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Pathfinder International

In research, Pathfinder International stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,796 of 14,833 worldwide), Health Sciences (#10,719 of 16,688 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#14,130 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#12,230
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,535
of 7,310
Research works
481
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.6k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Pathfinder International

What is Pathfinder International 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 #8,796 of 14,833 8.5%169
Health SciencesDomain #10,719 of 16,688 10.9%129
Physical SciencesDomain #14,130 of 17,446 5.5%144

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

In 2022-now, 41% of research at Pathfinder International is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Medicine (18%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 37 fractional works · 40.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 22.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 5.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 25.6% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 8.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 8.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% 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 workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 24.5% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 18.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 9.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKPathfinderInternational92fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences25%Social Sciences41%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2122.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities66.6%
    3. Psychology55.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting33.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.2%
    6. Decision Sciences10.9%
    1. Computer Science88.7%
    2. Engineering88.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy22.5%
    4. Environmental Science22.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.4%
    6. Materials Science10.9%
    7. Mathematics10.6%
    8. Chemistry00.5%
    1. Medicine1718.3%
    2. Health Professions44.5%
    3. Dentistry11.1%
    4. Nursing10.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology44.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.8%
    3. Neuroscience11.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
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: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.12× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.57× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.13× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.25× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.72× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.95× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 1.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.29× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.64× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.29×6 works
  2. Dentistry2.25×1 works
  3. Social Sciences1.80×21 works
  4. Health Professions1.72×4 works
  5. Psychology1.64×5 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.46×0 works
  7. Nursing1.19×0 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.13×2 works
  9. Computer Science1.12×8 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting1.05×3 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.02×2 works
  12. Medicine0.95×17 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.94×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.91×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.89×4 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.84×1 works
  17. Neuroscience0.69×1 works
  18. Engineering0.57×8 works
  19. Environmental Science0.49×2 works
  20. Mathematics0.49×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×2 works
  22. Chemistry0.34×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.26×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Pathfinder International?

Ranked on the quality score, Mohamad I. Brooks, John M. Paxman and Mengistu Asnake Kibret lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pathfinder International.

  1. 1 Mohamad I. Brooks United States · #1,243,459 worldwide 931 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 John M. Paxman United States · #1,915,245 worldwide 472 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Mengistu Asnake Kibret United States · #2,162,292 worldwide 127 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Alfons Pausch United States · #2,884,755 worldwide 4 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Redoyan Chowdhury United States · #3,769,926 worldwide 82 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Mengistu Asnake United States · #3,877,064 worldwide 531 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 C. Dunson United States · #3,951,633 worldwide 359 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Delicia Ferrando United States · #4,103,969 worldwide 39 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Samuel M. Haugland United States · #4,293,097 worldwide 173 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Bekele Belayihun Tefera United States · #4,604,275 worldwide 210 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Pathfinder International

What are the most cited papers from Pathfinder International?

The most cited paper from Pathfinder International is "Single-Dose Psilocybin for a Treatment-Resistant Episode of Major Depression" (Guy M. Goodwin et al., 2022), with 1,168 citations. Next come "CSF biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease concord with amyloid‐β PET and predict clinical progression: A study of fully automated immunoassays in BioFINDER and ADNI cohorts" (859) and "Contraception for adolescents in low and middle income countries: needs, barriers, and access" (720).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Single-Dose Psilocybin for a Treatment-Resistant Episode of Major Depression Guy M. Goodwin et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 2 Nov 2022 1,168
2 CSF biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease concord with amyloid‐β PET and predict clinical progression: A study of fully automated immunoassays in BioFINDER and ADNI cohorts Oskar Hansson, John Peter Seibyl, Erik Stomrud et al. · Alzheimer s & Dementia Open access 27 Feb 2018 859
3 Contraception for adolescents in low and middle income countries: needs, barriers, and access Venkatraman Chandra‐Mouli, Donna R. McCarraher, Sharon J. Phillips et al. · Reproductive Health Open access 2 Jan 2014 720
4 Effects of interpregnancy interval and outcome of the preceding pregnancy on pregnancy outcomes in Matlab, Bangladesh Julie DaVanzo, Lauren E. Hale, Abdur M. Razzaque et al. · BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Open access 6 Jul 2007 256
5 Knowledge and Awareness of HPV Vaccine and Acceptability to Vaccinate in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review Stacey Perlman, Richard G. Wamai, Paul Arthur Bain et al. · PLoS ONE ReviewOpen access 11 Mar 2014 248
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Pathfinder International?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maternal Mortality, Child Mortality, Health Systems, Human Rights, Machine Learning, Family Planning, Public Health and Archaeology.

