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PLUS Foundation

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World rank, all time
#25,022
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,215
of 7,310
Research works
190
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9k
10.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
PLUS Foundation

Which fields of science does PLUS Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at PLUS Foundation is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Medicine (9%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 24 fractional works · 50.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 34.3% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 18.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 26.9% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 9.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 7.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 15.7% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 9.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPLUS Foundation47fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences16%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 Sciences1634.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting24.4%
    3. Decision Sciences23.5%
    4. Psychology23.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities11.6%
    1. Computer Science49.4%
    2. Engineering37.3%
    3. Environmental Science36.3%
    4. Chemistry11.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.8%
    6. Mathematics00.7%
    7. Materials Science00.5%
    8. Energy00.4%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine49.4%
    2. Health Professions25.2%
    3. Nursing00.6%
    4. Veterinary00.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences25.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.21× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.27× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.98× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.61× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.43× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.71× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences3.61×2 works
  2. Veterinary3.36×0 works
  3. Social Sciences2.71×16 works
  4. Health Professions1.98×2 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.43×1 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.38×2 works
  7. Environmental Science1.27×3 works
  8. Nursing1.25×0 works
  9. Computer Science1.21×4 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.11×2 works
  11. Psychology1.06×2 works
  12. Chemistry0.83×1 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.60×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.60×0 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.57×1 works
  16. Engineering0.49×3 works
  17. Medicine0.49×4 works
  18. Energy0.39×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.38×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×1 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.24×0 works
  22. Neuroscience0.15×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.13×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at PLUS Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Hilary M. Bradbury, Julian Sandys and John Rew lead among researchers whose main affiliation is PLUS Foundation.

  1. 1 Hilary M. Bradbury United States · #477,625 worldwide 9.5k citations · 117 works
  2. 2 Julian Sandys United States · #3,030,917 worldwide 11 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 John Rew United States · #3,112,045 worldwide 11 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at PLUS Foundation

What are the most cited papers from PLUS Foundation?

The most cited paper from PLUS Foundation is "Linking the future of anticancer metal-complexes to the therapy of tumour metastases" (Alberta Bergamo, Gianni Sava, 2015), with 218 citations. Next come "Expertise in research integration and implementation for tackling complex problems: when is it needed, where can it be found and how can it be strengthened?" (216) and "Amino acid size, charge, hydropathy indices and matrices for protein structure analysis" (123).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Linking the future of anticancer metal-complexes to the therapy of tumour metastases Alberta Bergamo, Gianni Sava · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2015 218
2 Expertise in research integration and implementation for tackling complex problems: when is it needed, where can it be found and how can it be strengthened? Gabriele Bammer et al. · Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Open access 13 Jan 2020 216
3 Amino acid size, charge, hydropathy indices and matrices for protein structure analysis Jan Charles Biro · Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling Open access 22 Mar 2006 123
4 Toxicity Potential of Nutraceuticals Ramesh C. Gupta, Ajay Kumar Srivastava, Rajiv Lall · Methods in molecular biology Book chapter 2018 113
5 Delivering clinical preventive services is a systems problem Leif I. Solberg, Thomas E. Kottke, Shirley A. Conn et al. · Annals of Behavioral Medicine Sep 1997 82
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Which keywords describe research at PLUS Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Character Education, Digital Learning, Globalization, Sustainable Development, Digital Transformation, Educational Technology, Curriculum Development and Qualitative Research.

▲ 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. Globalization3▲ 3.5×11 topics
  2. Character Education3▲ 14×3 topics
  3. Sustainable Development3▲ 4.0×10 topics
  4. Digital Learning3▲ 11×7 topics
  5. Educational Technology2▲ 4.5×9 topics
  6. Climate Change2▲ 1.85×8 topics
  7. Sustainability2▲ 2.1×7 topics
  8. Digital Transformation2▲ 8.5×4 topics
  9. Qualitative Research2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  10. Curriculum Development2▲ 6.7×5 topics
  11. Economic Development2▲ 5.1×3 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 2.8×6 topics
  13. E-Learning2▲ 4.1×4 topics
  14. Local Wisdom2▲ 8.5×2 topics
  15. 21st Century Skills2▲ 13×3 topics
  16. Online Learning2▲ 4.4×6 topics
  17. Innovation2▲ 3.1×3 topics
  18. Islamic Education2▲ 9.7×2 topics
  19. Learning Outcomes2▲ 7.7×2 topics
  20. Regional Development2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  21. Kampus Merdeka1▲ 21×1 topic
  22. Media Literacy1▲ 5.7×3 topics
  23. Merdeka Belajar1▲ 21×1 topic
  24. Religious Values1▲ 17×1 topic
  25. School Environment1▲ 17×1 topic
  26. Virtual Reality1▲ 6.3×2 topics
  27. Complexity Theory1▲ 48×2 topics
  28. Global Economy1▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Higher Education1▲ 5.3×5 topics
  30. Biodiversity1▲ 3.4×3 topics
  31. Concept Mapping1▲ 69×1 topic
  32. Environmental Management1▲ 6.1×4 topics
  33. Knowledge Clusters1▲ 63×1 topic
  34. Mobile Learning1▲ 7.6×3 topics
  35. Russian Economy1▲ 69×1 topic
  36. Theory-Based Evaluation1▲ 148×1 topic
  37. Satoyama1▲ 248×1 topic
  38. landscape conservation1▲ 248×1 topic
  39. Digital Media Technology1▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Visual Communication Design1▲ 55×1 topic

Which research topics does PLUS Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods, Education and Character Development, Economic and Technological Developments in Russia and Evaluation and Performance Assessment.

Educational Curriculum a…1Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods: 1 fractional worksEducation and Character …1Education and Character Development: 1 fractional worksEconomic and Technological Developments in Russia: 1 fractional worksEvaluation and Performan…1Evaluation and Performance Assessment: 1 fractional worksUrban and spatial planning1Urban and spatial planning: 1 fractional worksEducational Methods and Media Use: 1 fractional worksDigital Media and Visual Art: 1 fractional worksReproductive Physiology …1Reproductive Physiology in Livestock: 1 fractional worksRussia and Soviet political economy: 1 fractional worksEconomic Development and Digital Transformation: 1 fractional works
EducationDevelopmentManagement Science and Operations ResearchNature and Landscape Conservation5 others

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

  1. 1 Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods Education 1 works
  2. 2 Education and Character Development Education 1 works
  3. 3 Economic and Technological Developments in Russia Development 1 works
  4. 4 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  5. 5 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  6. 6 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 1 works
  7. 7 Digital Media and Visual Art Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 1 works
  8. 8 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  9. 9 Russia and Soviet political economy Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 Economic Development and Digital Transformation General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 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 available53.0%not open47.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.7%domestic only60.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has PLUS Foundation'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 PLUS Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%PLUS Foundation0.00012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of PLUS Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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