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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

In research, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,359 of 16,945 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,734 of 10,206 worldwide) and Political Science and International Relations (#1,515 of 2,376 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#29,199
of 42,892
Rank in Switzerland
#294
of 429
Research works
616
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.1k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 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 #7,359 of 16,945 23.2%508
Social SciencesField #5,734 of 10,206 21.8%403
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #1,515 of 2,376 19.9%199
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #3,035 of 4,340 22.3%140

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 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: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.17× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.85× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 2.90× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.14× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.86× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees?

Ranked on the composite score, Jeff Crisp, Peter Ventevogel and Volker Türk lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

  1. 1 Jeff Crisp Switzerland · #131,209 worldwide 89 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Peter Ventevogel Switzerland · #190,282 worldwide 101 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Volker Türk Switzerland · #326,336 worldwide 29 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Edward Benson Switzerland · #545,364 worldwide 4 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Johannes van der Klaauw Switzerland · #771,961 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Sadako Ogata Switzerland · #942,758 worldwide 10 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Which keywords describe research at Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Mental Health, Global Governance, Resettlement, Development, NGOs, Trauma and Acculturation.

▲ 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 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. Human Rights7▲ 13×17 topics
  2. Mental Health6▲ 8.1×10 topics
  3. Global Governance5▲ 42×8 topics
  4. Development4▲ 23×4 topics
  5. Resettlement4▲ 94×2 topics
  6. Epidemiology4▲ 1.85×18 topics
  7. NGOs4▲ 73×3 topics
  8. Trauma4▲ 36×3 topics
  9. Acculturation4▲ 87×2 topics
  10. Health Disparities3▲ 25×3 topics
  11. Psychological Adjustment3▲ 45×2 topics
  12. Immigrant3▲ 91×1 topic
  13. Public Health3▲ 4.3×10 topics
  14. Refugee3▲ 112×1 topic
  15. Economic Growth3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  16. International Cooperation3▲ 100×3 topics
  17. Poverty Reduction2▲ 37×3 topics
  18. Religion2▲ 9.8×3 topics
  19. International Law2▲ 14×5 topics
  20. Social Inequality2▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Conflict2▲ 26×5 topics
  22. Humanitarianism2▲ 66×2 topics
  23. Indicators2▲ 250×1 topic
  24. International Aid2▲ 84×2 topics
  25. Millennium Development Goals2▲ 250×1 topic
  26. Refugees2▲ 33×3 topics
  27. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 19×3 topics
  28. Governance2▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Security Council2▲ 77×2 topics
  30. Community Development2▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Ethnicity2▲ 9.1×2 topics
  32. Faith-Based Organizations2▲ 107×1 topic
  33. Labor Market2▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Social Services2▲ 76×1 topic
  35. Vulnerability2▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Welfare2▲ 68×2 topics
  37. Community Health Workers2▲ 39×2 topics
  38. Development Policies2▲ 89×1 topic
  39. Foreign Aid2▲ 89×1 topic
  40. Social Movements2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Migration, Health and Trauma, Human Rights and Development, Religion, Society, and Development and International Development and Aid.

Migration, Health and Trauma: 3 fractional worksHuman Rights and Development: 2 fractional worksReligion, Society, and D…2Religion, Society, and Development: 2 fractional worksInternational Developmen…2International Development and Aid: 2 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 2 fractional worksPolitical and Social Issues: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…2Healthcare Systems and Practices: 2 fractional worksAsian Geopolitics and Et…1Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography: 1 fractional worksICT in Developing Commun…1ICT in Developing Communities: 1 fractional worksClimate Change and Geoen…1Climate Change and Geoengineering: 1 fractional works
Clinical PsychologySociology and Political ScienceDevelopmentPolitical Science and International Relations3 others

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

  1. 1 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 3 works
  2. 2 Human Rights and Development Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 International Development and Aid Development 2 works
  5. 5 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Political and Social Issues Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 ICT in Developing Communities Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Climate Change and Geoengineering Global and Planetary Change 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 available36.7%not open63.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.2%domestic only75.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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