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In research, Oxfam stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,195 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,593
of 22,385 · #1,201 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#319
of 862
Research works
1.4k
▼ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
21.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.28×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Oxfam

What is Oxfam known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #8,195 of 9,585 8.7%72 #856

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Oxfam 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 Oxfam work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Oxfam is in Social Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Health Professions (11%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 77 fractional works · 49.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 49 fractional works · 31.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 17 fractional works · 10.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 34 fractional works · 22.1% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 11.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 9.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 10.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 18.5% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 5.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 9.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKOxfam155fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences22%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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4931.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities117.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance63.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting63.7%
    5. Psychology42.6%
    6. Decision Sciences10.9%
    1. Health Professions1711.0%
    2. Medicine1610.2%
    3. Nursing10.9%
    1. Engineering95.8%
    2. Environmental Science64.1%
    3. Computer Science42.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy31.6%
    6. Chemistry21.0%
    7. Materials Science21.0%
    8. Mathematics00.3%
    9. Energy00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences63.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.8%
    3. Neuroscience21.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.7%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
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: 0.80× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.01× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.82× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 4.16× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 1.86× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.46× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.16× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.75× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.48× its world share, 49 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.16×17 works
  2. Social Sciences2.48×49 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.46×11 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.01×1 works
  5. Nursing1.86×1 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.75×6 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.16×6 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.08×3 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.96×2 works
  10. Psychology0.84×4 works
  11. Environmental Science0.82×6 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.80×6 works
  13. Neuroscience0.79×2 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.73×2 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.71×6 works
  16. Chemistry0.64×2 works
  17. Medicine0.53×16 works
  18. Engineering0.39×9 works
  19. Computer Science0.34×4 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×0 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.31×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.28×2 works
  23. Energy0.27×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.25×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Oxfam?

Ranked on the quality score, Caroline Sweetman, Ruth Mayne and Mackenzie E. C. Walcott lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Oxfam.

  1. 1 Caroline Sweetman United Kingdom · #607,747 worldwide 2.4k citations · 154 works
  2. 2 Ruth Mayne United Kingdom · #1,387,033 worldwide 940 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Mackenzie E. C. Walcott United Kingdom · #1,528,294 worldwide 9 citations · 358 works
  4. 4 Deborah Eade United Kingdom · #1,679,880 worldwide 2.5k citations · 172 works
  5. 5 Jo Rowlands United Kingdom · #1,746,762 worldwide 2.3k citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Hermentrude United Kingdom · #1,989,272 worldwide 6 citations · 545 works
  7. 7 Luis Correia Da Silva United Kingdom · #2,020,231 worldwide 312 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 James H. Kavanagh United Kingdom · #2,072,715 worldwide 393 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Lovell Drage United Kingdom · #2,174,404 worldwide 140 citations · 57 works
  10. 10 John R. Magrath United Kingdom · #2,201,983 worldwide 419 citations · 151 works
All ranked researchers at Oxfam

What are the most cited papers from Oxfam?

The most cited paper from Oxfam is "An anatomically comprehensive atlas of the adult human brain transcriptome" (Michael Hawrylycz et al., 2012), with 3,404 citations. Next come "Inorganic caesium lead iodide perovskite solar cells" (1,849) and "Sustainable Intensification in Agriculture: Premises and Policies" (1,740).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An anatomically comprehensive atlas of the adult human brain transcriptome Michael Hawrylycz et al. · Nature Open access Sep 2012 3,404
2 Inorganic caesium lead iodide perovskite solar cells Giles E. Eperon, Giuseppe Maria Paternò, Rebecca J. Sutton et al. · Journal of Materials Chemistry A Open access 2015 1,849
3 Sustainable Intensification in Agriculture: Premises and Policies Tara Garnett, M. C. Appleby, Andrew P. Balmford et al. · Science 4 Jul 2013 1,740
4 Biodiversity Hotspots and Major Tropical Wilderness Areas: Approaches to Setting Conservation Priorities Russell A. Mittermeier, Norman Myers, Jørgen B. Thomsen et al. · Conservation Biology 17 Jun 1998 1,329
5 The biodiversity challenge: Expanded hot-spots analysis Norman Myers · Environment Systems & Decisions Dec 1990 841
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Oxfam?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality Improvement, Human Rights, Primary Care, Globalization, Health System Reform, Chronic Disease Management, Continuity of Care and Patient-Centered Medical Home.

▲ 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. Globalization10▲ 3.1×25 topics
  2. Quality Improvement9▲ 29×3 topics
  3. Human Rights8▲ 5.3×16 topics
  4. Primary Care7▲ 12×7 topics
  5. Health System Reform6▲ 57×2 topics
  6. Chronic Disease Management6▲ 18×2 topics
  7. Continuity of Care6▲ 75×1 topic
  8. Patient-Centered Medical Home6▲ 105×1 topic
  9. Public Health6▲ 2.4×17 topics
  10. Education5▲ 1.83×16 topics
  11. Gender5▲ 5.6×12 topics
  12. Labor Market4▲ 9.9×8 topics
  13. Mental Health4▲ 1.93×10 topics
  14. Economic Growth4▲ 3.2×9 topics
  15. Economic Development4▲ 3.2×9 topics
  16. Governance4▲ 7.9×6 topics
  17. Neoliberalism4▲ 7.1×12 topics
  18. NGOs4▲ 27×3 topics
  19. Nationalism4▲ 5.2×8 topics
  20. Poverty Reduction4▲ 18×4 topics
  21. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 6.5×2 topics
  22. Gender Inequality3▲ 14×6 topics
  23. Metaphysics3▲ 45×2 topics
  24. Occupation3▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Colonialism3▲ 3.9×7 topics
  26. Development3▲ 5.3×9 topics
  27. Cultural Studies3▲ 4.9×3 topics
  28. Neuroscience3▲ 5.7×5 topics
  29. Social Determinants of Health3▲ 7.7×3 topics
  30. Development Policies2▲ 46×1 topic
  31. Foreign Aid2▲ 46×1 topic
  32. Health Outcomes2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  33. Price Discrimination2▲ 42×2 topics
  34. Atlantic History2▲ 97×1 topic
  35. Transatlantic Slave Trade2▲ 97×1 topic
  36. Unemployment2▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Decolonization2▲ 18×3 topics
  38. Economic Crisis2▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Precarious Employment2▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Archaeology2▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Oxfam publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Primary Care and Health Outcomes, International Development and Aid, Colonialism, slavery, and trade and Employment and Welfare Studies.

Primary Care and Health …6Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 6 fractional worksInternational Development and Aid: 2 fractional worksColonialism, slavery, and trade: 2 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 2 fractional worksClassical Philosophy and Thought: 2 fractional worksEuropean history and politics: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Quality and M…2Healthcare Quality and Management: 2 fractional worksEmpathy and Medical Education: 2 fractional worksHealthcare cost, quality, practices: 2 fractional worksMerger and Competition Analysis: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsDevelopmentAnthropologyPhilosophy4 others

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

  1. 1 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 6 works
  2. 2 International Development and Aid Development 2 works
  3. 3 Colonialism, slavery, and trade Anthropology 2 works
  4. 4 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 2 works
  6. 6 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Quality and Management Health Information Management 2 works
  8. 8 Empathy and Medical Education Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  9. 9 Healthcare cost, quality, practices General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 Merger and Competition Analysis Economics and Econometrics 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 available33.2%not open66.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.8%domestic only76.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Oxfam's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Oxfam as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00078% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Oxfam0.00031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Oxfam 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.

10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2024Oxfam8.7% in 2024200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.9% in 2008.

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