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United States Census Bureau

In research, United States Census Bureau stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,608 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,577 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics and Econometrics, Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Mathematics (Economics and Econometrics is 10.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,963
of 22,385 · #3,949 all time
Rank in United States
#1,360
of 3,332
Research works
1.8k
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
49k
27.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
United States Census Bureau

What is United States Census Bureau 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 #3,608 of 9,585 13.3%133 #1528
Social SciencesField #3,577 of 5,988 10.0%67 #1654

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where United States Census Bureau 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 States Census Bureau work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at United States Census Bureau is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (19%), Mathematics (10%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 141 fractional works · 63.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 71 fractional works · 32.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 38 fractional works · 17.1% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 43 fractional works · 19.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 35 fractional works · 15.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 13 fractional works · 5.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 11 fractional works · 4.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 54 fractional works · 24.3% of its workMathematics: 22 fractional works · 9.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 20 fractional works · 8.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 8.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 5.0% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 23 fractional works · 10.4% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 5.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKUnited StatesCensus Bureau222fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences64%

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 Sciences7132.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4319.4%
    3. Decision Sciences135.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting104.7%
    5. Psychology31.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Mathematics229.8%
    2. Computer Science198.7%
    3. Environmental Science62.7%
    4. Engineering31.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    7. Chemistry10.3%
    8. Energy10.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Health Professions135.8%
    2. Medicine104.5%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.3%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does United States Census Bureau specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics and Econometrics takes 10.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 35.2 works10×
  2. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 43.1 works9.1×
  3. MathematicsField · 21.8 works8.4×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.12× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 8.36× its world share, 22 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.20× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.45× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.94× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9.09× its world share, 43 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.54× its world share, 71 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance9.09×43 works
  2. Mathematics8.36×22 works
  3. Decision Sciences5.94×13 works
  4. Social Sciences2.54×71 works
  5. Health Professions2.20×13 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.45×10 works
  7. Computer Science1.12×19 works
  8. Environmental Science0.54×6 works
  9. Psychology0.51×3 works
  10. Energy0.33×1 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.29×0 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.28×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×2 works
  14. Medicine0.23×10 works
  15. Chemistry0.21×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.16×1 works
  17. Neuroscience0.11×0 works
  18. Engineering0.10×3 works
  19. Nursing0.09×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.05×1 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.05×0 works
  23. Dentistry0.03×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at United States Census Bureau?

Ranked on the quality score, Ron S. Jarmin, Norman J. Johnson and Paul C. Glick lead among researchers whose main affiliation is United States Census Bureau.

  1. 1 Ron S. Jarmin United States · #151,567 worldwide 10k citations · 157 works
  2. 2 Norman J. Johnson United States · #156,760 worldwide 6k citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Paul C. Glick United States · #168,080 worldwide 3.4k citations · 98 works
  4. 4 Larry H. Long United States · #212,109 worldwide 2.1k citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Eric Backlund United States · #228,487 worldwide 3.9k citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Lucia Foster United States · #250,093 worldwide 7k citations · 120 works
  7. 7 Javier Miranda United States · #251,579 worldwide 9.5k citations · 162 works
  8. 8 David Johnson United States · #267,911 worldwide 18k citations · 150 works
  9. 9 Sonya R. Porter United States · #299,802 worldwide 2.9k citations · 40 works
  10. 10 James R. Spletzer United States · #335,846 worldwide 3.1k citations · 96 works
All ranked researchers at United States Census Bureau

What are the most cited papers from United States Census Bureau?

The most cited paper from United States Census Bureau is "Prevalence and Co-occurrence of Substance Use Disorders and IndependentMood and Anxiety Disorders" (Bridget F. Grant, Frederick S. Stinson, Deborah A. Dawson et al., 2004), with 2,912 citations. Next come "Who Creates Jobs? Small versus Large versus Young" (1,964) and "Patents and innovation counts as measures of regional production of new knowledge" (1,764).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Prevalence and Co-occurrence of Substance Use Disorders and IndependentMood and Anxiety Disorders Bridget F. Grant, Frederick S. Stinson, Deborah A. Dawson et al. · Archives of General Psychiatry Aug 2004 2,912
2 Who Creates Jobs? Small versus Large versus Young John Haltiwanger, Ron S. Jarmin, Javier Miranda · The Review of Economics and Statistics 15 May 2012 1,964
3 Patents and innovation counts as measures of regional production of new knowledge Zoltán J. Ács, Luc Anselin, Attila Varga · Research Policy Sep 2002 1,764
4 Wrestling Sprawl to the Ground: Defining and measuring an elusive concept George Galster, Royce Hanson, Michael R. Ratcliffe et al. · Housing Policy Debate 2001 1,425
5 Estimates of Income for Small Places: An Application of James-Stein Procedures to Census Data Robert E. Fay, Roger A. Herriot · Journal of the American Statistical Association Jun 1979 1,275
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at United States Census Bureau?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Labor Market, Technological Change, Economic Development, Unemployment, Neighborhood Effects, Data Quality, Gender Inequality and Economic Growth.

