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RTI International

In research, RTI International stands highest in Health Sciences (#638 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#715 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,693 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health, Epidemiology and General Health Professions (Health is 8.3× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#1,274
of 22,385 · #1,199 all time
Rank in United States
#275
of 3,332
Research works
8.7k
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
293k
33.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%

What is RTI International 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 #638 of 9,902 14.1%613 #690
MedicineField #715 of 8,541 14.5%487 #777
Social SciencesDomain #1,693 of 9,585 12.7%321 #1356
Physical SciencesDomain #2,467 of 10,670 8.8%150 #2314
Life SciencesDomain #1,789 of 6,403 9.0%150 #1590
EpidemiologySubfield #277 of 927 18.2%96 #386
Health ProfessionsField #636 of 1,895 11.8%109 #410
Social SciencesField #2,133 of 5,988 12.7%152 #1502
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #347 of 944 11.7%91 #365
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,032 of 2,526 12.3%74 #1057

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where RTI International 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#690 #638
  2. Medicine#777 #715
  3. Social Sciences#1,356 #1,693
  4. Physical Sciences#2,314 #2,467
  5. Life Sciences#1,590 #1,789
  6. Epidemiology#386 #277
  7. Health Professions#410 #636
  8. Social Sciences#1,502 #2,133
  9. General Health Professions#365 #347
  10. Sociology and Political Science#1,057 #1,032
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 RTI International work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at RTI International is in Health Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (39%), Social Sciences (12%), Health Professions (9%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 678 fractional works · 49.3% of its workMedicine: 541 fractional works · 39.4% of its workEpidemiology: 107 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 79 fractional works · 5.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 40 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysiology: 33 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 32 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 28 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 23 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 119 fractional works · 8.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 98 fractional works · 7.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 363 fractional works · 26.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 168 fractional works · 12.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 82 fractional works · 6.0% of its workHealth: 34 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 20 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 97 fractional works · 7.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 61 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 54 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 52 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 18 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 168 fractional works · 12.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 80 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGenetics: 33 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 31 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 33 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workToxicology: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 166 fractional works · 12.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 58 fractional works · 4.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 24 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 41 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science: 25 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 21 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRTI International1,375fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences49%Social Sciences26%

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. Medicine54139.4%
    2. Health Professions1198.6%
    3. Nursing151.1%
    4. Veterinary30.2%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences16812.2%
    2. Psychology977.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance543.9%
    4. Decision Sciences191.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting181.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities70.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology805.8%
    2. Neuroscience332.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology191.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics191.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences161.2%
    1. Environmental Science584.2%
    2. Engineering412.9%
    3. Computer Science251.8%
    4. Mathematics211.5%
    5. Chemistry90.6%
    6. Materials Science50.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.3%
    8. Energy30.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does RTI International specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HealthSubfield · 33.9 works8.3×
  2. EpidemiologySubfield · 107.1 works5.5×
  3. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 98.4 works5.2×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 80 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.40× its world share, 19 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.46× its world share, 33 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.95× its world share, 19 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 40 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 58 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.29× its world share, 21 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.28× its world share, 119 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.05× its world share, 541 worksMedicineNursing: 2.28× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.51× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 19 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.83× its world share, 54 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.32× its world share, 97 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 168 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.95×19 works
  2. Health Professions3.28×119 works
  3. Psychology2.32×97 works
  4. Nursing2.28×15 works
  5. Medicine2.05×541 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.83×54 works
  7. Veterinary1.51×3 works
  8. Neuroscience1.46×33 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.43×19 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.40×19 works
  11. Mathematics1.29×21 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.09×80 works
  13. Social Sciences0.97×168 works
  14. Environmental Science0.85×58 works
  15. Chemistry0.40×9 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×18 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×16 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.25×1 works
  19. Energy0.24×3 works
  20. Computer Science0.23×24 works
  21. Engineering0.20×40 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.19×4 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.17×7 works
  24. Materials Science0.09×4 works
  25. Dentistry0.05×0 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.04×1 works

Who are the top researchers at RTI International?

Ranked on the quality score, Rosemary D. Higgins, Ellen C. Hale and Nancy S. Newman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is RTI International.

