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Open Society Foundations

In research, Open Society Foundations stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,688 of 16,945 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,867 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#26,141
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,600
of 8,685
Research works
386
▲ 54% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.4k
16.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Open Society Foundations 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 #9,688 of 16,945 24.4%233
Social SciencesField #5,867 of 10,206 27.8%162

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Open Society Foundations 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.57× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.50× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.77× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.93× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.93× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.26× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.97× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.20× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.16× its world share, 12 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 Open Society Foundations?

Ranked on the composite score, Heather Grabbe, George Soros and Aryeh Neier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Open Society Foundations.

  1. 1 Heather Grabbe United States · #125,616 worldwide 211 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 George Soros United States · #329,049 worldwide 42 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Aryeh Neier United States · #376,107 worldwide 40 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Voldemar Tomusk United States · #443,528 worldwide 41 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Open Society Foundations

Which keywords describe research at Open Society Foundations?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Healthcare, Discrimination, Surveillance, Public Opinion, Social Inequality, Machine Learning and Criminal Behavior.

▲ 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 35 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 35 words, with their numbers
  1. Human Rights3▲ 6.5×9 topics
  2. Machine Learning3▲ 1.77×11 topics
  3. Epidemiology2▲ 1.21×7 topics
  4. Healthcare2▲ 4.0×6 topics
  5. Education2▲ 2.4×4 topics
  6. Climate Change2▲ 1.49×15 topics
  7. Globalization2▲ 1.84×7 topics
  8. Big Data2▲ 3.9×5 topics
  9. Deep Learning2◆ 1.00×5 topics
  10. Discrimination2▲ 17×3 topics
  11. Surveillance2▲ 12×4 topics
  12. Economic Growth1▲ 3.5×6 topics
  13. Sustainability1▲ 1.23×4 topics
  14. Precision Medicine1▲ 6.0×3 topics
  15. Public Health1▲ 2.0×4 topics
  16. Public Opinion1▲ 23×3 topics
  17. Social Inequality1▲ 10×2 topics
  18. COVID-191▲ 1.87×4 topics
  19. Criminal Behavior1▲ 63×2 topics
  20. Democracy1▲ 7.4×5 topics
  21. Digital Repositories1▲ 93×2 topics
  22. Health Disparities1▲ 9.7×2 topics
  23. International Law1▲ 8.3×3 topics
  24. Neoliberalism1▲ 7.1×2 topics
  25. Social Exclusion1▲ 36×2 topics
  26. Behavioral Economics1▲ 45×2 topics
  27. HIV1▲ 28×1 topic
  28. Substance Abuse1▲ 34×2 topics
  29. drug use1▲ 80×1 topic
  30. Archives1▲ 183×1 topic
  31. Digital Preservation1▲ 157×1 topic
  32. Ethnic Minority1▲ 168×1 topic
  33. Global Governance1▲ 9.6×2 topics
  34. Medical Imaging1▲ 4.4×2 topics
  35. Roma1▲ 468×1 topic

Which research topics does Open Society Foundations publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk, Research Data Management Practices, Romani and Gypsy Studies and Digital and Traditional Archives Management.

HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk1HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 1 fractional worksResearch Data Management…1Research Data Management Practices: 1 fractional worksRomani and Gypsy Studies: 1 fractional worksDigital and Traditional …1Digital and Traditional Archives Management: 1 fractional worksDigital Humanities and S…1Digital Humanities and Scholarship: 1 fractional worksHuman Rights and Development: 1 fractional worksEconomic Theory and Institutions: 1 fractional worksUkraine: War, Education,…1Ukraine: War, Education, Health: 1 fractional worksAcademic Publishing and Open Access: 1 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologyInformation SystemsGeneral Health ProfessionsConservation6 others

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

  1. 1 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 1 works
  2. 2 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 1 works
  3. 3 Romani and Gypsy Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  4. 4 Digital and Traditional Archives Management Conservation 1 works
  5. 5 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  6. 6 Human Rights and Development Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Economic Theory and Institutions Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  8. 8 Ukraine: War, Education, Health Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  9. 9 Academic Publishing and Open Access Information Systems and Management 1 works
  10. 10 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 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 available43.9%not open56.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.9%domestic only79.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Open Society Foundations's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 54% higher 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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