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RAND Corporation

In research, RAND Corporation stands highest in Health Sciences (#688 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#915 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,331 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health, General Health Professions and Health Professions (Health is 11.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,454
of 22,385 · #1,039 all time
Rank in United States
#305
of 3,332
Research works
11k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
516k
47.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.30×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
RAND Corporation

What is RAND Corporation 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 #688 of 9,902 13.8%393 #563
MedicineField #915 of 8,541 14.4%243 #728
Social SciencesDomain #1,331 of 9,585 13.1%408 #690
Social SciencesField #1,270 of 5,988 12.5%192 #614
Health ProfessionsField #458 of 1,895 13.5%140 #247
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #247 of 944 13.7%118 #178
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #603 of 1,798 13.4%68 #383
PsychologyField #765 of 2,121 14.2%109 #753
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #479 of 1,307 12.3%61 #270
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,148 of 2,526 11.5%74 #639

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where RAND Corporation 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#563 #688
  2. Medicine#728 #915
  3. Social Sciences#690 #1,331
  4. Social Sciences#614 #1,270
  5. Health Professions#247 #458
  6. General Health Professions#178 #247
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#383 #603
  8. Psychology#753 #765
  9. Economics and Econometrics#270 #479
  10. Sociology and Political Science#639 #1,148
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does RAND Corporation work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at RAND Corporation is in Social Sciences, 43% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (27%), Social Sciences (21%), Health Professions (15%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Social Sciences: 462 fractional works · 44.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 217 fractional works · 20.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 83 fractional works · 8.0% of its workHealth: 36 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEducation: 35 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 127 fractional works · 12.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 60 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 33 fractional works · 3.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 75 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 68 fractional works · 6.5% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 20 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 452 fractional works · 43.4% of its workMedicine: 280 fractional works · 27.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 67 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEpidemiology: 57 fractional works · 5.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 159 fractional works · 15.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 135 fractional works · 12.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 98 fractional works · 9.5% of its workComputer Science: 29 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 22 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMathematics: 15 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 28 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKRAND Corporation1,040fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences43%Social Sciences44%

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 Sciences21720.9%
    2. Psychology12712.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance757.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting201.9%
    5. Decision Sciences181.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities50.5%
    1. Medicine28027.0%
    2. Health Professions15915.3%
    3. Dentistry60.6%
    4. Nursing50.5%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Computer Science292.8%
    2. Environmental Science222.1%
    3. Engineering191.8%
    4. Mathematics151.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy90.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.3%
    7. Energy10.1%
    8. Chemistry10.1%
    9. Materials Science00.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology80.8%
    2. Neuroscience70.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences50.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology40.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does RAND Corporation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health takes 11.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HealthSubfield · 35.8 works12×
  2. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 134.6 works9.4×
  3. Health ProfessionsField · 159.5 works5.8×
  4. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 60.2 works5.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.08× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.22× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.17× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.82× its world share, 160 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.40× its world share, 280 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.36× its world share, 75 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.00× its world share, 127 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 217 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions5.82×160 works
  2. Psychology4.00×127 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.36×75 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.79×18 works
  5. Social Sciences1.65×217 works
  6. Medicine1.40×280 works
  7. Mathematics1.22×15 works
  8. Dentistry1.17×6 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.08×4 works
  10. Nursing1.05×5 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.58×20 works
  12. Veterinary0.45×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.44×7 works
  14. Environmental Science0.42×22 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.37×9 works
  16. Computer Science0.36×29 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.35×4 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.18×5 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.17×3 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×8 works
  21. Engineering0.12×19 works
  22. Energy0.11×1 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×5 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.04×0 works
  25. Chemistry0.04×1 works
  26. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at RAND Corporation?

Ranked on the quality score, Christopher Whaley, Jonathan Cantor and Rosalie Liccardo Pacula lead among researchers whose main affiliation is RAND Corporation.

  1. 1 Christopher Whaley United States · #96,075 worldwide 3.7k citations · 252 works
  2. 2 Jonathan Cantor United States · #99,250 worldwide 4.1k citations · 203 works
  3. 3 Rosalie Liccardo Pacula United States · #124,903 worldwide 13k citations · 378 works
  4. 4 Megan S. Schuler United States · #128,406 worldwide 3.8k citations · 128 works
  5. 5 Max Griswold #155,728 worldwide 30k citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Marc N. Elliott United States · #156,411 worldwide 32k citations · 720 works
  7. 7 Kenneth Brooks Wells United States · #156,764 worldwide 46k citations · 527 works
  8. 8 D. R. Fulkerson United States · #169,046 worldwide 18k citations · 87 works
  9. 9 Mark A. Schuster United States · #170,619 worldwide 21k citations · 442 works
  10. 10 Ryan K. McBain United States · #171,443 worldwide 4.7k citations · 208 works
All ranked researchers at RAND Corporation

What are the most cited papers from RAND Corporation?

