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Overseas Development Institute

In research, Overseas Development Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,447 of 14,833 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,025 of 9,330 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#1,127 of 5,126 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#5,280
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#296
of 1,844
Research works
1.3k
▼ 59% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
24.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.12×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Overseas Development Institute

What is Overseas Development Institute 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 #2,447 of 14,833 15.3%736
Social SciencesField #2,025 of 9,330 16.9%477
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,127 of 5,126 12.2%237
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,155 of 4,066 19.5%157
Life SciencesDomain #3,198 of 11,023 11.8%265
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #1,248 of 3,142 12.7%160
Physical SciencesDomain #8,523 of 17,446 10.1%186

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Overseas Development Institute 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Overseas Development Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Overseas Development Institute is in Social Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Engineering (17%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 25 fractional works · 49.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 32.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 12.5% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 10.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 7.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 33.8% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 16.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKOverseasDevelopment…50fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences50%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1632.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance510.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting23.6%
    4. Psychology23.1%
    5. Decision Sciences00.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Engineering816.6%
    2. Environmental Science36.6%
    3. Computer Science24.6%
    4. Energy12.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.0%
    6. Materials Science00.7%
    7. Chemistry00.5%
    8. Mathematics00.3%
    1. Health Professions24.2%
    2. Medicine12.7%
    3. Nursing11.1%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences36.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.29× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.72× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.10× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.33× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.60× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 2.32× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.80× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.53× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.80×5 works
  2. Energy2.72×1 works
  3. Social Sciences2.53×16 works
  4. Nursing2.32×1 works
  5. Health Professions1.60×2 works
  6. Environmental Science1.33×3 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.29×3 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.25×1 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.12×2 works
  10. Engineering1.10×8 works
  11. Psychology1.02×2 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.66×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.60×2 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.57×0 works
  15. Dentistry0.46×0 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.46×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.32×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.28×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.19×0 works
  21. Medicine0.14×1 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Overseas Development Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, I. M. D. Little, Thomas Tanner and Michael Warner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Overseas Development Institute.

  1. 1 I. M. D. Little United Kingdom · #265,732 worldwide 10k citations · 204 works
  2. 2 Thomas Tanner United Kingdom · #345,502 worldwide 5.5k citations · 158 works
  3. 3 Michael Warner United Kingdom · #573,351 worldwide 13k citations · 138 works
  4. 4 Nilima Gulrajani United Kingdom · #578,359 worldwide 736 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Emily Wilkinson United Kingdom · #651,922 worldwide 1.6k citations · 99 works
  6. 6 David Brown United Kingdom · #664,297 worldwide 2.1k citations · 60 works
  7. 7 Simon J. Maxwell United Kingdom · #676,830 worldwide 4.3k citations · 128 works
  8. 8 Jessica Hagen‐Zanker United Kingdom · #686,133 worldwide 2.2k citations · 73 works
  9. 9 Karishma Banga United Kingdom · #721,513 worldwide 364 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Nicola Jones United Kingdom · #773,788 worldwide 6.7k citations · 612 works
All ranked researchers at Overseas Development Institute

What are the most cited papers from Overseas Development Institute?

The most cited paper from Overseas Development Institute is "Gender inequality and restrictive gender norms: framing the challenges to health" (Lori Heise, Margaret Eleanor Greene, Neisha R. Opper et al., 2019), with 1,184 citations. Next come "Conceptualizing Chronic Poverty" (832) and "Using text mining for study identification in systematic reviews: a systematic review of current approaches" (691).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Gender inequality and restrictive gender norms: framing the challenges to health Lori Heise, Margaret Eleanor Greene, Neisha R. Opper et al. · The Lancet 30 May 2019 1,184
2 Conceptualizing Chronic Poverty David Hulme, Andrew Shepherd · World Development Mar 2003 832
3 Using text mining for study identification in systematic reviews: a systematic review of current approaches Alison O’Mara-Eves, James Thomas, John McNaught et al. · Systematic Reviews ReviewOpen access 14 Jan 2015 691
4 Beyond Technical Fixes: climate solutions and the great derangement Andrea Joslyn Nightingale, Siri Eriksen, Marcus Taylor et al. · Climate and Development Open access Jul 2019 575
5 The benefits and challenges of using systematic reviews in international development research Richard Mallett, Jessica Hagen‐Zanker, Rachel Slater et al. · Journal of Development Effectiveness Review Sep 2012 570
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Overseas Development Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Globalization, Gender Inequality, Poverty Reduction, Climate Change, Vulnerability, Regional Development and Conditional Cash Transfers.

▲ 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-now 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. Globalization5▲ 5.4×15 topics
  2. Economic Growth5▲ 11×8 topics
  3. Climate Change4▲ 3.0×15 topics
  4. Gender Inequality3▲ 44×4 topics
  5. Poverty Reduction3▲ 47×3 topics
  6. Sustainability3▲ 2.2×15 topics
  7. Vulnerability3▲ 22×5 topics
  8. Renewable Energy2▲ 3.2×6 topics
  9. Mental Health2▲ 3.1×10 topics
  10. Regional Development2▲ 13×3 topics
  11. Social Justice2▲ 5.9×4 topics
  12. Conditional Cash Transfers2▲ 98×1 topic
  13. Economic Development2▲ 4.2×6 topics
  14. Governance2▲ 10×4 topics
  15. School Subsidies2▲ 98×1 topic
  16. Fiscal Policy2▲ 16×2 topics
  17. Taxation2▲ 40×3 topics
  18. Transport Infrastructure2▲ 41×2 topics
  19. Infrastructure2▲ 25×1 topic
  20. Public Health2▲ 2.1×9 topics
  21. Public Investment2▲ 55×1 topic
  22. Social Networks2▲ 11×3 topics
  23. China-Africa Relations1▲ 69×2 topics
  24. Colonialism1▲ 6.0×4 topics
  25. Global Warming1▲ 6.6×4 topics
  26. Migration1▲ 7.9×4 topics
  27. Adaptation1▲ 8.8×4 topics
  28. Labor Market1▲ 9.5×4 topics
  29. Political Economy1▲ 10×5 topics
  30. Development Policies1▲ 72×1 topic
  31. Foreign Aid1▲ 72×1 topic
  32. Agriculture1▲ 5.7×3 topics
  33. Child Development1▲ 5.5×3 topics
  34. Food Security1▲ 4.0×3 topics
  35. History1▲ 3.1×3 topics
  36. Household Fuel Use1▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Indoor Air Pollution1▲ 33×1 topic
  38. International Trade1▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Energy Transition1▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Nationalism1▲ 4.5×4 topics

Which research topics does Overseas Development Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, International Development and Aid and Energy and Environment Impacts.

Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 2 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 2 fractional worksInternational Developmen…1International Development and Aid: 1 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…1Energy and Environment Impacts: 1 fractional worksIncome, Poverty, and Inequality: 1 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 1 fractional worksClimate Change, Adaptati…1Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration: 1 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 1 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dynamics: 1 fractional works
Safety ResearchEconomics and EconometricsDevelopmentPollution4 others

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

  1. 1 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 2 works
  2. 2 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  3. 3 International Development and Aid Development 1 works
  4. 4 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 1 works
  5. 5 Income, Poverty, and Inequality Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 works
  7. 7 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  9. 9 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 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 available27.8%not open72.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.7%domestic only84.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Overseas Development Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 59% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Overseas Development Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Overseas Development Institute0.00016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Overseas Development Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

20%40%Overseas Development Institute22.7% in 2021all institutions10.0% in 2021200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 32.7% in 2012.

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