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Peace Corps

In research, Peace Corps stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,845 of 16,945 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,180 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,524
of 28,054 · #27,274 all time
Rank in United States
#3,990
of 4,192
Research works
464
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.1k
8.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Peace Corps 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 #12,845 of 16,945 16.6%270
Social SciencesField #8,180 of 10,206 16.4%174

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Peace Corps 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.01× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.90× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.48× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.23× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.20× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.31× its world share, 31 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Peace Corps?

Ranked on the composite score, William G. Winkler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Peace Corps.

  1. 1 William G. Winkler United States · #366,134 worldwide 115 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Peace Corps

Which keywords describe research at Peace Corps?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Human Rights, Democracy, Governance, Social Justice, Mental Health, Identity and Neoliberalism.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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▲ 3.8×24 topics
  2. Human Rights4▲ 5.5×11 topics
  3. Epidemiology4▲ 1.37×16 topics
  4. Sustainability4▲ 2.2×18 topics
  5. Mental Health4▲ 3.3×18 topics
  6. Democracy4▲ 13×7 topics
  7. Governance3▲ 13×8 topics
  8. Education3▲ 2.1×10 topics
  9. Identity3▲ 5.0×9 topics
  10. Public Health3▲ 2.5×14 topics
  11. Social Justice3▲ 6.2×10 topics
  12. Neoliberalism2▲ 8.2×6 topics
  13. Resilience2▲ 6.1×6 topics
  14. Educational Technology2▲ 2.4×5 topics
  15. Social Inequality2▲ 11×4 topics
  16. Healthcare2▲ 2.4×7 topics
  17. Public Policy2▲ 5.5×10 topics
  18. Teacher Training2▲ 4.4×6 topics
  19. Colonialism2▲ 5.3×6 topics
  20. Political Economy2▲ 10×4 topics
  21. Curriculum Development2▲ 3.5×4 topics
  22. Cultural Studies2▲ 6.0×7 topics
  23. Global Governance2▲ 10×4 topics
  24. Security2▲ 3.5×3 topics
  25. Conflict2▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Corruption2▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Environmental Law2▲ 10×2 topics
  28. Regulation2▲ 4.1×4 topics
  29. Institutions2▲ 26×3 topics
  30. International Relations2▲ 8.4×3 topics
  31. Ethnic Conflict1▲ 43×2 topics
  32. Trauma1▲ 9.7×4 topics
  33. Civil War1▲ 58×1 topic
  34. Climate Change Impacts1▲ 15×4 topics
  35. Constitutional Law1▲ 13×1 topic
  36. European Union1▲ 7.9×3 topics
  37. Inequality1▲ 7.6×5 topics
  38. Legal Theory1▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Political Institutions1▲ 90×1 topic
  40. Peacebuilding1▲ 24×3 topics

Which research topics does Peace Corps publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Brazilian Legal Issues, Political Conflict and Governance, Evaluation and Performance Assessment and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research.

Brazilian Legal Issues1Brazilian Legal Issues: 1 fractional worksPolitical Conflict and G…1Political Conflict and Governance: 1 fractional worksEvaluation and Performance Assessment: 1 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 1 fractional worksEuropean and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies: 1 fractional worksCorruption and Economic Development: 1 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 1 fractional worksPeacebuilding and Intern…1Peacebuilding and International Security: 1 fractional worksAfrican history and culture studies: 1 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 1 fractional works
LawSociology and Political ScienceManagement Science and Operations ResearchClinical Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Brazilian Legal Issues Law 1 works
  2. 2 Political Conflict and Governance Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  4. 4 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 Corruption and Economic Development Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  8. 8 Peacebuilding and International Security Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 African history and culture studies Anthropology 1 works
  10. 10 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 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 available46.2%not open53.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.1%domestic only69.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Peace Corps's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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