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United Food and Commercial Workers

In research, United Food and Commercial Workers stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,258 of 10,521 worldwide), Computer Science (#3,308 of 4,667 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,800 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Information Systems — Information Systems is 5.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,352
of 28,054 · #25,256 all time
Rank in United States
#2,814
of 4,192
Research works
2k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.3k
2.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

What is United Food and Commercial Workers known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #6,258 of 10,521 5.9%258 #10182
Computer ScienceField #3,308 of 4,667 6.0%168 #6024
Social SciencesField #4,800 of 6,365 6.5%155 #6658
Physical SciencesDomain #11,543 of 12,888 4.2%259 #20113
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,454 of 2,578 6.3%61 #3797

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where United Food and Commercial Workers 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#10,182 #6,258
  2. Computer Science#6,024 #3,308
  3. Social Sciences#6,658 #4,800
  4. Physical Sciences#20,113 #11,543
  5. Sociology and Political Science#3,797 #2,454
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does United Food and Commercial Workers specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Information Systems takes 5.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Information SystemsSubfield · 56.1 works5.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 1.03× its world share, 30 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 5 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.58× its world share, 168 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 50 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.03× its world share, 31 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.09× its world share, 36 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.69× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.21× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.34× its world share, 25 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 154 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at United Food and Commercial Workers?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Educational Technology, Online Learning, Qualitative Research, Machine Learning, Social Network Analysis, Healthcare and WebQuests.

▲ 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 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 Learning49▲ 2.5×39 topics
  2. Teacher Training46▲ 12×7 topics
  3. Educational Technology46▲ 6.4×13 topics
  4. Deep Learning42▲ 2.0×44 topics
  5. Online Learning41▲ 8.2×8 topics
  6. Qualitative Research37▲ 7.0×9 topics
  7. Sustainability36▲ 2.5×26 topics
  8. Healthcare33▲ 4.8×12 topics
  9. Education28▲ 2.7×33 topics
  10. Social Network Analysis26▲ 36×2 topics
  11. Digital Literacy26▲ 7.1×1 topic
  12. WebQuests26▲ 76×1 topic
  13. Globalization25▲ 2.1×24 topics
  14. Public Policy23▲ 7.9×11 topics
  15. Internet of Things21▲ 3.9×7 topics
  16. Big Data20▲ 3.7×16 topics
  17. Curriculum Development18▲ 4.2×3 topics
  18. Social Inequality18▲ 11×3 topics
  19. Educational Games17▲ 28×2 topics
  20. Data Analysis16▲ 9.8×4 topics
  21. Identity16▲ 3.6×12 topics
  22. History15▲ 3.6×10 topics
  23. IoT Security15▲ 7.8×3 topics
  24. Organizational Management15▲ 38×1 topic
  25. Research Methods15▲ 15×1 topic
  26. Cultural Identity14▲ 4.4×7 topics
  27. Colonialism12▲ 4.3×5 topics
  28. Anthropology12▲ 21×6 topics
  29. Code Clone Detection12▲ 50×1 topic
  30. Refactoring12▲ 50×1 topic
  31. Rural Development12▲ 5.4×5 topics
  32. Anomaly Detection11▲ 6.4×3 topics
  33. 5G Networks11▲ 8.9×3 topics
  34. Brazil11▲ 18×5 topics
  35. Pedagogical Practices11▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Requirements Engineering10▲ 40×3 topics
  37. Distributed Systems10▲ 10×5 topics
  38. Science Education10▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Intrinsic Motivation10▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Educational Policies9▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does United Food and Commercial Workers publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education and Digital Technologies, Business and Management Studies, Software Engineering Research and Education Pedagogy and Practices.

Education and Digital Te…26Education and Digital Technologies: 26 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 15 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Research: 12 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 9 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices: 9 fractional worksEducational Games and Gamification: 9 fractional worksScience and Education Re…8Science and Education Research: 8 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 8 fractional worksInformation Science and Libraries: 8 fractional worksSocial and Economic Solidarity: 7 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceInformation Systems and ManagementInformation SystemsEducation2 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 26 works
  2. 2 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 15 works
  3. 3 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 12 works
  4. 4 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 9 works
  5. 5 Software Engineering Techniques and Practices Information Systems 9 works
  6. 6 Educational Games and Gamification Developmental and Educational Psychology 9 works
  7. 7 Science and Education Research Education 8 works
  8. 8 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 8 works
  9. 9 Information Science and Libraries Information Systems 8 works
  10. 10 Social and Economic Solidarity Sociology and Political Science 7 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 available76.3%not open23.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.7%domestic only61.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has United Food and Commercial Workers's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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