Question 1

What is United Nations known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, United Nations stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,895 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,500 of 5,988 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#1,449 of 2,526 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations (Political Science and International Relations is 11.3× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does United Nations rank in research?

Accepted Answer

United Nations ranks #5,752 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#2,684 all time), and #773 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at United Nations?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Joann Vanek, Jeremy Boy and Georg Kell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is United Nations.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from United Nations?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from United Nations is "Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015" (Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al., 2016), with 7,829 citations. Next come "Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (6,558) and "Status and distribution of mangrove forests of the world using earth observation satellite data" (3,200).

Question 5

Which research topics does United Nations publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Global Peace and Security Dynamics, International Law and Human Rights, Human Rights and Development and International Development and Aid.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at United Nations?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Global Governance, Globalization, Climate Change, International Law, Economic Growth, Governance and Security Council.

Question 7

Which fields of science does United Nations work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 66% of research at United Nations is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (48%), Environmental Science (7%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (6%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 8

Is United Nations's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher than in 2018-2021.