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Society for Applied Studies

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,096
of 22,385 · #18,533 all time
Rank in India
#1,215
of 1,562
Research works
189
▲ 128% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.3k
22.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
Society for Applied Studies

Which fields of science does Society for Applied Studies work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Society for Applied Studies is in Health Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (36%), Social Sciences (15%), Nursing (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 39 fractional works · 49.2% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 36.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 7.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 26.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 15.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 15.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSociety forApplied Studies79fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences15%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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2836.0%
    2. Nursing67.6%
    3. Health Professions45.6%
    1. Social Sciences1215.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting45.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities11.3%
    5. Psychology11.3%
    6. Decision Sciences11.1%
    1. Environmental Science45.5%
    2. Computer Science33.2%
    3. Engineering22.6%
    4. Chemistry22.2%
    5. Materials Science10.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.6%
    7. Mathematics00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology33.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.1%
    3. Neuroscience11.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.0%
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: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.95× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.11× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.11× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.87× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 15.58× its world share, 6 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.56× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 15.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing15.58×6 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.95×1 works
  3. Health Professions2.11×4 works
  4. Medicine1.87×28 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.56×4 works
  6. Chemistry1.38×2 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.20×2 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.19×1 works
  9. Social Sciences1.19×12 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.13×1 works
  11. Environmental Science1.11×4 works
  12. Neuroscience0.74×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.70×3 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.45×2 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.44×1 works
  16. Psychology0.42×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.41×2 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.39×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.28×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.23×1 works
  21. Engineering0.18×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Society for Applied Studies?

Ranked on the quality score, Nita Bhandari, Sunita Taneja and Sarmila Mazumder lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Society for Applied Studies.

  1. 1 Nita Bhandari India · #77,779 worldwide 24k citations · 292 works
  2. 2 Sunita Taneja India · #229,985 worldwide 12k citations · 216 works
  3. 3 Sarmila Mazumder India · #255,126 worldwide 4.4k citations · 157 works
  4. 4 Ranadip Chowdhury India · #287,417 worldwide 5.5k citations · 154 works
  5. 5 Bireshwar Sinha India · #419,363 worldwide 4.3k citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Ravi Prakash Upadhyay India · #576,266 worldwide 2.1k citations · 77 works
  7. 7 Temsunaro Rongsen‐Chandola India · #669,752 worldwide 1.5k citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Neeta Dhabhai India · #852,143 worldwide 304 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Kiran Bhatia India · #1,221,285 worldwide 649 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Brinda Dube India · #1,350,496 worldwide 918 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Society for Applied Studies

What are the most cited papers from Society for Applied Studies?

The most cited paper from Society for Applied Studies is "Why invest, and what it will take to improve breastfeeding practices?" (Nigel Campbell Rollins, Nita Bhandari, Nemat Hajeebhoy et al., 2016), with 3,034 citations. Next come "WFH Guidelines for the Management of Hemophilia, 3rd edition" (2,029) and "Breastfeeding and maternal health outcomes: a systematic review and meta‐analysis" (1,176).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Why invest, and what it will take to improve breastfeeding practices? Nigel Campbell Rollins, Nita Bhandari, Nemat Hajeebhoy et al. · The Lancet 2016 3,034
2 WFH Guidelines for the Management of Hemophilia, 3rd edition Alok Srivastava, Elena Santagostino, Alison Dougall et al. · Haemophilia Open access Aug 2020 2,029
3 Breastfeeding and maternal health outcomes: a systematic review and meta‐analysis Ranadip Chowdhury, Bireshwar Sinha, Mari Jeeva Sankar et al. · Acta Paediatrica ReviewOpen access 14 Jul 2015 1,176
4 CONSORT 2025 statement: updated guideline for reporting randomised trials Sally Hopewell et al. · BMJ Open access 14 Apr 2025 988
5 Optimal breastfeeding practices and infant and child mortality: a systematic review and meta‐analysis Mari Jeeva Sankar, Bireshwar Sinha, Ranadip Chowdhury et al. · Acta Paediatrica ReviewOpen access 7 Aug 2015 878
All 57 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Society for Applied Studies?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Child Development, Maternal Mortality, Global Burden of Disease, Maternal and Child Undernutrition, Water Sanitation Hygiene, Epidemiology, Health Inequalities and Community Health Workers.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 2.4×29 topics
  2. Child Development7▲ 21×3 topics
  3. Maternal Mortality5▲ 27×5 topics
  4. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 24×2 topics
  5. Maternal and Child Undernutrition4▲ 69×1 topic
  6. Water Sanitation Hygiene4▲ 69×1 topic
  7. Health Inequalities4▲ 38×2 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 5.7×9 topics
  9. Community Health Workers3▲ 49×2 topics
  10. Child Mortality3▲ 58×1 topic
  11. Health Systems3▲ 58×1 topic
  12. Obesity3▲ 5.2×6 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress3▲ 2.5×8 topics
  14. Public Health3▲ 2.7×14 topics
  15. Inflammation3▲ 1.80×10 topics
  16. Ecosystem Services2▲ 7.4×8 topics
  17. Executive Functioning2▲ 21×2 topics
  18. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes2▲ 14×4 topics
  19. Social Impact2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  20. Chronic Disease2▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Endothelial Dysfunction2▲ 10×2 topics
  22. Preterm Birth2▲ 33×2 topics
  23. Adolescents2▲ 6.1×3 topics
  24. Conflict2▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Environmental Management2▲ 5.2×2 topics
  26. Prevalence2▲ 5.4×4 topics
  27. Psychological Impact2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  28. Early-Life Conditions2▲ 42×1 topic
  29. Fetal Programming2▲ 42×1 topic
  30. Sea-Level Rise2▲ 18×3 topics
  31. Cognitive Function2▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Probiotics2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  33. Anemia1▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Family-Centered Care1▲ 38×1 topic
  35. Hepcidin1▲ 46×1 topic
  36. Iron Deficiency1▲ 35×2 topics
  37. Iron Regulation1▲ 46×1 topic
  38. Maternal Mental Health1▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Perinatal Depression1▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Preterm Infants1▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Society for Applied Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Global Maternal and Child Health, Birth, Development, and Health and Infant Development and Preterm Care.

Child Nutrition and Wate…4Child Nutrition and Water Access: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksBirth, Development, and Health: 2 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 1 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 1 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 1 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 1 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 1 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 1 fractional worksBody Composition Measurement Techniques: 1 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHematology3 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  3. 3 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  4. 4 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  5. 5 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  6. 6 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 1 works
  7. 7 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 1 works
  8. 8 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 Body Composition Measurement Techniques Physiology 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 available64.7%not open35.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.5%domestic only57.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Society for Applied Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 128% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Society for Applied Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Society for Applied Studies0.00047% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Society for Applied Studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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