The most cited paper from RAND Corporation is "PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation" (Andrea C. Tricco et al., 2018), with 43,960 citations. Next come "The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)" (30,226) and "Risk, Ambiguity, and the Savage Axioms" (8,035).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation Andrea C. Tricco et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine Open access 3 Sep 2018 43,960
2 The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) John E. Ware, Cathy Donald Sherbourne · Medical Care Jun 1992 30,226
3 Risk, Ambiguity, and the Savage Axioms Daniel Ellsberg · The Quarterly Journal of Economics Nov 1961 8,035
4 The MOS social support survey Cathy Donald Sherbourne, Anita L. Stewart · Social Science & Medicine 1991 6,738
5 An Experimental Application of the DELPHI Method to the Use of Experts Norman C. Dalkey, Olaf Helmer · Management Science Apr 1963 6,144
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at RAND Corporation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Public Health, Epidemiology, Primary Care, Substance Use Disorders, Mortality Risk, Social Support and Health Care Utilization.

▲ 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. Epidemiology102▲ 2.5×63 topics
  2. Mental Health94▲ 6.3×29 topics
  3. Public Health84▲ 5.5×39 topics
  4. Primary Care56▲ 15×14 topics
  5. Substance Use Disorders51▲ 65×2 topics
  6. Depression45▲ 4.9×16 topics
  7. Quality of Life43▲ 2.9×32 topics
  8. Social Support42▲ 7.5×15 topics
  9. Mortality Risk41▲ 17×6 topics
  10. Health Care Utilization39▲ 34×3 topics
  11. Chronic Disease Management38▲ 18×5 topics
  12. Quality Improvement37▲ 18×8 topics
  13. Health Disparities35▲ 13×8 topics
  14. Psychiatric Disorders35▲ 25×4 topics
  15. Risk Factors35▲ 3.1×26 topics
  16. COVID-1934▲ 2.5×15 topics
  17. Global Burden of Disease30▲ 12×4 topics
  18. Behavioral Interventions29▲ 34×3 topics
  19. Impulsivity28▲ 50×2 topics
  20. Adolescents27▲ 7.2×8 topics
  21. Alcohol Dependence27▲ 62×1 topic
  22. Motivational Interviewing27▲ 62×1 topic
  23. Patient Satisfaction27▲ 8.3×8 topics
  24. Anxiety26▲ 5.4×9 topics
  25. Health Outcomes26▲ 9.3×7 topics
  26. Health Care Spending25▲ 61×1 topic
  27. Insurance Markets25▲ 61×1 topic
  28. Resilience24▲ 4.7×12 topics
  29. Chronic Pain Management24▲ 68×1 topic
  30. Opioid Prescribing24▲ 68×1 topic
  31. Behavior Change24▲ 15×4 topics
  32. Neighborhood Effects23▲ 21×3 topics
  33. Substance Abuse22▲ 31×2 topics
  34. Stigma22▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Health Equity22▲ 7.1×5 topics
  36. Psychological Distress21▲ 8.2×4 topics
  37. Health System Reform19▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Evidence-Based Practice18▲ 13×5 topics
  39. Continuity of Care18▲ 37×2 topics
  40. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy18▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does RAND Corporation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Healthcare Policy and Management, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Primary Care and Health Outcomes.

Substance Abuse Treatmen…27Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 27 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Ma…25Healthcare Policy and Management: 25 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…24Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 24 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health …17Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 17 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 16 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 15 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm St…13Suicide and Self-Harm Studies: 13 fractional worksHealth disparities and o…13Health disparities and outcomes: 13 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk12HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 12 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursi…12Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 12 fractional works
EpidemiologyEconomics and EconometricsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health Professions2 others

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

  1. 1 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 27 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 25 works
  3. 3 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 24 works
  4. 4 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 17 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 16 works
  6. 6 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 15 works
  7. 7 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 13 works
  8. 8 Health disparities and outcomes Health 13 works
  9. 9 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 12 works
  10. 10 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 12 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 available32.8%not open67.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.1%domestic only91.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has RAND Corporation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 RAND Corporation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0042% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%RAND Corporation0.0035% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of RAND Corporation 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 counting20%40%RAND Corporation12.2% 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 31.3% in 1992.

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