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Policy Analysis (United States)

In research, Policy Analysis (United States) stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,371 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,206
of 22,385 · #3,480 all time
Rank in United States
#1,721
of 3,332
Research works
2.5k
▼ 61% vs 2018-21
Citations
62k
25.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Policy Analysis (United States)

What is Policy Analysis (United States) 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 #6,371 of 9,585 15.5%74 #1730

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Policy Analysis (United States) 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 Policy Analysis (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Policy Analysis (United States) is in Social Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Medicine (22%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (12%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 82 fractional works · 58.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 50 fractional works · 35.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 9.1% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 11.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 8.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 37 fractional works · 26.5% of its workMedicine: 30 fractional works · 21.7% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 10.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPolicy Analysis(United States)140fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences59%

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 Sciences5035.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1611.8%
    3. Psychology85.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting64.0%
    5. Decision Sciences21.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    1. Medicine3021.7%
    2. Health Professions64.6%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Environmental Science53.6%
    2. Engineering42.5%
    3. Computer Science21.3%
    4. Energy21.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    6. Materials Science10.6%
    7. Mathematics10.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.17× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.72× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.75× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.13× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.25× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.51× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.89× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.81× its world share, 50 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.51×16 works
  2. Social Sciences2.81×50 works
  3. Psychology1.89×8 works
  4. Health Professions1.75×6 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.38×2 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.25×6 works
  7. Energy1.17×2 works
  8. Medicine1.13×30 works
  9. Environmental Science0.72×5 works
  10. Mathematics0.45×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.43×3 works
  12. Nursing0.42×0 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.39×0 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.34×0 works
  15. Neuroscience0.32×1 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.30×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.29×1 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.26×0 works
  19. Engineering0.17×4 works
  20. Materials Science0.17×1 works
  21. Computer Science0.16×2 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.15×1 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×1 works
  24. Chemistry0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Policy Analysis (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Joyeeta Gupta, Derek A. Weycker and Alex I. Kartashov lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Policy Analysis (United States).

  1. 1 Joyeeta Gupta United States · #31,016 worldwide 19k citations · 646 works
  2. 2 Derek A. Weycker United States · #191,709 worldwide 10k citations · 278 works
  3. 3 Alex I. Kartashov United States · #439,221 worldwide 6.2k citations · 67 works
  4. 4 John Edelsberg United States · #507,826 worldwide 11k citations · 156 works
  5. 5 Gerry Oster United States · #626,912 worldwide 16k citations · 332 works
  6. 6 Jan J. Boersema United States · #971,762 worldwide 2.7k citations · 122 works
  7. 7 N.M. van der Grijp United States · #1,630,334 worldwide 822 citations · 109 works
  8. 8 Emmy Bergsma United States · #1,780,187 worldwide 1.7k citations · 55 works
  9. 9 Vincent T. Ciuryla United States · #1,813,371 worldwide 1k citations · 28 works
  10. 10 M. Hisschemöller United States · #1,923,811 worldwide 2.5k citations · 144 works
All ranked researchers at Policy Analysis (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Policy Analysis (United States)?

The most cited paper from Policy Analysis (United States) is "Polycentric systems for coping with collective action and global environmental change" (Элинор Остром, 2010), with 2,417 citations. Next come "KDIGO clinical practice guideline for the care of kidney transplant recipients: a summary" (1,748) and "COPING WITH TRAGEDIES OF THE COMMONS" (1,394).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Polycentric systems for coping with collective action and global environmental change Элинор Остром · Global Environmental Change 4 Aug 2010 2,417
2 KDIGO clinical practice guideline for the care of kidney transplant recipients: a summary Bertram L. Kasiske et al. · Kidney International Open access 21 Oct 2009 1,748
3 COPING WITH TRAGEDIES OF THE COMMONS Элинор Остром · Annual Review of Political Science Review Jun 1999 1,394
4 The medical care costs of obesity: An instrumental variables approach John Cawley, Chad D. Meyerhoefer · Journal of Health Economics 24 Oct 2011 1,372
5 Investor Sentiment and the Closed‐End Fund Puzzle Charles M.C. Lee, Andrei Shleifer, Richard H. Thaler · The Journal of Finance Open access Mar 1991 1,352
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Policy Analysis (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Diversity, Social Support, Economic Growth, Educational Inequality, Epidemiology, Academic Performance and Education.

▲ 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. Globalization10▲ 3.7×36 topics
  2. Epidemiology8▲ 1.46×27 topics
  3. Education6▲ 2.4×16 topics
  4. Economic Growth5▲ 4.6×12 topics
  5. Social Support5▲ 6.3×8 topics
  6. Diversity5▲ 19×5 topics
  7. Economic Development4▲ 3.9×10 topics
  8. Educational Inequality4▲ 46×2 topics
  9. Mental Health4▲ 1.89×17 topics
  10. Innovation4▲ 2.5×9 topics
  11. Academic Performance3▲ 28×2 topics
  12. Neoliberalism3▲ 6.5×8 topics
  13. Gender3▲ 4.3×7 topics
  14. Academic Achievement3▲ 13×6 topics
  15. Student Achievement3▲ 25×4 topics
  16. Gender Inequality3▲ 16×5 topics
  17. Student Engagement3▲ 5.4×5 topics
  18. Intersectionality3▲ 10×7 topics
  19. Primary Care3▲ 5.0×7 topics
  20. Social Justice3▲ 3.2×11 topics
  21. Income Inequality2▲ 13×5 topics
  22. College Retention2▲ 88×1 topic
  23. First-Generation Students2▲ 88×1 topic
  24. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 5.6×6 topics
  25. Democracy2▲ 4.7×8 topics
  26. Academic Medicine2▲ 21×3 topics
  27. Career Development2▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Psychiatric Disorders2▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Fiscal Policy2▲ 7.2×6 topics
  30. Health Disparities2▲ 5.6×6 topics
  31. Education Policy2▲ 20×3 topics
  32. Health Care Utilization2▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Human Metapneumovirus2▲ 27×1 topic
  34. Income Tax2▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Labor Force Participation2▲ 30×2 topics
  36. Poverty Reduction2▲ 9.7×3 topics
  37. Respiratory Syncytial Virus2▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Market Size2▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Revision Surgery2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  40. Teacher Education2▲ 9.3×2 topics

Which research topics does Policy Analysis (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Higher Education Research Studies, Respiratory viral infections research, Healthcare Policy and Management and School Choice and Performance.

Higher Education Researc…2Higher Education Research Studies: 2 fractional worksRespiratory viral infect…2Respiratory viral infections research: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 2 fractional worksSchool Choice and Performance: 1 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Cessation: 1 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 1 fractional worksMentoring and Academic Development: 1 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in …1Critical Race Theory in Education: 1 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 1 fractional worksEducation Discipline and Inequality: 1 fractional works
EducationEpidemiologyEconomics and EconometricsPhysiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Higher Education Research Studies Education 2 works
  2. 2 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 2 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  4. 4 School Choice and Performance Education 1 works
  5. 5 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 1 works
  6. 6 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 works
  7. 7 Mentoring and Academic Development Social Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Education Discipline and Inequality Education 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 available29.7%not open70.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.6%domestic only79.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Policy Analysis (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 61% 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 Policy Analysis (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00051% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Policy Analysis (United States)0.00048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Policy Analysis (United States) 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%Policy Analysis (United States)13.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.1% in 1994.

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