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San Francisco Unified School District

In research, San Francisco Unified School District stands highest in Social Sciences (#13,855 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,493
of 28,054 · #31,968 all time
Rank in United States
#3,842
of 4,192
Research works
281
▲ 181% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.8k
10.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is San Francisco Unified School District 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
Social SciencesDomain #13,855 of 16,945 22.4%164

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where San Francisco Unified School District 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.68× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.91× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.76× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 9 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.55× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.11× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.82× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.87× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at San Francisco Unified School District?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Culture, Literature, Education, History, Global Governance, E-Learning, Qualitative Research and Virtual Reality.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Education4▲ 2.7×11 topics
  2. Culture4▲ 7.0×5 topics
  3. E-Learning3▲ 3.6×6 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 2.6×7 topics
  5. History3▲ 4.8×5 topics
  6. Qualitative Research3▲ 3.9×7 topics
  7. Literature3▲ 5.9×4 topics
  8. Innovation3▲ 2.9×7 topics
  9. Knowledge Management3▲ 5.1×4 topics
  10. Virtual Reality3▲ 5.6×5 topics
  11. Supply Chain Management3▲ 3.0×6 topics
  12. Community Empowerment2▲ 3.5×5 topics
  13. Digital Literacy2▲ 4.4×5 topics
  14. Global Governance2▲ 11×5 topics
  15. Data Mining2▲ 3.1×3 topics
  16. Philosophy2▲ 5.2×2 topics
  17. Science2▲ 9.3×2 topics
  18. Media Literacy2▲ 3.9×4 topics
  19. Non-Communicable Diseases2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  20. Decision Support System2▲ 11×3 topics
  21. Maternal Health2▲ 7.1×1 topic
  22. Stunting2▲ 9.4×1 topic
  23. Critical Discourse Analysis2▲ 37×2 topics
  24. Discourse Analysis2▲ 7.0×3 topics
  25. IoT2▲ 4.9×4 topics
  26. Islam2▲ 8.3×1 topic
  27. Nanotechnology2▲ 9.9×2 topics
  28. Performance Measurement2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  29. Social Influence2▲ 8.1×1 topic
  30. Strategic Planning2▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Sustainable Concrete2▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Intersectionality2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  33. Modeling2▲ 6.5×3 topics
  34. Anti-Inflammatory Effects2▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Cementitious Materials2▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Digital Media2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  37. Geopolymer2▲ 11×1 topic
  38. New Media2▲ 40×2 topics
  39. School Literacy Movement2▲ 7.1×1 topic
  40. Critical Race Theory1▲ 100×1 topic

Which research topics does San Francisco Unified School District publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Public Health and Nutrition, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Educational Methods and Media Use and Concrete and Cement Materials Research.

Public Health and Nutrit…2Public Health and Nutrition: 2 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…2Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 2 fractional worksEducational Methods and Media Use: 2 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Materials Research: 2 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in Education: 1 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 1 fractional worksMedicinal Plant Research: 1 fractional worksSimulation and Modeling …1Simulation and Modeling Applications: 1 fractional worksEdcuational Technology Systems: 1 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSociology and Political ScienceInformation SystemsCivil and Structural Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  2. 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 2 works
  4. 4 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 1 works
  7. 7 Medicinal Plant Research Plant Science 1 works
  8. 8 Simulation and Modeling Applications Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Edcuational Technology Systems Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  10. 10 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 1 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 available37.9%not open62.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.8%domestic only88.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has San Francisco Unified School District's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 181% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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