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Social Action

In research, Social Action stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,608 of 14,833 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,576 of 9,330 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,750 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Sociology and Political Science (Sociology and Political Science is 5.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,268
of 22,385 · #12,594 all time
Rank in Nigeria
#133
of 183
Research works
434
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
5k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
47%
world 18%
Social Action

What is Social Action 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 #5,608 of 14,833 9.0%241
Social SciencesField #4,576 of 9,330 9.1%177
Health SciencesDomain #8,750 of 16,688 10.7%137

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

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Social Action is in Social Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Medicine (19%), Health Professions (11%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 56 fractional works · 48.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 41 fractional works · 35.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 24 fractional works · 20.5% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 36 fractional works · 31.0% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 19.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 11.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 11.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 9.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSocial Action116fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences48%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4135.1%
    2. Psychology54.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance43.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting43.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities21.6%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Medicine2219.3%
    2. Health Professions1311.0%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Environmental Science76.1%
    2. Computer Science32.6%
    3. Engineering10.9%
    4. Mathematics10.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    6. Energy00.2%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences65.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.9%
    5. Neuroscience00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Social Action specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Sociology and Political Science takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 23.7 works5.7×
← 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: 1.04× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.45× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.23× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.18× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.00× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.53× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.54× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.78× its world share, 41 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.18×13 works
  2. Social Sciences2.78×41 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.45×1 works
  4. Psychology1.54×5 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.53×4 works
  6. Environmental Science1.23×7 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.14×1 works
  8. Nursing1.14×1 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.04×6 works
  10. Medicine1.00×22 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.98×4 works
  12. Mathematics0.72×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.55×2 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.52×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×3 works
  16. Computer Science0.33×3 works
  17. Dentistry0.30×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.26×0 works
  19. Energy0.19×0 works
  20. Neuroscience0.11×0 works
  21. Engineering0.06×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Social Action?

Ranked on the quality score, Wilson Imongan, Rita Melifonwu and Ronald J. Sider lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Social Action.

  1. 1 Wilson Imongan Nigeria · #831,192 worldwide 508 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Rita Melifonwu Nigeria · #1,568,947 worldwide 367 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Ronald J. Sider Nigeria · #2,337,193 worldwide 832 citations · 107 works
  4. 4 Judith S. Blanton Nigeria · #3,550,059 worldwide 147 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 André Decamp Nigeria · #4,638,419 worldwide 7 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Jean-François Bauduret Nigeria · #5,218,535 worldwide 44 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Jean-René Loubat Nigeria · #6,770,209 worldwide 98 citations · 128 works
All ranked researchers at Social Action

What are the most cited papers from Social Action?

The most cited paper from Social Action is "Factors Associated with Membership in a Mutual Health Insurance Fund in the Thiès Region (Senegal) in 2023: Article" (Mamadou Guedji DIOUF, Mamadou Makhtar Mbacké Lèye, Martial Coly Bop et al., 2024), with 1,546 citations. Next come "Psychosocial effects of an Ebola outbreak at individual, community and international levels" (488) and "Counting every stillbirth and neonatal death through mortality audit to improve quality of care for every pregnant woman and her baby" (247).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Factors Associated with Membership in a Mutual Health Insurance Fund in the Thiès Region (Senegal) in 2023: Article Mamadou Guedji DIOUF, Mamadou Makhtar Mbacké Lèye, Martial Coly Bop et al. · International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology (IJISRT) Open access 9 Mar 2024 1,546
2 Psychosocial effects of an Ebola outbreak at individual, community and international levels Tine Van Bortel, Anoma Basnayake, Fatou Wurie et al. · Bulletin of the World Health Organization Open access 21 Jan 2016 488
3 Counting every stillbirth and neonatal death through mortality audit to improve quality of care for every pregnant woman and her baby Kate J. Kerber, Matthews Mathai, Gwyneth Lewis et al. · BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth Open access 11 Sep 2015 247
4 Timing and adequate attendance of antenatal care visits among women in Ethiopia Sanni Yaya, Ghose Bishwajit, Michael Ekholuenetale et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 18 Sep 2017 188
5 Integrated care pathways for airway diseases (AIRWAYS-ICPs) Jean Bousquet et al. · European Respiratory Journal Open access218 authors 12 Jun 2014 178
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Social Action?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Engagement, Local Development, Territorial Governance, Public Policy, Social Justice, Social Determinants of Health, Sustainable Development and Citizen Participation.

▲ 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. Community Engagement10▲ 27×5 topics
  2. Local Development10▲ 81×2 topics
  3. Territorial Governance10▲ 73×2 topics
  4. Public Policy9▲ 17×3 topics
  5. Climate Change9▲ 2.9×31 topics
  6. Social Justice9▲ 13×10 topics
  7. Epidemiology9▲ 1.87×48 topics
  8. Sustainable Development8▲ 4.2×7 topics
  9. Public Health7▲ 4.1×27 topics
  10. Social Determinants of Health6▲ 23×4 topics
  11. Citizen Participation6▲ 43×1 topic
  12. Environmental Participation6▲ 69×1 topic
  13. Sustainability6▲ 1.96×18 topics
  14. Mental Health5▲ 3.2×17 topics
  15. Healthcare5▲ 3.8×11 topics
  16. Vulnerability4▲ 16×7 topics
  17. Cooperatives4▲ 50×2 topics
  18. Economic Development4▲ 4.6×3 topics
  19. Citizenship4▲ 29×2 topics
  20. Human Rights4▲ 3.5×13 topics
  21. Migration4▲ 10×6 topics
  22. Social Innovation4▲ 22×1 topic
  23. Solidarity Economy4▲ 60×1 topic
  24. Social Support4▲ 6.2×8 topics
  25. Gender Equality4▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Healthcare Access4▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Community Development4▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Adaptation4▲ 10×5 topics
  29. Inequality4▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Gender Studies3▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Aging3▲ 5.3×5 topics
  32. Family Support Policies3▲ 193×1 topic
  33. Urban Segregation3▲ 193×1 topic
  34. Maternal Mortality3▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Professional Practices3▲ 76×1 topic
  36. Public Action3▲ 76×1 topic
  37. Elderly3▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Caregiving3▲ 36×2 topics
  39. Community Living3▲ 60×1 topic
  40. Retirement3▲ 39×1 topic

Which research topics does Social Action publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: French Urban and Social Studies, Social Sciences and Governance, Social Policies and Family and Education, sociology, and vocational training.

French Urban and Social …6French Urban and Social Studies: 6 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 4 fractional worksSocial Policies and Family3Social Policies and Family: 3 fractional worksEducation, sociology, an…3Education, sociology, and vocational training: 3 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…2Healthcare Systems and Practices: 2 fractional worksClimate Change, Adaptation, Migration: 2 fractional worksWater Governance and Infrastructure: 1 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceUrban StudiesGeneral Health ProfessionsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health2 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  2. 2 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 4 works
  3. 3 Social Policies and Family Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  4. 4 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  5. 5 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 3 works
  6. 6 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Water Governance and Infrastructure Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 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 available45.1%not open54.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.4%domestic only52.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Social Action's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher 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 Social Action as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00039% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Social Action0.00054% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Social Action 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Social Action8.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.5% in 2022.

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