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Oxford Policy Management

In research, Oxford Policy Management stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,256 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,057 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions (General Health Professions is 6.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,678
of 22,385 · #5,498 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#264
of 862
Research works
788
▲ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
23k
28.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.21×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
Oxford Policy Management

What is Oxford Policy Management 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 #3,256 of 9,585 13.1%118 #1970
Social SciencesField #3,057 of 5,988 10.8%69 #1884

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

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Oxford Policy Management is in Social Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (38%), Psychology (11%), Medicine (11%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 147 fractional works · 64.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 87 fractional works · 38.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 27 fractional works · 11.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 18 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 5.6% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 25 fractional works · 10.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 19 fractional works · 8.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 6.6% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 50 fractional works · 22.1% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 10.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 10.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 21 fractional works · 9.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 10.2% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKOxford PolicyManagement227fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences65%

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 Sciences8738.1%
    2. Psychology2510.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting156.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance146.1%
    5. Decision Sciences41.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities31.4%
    1. Medicine2410.5%
    2. Health Professions2310.0%
    3. Nursing31.4%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Engineering83.3%
    2. Computer Science62.7%
    3. Environmental Science62.6%
    4. Mathematics20.7%
    5. Energy10.4%
    6. Materials Science00.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    3. Neuroscience10.4%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Oxford Policy Management specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 20.7 works6.6×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.81× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 2.83× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.06× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.84× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.56× its world share, 25 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.01× its world share, 86 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.81×23 works
  2. Psychology3.56×25 works
  3. Social Sciences3.01×86 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.84×14 works
  5. Nursing2.83×3 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting2.06×15 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.59×4 works
  8. Mathematics0.56×2 works
  9. Medicine0.55×24 works
  10. Veterinary0.54×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.53×6 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.52×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.49×3 works
  14. Energy0.45×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×4 works
  16. Computer Science0.35×6 works
  17. Neuroscience0.27×1 works
  18. Engineering0.22×8 works
  19. Dentistry0.18×0 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Oxford Policy Management?

Ranked on the quality score, Clare O’Brien, Hedda Martina Šola and Suresh Tiwari lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Oxford Policy Management.

  1. 1 Clare O’Brien United Kingdom · #471,515 worldwide 2.2k citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Hedda Martina Šola United Kingdom · #1,063,623 worldwide 189 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Suresh Tiwari United Kingdom · #1,240,230 worldwide 745 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Tomas Lievens United Kingdom · #1,245,041 worldwide 493 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Valentina Barca United Kingdom · #1,286,900 worldwide 751 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Tata Chanturidze United Kingdom · #1,824,154 worldwide 205 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Alex Duncan United Kingdom · #1,857,286 worldwide 798 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Ramlatu Attah United Kingdom · #2,014,594 worldwide 258 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Steve Simister United Kingdom · #2,104,134 worldwide 469 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Ian MacAuslan United Kingdom · #2,196,768 worldwide 465 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Oxford Policy Management

What are the most cited papers from Oxford Policy Management?

The most cited paper from Oxford Policy Management is "Parenting in a time of COVID-19" (Lucie Dale Cluver, Jamie M. Lachman, Lorraine Sherr et al., 2020), with 921 citations. Next come "Store Atmospherics: A Multisensory Perspective" (659) and "Realist randomised controlled trials: A new approach to evaluating complex public health interventions" (597).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Parenting in a time of COVID-19 Lucie Dale Cluver, Jamie M. Lachman, Lorraine Sherr et al. · The Lancet Open access 25 Mar 2020 921
2 Store Atmospherics: A Multisensory Perspective Charles J. Spence, Nancy M. Puccinelli, Dhruv Grewal et al. · Psychology and Marketing 9 Jun 2014 659
3 Realist randomised controlled trials: A new approach to evaluating complex public health interventions Chris P. Bonell, Adam Fletcher, Matthew Morton et al. · Social Science & Medicine 6 Sep 2012 597
4 Nutrition-sensitive agriculture: What have we learned so far? Marie T. Ruel, Agnes R Quisumbing, Mysbah Balagamwala · Global Food Security Open access Feb 2018 586
5 The economic burden of cardiovascular disease and hypertension in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review Adrian Gheorghe, Ulla Kou Griffiths, Adrianna Murphy et al. · BMC Public Health ReviewOpen access 6 Aug 2018 552
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Which keywords describe research at Oxford Policy Management?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Globalization, Income Inequality, Political Economy, Social Determinants of Health, Social Policy, Health Outcomes and Public Opinion.

▲ 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. Mental Health29▲ 9.0×23 topics
  2. Globalization21▲ 4.7×32 topics
  3. Income Inequality13▲ 41×4 topics
  4. Public Health12▲ 3.6×25 topics
  5. Political Economy11▲ 20×10 topics
  6. Risk Factors11▲ 4.3×11 topics
  7. Social Determinants of Health10▲ 21×3 topics
  8. Social Policy9▲ 45×2 topics
  9. Health Outcomes9▲ 15×7 topics
  10. Public Opinion9▲ 33×3 topics
  11. Resilience9▲ 7.9×8 topics
  12. Social Support9▲ 7.2×11 topics
  13. Economic Growth9▲ 4.7×16 topics
  14. Gender Inequality9▲ 27×5 topics
  15. Depression8▲ 4.1×7 topics
  16. Institutional Change8▲ 105×2 topics
  17. Child Development8▲ 8.3×6 topics
  18. Ideational Power8▲ 117×1 topic
  19. Welfare State8▲ 43×1 topic
  20. Labor Market7▲ 11×6 topics
  21. Adolescents7▲ 8.0×5 topics
  22. Developmental Trajectories7▲ 24×3 topics
  23. Psychiatric Disorders6▲ 19×3 topics
  24. Austerity Measures6▲ 38×2 topics
  25. Health Disparities6▲ 9.5×4 topics
  26. Adverse Experiences5▲ 59×1 topic
  27. Childhood Trauma5▲ 38×1 topic
  28. Children5▲ 10×2 topics
  29. Unemployment5▲ 29×2 topics
  30. Economic Crisis5▲ 20×1 topic
  31. Emotion Regulation5▲ 7.3×3 topics
  32. Precarious Employment5▲ 40×1 topic
  33. Adolescent Health5▲ 26×2 topics
  34. Parenting5▲ 18×2 topics
  35. HIV Prevention5▲ 36×1 topic
  36. Poverty Reduction5▲ 17×3 topics
  37. Sexual Behavior5▲ 60×1 topic
  38. Health Inequalities5▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Psychopathology5▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Inequality4▲ 8.7×7 topics

Which research topics does Oxford Policy Management publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Social Policy and Reform Studies, Child Abuse and Trauma, Employment and Welfare Studies and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Social Policy and Reform…8Social Policy and Reform Studies: 8 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma5Child Abuse and Trauma: 5 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare S…5Employment and Welfare Studies: 5 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…5Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 5 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 4 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…4Global Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksIntimate Partner and Family Violence: 3 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 3 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 3 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsClinical PsychologyGeneral Health ProfessionsSafety Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  2. 2 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 5 works
  3. 3 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 5 works
  4. 4 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 5 works
  5. 5 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 4 works
  6. 6 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 4 works
  7. 7 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  8. 8 Intimate Partner and Family Violence Health 3 works
  9. 9 Health disparities and outcomes Health 3 works
  10. 10 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 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 available53.4%not open46.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.2%domestic only60.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Oxford Policy Management's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Oxford Policy Management as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00092% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Oxford Policy Management0.00082% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Oxford Policy Management 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.

still counting20%40%Oxford Policy Management10.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 31.2% in 2012.

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