▲ 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. Labor Market15▲ 23×9 topics
  2. Technological Change12▲ 142×2 topics
  3. Economic Development11▲ 6.2×8 topics
  4. Economic Growth10▲ 5.5×12 topics
  5. Globalization10▲ 2.2×14 topics
  6. Unemployment10▲ 54×2 topics
  7. Mental Health10▲ 3.0×15 topics
  8. Neighborhood Effects10▲ 40×3 topics
  9. Education9▲ 2.5×4 topics
  10. Data Quality9▲ 93×3 topics
  11. Gender Inequality9▲ 28×4 topics
  12. Big Data8▲ 4.0×7 topics
  13. Skill-Biased8▲ 211×1 topic
  14. Wage Inequality8▲ 211×1 topic
  15. Response Rates8▲ 682×1 topic
  16. Survey Methodology8▲ 682×1 topic
  17. Innovation8▲ 3.4×7 topics
  18. Mixture Models8▲ 179×2 topics
  19. Social Support8▲ 6.3×7 topics
  20. Income Tax7▲ 43×2 topics
  21. Labor Force Participation7▲ 73×2 topics
  22. R&D7▲ 41×2 topics
  23. Capture-Recapture6▲ 921×1 topic
  24. Data Integration6▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Population Size Estimation6▲ 921×1 topic
  26. Health Outcomes6▲ 10×4 topics
  27. Community Development6▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Income Inequality6▲ 19×6 topics
  29. Data Cleaning6▲ 91×1 topic
  30. Record Linkage6▲ 91×1 topic
  31. Social Mobility6▲ 94×2 topics
  32. Human Capital6▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Racial Segregation6▲ 163×1 topic
  34. Residential Segregation6▲ 163×1 topic
  35. Social Policy5▲ 26×2 topics
  36. Geographic Information Systems5▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Health Care Utilization5▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Household Decision Making5▲ 105×1 topic
  39. Social Media Analysis5▲ 70×2 topics
  40. Welfare Reform5▲ 105×1 topic

Which research topics does United States Census Bureau publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Labor market dynamics and wage inequality, Survey Methodology and Nonresponse, Census and Population Estimation and Data Quality and Management.

Labor market dynamics an…8Labor market dynamics and wage inequality: 8 fractional worksSurvey Methodology and N…8Survey Methodology and Nonresponse: 8 fractional worksCensus and Population Es…6Census and Population Estimation: 6 fractional worksData Quality and Managem…6Data Quality and Management: 6 fractional worksUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies: 6 fractional worksGender, Labor, and Family Dynamics: 5 fractional worksStatistical Methods and …5Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference: 5 fractional worksData-Driven Disease Surv…5Data-Driven Disease Surveillance: 5 fractional worksFirm Innovation and Growth4Firm Innovation and Growth: 4 fractional worksdemographic modeling and…3demographic modeling and climate adaptation: 3 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsSociology and Political ScienceStatistics and ProbabilityManagement Science and Operations Research2 others

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

  1. 1 Labor market dynamics and wage inequality Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  2. 2 Survey Methodology and Nonresponse Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  3. 3 Census and Population Estimation Statistics and Probability 6 works
  4. 4 Data Quality and Management Management Science and Operations Research 6 works
  5. 5 Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  6. 6 Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Gender Studies 5 works
  7. 7 Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference Statistics and Probability 5 works
  8. 8 Data-Driven Disease Surveillance Epidemiology 5 works
  9. 9 Firm Innovation and Growth Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  10. 10 demographic modeling and climate adaptation Management Science and Operations Research 3 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 available35.8%not open64.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.6%domestic only91.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has United States Census Bureau's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower 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 States Census Bureau as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%United States Census Bureau0.00073% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of United States Census Bureau 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%United States Census Bureau12.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.4% in 2013.

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