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United States Census Bureau

In research, United States Census Bureau stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,175 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,320 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics and Econometrics and Economics, Econometrics and Finance — Economics and Econometrics is 10.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,060
of 28,054 · #9,177 all time
Rank in United States
#2,271
of 4,192
Research works
1.8k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
49k
27.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is United States Census Bureau 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 #4,175 of 10,521 28.7%133 #1589
Social SciencesField #4,320 of 6,365 26.2%67 #1508

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does United States Census Bureau specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics and Econometrics takes 10.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 34.4 works10×
  2. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 41.9 works9.5×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.05× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 8.12× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.18× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.38× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.94× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9.47× its world share, 42 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.57× its world share, 67 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at United States Census Bureau?

Ranked on the composite score, Javier Miranda, Ron S. Jarmin and Jacob S. Siegel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is United States Census Bureau.

  1. 1 Javier Miranda United States · #22,935 worldwide 829 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Ron S. Jarmin United States · #30,039 worldwide 791 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Jacob S. Siegel United States · #36,467 worldwide 310 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 William E. Winkler United States · #84,168 worldwide 309 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Paul C. Glick United States · #87,785 worldwide 179 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Daniel H. Weinberg United States · #119,903 worldwide 234 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Henry S. Shryock United States · #182,188 worldwide 107 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Morris H. Hansen United States · #207,222 worldwide 318 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Lucia Foster United States · #324,905 worldwide 253 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Halbert L. Dunn United States · #346,340 worldwide 51 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at United States Census Bureau

Which keywords describe research at United States Census Bureau?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Labor Market, Technological Change, Economic Development, Unemployment, Neighborhood Effects, Economic Growth, Gender Inequality and Data Quality.

▲ 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. Labor Market14▲ 22×9 topics
  2. Technological Change12▲ 142×2 topics
  3. Economic Development11▲ 6.3×7 topics
  4. Economic Growth10▲ 5.5×12 topics
  5. Unemployment9▲ 53×2 topics
  6. Globalization9▲ 2.3×13 topics
  7. Education9▲ 2.5×4 topics
  8. Neighborhood Effects9▲ 39×3 topics
  9. Mental Health8▲ 2.8×13 topics
  10. Gender Inequality8▲ 29×4 topics
  11. Data Quality8▲ 102×3 topics
  12. Skill-Biased8▲ 215×1 topic
  13. Wage Inequality8▲ 215×1 topic
  14. Big Data8▲ 4.0×7 topics
  15. Innovation8▲ 3.4×7 topics
  16. Response Rates7▲ 751×1 topic
  17. Survey Methodology7▲ 751×1 topic
  18. Social Support7▲ 6.2×7 topics
  19. Income Tax7▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Mixture Models7▲ 176×2 topics
  21. R&D7▲ 41×2 topics
  22. Labor Force Participation7▲ 70×2 topics
  23. Health Outcomes6▲ 10×3 topics
  24. Capture-Recapture6▲ 936×1 topic
  25. Income Inequality6▲ 19×6 topics
  26. Population Size Estimation6▲ 936×1 topic
  27. Data Integration6▲ 16×3 topics
  28. Community Development6▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Human Capital5▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Social Mobility5▲ 88×2 topics
  31. Data Cleaning5▲ 84×1 topic
  32. Record Linkage5▲ 84×1 topic
  33. Racial Segregation5▲ 152×1 topic
  34. Residential Segregation5▲ 152×1 topic
  35. Social Policy5▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Fiscal Policy5▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Geographic Information Systems5▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Health Care Utilization5▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Household Decision Making5▲ 100×1 topic
  40. Welfare Reform5▲ 100×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: 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…7Survey Methodology and Nonresponse: 7 fractional worksCensus and Population Es…6Census and Population Estimation: 6 fractional worksData Quality and Managem…5Data Quality and Management: 5 fractional worksUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies: 5 fractional worksGender, Labor, and Family Dynamics: 5 fractional worksData-Driven Disease Surv…5Data-Driven Disease Surveillance: 5 fractional worksStatistical Methods and Bayesian Inference: 5 fractional worksFirm 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 7 works
  3. 3 Census and Population Estimation Statistics and Probability 6 works
  4. 4 Data Quality and Management Management Science and Operations Research 5 works
  5. 5 Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  6. 6 Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Gender Studies 5 works
  7. 7 Data-Driven Disease Surveillance Epidemiology 5 works
  8. 8 Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference Statistics and Probability 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower 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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