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Population Council

In research, Population Council stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,939 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,590
of 22,385 · #4,196 all time
Rank in United States
#1,614
of 3,332
Research works
2k
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
89k
44.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.12×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Population Council

What is Population Council 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,939 of 9,902 15.4%66 #1980

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

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Population Council is in Health Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (39%), Social Sciences (18%), Health Professions (12%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 71 fractional works · 55.0% of its workMedicine: 51 fractional works · 39.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 14 fractional works · 10.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 7.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 12.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 11.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 25.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 17.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 11.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPopulationCouncil130fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences55%Social Sciences25%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5139.4%
    2. Health Professions1612.0%
    3. Nursing53.6%
    1. Social Sciences2317.9%
    2. Psychology53.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology64.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology53.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.0%
    5. Neuroscience00.3%
    1. Environmental Science42.9%
    2. Materials Science21.4%
    3. Computer Science21.2%
    4. Engineering21.2%
    5. Mathematics11.0%
    6. Energy00.3%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
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: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.82× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.91× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 4.56× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.05× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 7.35× its world share, 5 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.01× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing7.35×5 works
  2. Health Professions4.56×16 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology3.82×5 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.91×1 works
  5. Medicine2.05×51 works
  6. Social Sciences1.42×23 works
  7. Psychology1.30×5 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.01×3 works
  9. Mathematics0.88×1 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.87×6 works
  11. Environmental Science0.58×4 works
  12. Materials Science0.41×2 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×2 works
  14. Energy0.28×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.23×1 works
  16. Neuroscience0.18×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.16×2 works
  18. Chemistry0.13×0 works
  19. Engineering0.08×2 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Population Council?

Ranked on the quality score, John Bongaarts, Elissa W.P. Wong and Dolores D. Mruk lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Population Council.

  1. 1 John Bongaarts United States · #54,453 worldwide 28k citations · 339 works
  2. 2 Elissa W.P. Wong United States · #162,420 worldwide 3.6k citations · 70 works
  3. 3 Dolores D. Mruk United States · #178,895 worldwide 19k citations · 244 works
  4. 4 Arindam Nandi United States · #207,331 worldwide 4k citations · 136 works
  5. 5 Matthew Philip Hardy United States · #230,480 worldwide 27k citations · 229 works
  6. 6 Pearl P.Y. Lie United States · #253,859 worldwide 11k citations · 36 works
  7. 7 C. Yan Cheng United States · #277,525 worldwide 31k citations · 574 works
  8. 8 Cynthia B. Lloyd United States · #291,141 worldwide 6.9k citations · 137 works
  9. 9 Bernard Berelson United States · #305,606 worldwide 18k citations · 165 works
  10. 10 Julie Pulerwitz United States · #393,352 worldwide 6.1k citations · 146 works
All ranked researchers at Population Council

What are the most cited papers from Population Council?

The most cited paper from Population Council is "Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy" (Mark Ashley Brown, Laura Ann Magee, Louise C. Kenny et al., 2018), with 2,082 citations. Next come "A novel class of small RNAs bind to MILI protein in mouse testes" (1,551) and "The International Glossary on Infertility and Fertility Care, 2017" (1,512).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Mark Ashley Brown, Laura Ann Magee, Louise C. Kenny et al. · Hypertension Open access 13 Jun 2018 2,082
2 A novel class of small RNAs bind to MILI protein in mouse testes Alexei A. Aravin, Dimos Gaidatzis, Sébastien Pfeffer et al. · Nature 4 Jun 2006 1,551
3 The International Glossary on Infertility and Fertility Care, 2017 Fernando Zegers-Hochschild et al. · Fertility and Sterility Open access 29 Jul 2017 1,512
4 Health App Use Among US Mobile Phone Owners: A National Survey Paul M. Krebs, Dustin T. Duncan · JMIR mhealth and uhealth Open access 4 Nov 2015 1,441
5 The hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: ISSHP classification, diagnosis & management recommendations for international practice Mark Ashley Brown, Laura Ann Magee, Louise C. Kenny et al. · Pregnancy Hypertension 24 May 2018 1,079
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Population Council?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maternal Mortality, Community Health Workers, Health Inequalities, Socio-economic Factors, Child Mortality, Health Systems, Family Planning and Antiretroviral Therapy.

▲ 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. Maternal Mortality14▲ 48×5 topics
  2. Community Health Workers13▲ 110×2 topics
  3. Health Inequalities12▲ 79×3 topics
  4. Socio-economic Factors12▲ 85×2 topics
  5. Child Mortality12▲ 131×1 topic
  6. Health Systems12▲ 131×1 topic
  7. Family Planning8▲ 117×3 topics
  8. Risk Factors8▲ 5.4×13 topics
  9. Mental Health7▲ 3.9×18 topics
  10. Antiretroviral Therapy7▲ 34×5 topics
  11. Epidemiology7▲ 1.33×32 topics
  12. HIV Transmission7▲ 68×2 topics
  13. Social Determinants of Health7▲ 24×2 topics
  14. Child Development7▲ 12×4 topics
  15. Adolescent Health6▲ 57×2 topics
  16. Reproductive Health6▲ 97×3 topics
  17. HIV Prevention6▲ 80×2 topics
  18. Sexual Behavior6▲ 130×1 topic
  19. Youth Risk Behavior6▲ 130×1 topic
  20. Gender Inequality6▲ 31×3 topics
  21. Poverty Reduction6▲ 33×3 topics
  22. Public Health5▲ 2.9×20 topics
  23. Viral Load5▲ 51×2 topics
  24. Contraception5▲ 152×1 topic
  25. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 16×4 topics
  26. Mortality Rates5▲ 41×2 topics
  27. Unintended Pregnancy5▲ 152×1 topic
  28. Preexposure Prophylaxis5▲ 79×1 topic
  29. Stigma and Discrimination5▲ 79×1 topic
  30. Conditional Cash Transfers5▲ 104×1 topic
  31. School Subsidies5▲ 104×1 topic
  32. Maternal and Child Undernutrition4▲ 40×1 topic
  33. Water Sanitation Hygiene4▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Health Outcomes3▲ 8.0×5 topics
  35. Socioeconomic Factors3▲ 18×3 topics
  36. Chronic Disease3▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Behavior Change2▲ 13×4 topics
  38. HIV2▲ 23×4 topics
  39. Sex Ratios2▲ 117×1 topic
  40. Son Preference2▲ 117×1 topic

Which research topics does Population Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Reproductive Health and Contraception and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions.

Global Maternal and Chil…12Global Maternal and Child Health: 12 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…6Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 6 fractional worksReproductive Health and …5Reproductive Health and Contraception: 5 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…5HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 5 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and …5Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 5 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 4 fractional worksDemographic Trends and Gender Preferences: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksReproductive tract infections research: 2 fractional worksSperm and Testicular Function: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious Diseases6 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 12 works
  2. 2 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 6 works
  3. 3 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  4. 4 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 5 works
  5. 5 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 5 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  7. 7 Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences Gender Studies 2 works
  8. 8 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  9. 9 Reproductive tract infections research Microbiology 2 works
  10. 10 Sperm and Testicular Function Reproductive Medicine 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 available35.3%not open64.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.8%domestic only70.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Population Council's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% 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 Population Council as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00047% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Population Council0.00025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Population Council 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.

10%20%30%Population Council16.4% in 2024all institutions10.0% in 2024200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.8% in 2013.

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