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ORCID

In research, ORCID stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,829 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,831 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,609 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering and Transportation — Civil and Structural Engineering is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,325
of 28,054 · #6,589 all time
Rank in United States
#602
of 4,192
Research works
5.2k
▲ 494% vs 2013–17
Citations
50k
9.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is ORCID known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,829 of 11,982 12.6%407 #5042
MedicineField #1,831 of 10,443 12.7%307 #5165
Social SciencesDomain #2,609 of 10,521 12.6%661 #1790
Physical SciencesDomain #3,934 of 12,888 10.8%629 #6655
Social SciencesField #2,304 of 6,365 13.6%362 #1615
EngineeringField #3,416 of 6,636 9.2%286 #3939
EducationSubfield #1,135 of 1,892 18.7%83 #1556
Health ProfessionsField #1,164 of 1,928 13.0%85 #2377
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #597 of 896 9.9%125 #600
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,344 of 1,998 16.6%81 #983

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where ORCID 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#5,042 #1,829
  2. Medicine#5,165 #1,831
  3. Social Sciences#1,790 #2,609
  4. Physical Sciences#6,655 #3,934
  5. Social Sciences#1,615 #2,304
  6. Engineering#3,939 #3,416
  7. Education#1,556 #1,135
  8. Health Professions#2,377 #1,164
  9. Civil and Structural Engineering#600 #597
  10. Arts and Humanities#983 #1,344
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does ORCID specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 124.6 works5.8×
  2. TransportationSubfield · 22.3 works3.7×
← 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: 0.64× its world share, 55 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 80 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 35 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.05× its world share, 286 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.38× its world share, 125 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.92× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.31× its world share, 53 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.78× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.77× its world share, 85 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.88× its world share, 307 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.55× its world share, 81 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.01× its world share, 59 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 36 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.28× its world share, 50 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.31× its world share, 72 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 362 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at ORCID?

Ranked on the composite score, Fernando Cezar Vernalha Guimarães lead among researchers whose main affiliation is ORCID.

  1. 1 Fernando Cezar Vernalha Guimarães · #677,368 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at ORCID

Which keywords describe research at ORCID?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Globalization, Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Education, Reflective Practice, Innovation and Assessment Methods.

▲ 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. Sustainability81▲ 1.82×88 topics
  2. Climate Change80▲ 1.62×89 topics
  3. Globalization71▲ 2.0×97 topics
  4. Sustainable Development59▲ 2.1×63 topics
  5. Education59▲ 1.88×89 topics
  6. Epidemiology55▼ 0.77×118 topics
  7. Innovation43▲ 2.2×57 topics
  8. Public Health42▲ 1.59×54 topics
  9. Mental Health42▲ 1.56×43 topics
  10. Educational Technology37▲ 1.73×36 topics
  11. Healthcare33▲ 1.62×31 topics
  12. Human Rights33▲ 1.77×49 topics
  13. Economic Development33▲ 2.2×36 topics
  14. Teacher Training31▲ 2.7×25 topics
  15. Risk Management29▲ 3.3×14 topics
  16. History27▲ 2.1×32 topics
  17. Identity27▲ 2.0×39 topics
  18. Culture24▲ 2.5×22 topics
  19. Reflective Practice24▲ 7.2×5 topics
  20. Pedagogy23▲ 2.6×21 topics
  21. Science23▲ 5.2×5 topics
  22. Assessment Methods22▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Ethnicity21▲ 3.1×10 topics
  24. Faculty Development20▲ 15×2 topics
  25. Legal Regulation20▲ 5.0×8 topics
  26. Construction20▲ 8.0×3 topics
  27. Competency-Based Education20▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Continuing Medical Education19▲ 16×1 topic
  29. Professional Identity Formation19▲ 16×1 topic
  30. Economic Security18▲ 4.7×6 topics
  31. Foresight17▲ 6.8×2 topics
  32. Defect Detection16▲ 6.7×2 topics
  33. Crack Detection16▲ 12×1 topic
  34. Pavement16▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Financial Security16▲ 7.6×3 topics
  36. Academic Medicine15▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Liquefaction15▲ 9.3×2 topics
  38. Tunnel15▲ 9.3×2 topics
  39. Pipeline15▲ 7.3×3 topics
  40. Analysis14▲ 8.1×4 topics

Which research topics does ORCID publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovations in Medical Education, Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring, Military Technology and Strategies and Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures.

Innovations in Medical E…19Innovations in Medical Education: 19 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenan…16Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 16 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 14 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…14Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 14 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…13Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 13 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 13 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 11 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …10Diversity and Career in Medicine: 10 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 9 fractional worksConstruction Project Management and Performance: 9 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthCivil and Structural EngineeringAerospace EngineeringSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Innovations in Medical EducationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 19 works
  2. 2 Infrastructure Maintenance and MonitoringCivil and Structural Engineering 16 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and StrategiesAerospace Engineering 14 works
  4. 4 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground StructuresCivil and Structural Engineering 14 works
  5. 5 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSociology and Political Science 13 works
  6. 6 Legal and Regulatory AnalysisTransportation 13 works
  7. 7 BIM and Construction IntegrationBuilding and Construction 11 works
  8. 8 Diversity and Career in MedicineGender Studies 10 works
  9. 9 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil StabilizationCivil and Structural Engineering 9 works
  10. 10 Construction Project Management and PerformanceManagement Science and Operations Research 9 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 available61.8%not open38.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors55.1%domestic only44.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has ORCID's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 494% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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