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Truth Initiative

In research, Truth Initiative stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,775 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,098 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,570
of 22,385 · #15,357 all time
Rank in United States
#2,572
of 3,332
Research works
282
▲ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.3k
29.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Truth Initiative

What is Truth Initiative 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,775 of 16,688 18.4%149
MedicineField #8,098 of 14,558 18.4%125

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

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Truth Initiative is in Health Sciences, 42% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (41%), Social Sciences (20%), Psychology (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 38 fractional works · 44.5% of its workMedicine: 35 fractional works · 40.8% of its workPhysiology: 20 fractional works · 23.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 42.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 19.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 8.7% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 11.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 7.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKTruth Initiative85fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences44%Social Sciences42%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3540.8%
    2. Health Professions33.1%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    1. Social Sciences1719.9%
    2. Psychology911.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting77.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities11.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.5%
    1. Environmental Science33.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.1%
    3. Computer Science21.8%
    4. Mathematics10.7%
    5. Engineering00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.7%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.4%
    3. Neuroscience10.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
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: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.87× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.17× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.12× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.41× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.61× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.87×1 works
  2. Psychology3.61×9 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.41×7 works
  4. Medicine2.12×35 works
  5. Social Sciences1.57×17 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.34×2 works
  7. Nursing1.26×0 works
  8. Health Professions1.17×3 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.81×2 works
  10. Environmental Science0.64×3 works
  11. Mathematics0.61×1 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.51×2 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.47×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.46×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.39×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.23×2 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×0 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works
  19. Engineering0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Truth Initiative?

Ranked on the quality score, Donna Vallone, Elizabeth C. Hair and Haijun Xiao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Truth Initiative.

  1. 1 Donna Vallone United States · #239,170 worldwide 10k citations · 242 works
  2. 2 Elizabeth C. Hair United States · #388,244 worldwide 7.8k citations · 239 works
  3. 3 Haijun Xiao United States · #396,450 worldwide 3.1k citations · 81 works
  4. 4 Morgane Bennett United States · #407,584 worldwide 1.3k citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Lindsay Pitzer United States · #408,266 worldwide 1.9k citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Jessica Miller Rath United States · #479,905 worldwide 3.6k citations · 95 works
  7. 7 Jennifer Cantrell United States · #526,503 worldwide 2.6k citations · 78 works
  8. 8 Amanda L. Johnson United States · #545,670 worldwide 2.6k citations · 63 works
  9. 9 Jennifer M. Kreslake United States · #552,062 worldwide 2k citations · 90 works
  10. 10 Bretwood Higman United States · #557,041 worldwide 1.2k citations · 75 works
All ranked researchers at Truth Initiative

What are the most cited papers from Truth Initiative?

The most cited paper from Truth Initiative is "Design and methods of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study" (Andrew J. Hyland et al., 2016), with 879 citations. Next come "Tobacco-Product Use by Adults and Youths in the United States in 2013 and 2014" (622) and "Comparison of Nicotine and Toxicant Exposure in Users of Electronic Cigarettes and Combustible Cigarettes" (567).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Design and methods of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Andrew J. Hyland et al. · Tobacco Control Open access 8 Aug 2016 879
2 Tobacco-Product Use by Adults and Youths in the United States in 2013 and 2014 Karin A. Kasza et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 25 Jan 2017 622
3 Comparison of Nicotine and Toxicant Exposure in Users of Electronic Cigarettes and Combustible Cigarettes Maciej Lukasz Goniewicz et al. · JAMA Network Open Open access 14 Dec 2018 567
4 e-Cigarette Awareness, Use, and Harm Perceptions in US Adults Jennifer Pearson, Amanda Kalaydjian Richardson, RAYMOND S. NIAURA et al. · American Journal of Public Health Open access 20 Jul 2012 519
5 Evidence of a Dose—Response Relationship Between “truth” Antismoking Ads and Youth Smoking Prevalence Matthew C. Farrelly, Kevin Davis, M. Lyndon Haviland et al. · American Journal of Public Health Open access 22 Feb 2005 504
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Which keywords describe research at Truth Initiative?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Psychiatric Disorders, Cancer Risk, Smoking Cessation, Tobacco Use, Social Media, Health Inequities, Obesity and Health Effects.

▲ 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. Psychiatric Disorders23▲ 199×3 topics
  2. Cancer Risk20▲ 106×3 topics
  3. Smoking Cessation20▲ 760×1 topic
  4. Tobacco Use20▲ 760×1 topic
  5. Social Media6▲ 5.1×8 topics
  6. Obesity4▲ 6.9×4 topics
  7. Health Inequities4▲ 97×2 topics
  8. Public Health4▲ 3.5×9 topics
  9. Health Effects4▲ 7.5×4 topics
  10. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 18×3 topics
  11. Mental Health4▲ 3.0×9 topics
  12. Corporate Political Activity4▲ 126×1 topic
  13. Non-Communicable Diseases4▲ 15×1 topic
  14. Impulsivity3▲ 71×2 topics
  15. Self-Regulation3▲ 21×1 topic
  16. Substance Use Disorders3▲ 51×2 topics
  17. Theory of Planned Behaviour3▲ 103×1 topic
  18. Alcohol Dependence3▲ 91×1 topic
  19. Motivational Interviewing3▲ 91×1 topic
  20. Behavior Change3▲ 24×3 topics
  21. Patient Engagement3▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Physical Activity3▲ 6.8×2 topics
  23. Adolescents3▲ 8.7×2 topics
  24. Childhood3▲ 46×1 topic
  25. Ethical Considerations3▲ 9.0×4 topics
  26. Overweight3▲ 49×1 topic
  27. Prevalence3▲ 7.8×2 topics
  28. Medical Education3▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Professionalism2▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Psychological Impact2▲ 8.9×2 topics
  31. Consumer Perception2▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Healthcare Communication2▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Online Recruitment2▲ 105×1 topic
  34. Gender Differences2▲ 6.6×2 topics
  35. Health Disparities2▲ 9.4×4 topics
  36. Islamic Banking2▲ 6.3×2 topics
  37. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Consumer Acceptance2▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Hypersexual Disorder2▲ 78×1 topic
  40. Ultra-Processed Foods2▲ 83×1 topic

Which research topics does Truth Initiative publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Behavioral Health and Interventions and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes.

Smoking Behavior and Ces…20Smoking Behavior and Cessation: 20 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksBehavioral Health and Interventions: 3 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activi…3Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 3 fractional worksSocial Media in Health Education: 2 fractional worksConsumer Attitudes and Food Labeling: 2 fractional worksSexuality, Behavior, and Technology: 2 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 1 fractional worksEconomics of Agriculture and Food Markets: 1 fractional works
PhysiologyOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementApplied PsychologyEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 20 works
  2. 2 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
  3. 3 Behavioral Health and Interventions Applied Psychology 3 works
  4. 4 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 3 works
  5. 5 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  6. 6 Social Media in Health Education Health 2 works
  7. 7 Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology Clinical Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets Economics and Econometrics 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 available50.4%not open49.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.4%domestic only89.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Truth Initiative's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% 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 Truth Initiative as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00036% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Truth Initiative0.00033% in 202519801990200020102020

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