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PRA Health Sciences

In research, PRA Health Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,710 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,169
of 22,385 · #8,314 all time
Rank in United States
#1,395
of 3,332
Research works
980
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.5k
6.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
PRA Health Sciences

What is PRA Health Sciences 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 #5,710 of 9,585 9.2%96 #6166

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where PRA Health Sciences 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 PRA Health Sciences work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at PRA Health Sciences is in Social Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Medicine (14%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 106 fractional works · 47.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 55 fractional works · 24.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 5.2% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 6.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 5.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 49 fractional works · 21.9% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 14.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 6.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 37 fractional works · 16.6% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 7.1% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 4.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 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 workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 31 fractional works · 14.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 24 fractional works · 10.6% of its workPlant Science: 14 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKPRA HealthSciences223fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences47%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5524.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting156.8%
    3. Psychology125.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities125.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance94.0%
    6. Decision Sciences21.1%
    1. Medicine3114.1%
    2. Health Professions156.8%
    3. Nursing20.9%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Computer Science167.1%
    2. Engineering104.4%
    3. Environmental Science73.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    5. Mathematics10.4%
    6. Energy00.2%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    10. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2410.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.1%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    4. Neuroscience10.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
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: 2.24× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.92× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.59× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 1.76× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.88× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.12× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.85× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.78× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.95× its world share, 55 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions2.59×15 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.24×24 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.12×15 works
  4. Social Sciences1.95×55 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.88×12 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.85×9 works
  7. Psychology1.78×12 works
  8. Nursing1.76×2 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.48×1 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.13×2 works
  11. Computer Science0.92×16 works
  12. Medicine0.73×31 works
  13. Environmental Science0.67×7 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.39×5 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.38×0 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.37×1 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×1 works
  18. Mathematics0.32×1 works
  19. Dentistry0.30×0 works
  20. Neuroscience0.29×1 works
  21. Engineering0.29×10 works
  22. Energy0.24×0 works
  23. Veterinary0.22×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at PRA Health Sciences?

Ranked on the quality score, John Etherington, Matthew Iverson and Daniel Dickerson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is PRA Health Sciences.

  1. 1 John Etherington United States · #720,827 worldwide 7.3k citations · 188 works
  2. 2 Matthew Iverson United States · #2,164,853 worldwide 468 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Daniel Dickerson United States · #2,213,420 worldwide 390 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 John Lawler United States · #2,330,485 worldwide 1k citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Jan Jaap van Lier United States · #2,353,218 worldwide 1.4k citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Shawn L. Searle United States · #2,467,135 worldwide 417 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Lynn Roy Webster United States · #2,734,120 worldwide 10k citations · 350 works
  8. 8 Jones Jp United States · #3,283,768 worldwide 289 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Chad J. Briscoe United States · #5,121,999 worldwide 695 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Eric R. Kinzler United States · #5,140,989 worldwide 245 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at PRA Health Sciences

What are the most cited papers from PRA Health Sciences?

The most cited paper from PRA Health Sciences is "The Effectiveness of Restorative Justice Practices: A Meta-Analysis" (Jeff Latimer, Craig Dowden, Danielle Muise, 2005), with 688 citations. Next come "Risk Factors for Opioid-Use Disorder and Overdose" (510) and "Neoadjuvant Nivolumab or Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab in Untreated Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma" (357).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Effectiveness of Restorative Justice Practices: A Meta-Analysis Jeff Latimer, Craig Dowden, Danielle Muise · The Prison Journal Review 23 May 2005 688
2 Risk Factors for Opioid-Use Disorder and Overdose Lynn Roy Webster · Anesthesia & Analgesia 20 Oct 2017 510
3 Neoadjuvant Nivolumab or Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab in Untreated Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma Jonathan Daniel Schoenfeld et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access 27 Aug 2020 357
4 Naloxegol for Opioid-Induced Constipation in Patients with Noncancer Pain William D. Chey, Lynn Roy Webster, Mark B. Sostek et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 4 Jun 2014 331
5 Determinants of foreign direct investment flows to developing countries: a cross-sectional analysis Erdal Demirhan, Mahmut Masca · Prague Economic Papers Open access 2008 264
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at PRA Health Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Mental Health, Public Policy, Nutrient Uptake, Resilience, Clinical Practice, Public Health Policy and Sustainability.

▲ 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. Mental Health11▲ 3.4×18 topics
  2. Human Rights10▲ 4.3×19 topics
  3. Sustainability9▲ 1.69×24 topics
  4. Education7▲ 1.94×29 topics
  5. Public Health7▲ 2.1×20 topics
  6. Public Policy7▲ 6.5×11 topics
  7. Sustainable Development7▲ 1.95×15 topics
  8. Healthcare6▲ 2.5×14 topics
  9. Resilience6▲ 5.6×8 topics
  10. Educational Technology6▲ 2.3×16 topics
  11. Qualitative Research6▲ 3.1×14 topics
  12. Nutrient Uptake6▲ 37×3 topics
  13. Social Media6▲ 1.83×9 topics
  14. Social Justice5▲ 4.0×13 topics
  15. Pandemic5▲ 2.2×7 topics
  16. Teacher Training5▲ 3.4×10 topics
  17. Clinical Practice5▲ 14×3 topics
  18. Pedagogy5▲ 4.1×16 topics
  19. Public Health Policy4▲ 7.5×2 topics
  20. Developmental Trauma4▲ 86×1 topic
  21. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy4▲ 86×1 topic
  22. Religion4▲ 4.0×11 topics
  23. Democracy4▲ 5.1×8 topics
  24. Risk Management4▲ 3.7×7 topics
  25. Health Education4▲ 3.9×5 topics
  26. Maternal Health4▲ 6.5×3 topics
  27. Dormancy4▲ 44×1 topic
  28. Fruit Trees4▲ 44×1 topic
  29. Community Engagement3▲ 4.7×5 topics
  30. End-of-Life Care3▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Breastfeeding3▲ 6.5×3 topics
  32. European Union3▲ 6.6×7 topics
  33. Plant Growth3▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Plant Growth Regulators3▲ 116×1 topic
  35. Temperature Control3▲ 46×1 topic
  36. Local Development3▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Palliative Care3▲ 8.7×3 topics
  38. Social Sciences3▲ 9.4×7 topics
  39. Territorial Governance3▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Gender Studies3▲ 7.5×4 topics

Which research topics does PRA Health Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research, Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies, Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation and Health, Medicine and Society.

Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 4 fractional worksPlant Physiology and Cultivation Studies: 4 fractional worksFlowering Plant Growth a…3Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation: 3 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…2Health, Medicine and Society: 2 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrition: 2 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social …2French Urban and Social Studies: 2 fractional worksSMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 2 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Security: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…2Environmental Sustainability and Education: 2 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyPlant ScienceGeneral Health ProfessionsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 4 works
  2. 2 Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies Plant Science 4 works
  3. 3 Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation Plant Science 3 works
  4. 4 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  6. 6 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 2 works
  7. 7 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 2 works
  9. 9 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 2 works
  10. 10 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 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 available51.3%not open48.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.7%domestic only64.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has PRA Health Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% 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 PRA Health Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00075% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%PRA Health Sciences0.00081% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of PRA Health Sciences 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025PRA Health Sciences9.5% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.7% in 2024.

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