  1. 1 Rosemary D. Higgins United States · #20,465 worldwide 41k citations · 405 works
  2. 2 Ellen C. Hale United States · #38,101 worldwide 13k citations · 75 works
  3. 3 Nancy S. Newman United States · #38,501 worldwide 14k citations · 106 works
  4. 4 Abhik Das United States · #39,369 worldwide 31k citations · 427 works
  5. 5 Donal Bisanzio United States · #55,692 worldwide 96k citations · 202 works
  6. 6 Scott Andrew McDonald United States · #66,528 worldwide 17k citations · 187 works
  7. 7 W. Kenneth Poole United States · #66,626 worldwide 27k citations · 155 works
  8. 8 Anthony L. Andrady United States · #68,767 worldwide 40k citations · 180 works
  9. 9 Cathy Grisby United States · #88,740 worldwide 3.9k citations · 60 works
  10. 10 Angelita M. Hensman United States · #90,072 worldwide 3.7k citations · 65 works
All ranked researchers at RTI International

What are the most cited papers from RTI International?

The most cited paper from RTI International is "ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions" (Jonathan A C Sterne et al., 2016), with 20,199 citations. Next come "Low Health Literacy and Health Outcomes: An Updated Systematic Review" (5,609) and "Thin-film thermoelectric devices with high room-temperature figures of merit" (5,210).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions Jonathan A C Sterne et al. · BMJ Open access 12 Oct 2016 20,199
2 Low Health Literacy and Health Outcomes: An Updated Systematic Review Nancy D Berkman, Stacey Sheridan, Katrina E Donahue et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine Review 19 Jul 2011 5,609
3 Thin-film thermoelectric devices with high room-temperature figures of merit R. Venkatasubramanian, Edward Siivola, T.S. Colpitts et al. · Nature Oct 2001 5,210
4 Perinatal Depression Norma I. Gavin, Bradley Neil Gaynes, Kathleen N Lohr et al. · Obstetrics and Gynecology Nov 2005 3,329
5 Statistical tests, P values, confidence intervals, and power: a guide to misinterpretations Sander Greenland, Stephen John Senn, Kenneth Jay Rothman et al. · European Journal of Epidemiology Open access Apr 2016 3,248
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at RTI International?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Substance Use Disorders, Mental Health, Psychiatric Disorders, Mortality Risk, Global Burden of Disease and Substance Abuse.

▲ 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. Epidemiology154▲ 2.8×114 topics
  2. Public Health86▲ 4.3×40 topics
  3. Mental Health78▲ 4.0×31 topics
  4. Substance Use Disorders62▲ 60×2 topics
  5. Psychiatric Disorders52▲ 28×4 topics
  6. Mortality Risk48▲ 15×6 topics
  7. Global Burden of Disease48▲ 14×4 topics
  8. Depression44▲ 3.6×18 topics
  9. Risk Factors42▲ 2.8×32 topics
  10. Quality of Life40▲ 2.0×39 topics
  11. Substance Abuse37▲ 40×2 topics
  12. Behavioral Interventions32▲ 28×2 topics
  13. Impulsivity32▲ 42×2 topics
  14. Alcohol Dependence31▲ 54×1 topic
  15. Chronic Pain Management31▲ 67×1 topic
  16. Motivational Interviewing31▲ 54×1 topic
  17. Opioid Prescribing31▲ 67×1 topic
  18. HIV30▲ 26×4 topics
  19. Social Support29▲ 3.9×14 topics
  20. Antiretroviral Therapy27▲ 12×6 topics
  21. drug use26▲ 66×1 topic
  22. harm reduction26▲ 66×1 topic
  23. Cancer Risk25▲ 8.2×7 topics
  24. Primary Care24▲ 4.7×11 topics
  25. Health Care Utilization23▲ 16×3 topics
  26. Developmental Trajectories23▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Neighborhood Effects23▲ 16×3 topics
  28. Health Outcomes23▲ 6.2×8 topics
  29. Behavior Change22▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Mortality Rates22▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Criminal Behavior22▲ 36×2 topics
  32. Youth Violence21▲ 34×3 topics
  33. Chronic Disease21▲ 9.0×4 topics
  34. HIV Transmission20▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Chronic Disease Management20▲ 7.4×5 topics
  36. Metabolic Disorders20▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Viral Load19▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Racial Disparities19▲ 26×3 topics
  39. Cost-effectiveness Analysis19▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Economic Evaluation19▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does RTI International publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life.

  1. 1 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 31 works
  2. 2 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 31 works
  3. 3 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 26 works
  4. 4 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 19 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 18 works
  6. 6 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  7. 7 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  8. 8 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 13 works
  9. 9 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 12 works
  10. 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 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 available40.5%not open59.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.3%domestic only84.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has RTI International's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 RTI International as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0055% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%RTI International0.0050% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of RTI International 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%RTI International12.6% 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 17.3% in 2006.

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