industrial Development and Education, Innovation and Language Studies.

Material Properties and …1Material Properties and Processing: 1 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Dis…1Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 1 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial Development: 1 fractional worksEducation, Innovation an…1Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 1 fractional worksEngineering and Agricult…1Engineering and Agricultural Innovations: 1 fractional worksTrauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 1 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 0 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…0Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 0 fractional worksComputational Physics and Python Applications: 0 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and Analysis: 0 fractional works
Mechanics of MaterialsClinical PsychologyEconomics and EconometricsEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Material Properties and Processing Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  2. 2 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 1 works
  3. 3 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  4. 4 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 1 works
  5. 5 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 1 works
  6. 6 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  8. 8 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 0 works
  9. 9 Computational Physics and Python Applications Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 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 available13.3%not open86.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.2%domestic only91.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Office of the Secretary of Defense's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 62% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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