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Planned Parenthood

In research, Planned Parenthood stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,121 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#7,427 of 14,558 worldwide) and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (#998 of 1,829 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health is 17.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,793
of 22,385 · #7,830 all time
Rank in United States
#2,275
of 3,332
Research works
696
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.9k
14.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Planned Parenthood

What is Planned Parenthood 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,121 of 16,688 8.2%397
MedicineField #7,427 of 14,558 7.7%311
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #998 of 1,829 8.5%125
Social SciencesDomain #8,868 of 14,833 9.5%211
Social SciencesField #7,058 of 9,330 9.3%123

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

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Planned Parenthood is in Health Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (49%), Social Sciences (15%), Psychology (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 57 fractional works · 57.0% of its workMedicine: 48 fractional works · 48.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 22 fractional works · 22.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 7.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 8.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 31 fractional works · 31.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 15.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 8.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPlannedParenthood99fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences57%Social Sciences31%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4848.6%
    2. Health Professions88.0%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Social Sciences1515.2%
    2. Psychology88.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities44.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.9%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology44.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.2%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.0%
    4. Neuroscience10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering21.8%
    2. Energy11.0%
    3. Environmental Science11.0%
    4. Computer Science10.6%
    5. Mathematics00.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Planned Parenthood specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health takes 17.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 22.5 works17×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.98× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.04× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.53× its world share, 48 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.57× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.78× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology3.98×4 works
  2. Health Professions3.04×8 works
  3. Psychology2.78×8 works
  4. Medicine2.53×48 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.57×4 works
  6. Social Sciences1.20×15 works
  7. Energy1.10×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.86×2 works
  9. Nursing0.49×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.36×1 works
  11. Dentistry0.35×0 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.32×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.29×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×1 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.26×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.19×1 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×1 works
  19. Engineering0.12×2 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.08×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Planned Parenthood?

Ranked on the quality score, Samuel Dickman, Lisa F. Stern and Deborah S. Levine lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Planned Parenthood.

  1. 1 Samuel Dickman United States · #255,498 worldwide 2.9k citations · 58 works
  2. 2 Lisa F. Stern United States · #828,068 worldwide 635 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Deborah S. Levine United States · #978,473 worldwide 912 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Leah Coplon United States · #1,212,966 worldwide 641 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Steven Polgar United States · #1,395,091 worldwide 1k citations · 64 works
  6. 6 Johanna Morfesis United States · #1,680,530 worldwide 626 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Lisa G. Colarossi United States · #1,775,976 worldwide 1.3k citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Jeffrey C. Waldman United States · #2,245,684 worldwide 1.3k citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Joel P. Lebed United States · #2,513,189 worldwide 356 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Bhavik Kumar United States · #2,546,129 worldwide 119 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Planned Parenthood

What are the most cited papers from Planned Parenthood?

The most cited paper from Planned Parenthood is "Pregnancy coercion, intimate partner violence and unintended pregnancy" (Elizabeth Penland Miller, Michele R. Decker, Heather L. McCauley et al., 2010), with 648 citations. Next come "Ulipristal acetate versus levonorgestrel for emergency contraception: a randomised non-inferiority trial and meta-analysis" (530) and "Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage: An Updated Review of U.S. Policies and Programs and Their Impact" (475).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Pregnancy coercion, intimate partner violence and unintended pregnancy Elizabeth Penland Miller, Michele R. Decker, Heather L. McCauley et al. · Contraception Open access 28 Jan 2010 648
2 Ulipristal acetate versus levonorgestrel for emergency contraception: a randomised non-inferiority trial and meta-analysis Anna F. Glasier, Sharon Tracey Cameron, Paul M Fine et al. · The Lancet 30 Jan 2010 530
3 Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage: An Updated Review of U.S. Policies and Programs and Their Impact John S. Santelli, Leslie M. Kantor, Stephanie A. Grilo et al. · Journal of Adolescent Health Open access 22 Aug 2017 475
4 The concerns about recurrence scale (CARS): A systematic measure of women’s fears about the possibility of breast cancer recurrence Suzanne M. Johnson Vickberg · Annals of Behavioral Medicine 2003 475
5 “I'm Kinda Stuck at Home With Unsupportive Parents Right Now”: LGBTQ Youths' Experiences With COVID-19 and the Importance of Online Support Jessica N. Fish, Lauren B. McInroy, Megan S. Paceley et al. · Journal of Adolescent Health Open access 23 Jun 2020 461
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Which keywords describe research at Planned Parenthood?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Reproductive Health, Family Planning, Contraception, Unintended Pregnancy, Mental Health, Maternal Mortality, Psychological Impact and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Reproductive Health14▲ 278×3 topics
  2. Family Planning13▲ 242×3 topics
  3. Contraception13▲ 491×1 topic
  4. Unintended Pregnancy13▲ 491×1 topic
  5. Mental Health9▲ 6.2×16 topics
  6. Epidemiology9▲ 2.2×23 topics
  7. Maternal Mortality7▲ 31×5 topics
  8. Quality of Life7▲ 4.7×11 topics
  9. Risk Factors6▲ 5.7×10 topics
  10. Psychological Impact6▲ 18×6 topics
  11. Global Trends5▲ 66×2 topics
  12. Health Disparities5▲ 19×5 topics
  13. Infertility5▲ 33×2 topics
  14. Assisted Reproductive Technology4▲ 70×2 topics
  15. Gender Differences4▲ 11×3 topics
  16. Intersectionality4▲ 22×5 topics
  17. Reproductive Technologies4▲ 97×1 topic
  18. Stress4▲ 10×1 topic
  19. Resilience4▲ 7.3×7 topics
  20. Health Inequalities4▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Gender Identity3▲ 31×3 topics
  22. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 22×4 topics
  23. Child Mortality3▲ 43×1 topic
  24. Health Systems3▲ 43×1 topic
  25. Decidual NK Cells3▲ 75×1 topic
  26. Fetal-Maternal Interface3▲ 75×1 topic
  27. Primary Care3▲ 7.7×11 topics
  28. Regulatory T Cells3▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Placenta Accreta3▲ 84×1 topic
  30. Postpartum Hemorrhage3▲ 84×1 topic
  31. Stigma3▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Discrimination2▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Reproductive Outcome2▲ 62×2 topics
  34. Cesarean Scar Pregnancy2▲ 156×1 topic
  35. Ectopic Pregnancy2▲ 156×1 topic
  36. LGBTQ+2▲ 57×1 topic
  37. Social Stress2▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Cancer Incidence2▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Maternal Outcomes2▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Perinatal Outcomes2▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does Planned Parenthood publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Reproductive Health and Contraception, Reproductive Health and Technologies, Global Maternal and Child Health and Reproductive System and Pregnancy.

Reproductive Health and …13Reproductive Health and Contraception: 13 fractional worksReproductive Health and Technologies: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksReproductive System and Pregnancy: 3 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 3 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, …2LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 2 fractional worksEctopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 2 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 1 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthReproductive MedicinePediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthImmunology4 others

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

  1. 1 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 13 works
  2. 2 Reproductive Health and Technologies Reproductive Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  4. 4 Reproductive System and Pregnancy Immunology 3 works
  5. 5 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  6. 6 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 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 available26.6%not open73.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.4%domestic only85.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Planned Parenthood's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% 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 Planned Parenthood as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00034% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Planned Parenthood0.00041% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Planned Parenthood 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 counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Planned Parenthood6.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.9% in 2023.

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