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Union of Concerned Scientists

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World rank, all time
#15,538
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,208
of 7,310
Research works
289
▼ 63% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.9k
23.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Union of Concerned Scientists

Which fields of science does Union of Concerned Scientists work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Union of Concerned Scientists is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (29%), Social Sciences (21%), Engineering (8%).

Physical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 48.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 28.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 9.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 7.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 31.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 21.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 14.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 13.7% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKUnion ofConcerned…26fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences49%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences31%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science728.9%
    2. Engineering27.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences26.3%
    4. Energy12.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy01.9%
    6. Mathematics01.3%
    7. Materials Science00.3%
    1. Social Sciences521.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance27.1%
    3. Psychology12.6%
    4. Decision Sciences00.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Medicine27.1%
    2. Health Professions25.9%
    3. Nursing00.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences15.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
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: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 3.98× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.00× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.81× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.24× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 1.53× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.30× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.67× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science5.81×8 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.98×2 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.30×2 works
  4. Energy3.00×1 works
  5. Health Professions2.24×2 works
  6. Social Sciences1.67×6 works
  7. Nursing1.53×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.18×2 works
  9. Mathematics1.09×0 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.85×0 works
  11. Psychology0.84×1 works
  12. Engineering0.51×2 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.44×0 works
  14. Medicine0.37×2 works
  15. Materials Science0.07×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Union of Concerned Scientists?

Ranked on the quality score, Andrew A. Rosenberg, Rachel Licker and Peter C. Frumhoff lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Union of Concerned Scientists.

  1. 1 Andrew A. Rosenberg United States · #164,084 worldwide 13k citations · 123 works
  2. 2 Rachel Licker United States · #217,879 worldwide 3.9k citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Peter C. Frumhoff United States · #228,969 worldwide 5.1k citations · 71 works
  4. 4 Marcia Susan DeLonge United States · #421,104 worldwide 2.6k citations · 48 works
  5. 5 J. Pablo Ortiz‐Partida United States · #530,019 worldwide 928 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Kristina Dahl United States · #957,704 worldwide 2.6k citations · 63 works
  7. 7 Carly A. Phillips United States · #1,017,697 worldwide 964 citations · 51 works
  8. 8 Juan Declet‐Barreto United States · #1,131,339 worldwide 1.6k citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Jonathan Dean United States · #1,457,368 worldwide 999 citations · 138 works
  10. 10 Erika Spanger‐Siegfried United States · #1,458,086 worldwide 2.4k citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Union of Concerned Scientists

What are the most cited papers from Union of Concerned Scientists?

The most cited paper from Union of Concerned Scientists is "Assessing the Vulnerability of Social-Environmental Systems" (Hallie C. Eakin, Amy Lynd Luers, 2006), with 1,159 citations. Next come "The Impacts of Oil Palm on Recent Deforestation and Biodiversity Loss" (789) and "Reducing hazard vulnerability: towards a common approach between disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation" (690).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Assessing the Vulnerability of Social-Environmental Systems Hallie C. Eakin, Amy Lynd Luers · Annual Review of Environment and Resources ReviewOpen access 7 Jul 2006 1,159
2 The Impacts of Oil Palm on Recent Deforestation and Biodiversity Loss Varsha Vijay, Stuart L. Pimm, Clinton N. Jenkins et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 27 Jul 2016 789
3 Reducing hazard vulnerability: towards a common approach between disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation Frank Thomalla, Tom Downing, Erika Spanger‐Siegfried et al. · Disasters Mar 2006 690
4 Cumulative Human Impacts on Mediterranean and Black Sea Marine Ecosystems: Assessing Current Pressures and Opportunities Fiorenza Micheli, Benjamin S. Halpern, Shaun Walbridge et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 4 Dec 2013 597
5 Tropical Forests and Climate Policy Raymond E. Gullison, Peter C. Frumhoff, Josep G. Canadell et al. · Science 11 May 2007 503
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Which keywords describe research at Union of Concerned Scientists?

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

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

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change7▲ 9.4×25 topics
  2. Sustainability4▲ 6.0×9 topics
  3. Public Health4▲ 9.2×8 topics
  4. Environmental Impact2▲ 5.0×9 topics
  5. Community Engagement2▲ 24×3 topics
  6. Global Warming2▲ 19×6 topics
  7. Health Disparities2▲ 30×2 topics
  8. Environmental Justice2▲ 47×1 topic
  9. Greenhouse Gas Emissions2▲ 24×5 topics
  10. Inequality2▲ 28×1 topic
  11. Risk Perception2▲ 23×3 topics
  12. Health Effects2▲ 9.7×8 topics
  13. Remote Sensing2▲ 4.7×7 topics
  14. Water Resources2▲ 24×3 topics
  15. Urbanization1▲ 12×3 topics
  16. Health Promotion1▲ 14×4 topics
  17. Mental Health1▲ 3.4×4 topics
  18. Mortality1▲ 7.9×2 topics
  19. Public Perception1▲ 32×3 topics
  20. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 3.4×2 topics
  21. Ethics1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  22. Global Burden of Disease1▲ 16×2 topics
  23. Health Equity1▲ 13×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Environmental Justice and Health Disparities, Water resources management and optimization, Science, Research, and Medicine and Air Quality and Health Impacts.

Environmental Justice an…2Environmental Justice and Health Disparities: 2 fractional worksWater resources management and optimization: 1 fractional worksScience, Research, and M…1Science, Research, and Medicine: 1 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…1Air Quality and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksRisk Perception and Management: 1 fractional worksPublic Health Policies and Education: 1 fractional worksClimate Change Policy an…1Climate Change Policy and Economics: 1 fractional worksClimate Change Communication and Perception: 0 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 0 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceOcean EngineeringReproductive MedicineHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis4 others

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

  1. 1 Environmental Justice and Health Disparities Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  2. 2 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Science, Research, and Medicine Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  5. 5 Risk Perception and Management Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Public Health Policies and Education General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  8. 8 Climate Change Communication and Perception Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  10. 10 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 63% lower 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 Union of Concerned Scientists as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000048% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Union of Concerned Scientists0.00013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Union of Concerned Scientists over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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