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United Nations Development Programme

In research, United Nations Development Programme stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,453 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,858
of 22,385 · #8,629 all time
Rank in United States
#1,665
of 3,332
Research works
984
▲ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
21.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
United Nations Development Programme

What is United Nations Development Programme known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #6,453 of 9,585 13.6%70 #4344

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where United Nations Development Programme 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 United Nations Development Programme work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at United Nations Development Programme is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Environmental Science (15%), Medicine (10%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 75 fractional works · 50.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 50 fractional works · 33.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 21 fractional works · 14.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDevelopment: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 39 fractional works · 26.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 23 fractional works · 15.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 23 fractional works · 15.5% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 10.2% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 7.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKUnited NationsDevelopment…148fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences50%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5033.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance117.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting64.2%
    4. Psychology53.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities21.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Environmental Science2315.4%
    2. Engineering85.3%
    3. Computer Science42.8%
    4. Energy21.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    6. Mathematics10.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Medicine1510.2%
    2. Health Professions53.1%
    3. Nursing32.1%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences106.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.0%
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: 1.45× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.50× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.11× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 4.31× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.30× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.45× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.07× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.67× its world share, 50 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.31×3 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.45×11 works
  3. Environmental Science3.11×23 works
  4. Social Sciences2.67×50 works
  5. Energy1.50×2 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.45×10 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.30×6 works
  8. Health Professions1.19×5 works
  9. Psychology1.07×5 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.57×2 works
  11. Medicine0.53×15 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.40×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.36×4 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.35×0 works
  15. Engineering0.35×8 works
  16. Mathematics0.34×1 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.31×0 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.16×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×1 works
  20. Dentistry0.08×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  23. Neuroscience0.02×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at United Nations Development Programme?

Ranked on the quality score, Jeni Klugman, Jamison Ervin and A. H. G. Mitchell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is United Nations Development Programme.

  1. 1 Jeni Klugman United States · #251,266 worldwide 6.9k citations · 123 works
  2. 2 Jamison Ervin United States · #305,956 worldwide 3.5k citations · 54 works
  3. 3 A. H. G. Mitchell United States · #624,645 worldwide 4k citations · 79 works
  4. 4 Mandeep Dhaliwal United States · #1,259,463 worldwide 801 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Douglas Webb United States · #1,299,503 worldwide 2.2k citations · 96 works
  6. 6 Dudley Tarlton United States · #1,856,974 worldwide 225 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Sebastian Levine United States · #1,952,840 worldwide 631 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Kishan Khoday United States · #2,002,517 worldwide 241 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Ayodele Odusola United States · #2,091,303 worldwide 667 citations · 73 works
  10. 10 Roy Small United States · #2,097,873 worldwide 259 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at United Nations Development Programme

What are the most cited papers from United Nations Development Programme?

The most cited paper from United Nations Development Programme is "Towards Integration at Last? The Sustainable Development Goals as a Network of Targets" (David Le Blanc, 2015), with 1,667 citations. Next come "The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems" (1,209) and "Synergism of nutrition, infection, and immunity: an overview" (968).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Towards Integration at Last? The Sustainable Development Goals as a Network of Targets David Le Blanc · Sustainable Development 10 Apr 2015 1,667
2 The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems James E. M. Watson et al. · Nature Ecology & Evolution 24 Feb 2018 1,209
3 Synergism of nutrition, infection, and immunity: an overview N. S. Scrimshaw, John Paul SanGiovanni · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Open access Aug 1997 968
4 Human Development Report 2009. Overcoming Barriers: Human Mobility and Development Jeni Klugman · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 5 Oct 2009 811
5 Advancing global health and strengthening the HIV response in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals: the International AIDS Society—Lancet Commission Linda‐Gail Bekker et al. · The Lancet Open access Jul 2018 779
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at United Nations Development Programme?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Growth, Climate Change, Governance, Globalization, Economic Development, Gender Inequality, Poverty Reduction and Sustainability.

▲ 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. Climate Change17▲ 4.3×40 topics
  2. Economic Growth13▲ 11×13 topics
  3. Globalization11▲ 3.8×23 topics
  4. Sustainability10▲ 2.9×29 topics
  5. Governance8▲ 17×11 topics
  6. Economic Development8▲ 6.7×13 topics
  7. Gender Inequality7▲ 35×5 topics
  8. Poverty Reduction7▲ 35×3 topics
  9. Renewable Energy7▲ 3.1×12 topics
  10. Environmental Impact6▲ 2.6×22 topics
  11. Political Economy6▲ 16×9 topics
  12. Social Justice6▲ 6.5×9 topics
  13. Vulnerability6▲ 17×5 topics
  14. Social Networks6▲ 14×6 topics
  15. Urbanization6▲ 9.5×7 topics
  16. Migration5▲ 10×5 topics
  17. Neoliberalism5▲ 8.6×8 topics
  18. Income Inequality4▲ 22×2 topics
  19. Social Capital4▲ 5.9×8 topics
  20. Capability Approach4▲ 152×1 topic
  21. China4▲ 31×3 topics
  22. Poverty Measurement4▲ 152×1 topic
  23. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 7.0×10 topics
  24. Inequality4▲ 11×6 topics
  25. Religion4▲ 5.3×6 topics
  26. Democracy4▲ 6.8×9 topics
  27. Food Security4▲ 4.5×8 topics
  28. Agriculture4▲ 6.3×7 topics
  29. Risk Management3▲ 4.9×5 topics
  30. Development Policies3▲ 66×1 topic
  31. Foreign Aid3▲ 66×1 topic
  32. Environmental Policy3▲ 10×5 topics
  33. Water Resources3▲ 8.5×5 topics
  34. Land Use Change3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  35. Greenhouse Gas Emissions3▲ 7.1×6 topics
  36. Authoritarianism3▲ 21×3 topics
  37. Reform3▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Poverty3▲ 20×3 topics
  39. Energy Transition3▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Policy2▲ 7.8×6 topics

Which research topics does United Nations Development Programme publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Income, Poverty, and Inequality, International Development and Aid, Agricultural risk and resilience and China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance.

Income, Poverty, and Inequality: 4 fractional worksInternational Development and Aid: 3 fractional worksAgricultural risk and re…2Agricultural risk and resilience: 2 fractional worksChina's Socioeconomic Re…2China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance: 2 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksClimate Change, Adaptati…2Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration: 2 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 2 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 2 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceDevelopmentSoil SciencePolitical Science and International Relations4 others

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

  1. 1 Income, Poverty, and Inequality Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  2. 2 International Development and Aid Development 3 works
  3. 3 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 2 works
  4. 4 China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  5. 5 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 2 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  7. 7 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  10. 10 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion 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 available37.8%not open62.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.4%domestic only67.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has United Nations Development Programme's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 United Nations Development Programme as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00045% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%United Nations Development Programme0.00066% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of United Nations Development Programme 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%30%United Nations Development Programme11.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.7% in 2024.

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