▲ 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. Machine Learning5▲ 1.70×14 topics
  2. Human Rights4▲ 4.2×9 topics
  3. Maternal Mortality4▲ 19×3 topics
  4. Globalization4▲ 1.94×11 topics
  5. Public Health4▲ 2.6×15 topics
  6. Child Mortality3▲ 50×1 topic
  7. Health Systems3▲ 50×1 topic
  8. Genetic Diversity2▲ 5.7×4 topics
  9. Colonialism2▲ 5.0×4 topics
  10. Family Planning2▲ 42×3 topics
  11. Archaeology2▲ 17×3 topics
  12. Digital Learning2▲ 4.1×5 topics
  13. Immigration2▲ 18×2 topics
  14. Reproductive Health2▲ 38×2 topics
  15. Security2▲ 3.0×4 topics
  16. Adolescent Development2▲ 16×2 topics
  17. Cultural History2▲ 16×2 topics
  18. Ethical Theory2▲ 256×2 topics
  19. Legal Personhood2▲ 94×2 topics
  20. Pacific Islands2▲ 148×1 topic
  21. Public Opinion2▲ 15×3 topics
  22. settlement2▲ 148×1 topic
  23. Race2▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Contraception1▲ 59×1 topic
  25. Discrimination1▲ 7.4×2 topics
  26. Unintended Pregnancy1▲ 59×1 topic
  27. Algorithmic Bias1▲ 17×1 topic
  28. Animal Consciousness1▲ 904×1 topic
  29. Deification1▲ 444×1 topic
  30. Fairness1▲ 14×1 topic
  31. Family Relationships1▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Multiculturalism1▲ 7.9×2 topics
  33. Problem of Evil1▲ 169×1 topic
  34. Subsidiarity1▲ 904×1 topic
  35. Targeted Therapy1▲ 6.5×3 topics
  36. Theodicy1▲ 169×1 topic
  37. Trinity1▲ 212×1 topic
  38. Asian American1▲ 164×1 topic
  39. Social Cognition1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  40. Transnational1▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does Pathfinder International publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies, Reproductive Health and Contraception and Reformed Theology and Governance.

Global Maternal and Chil…3Global Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksPacific and Southeast Asian Studies: 2 fractional worksReproductive Health and Contraception: 1 fractional worksReformed Theology and Governance: 1 fractional worksKarl Barth and Christian Theology: 1 fractional worksTheology and Philosophy of Evil: 1 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…1Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 1 fractional worksAsian American and Pacific Histories: 1 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 1 fractional worksPsychology of Developmen…1Psychology of Development and Education: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeography, Planning and DevelopmentPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPhilosophy4 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  2. 2 Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
  3. 3 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  4. 4 Reformed Theology and Governance Philosophy 1 works
  5. 5 Karl Barth and Christian Theology Philosophy 1 works
  6. 6 Theology and Philosophy of Evil Philosophy 1 works
  7. 7 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 1 works
  8. 8 Asian American and Pacific Histories Cultural Studies 1 works
  9. 9 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Psychology of Development and Education Developmental and Educational Psychology 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 available39.9%not open60.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.7%domestic only74.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Pathfinder International's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% 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 Pathfinder International as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Pathfinder International0.00039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Pathfinder International 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Pathfinder International6.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.4% in 2008.

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