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The Center for Victims of Torture

In research, The Center for Victims of Torture stands highest in Social Sciences (#13,662 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#40,382
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#8,395
of 8,685
Research works
204
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.1k
25.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is The Center for Victims of Torture 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 #13,662 of 16,945 26.3%157

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Center for Victims of Torture 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.

Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 6.41× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.63× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 11.29× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.56× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 11.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The Center for Victims of Torture?

Ranked on the composite score, Dick Blackwell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Center for Victims of Torture.

  1. 1 Dick Blackwell United States · #1,349,497 worldwide 18 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at The Center for Victims of Torture

Which keywords describe research at The Center for Victims of Torture?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Trauma, Human Rights, Acculturation, Immigrant, Refugee, Medical Ethics and Ethics.

▲ 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 21 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Mental Health6▲ 18×8 topics
  2. Human Rights4▲ 18×5 topics
  3. Trauma4▲ 94×3 topics
  4. Acculturation4▲ 237×2 topics
  5. Immigrant4▲ 253×1 topic
  6. Refugee4▲ 312×1 topic
  7. Medical Ethics3▲ 117×2 topics
  8. Ethics3▲ 30×1 topic
  9. Torture3▲ 1874×1 topic
  10. Public Health2▲ 7.2×6 topics
  11. Conflict2▲ 48×2 topics
  12. Globalization2▲ 4.1×3 topics
  13. Peacebuilding2▲ 125×2 topics
  14. Epidemiology2▲ 1.93×7 topics
  15. Health2▲ 18×3 topics
  16. Resilience1▲ 14×4 topics
  17. Mortality1▲ 10×2 topics
  18. Iraq1▲ 346×1 topic
  19. Violence1▲ 39×1 topic
  20. Bereavement1▲ 138×1 topic
  21. Complicated Grief1▲ 138×1 topic

Which research topics does The Center for Victims of Torture publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Migration, Health and Trauma, Torture, Ethics, and Law, Health and Conflict Studies and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health.

Migration, Health and Tr…4Migration, Health and Trauma: 4 fractional worksTorture, Ethics, and Law3Torture, Ethics, and Law: 3 fractional worksHealth and Conflict Studies: 1 fractional worksGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksMental Health Treatment …1Mental Health Treatment and Access: 1 fractional worksParanormal Experiences and Beliefs: 0 fractional worksGender, Security, and Conflict: 0 fractional worksSpaceflight effects on biology: 0 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and Integration: 0 fractional worksAsian Geopolitics and Ethnography: 0 fractional works
Clinical PsychologySociology and Political ScienceGeneral Health ProfessionsSocial Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 4 works
  2. 2 Torture, Ethics, and Law Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  3. 3 Health and Conflict Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  4. 4 Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 1 works
  6. 6 Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs Social Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Gender, Security, and Conflict Gender Studies 0 works
  8. 8 Spaceflight effects on biology Physiology 0 works
  9. 9 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography Political Science and International Relations 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 available35.5%not open64.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.9%domestic only73.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Center for Victims of Torture's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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