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Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

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Research works
61
▼ 39% vs 2018-21
Citations
904
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

Not ranked overall: Potomac Institute for Policy Studies is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Potomac Institute for Policy Studies work in?

In all years, 44% of research at Potomac Institute for Policy Studies is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Neuroscience (11%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 26 fractional works · 43.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 24.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 11.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 23.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 7.6% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 17.4% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 9.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 7.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 15.9% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 10.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 9.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPotomac Institutefor Policy…61fractional works, all years
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences44%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1524.5%
    2. Psychology46.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities34.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting34.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.3%
    6. Decision Sciences11.4%
    1. Computer Science57.6%
    2. Engineering46.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy34.7%
    4. Environmental Science22.8%
    5. Materials Science11.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Medicine69.8%
    2. Health Professions57.6%
    1. Neuroscience710.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
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.

Computer Science: 3.58× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMathematics: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.47× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.83× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science3.58×1 works
  2. Social Sciences2.83×2 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.47×0 works
  4. Psychology1.30×0 works
  5. Mathematics1.13×0 works
  6. Health Professions1.01×0 works
  7. Engineering0.93×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.62×0 works
  9. Medicine0.28×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Potomac Institute for Policy Studies?

Ranked on the quality score, George Tarkhan‐Mouravi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Potomac Institute for Policy Studies.

  1. 1 George Tarkhan‐Mouravi United States · #4,288,231 worldwide 32 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

What are the most cited papers from Potomac Institute for Policy Studies?

The most cited paper from Potomac Institute for Policy Studies is "A System‐of‐Systems Perspective for Public Policy Decisions" (Dan DeLaurentis, Robert K. “CAB” Callaway, 2004), with 200 citations. Next come "The Nonprofit Sector at a Crossroads: The Case of America" (183) and "A brief historicity of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Issues and implications for the future of psychiatric canon and practice" (169).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A System‐of‐Systems Perspective for Public Policy Decisions Dan DeLaurentis, Robert K. “CAB” Callaway · Review of Policy Research Nov 2004 200
2 The Nonprofit Sector at a Crossroads: The Case of America Lester M. Salamon · VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Mar 1999 183
3 A brief historicity of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Issues and implications for the future of psychiatric canon and practice Shadia Kawa, James J. Giordano · Philosophy Ethics and Humanities in Medicine Open access 2012 169
4 Association between Vision Loss and Higher Medical Care Costs in Medicare Beneficiaries Jonathan C. Javitt, Zhiyuan Zhou, Richard J. Willke · Ophthalmology Feb 2007 154
5 The Subsidized Muse: Government and the Arts in Western Europe and the United States Annette Zimmer, Stefan Toepler · Journal of Cultural Economics Mar 1999 100
All 65 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Potomac Institute for Policy Studies?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Ethics, Ethical Issues, Cognitive Enhancement, Neuroenhancement, Public Health, Risk Management and Policy.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Globalization7▲ 6.7×15 topics
  2. Public Health4▲ 4.5×4 topics
  3. Ethics4▲ 13×5 topics
  4. Ethical Issues4▲ 60×2 topics
  5. Cognitive Enhancement3▲ 177×1 topic
  6. Neuroenhancement3▲ 372×1 topic
  7. Risk Management2▲ 12×2 topics
  8. Policy2▲ 22×2 topics
  9. International Relations2▲ 17×3 topics
  10. Terrorism2▲ 84×2 topics
  11. Health Promotion2▲ 11×1 topic
  12. International Law2▲ 12×3 topics
  13. Population Health2▲ 108×1 topic
  14. Space Policy2▲ 215×1 topic
  15. Space Tourism2▲ 215×1 topic
  16. Advocacy Coalition Framework2▲ 472×1 topic
  17. Pathogenesis2▲ 4.9×2 topics
  18. Policy Transfer2▲ 472×1 topic
  19. Public-Private Partnerships2▲ 45×2 topics
  20. Social Capital2▲ 6.9×3 topics
  21. Cyber Security2▲ 114×1 topic
  22. Cybersecurity2▲ 21×2 topics
  23. Extremism2▲ 116×1 topic
  24. Internet Governance2▲ 285×1 topic
  25. Neuroscience2▲ 8.5×4 topics
  26. Radicalization2▲ 116×1 topic
  27. Anthrax2▲ 145×1 topic
  28. Tularemia2▲ 145×1 topic
  29. Information Security1▲ 46×1 topic
  30. Policy Compliance1▲ 97×1 topic
  31. Resilience1▲ 5.9×3 topics
  32. Biodiversity Conservation1▲ 8.1×2 topics
  33. Collaborative Governance1▲ 82×1 topic
  34. Drug Trafficking1▲ 47×2 topics
  35. Law Enforcement1▲ 49×2 topics
  36. Public Management Reform1▲ 106×1 topic
  37. Community1▲ 18×1 topic
  38. Corruption1▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Disaster1▲ 62×1 topic
  40. Violence1▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Potomac Institute for Policy Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Visual Attention and Saliency Detection, Security and Verification in Computing, Religion, Society, and Development and Social Policy and Reform Studies.

Visual Attention and Sal…0Visual Attention and Saliency Detection: 0 fractional worksSecurity and Verificatio…0Security and Verification in Computing: 0 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 0 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform Studies: 0 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 0 fractional worksPhysical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware Security: 0 fractional worksSpace Technology and Applications: 0 fractional worksInternational Relations …0International Relations and Foreign Policy: 0 fractional worksTerrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence: 0 fractional worksEgo Development and Educational Practices: 0 fractional works
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionArtificial IntelligenceSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International Relations3 others

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

  1. 1 Visual Attention and Saliency Detection Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  2. 2 Security and Verification in Computing Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  3. 3 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  4. 4 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  5. 5 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  6. 6 Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware Security Hardware and Architecture 0 works
  7. 7 Space Technology and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 International Relations and Foreign Policy Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  9. 9 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Ego Development and Educational Practices Clinical Psychology 0 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 available29.0%not open71.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.0%domestic only86.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Potomac Institute for Policy Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 39% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Potomac Institute for Policy Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000011% in 2023.

0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Potomac Institute for Policy Studies0.000018% in 20241990200020102020

Fractional works of Potomac Institute for Policy Studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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