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Resources For The Future

In research, Resources For The Future stands highest in Economics and Econometrics (#427 of 2,401 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#3,136 of 17,446 worldwide) and Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#576 of 3,142 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Environmental Science (Economics, Econometrics and Finance is 12.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,869
of 22,385 · #3,385 all time
Rank in United States
#2,947
of 3,332
Research works
1.7k
▼ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
77k
45.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Resources For The Future

What is Resources For The Future known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #427 of 2,401 16.6%499
Physical SciencesDomain #3,136 of 17,446 13.6%729
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #576 of 3,142 16.6%537
Social SciencesDomain #2,880 of 14,833 15.4%832
Environmental ScienceField #1,121 of 5,407 14.7%355
EnergyField #466 of 1,233 12.6%180
Social SciencesField #4,067 of 9,330 14.1%163
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield #468 of 1,070 12.2%169
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #525 of 1,176 13.5%149
EngineeringField #5,918 of 9,532 12.8%134

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Resources For The Future 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 Resources For The Future work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Resources For The Future is in Physical Sciences, 43% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (29%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (27%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 39 fractional works · 50.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 23 fractional works · 29.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 13 fractional works · 16.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 9.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 9.5% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 6.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 43.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 21 fractional works · 26.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 18 fractional works · 23.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 9.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKResources For TheFuture78fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences51%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences43%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science2329.4%
    2. Energy89.8%
    3. Engineering56.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences23.2%
    5. Computer Science10.7%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.4%
    7. Mathematics00.4%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2126.5%
    2. Social Sciences89.9%
    3. Decision Sciences22.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting22.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities11.2%
    6. Psychology00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Medicine11.6%
    2. Health Professions10.7%
    3. Nursing00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Resources For The Future specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics, Econometrics and Finance takes 12.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 20.6 works12×
  2. Environmental ScienceField · 22.8 works5.9×
← 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: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.03× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 10.70× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.93× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.88× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12.41× its world share, 21 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 12.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.41×21 works
  2. Energy10.70×8 works
  3. Environmental Science5.93×23 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.88×2 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.03×2 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.23×0 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.87×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.78×8 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.76×2 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.57×2 works
  11. Engineering0.45×5 works
  12. Nursing0.44×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.43×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.36×0 works
  15. Health Professions0.28×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works
  17. Psychology0.09×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.08×0 works
  20. Medicine0.08×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Resources For The Future?

Ranked on the quality score, Richard G. Newell, Carolyn Kousky and Joseph E. Aldy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Resources For The Future.

  1. 1 Richard G. Newell United States · #29,417 worldwide 21k citations · 245 works
  2. 2 Carolyn Kousky United States · #54,737 worldwide 6.5k citations · 148 works
  3. 3 Joseph E. Aldy United States · #90,234 worldwide 8.8k citations · 225 works
  4. 4 Carolyn Fischer United States · #160,158 worldwide 8.3k citations · 252 works
  5. 5 Rebecca S. Epanchin‐Niell United States · #219,677 worldwide 3.3k citations · 94 works
  6. 6 Juha V. Siikamaki United States · #237,392 worldwide 6.8k citations · 86 works
  7. 7 Sheila M. Olmstead United States · #258,194 worldwide 4.2k citations · 123 works
  8. 8 Alan Krupnick United States · #300,247 worldwide 13k citations · 278 works
  9. 9 Roberton C. Williams United States · #324,286 worldwide 3.9k citations · 110 works
  10. 10 Dallas Burtraw United States · #333,336 worldwide 9.3k citations · 322 works
All ranked researchers at Resources For The Future

What are the most cited papers from Resources For The Future?

The most cited paper from Resources For The Future is "The Lancet Commission on pollution and health" (Philip J. Landrigan et al., 2017), with 4,954 citations. Next come "Global trends in antimicrobial use in food animals" (4,021) and "Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease" (3,630).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Lancet Commission on pollution and health Philip J. Landrigan et al. · The Lancet Open access 19 Oct 2017 4,954
2 Global trends in antimicrobial use in food animals Thomas P. Van Boeckel, Charles H. Brower, Marius Gilbert et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 19 Mar 2015 4,021
3 Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease Majid Ezzati, Alan D López, Anthony J. Rodgers et al. · The Lancet Nov 2002 3,630
4 Natural climate solutions Bronson W. Griscom et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 16 Oct 2017 3,490
5 An Essay on Fiscal Federalism Wallace E. Oates · Journal of Economic Literature Sep 1999 3,405
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Resources For The Future?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Energy Transition, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Environmental Policy, Renewable Energy, Environmental Impact and Economic Impacts.

▲ 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. Climate Change20▲ 9.5×35 topics
  2. Energy Transition8▲ 74×3 topics
  3. Global Warming8▲ 26×6 topics
  4. Environmental Impact8▲ 6.0×12 topics
  5. Greenhouse Gas Emissions8▲ 36×4 topics
  6. Environmental Policy8▲ 49×3 topics
  7. Renewable Energy8▲ 6.7×12 topics
  8. Sustainability7▲ 3.9×24 topics
  9. Economic Impacts7▲ 135×2 topics
  10. Carbon Pricing7▲ 188×1 topic
  11. Policy Instruments7▲ 146×1 topic
  12. Energy Efficiency6▲ 8.1×4 topics
  13. Consumption5▲ 119×1 topic
  14. Rebound Effect5▲ 119×1 topic
  15. Economic Growth4▲ 7.1×8 topics
  16. Remote Sensing4▲ 4.8×12 topics
  17. Water Quality4▲ 13×4 topics
  18. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Conjoint Analysis4▲ 133×1 topic
  20. Discrete Choice Models4▲ 182×1 topic
  21. Emissions4▲ 25×3 topics
  22. Natural Gas3▲ 47×2 topics
  23. Hydraulic Fracturing3▲ 38×2 topics
  24. Methane3▲ 86×1 topic
  25. Shale Gas3▲ 34×1 topic
  26. Urban Development3▲ 9.8×2 topics
  27. Urbanization3▲ 8.8×3 topics
  28. Risk Perception2▲ 11×5 topics
  29. Land Use Change2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  30. Climate Change Impacts2▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Income Tax2▲ 34×2 topics
  33. Transport Infrastructure2▲ 31×2 topics
  34. Vulnerability2▲ 11×5 topics
  35. Energy Consumption2▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Forest Carbon Sequestration2▲ 123×1 topic
  37. Infrastructure2▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Soil Properties2▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Sustainable Forest Management2▲ 123×1 topic
  40. Taxation2▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Resources For The Future publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Climate Change Policy and Economics, Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, Economic and Environmental Valuation and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Climate Change Policy an…7Climate Change Policy and Economics: 7 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, and Transportation Policies: 5 fractional worksEconomic and Environmental Valuation: 4 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 3 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 2 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Econom…2Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 2 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 2 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 2 fractional worksHousing Market and Economics: 2 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 2 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentGlobal and Planetary ChangePollution

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

  1. 1 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  2. 2 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 5 works
  3. 3 Economic and Environmental Valuation Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  5. 5 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  6. 6 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  7. 7 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 2 works
  8. 8 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  9. 9 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  10. 10 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 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 available35.8%not open64.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Resources For The Future's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% 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 Resources For The Future as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00032% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Resources For The Future0.00035% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Resources For The Future 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Resources For The Future6.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.1% in 2003.

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