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Save the Children

In research, Save the Children stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,668 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#5,275 of 14,558 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,959 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,283
of 22,385 · #8,831 all time
Rank in United States
#2,011
of 3,332
Research works
508
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
29.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
Save the Children

What is Save the Children 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,668 of 16,688 16.9%259
MedicineField #5,275 of 14,558 16.4%154
Social SciencesDomain #7,959 of 14,833 9.7%186

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Save the Children 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 Save the Children work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Save the Children is in Social Sciences, 37% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Medicine (22%), Health Professions (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 53 fractional works · 44.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 26.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 6.1% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 7.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 44 fractional works · 37.0% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 22.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 11.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 9.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 11.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 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 workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSave the Children118fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences37%Social Sciences45%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3226.9%
    2. Psychology97.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance54.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities43.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting21.9%
    6. Decision Sciences21.4%
    1. Medicine2622.4%
    2. Health Professions1311.3%
    3. Nursing43.1%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Environmental Science43.6%
    2. Engineering43.2%
    3. Computer Science43.0%
    4. Materials Science10.8%
    5. Energy00.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.6%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
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: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.29× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.16× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 6.30× its world share, 4 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.16× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.48× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.87× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.43× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.12× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing6.30×4 works
  2. Health Professions4.29×13 works
  3. Psychology2.43×9 works
  4. Social Sciences2.12×32 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.87×5 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.48×2 works
  7. Medicine1.16×26 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.16×4 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.92×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.74×4 works
  11. Environmental Science0.73×4 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.58×2 works
  13. Dentistry0.51×0 works
  14. Energy0.46×0 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.40×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.38×4 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.31×2 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.27×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.26×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.24×1 works
  21. Engineering0.22×4 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.21×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.09×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Save the Children?

Ranked on the quality score, Kate J. Kerber, Stephen N. Wall and Matt Finer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Save the Children.

  1. 1 Kate J. Kerber United States · #121,410 worldwide 7k citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Stephen N. Wall United States · #244,319 worldwide 5.2k citations · 73 works
  3. 3 Matt Finer United States · #256,916 worldwide 2.8k citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Lara M. E. Vaz United States · #292,642 worldwide 3.3k citations · 54 works
  5. 5 David Russell Marsh United States · #363,497 worldwide 15k citations · 233 works
  6. 6 Amy Jo Dowd United States · #500,394 worldwide 978 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Silvia Alayón United States · #521,052 worldwide 1.3k citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Lauren Pisani United States · #549,751 worldwide 777 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Ivelina Borisova United States · #585,672 worldwide 1.6k citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Neena Khadka United States · #734,079 worldwide 923 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Save the Children

What are the most cited papers from Save the Children?

The most cited paper from Save the Children is "4 million neonatal deaths: When? Where? Why?" (Joy Elizabeth Lawn, Simon Cousens, Jelka Zupan, 2005), with 3,740 citations. Next come "Every Newborn: progress, priorities, and potential beyond survival" (2,011) and "Stillbirths: rates, risk factors, and acceleration towards 2030" (1,850).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 4 million neonatal deaths: When? Where? Why? Joy Elizabeth Lawn, Simon Cousens, Jelka Zupan · The Lancet Mar 2005 3,740
2 Every Newborn: progress, priorities, and potential beyond survival Joy Elizabeth Lawn, Hannah K. Blencowe, Shefali Oza et al. · The Lancet 19 May 2014 2,011
3 Stillbirths: rates, risk factors, and acceleration towards 2030 Joy Elizabeth Lawn et al. · The Lancet Open access 18 Jan 2016 1,850
4 Evidence-based, cost-effective interventions: how many newborn babies can we save? Gary L. Darmstadt, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Simon Cousens et al. · The Lancet Mar 2005 1,575
5 Can available interventions end preventable deaths in mothers, newborn babies, and stillbirths, and at what cost? Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Jai K Das, Rajiv Bahl et al. · The Lancet 19 May 2014 1,431
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Save the Children?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maternal Mortality, Health Inequalities, Mental Health, Community Health Workers, Child Development, Child Mortality, Health Systems and Public Health.

▲ 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 Health8▲ 4.9×18 topics
  2. Public Health8▲ 4.5×27 topics
  3. Maternal Mortality8▲ 29×4 topics
  4. Health Inequalities7▲ 49×2 topics
  5. Epidemiology7▲ 1.46×40 topics
  6. Community Health Workers7▲ 63×2 topics
  7. Child Development6▲ 13×4 topics
  8. Child Mortality6▲ 73×1 topic
  9. Health Systems6▲ 73×1 topic
  10. Risk Factors5▲ 3.5×11 topics
  11. Social Justice4▲ 6.0×15 topics
  12. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 14×2 topics
  13. Education4▲ 1.96×13 topics
  14. Social Media4▲ 2.4×5 topics
  15. Maternal and Child Undernutrition4▲ 36×1 topic
  16. Social Determinants4▲ 14×4 topics
  17. Water Sanitation Hygiene4▲ 36×1 topic
  18. Economic Growth3▲ 3.4×8 topics
  19. Gender Inequality3▲ 18×3 topics
  20. Social Determinants of Health3▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Social Impact3▲ 6.5×5 topics
  22. Poverty Reduction3▲ 19×3 topics
  23. Community Engagement3▲ 7.4×7 topics
  24. Colonialism3▲ 4.8×7 topics
  25. Community Health3▲ 14×4 topics
  26. Adolescent Health2▲ 26×3 topics
  27. Governance2▲ 6.2×4 topics
  28. HIV Prevention2▲ 35×1 topic
  29. Maternal Health2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  30. Sexual Behavior2▲ 57×1 topic
  31. Health Equity2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  32. Political Economy2▲ 7.8×3 topics
  33. Self-Regulation2▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Conditional Cash Transfers2▲ 53×1 topic
  35. School Subsidies2▲ 53×1 topic
  36. Stakeholder Engagement2▲ 20×3 topics
  37. School Engagement2▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Student-Teacher Relationships2▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Crisis Communication2▲ 45×1 topic
  40. Public Relations2▲ 66×1 topic

Which research topics does Save the Children publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare.

Global Maternal and Chil…6Global Maternal and Child Health: 6 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 4 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 2 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 2 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 2 fractional worksPublic Relations and Crisis Communication: 2 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Hea…2Child and Adolescent Health: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsGeneral Health ProfessionsSafety Research5 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  3. 3 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 2 works
  4. 4 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 2 works
  5. 5 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 2 works
  6. 6 Public Relations and Crisis Communication Communication 2 works
  7. 7 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  9. 9 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 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 available56.4%not open43.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.7%domestic only56.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Save the Children's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher 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 Save the Children as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00035% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Save the Children0.00046% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Save the Children 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%Save the Children10.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.0% in 2020.

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