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Third Way

In research, Third Way stands highest in Medicine (#7,401 of 14,558 worldwide), Health Sciences (#9,187 of 16,688 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,269 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, 2022-now
#14,519
of 22,385 · #9,226 all time
Rank in United States
#2,054
of 3,332
Research works
1,000
▲ 61% vs 2018-21
Citations
20k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%

What is Third Way 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
MedicineField #7,401 of 14,558 7.9%362
Health SciencesDomain #9,187 of 16,688 8.0%400
Life SciencesDomain #6,269 of 11,023 9.4%179
Physical SciencesDomain #13,428 of 17,446 7.6%231
Social SciencesDomain #12,683 of 14,833 8.5%190

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

In 2022-now, 32% of research at Third Way is in Social Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (26%), Social Sciences (15%), Computer Science (14%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 48 fractional works · 31.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 15.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 6.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 45 fractional works · 30.2% of its workComputer Science: 22 fractional works · 14.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 5.5% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 9.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 43 fractional works · 28.8% of its workMedicine: 39 fractional works · 26.1% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 9.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKThird Way150fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences29%Social Sciences32%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2315.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities96.1%
    3. Psychology85.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting31.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.8%
    6. Decision Sciences31.7%
    1. Computer Science2214.4%
    2. Engineering149.1%
    3. Environmental Science21.4%
    4. Materials Science21.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy21.0%
    6. Mathematics10.9%
    7. Chemistry10.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.4%
    10. Energy10.3%
    1. Medicine3926.1%
    2. Health Professions31.8%
    3. Veterinary10.5%
    4. Dentistry10.4%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.5%
    2. Neuroscience32.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    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: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.32× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.86× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.36× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.59× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.10× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.71× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary3.59×1 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.10×9 works
  3. Computer Science1.86×22 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.73×2 works
  5. Psychology1.71×8 works
  6. Medicine1.36×39 works
  7. Neuroscience1.32×3 works
  8. Social Sciences1.21×23 works
  9. Chemical Engineering1.08×1 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.86×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×7 works
  12. Dentistry0.84×1 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.84×3 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.81×1 works
  15. Mathematics0.79×1 works
  16. Health Professions0.68×3 works
  17. Engineering0.61×14 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.58×3 works
  19. Chemistry0.52×1 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.46×2 works
  21. Materials Science0.39×2 works
  22. Energy0.37×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.29×1 works
  24. Environmental Science0.28×2 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×2 works
  26. Nursing0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Third Way?

Ranked on the quality score, William M. Sribney, Joshua D. Gibson and Necip Fikri Alican lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Third Way.

  1. 1 William M. Sribney United States · #1,711,587 worldwide 2.3k citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Joshua D. Gibson United States · #2,723,228 worldwide 3k citations · 88 works
  3. 3 Necip Fikri Alican United States · #3,568,486 worldwide 61 citations · 74 works
  4. 4 Noel Peberdy United States · #3,657,414 worldwide 2 citations · 31 works
  5. 4 Mac Jacob United States · #3,657,414 worldwide 2 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Emma L. Palastanga United States · #3,738,147 worldwide 0 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Tilo Schwarz United States · #3,783,184 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Jascha Wanger United States · #3,857,488 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Michael Georgulis United States · #3,914,216 worldwide 1 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Razia Bhatti-Ali United States · #3,948,565 worldwide 4 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Third Way

What are the most cited papers from Third Way?

The most cited paper from Third Way is "2017 ESC Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Diseases, in collaboration with the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS)" (Victor Aboyans et al., 2017), with 3,338 citations. Next come "New Evidence on the Money's Worth of Individual Annuities" (829) and "From space to Earth: advances in human physiology from 20 years of bed rest studies (1986–2006)" (661).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 2017 ESC Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Diseases, in collaboration with the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) Victor Aboyans et al. · European Heart Journal Open access119 authors 26 Aug 2017 3,338
2 New Evidence on the Money's Worth of Individual Annuities Olivia S. Mitchell, James M. Poterba, Mark J. Warshawsky et al. · American Economic Review Dec 1999 829
3 From space to Earth: advances in human physiology from 20 years of bed rest studies (1986–2006) Anne Pavy‐Le Traon, Martina A. Heer, Marco Vincenzo Narici et al. · European Journal of Applied Physiology 27 Jul 2007 661
4 Social cohesion, social support, and health among Latinos in the United States Norah Mulvaney‐Day, Margarita Alegrı́a, William M. Sribney · Social Science & Medicine Open access 18 Oct 2006 500
5 Stretching cardiac myocytes stimulates protooncogene expression. Issei Komuro, Toshikazu Kaida, Y Shibazaki et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access Mar 1990 464
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Which keywords describe research at Third Way?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Security, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Migration, Discrimination, Globalization and Clinical Trials.

▲ 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. Machine Learning8▲ 1.66×25 topics
  2. Deep Learning8▲ 1.57×32 topics
  3. Epidemiology6◆ 1.08×42 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 2.8×10 topics
  5. Globalization6▲ 1.99×15 topics
  6. Security5▲ 4.9×9 topics
  7. Human Rights4▲ 2.7×10 topics
  8. Clinical Trials4▲ 3.9×11 topics
  9. Mental Health4▲ 1.69×15 topics
  10. Migration4▲ 6.8×5 topics
  11. Depression3▲ 2.6×13 topics
  12. Identity3▲ 3.2×6 topics
  13. Literature3▲ 4.2×8 topics
  14. Chemotherapy3▲ 3.0×8 topics
  15. Internet of Things3▲ 2.6×7 topics
  16. Ethics3▲ 4.1×5 topics
  17. Discrimination3▲ 9.6×4 topics
  18. Convolutional Neural Networks3▲ 2.4×8 topics
  19. Social Justice3▲ 2.9×7 topics
  20. Agent-Based Modeling2▲ 13×2 topics
  21. Democracy2▲ 4.3×5 topics
  22. Ethnicity2▲ 4.2×3 topics
  23. Sovereignty2▲ 16×3 topics
  24. Neurological Effects2▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Art2▲ 15×4 topics
  26. International Relations2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  27. Metastasis2▲ 3.9×6 topics
  28. Modeling and Simulation2▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Simulation Optimization2▲ 85×1 topic
  30. Verification and Validation2▲ 85×1 topic
  31. Genomic Analysis2▲ 5.1×2 topics
  32. Surveillance2▲ 4.6×3 topics
  33. Regulatory Challenges2▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Algorithmic Bias2▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Fairness2▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Cytoreductive Surgery2▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Gender Dynamics2▲ 9.9×2 topics
  38. Brain Imaging2▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Ovarian Cancer2▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Diaspora1▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Third Way publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Simulation Techniques and Applications, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment and Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration.

  1. 1 Simulation Techniques and Applications Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  2. 2 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 2 works
  3. 3 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration Social Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Diaspora, migration, transnational identity Demography 1 works
  6. 6 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 1 works
  8. 8 Spaceflight effects on biology Physiology 1 works
  9. 9 AI-based Problem Solving and Planning Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  10. 10 Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 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 available34.0%not open66.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.7%domestic only60.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Third Way's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 61% 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 Third Way as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00036% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Third Way0.00061% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Third Way 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%Third Way10.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.8% in 2009.

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