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TechnoServe

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World rank, all time
#21,332
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,416
of 7,310
Research works
228
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.2k
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
TechnoServe

Which fields of science does TechnoServe work in?

In all years, 35% of research at TechnoServe is in Social Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (19%), Social Sciences (13%), Computer Science (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 80 fractional works · 35.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 12.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 18 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMuseology: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 6.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 4.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 67 fractional works · 29.2% of its workMedicine: 44 fractional works · 19.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 5.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 9.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 63 fractional works · 27.5% of its workComputer Science: 24 fractional works · 10.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 5.1% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 9.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 8.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTechnoServe228fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences29%Social Sciences35%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 Sciences2912.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities188.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting146.1%
    4. Psychology114.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance62.4%
    6. Decision Sciences20.8%
    1. Medicine4419.2%
    2. Health Professions229.6%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    1. Computer Science2410.7%
    2. Engineering229.5%
    3. Materials Science41.6%
    4. Chemistry31.3%
    5. Environmental Science31.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.1%
    7. Mathematics20.7%
    8. Energy10.6%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.2%
    2. Neuroscience52.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology21.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.8%
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: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.35× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.22× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 9.85× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.99× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.32× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 9.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing9.85×1 works
  2. Psychology3.32×1 works
  3. Health Professions3.22×1 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.99×0 works
  5. Engineering1.35×2 works
  6. Social Sciences1.32×2 works
  7. Mathematics1.23×0 works
  8. Medicine1.08×2 works
  9. Chemistry0.92×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.87×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.68×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.61×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.45×0 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.33×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.19×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at TechnoServe?

Ranked on the quality score, Joachim Peters, Michele Klein and Edward Susman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is TechnoServe.

  1. 1 Joachim Peters United States · #3,814,500 worldwide 49 citations · 101 works
  2. 2 Michele Klein United States · #3,907,999 worldwide 58 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Edward Susman United States · #5,953,486 worldwide 99 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Greg Goth United States · #7,233,477 worldwide 728 citations · 178 works
  5. 5 Janice Hopkins Tanne United States · #7,448,070 worldwide 369 citations · 211 works
All ranked researchers at TechnoServe

What are the most cited papers from TechnoServe?

The most cited paper from TechnoServe is "Rule-based systems" (Frederick A. Hayes-Roth, 1985), with 576 citations. Next come "The development of health technology assessment" (334) and "Induced pluripotent stem cells for neural tissue engineering" (258).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Rule-based systems Frederick A. Hayes-Roth · Communications of the ACM Open access Sep 1985 576
2 The development of health technology assessment David Banta · Health Policy 30 Jan 2003 334
3 Induced pluripotent stem cells for neural tissue engineering Aijun Wang, Zhenyu Tang, In‐Hyun Park et al. · Biomaterials Open access 24 Apr 2011 258
4 5-Hydroxytryptophan: a clinically-effective serotonin precursor. Timothy C. Birdsall · PubMed Aug 1998 203
5 Simulating the structure and dynamics of human hair: Modelling, rendering and animation Robert E. Rosenblum, Wayne E. Carlson, Edwin R. Tripp · The Journal of Visualization and Computer Animation Oct 1991 168
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at TechnoServe?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Literature, Quality Improvement, Artificial Intelligence, Narrative, Art, Public Health and History.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Public Health10▲ 3.1×18 topics
  2. Epidemiology9◆ 1.03×30 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence9▲ 4.8×8 topics
  4. Primary Care9▲ 9.4×8 topics
  5. Literature8▲ 7.5×7 topics
  6. History8▲ 4.4×6 topics
  7. Quality Improvement8▲ 16×6 topics
  8. Machine Learning7▲ 1.45×17 topics
  9. Narrative7▲ 20×2 topics
  10. Sustainable Development7▲ 2.5×4 topics
  11. Art6▲ 36×4 topics
  12. Big Data6▲ 5.0×4 topics
  13. Chronic Disease Management6▲ 18×3 topics
  14. Mobile Health6▲ 32×2 topics
  15. Ethical Considerations6▲ 7.4×6 topics
  16. Exhibition5▲ 255×1 topic
  17. Museum5▲ 255×1 topic
  18. Ethics5▲ 4.9×14 topics
  19. Data Integration5▲ 9.1×3 topics
  20. Digital Transformation5▲ 8.0×2 topics
  21. Customer Experience5▲ 23×2 topics
  22. Global Health5▲ 16×4 topics
  23. Business Models5▲ 26×2 topics
  24. Medical Education5▲ 8.6×5 topics
  25. E-commerce4▲ 6.8×1 topic
  26. Technology Innovation4▲ 61×1 topic
  27. Continuity of Care4▲ 31×1 topic
  28. Ontology4▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Patient-Centered Medical Home4▲ 38×1 topic
  30. Feminism4▲ 5.8×6 topics
  31. Healthcare Quality3▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Patient Engagement3▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Requirements Engineering3▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Academic Medicine3▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Emotion3▲ 6.6×4 topics
  36. Career Choice3▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Dental Students3▲ 42×1 topic
  38. Genomic Studies3▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Investment Decisions3▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Pharmaceutical Industry3▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does TechnoServe publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Social Robot Interaction and HRI and Ethics and Social Impacts of AI.

Metallurgy and Cultural …1Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksSocial Robot Interaction…0Social Robot Interaction and HRI: 0 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…0Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 0 fractional worksWinter Sports Injuries and Performance: 0 fractional worksIron and Steelmaking Processes: 0 fractional worksIndoor and Outdoor Local…0Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies: 0 fractional worksPhytase and its Applications: 0 fractional worksMedical and Health Sciences Research: 0 fractional worksPsychiatric care and mental health services: 0 fractional works
ArcheologyNutrition and DieteticsSocial PsychologySafety Research6 others

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

  1. 1 Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts Archeology 1 works
  2. 2 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  3. 3 Social Robot Interaction and HRI Social Psychology 0 works
  4. 4 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 0 works
  5. 5 Winter Sports Injuries and Performance Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Iron and Steelmaking Processes Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Phytase and its Applications Plant Science 0 works
  9. 9 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  10. 10 Psychiatric care and mental health services Clinical Psychology 0 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 available23.6%not open76.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.6%domestic only85.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has TechnoServe's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% 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 TechnoServe as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000074% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%TechnoServe0.000022% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of TechnoServe over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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