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Nonprofit · Cambridge · United States

Our Bodies Ourselves

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Research works
66
▼ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
477
7.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Our Bodies Ourselves is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 1.29× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 3.34× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.99× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.50× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.67× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.32× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Our Bodies Ourselves?

Ranked on the composite score, John Oldham lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Our Bodies Ourselves.

  1. 1 John Oldham United States · #849,588 worldwide 7 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Our Bodies Ourselves

Which keywords describe research at Our Bodies Ourselves?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Global Trends, Cesarean Section, Vaginal Birth, Epidemiology, Culture, Gender, Gender Differences and Assisted Reproductive Technology.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Global Trends8▲ 175×2 topics
  2. Epidemiology8▲ 3.0×21 topics
  3. Cesarean Section6▲ 237×1 topic
  4. Vaginal Birth6▲ 237×1 topic
  5. Globalization4▲ 3.7×8 topics
  6. Culture4▲ 14×6 topics
  7. Gender4▲ 12×10 topics
  8. Education4▲ 5.0×6 topics
  9. Gender Differences4▲ 20×4 topics
  10. Mental Health4▲ 5.1×7 topics
  11. Assisted Reproductive Technology4▲ 81×2 topics
  12. Psychological Impact4▲ 25×4 topics
  13. Identity3▲ 6.7×8 topics
  14. Quality of Life3▲ 3.8×6 topics
  15. History3▲ 6.0×7 topics
  16. Public Health3▲ 3.6×13 topics
  17. Race3▲ 38×3 topics
  18. Stress3▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Primary Care3▲ 11×9 topics
  20. Infertility3▲ 32×2 topics
  21. Access to Care3▲ 115×1 topic
  22. Reproductive Technologies3▲ 115×1 topic
  23. Colonialism3▲ 8.4×7 topics
  24. Literature2▲ 7.7×5 topics
  25. Feminism2▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Human Rights2▲ 3.9×4 topics
  27. Sexuality2▲ 44×2 topics
  28. Health2▲ 8.4×3 topics
  29. Media2▲ 24×3 topics
  30. Social Justice2▲ 6.2×2 topics
  31. Cinema2▲ 101×2 topics
  32. Feminist Theory2▲ 97×1 topic
  33. Intersectionality2▲ 21×1 topic
  34. Cold War2▲ 37×2 topics
  35. Adoption2▲ 127×1 topic
  36. Attachment2▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Child Welfare2▲ 70×2 topics
  38. Foster Care2▲ 157×1 topic
  39. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Narrative2▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Our Bodies Ourselves publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cinema and Media Studies, Media Studies and Communication, Feminist Theory and Gender Studies and Male Reproductive Health Studies.

Cinema and Media Studies1Cinema and Media Studies: 1 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 1 fractional worksFeminist Theory and Gender Studies: 0 fractional worksMale Reproductive Health Studies: 0 fractional worksMedia Influence and Health: 0 fractional worksGothic Literature and Media Analysis: 0 fractional worksItalian Fascism and Post-war Society: 0 fractional worksPublic Health Policies a…0Public Health Policies and Education: 0 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health …0Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 0 fractional worksRace, History, and Ameri…0Race, History, and American Society: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsCommunicationGender StudiesGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  2. 2 Media Studies and Communication Communication 1 works
  3. 3 Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Gender Studies 0 works
  4. 4 Male Reproductive Health Studies General Health Professions 0 works
  5. 5 Media Influence and Health Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  6. 6 Gothic Literature and Media Analysis Cultural Studies 0 works
  7. 7 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Public Health Policies and Education General Health Professions 0 works
  9. 9 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 0 works
  10. 10 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 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 available34.0%not open66.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.5%domestic only83.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Our Bodies Ourselves's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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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