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Union of Concerned Scientists

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World rank, all time
#21,869
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,710
of 8,685
Research works
289
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.9k
23.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
41.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

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: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 4.19× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.10× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.71× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.74× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 1.88× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.96× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Union of Concerned Scientists?

Ranked on the composite score, Kennedy P. Maize lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Union of Concerned Scientists.

  1. 1 Kennedy P. Maize United States · #999,706 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Union of Concerned Scientists

Which keywords describe research at Union of Concerned Scientists?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Public Health, Sustainability, Global Warming, Community Engagement, Health Disparities, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Risk Perception.

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

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change6▲ 10×21 topics
  2. Public Health3▲ 10×7 topics
  3. Sustainability3▲ 5.7×6 topics
  4. Global Warming2▲ 22×5 topics
  5. Community Engagement2▲ 25×3 topics
  6. Health Disparities2▲ 30×2 topics
  7. Greenhouse Gas Emissions2▲ 28×4 topics
  8. Risk Perception2▲ 28×3 topics
  9. Remote Sensing2▲ 5.6×7 topics
  10. Environmental Impact1▲ 4.0×6 topics
  11. Environmental Justice1▲ 47×1 topic
  12. Inequality1▲ 28×1 topic
  13. Water Resources1▲ 25×3 topics
  14. Health Promotion1▲ 18×4 topics
  15. Mental Health1▲ 4.0×4 topics
  16. Urbanization1▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Health Equity1▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Union of Concerned Scientists publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Environmental Justice and Health Disparities, Science, Research, and Medicine, Water resources management and optimization and Risk Perception and Management.

Environmental Justice an…1Environmental Justice and Health Disparities: 1 fractional worksScience, Research, and M…1Science, Research, and Medicine: 1 fractional worksWater resources manageme…1Water resources management and optimization: 1 fractional worksRisk Perception and Mana…1Risk Perception and Management: 1 fractional worksPublic Health Policies and Education: 1 fractional worksClimate Change Policy and Economics: 1 fractional worksClimate Change Communica…0Climate Change Communication and Perception: 0 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…0Air Quality and Health Impacts: 0 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 0 fractional worksClimate variability and …0Climate variability and models: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceReproductive MedicineOcean EngineeringGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Environmental Justice and Health Disparities Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Science, Research, and Medicine Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Risk Perception and Management Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Public Health Policies and Education General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  7. 7 Climate Change Communication and Perception Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  9. 9 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  10. 10 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 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 available33.0%not open67.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.8%domestic only91.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Union of Concerned Scientists's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower 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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