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United States Department of Commerce

In research, United States Department of Commerce stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,295 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,238
of 28,054 · #1,880 all time
Rank in United States
#3,133
of 4,192
Research works
3.3k
▲ 49% vs 2013–17
Citations
77k
23.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is United States Department of Commerce 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 #9,295 of 10,521 8.6%103 #3590

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where United States Department of Commerce 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).

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: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.99× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.37× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.48× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.05× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6.21× its world share, 34 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.59× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.80× its world share, 21 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.01× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at United States Department of Commerce?

Ranked on the composite score, Frederick D. Rossini, Milton Harris and Hiroshi Akima lead among researchers whose main affiliation is United States Department of Commerce.

  1. 1 Frederick D. Rossini United States · #10,400 worldwide 675 citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Milton Harris United States · #71,541 worldwide 360 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Hiroshi Akima United States · #235,252 worldwide 393 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Andreas Wiebe United States · #452,833 worldwide 5 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Paul R. Needham United States · #488,645 worldwide 94 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Paul D. Foote United States · #492,302 worldwide 110 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Claudia Gronemann United States · #522,447 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Ralph Hile United States · #541,229 worldwide 79 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 E.J. Prosen United States · #588,846 worldwide 55 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 David L. Edgell United States · #590,969 worldwide 4 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at United States Department of Commerce

Which keywords describe research at United States Department of Commerce?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Consumer Behavior, Social Capital, Financial Performance, Regulation, Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth, Economic Development and Corporate Governance.

▲ 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 Learning11▲ 2.0×34 topics
  2. Sustainability9▲ 2.2×22 topics
  3. Consumer Behavior9▲ 8.1×11 topics
  4. Social Capital9▲ 9.6×8 topics
  5. Economic Growth8▲ 5.5×13 topics
  6. Economic Development8▲ 5.6×7 topics
  7. Financial Performance8▲ 7.8×10 topics
  8. Regulation7▲ 8.0×7 topics
  9. Corporate Governance7▲ 5.5×12 topics
  10. Entrepreneurship7▲ 10×7 topics
  11. Supply Chain Management6▲ 4.0×9 topics
  12. Renewable Energy6▲ 2.3×12 topics
  13. Sustainable Development6▲ 2.1×16 topics
  14. COVID-196▲ 2.4×9 topics
  15. Digital Transformation6▲ 6.1×7 topics
  16. Pandemic5▲ 2.9×6 topics
  17. Customer Satisfaction5▲ 9.6×6 topics
  18. Internet of Things5▲ 3.5×10 topics
  19. Digital Divide5▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Health Effects5▲ 4.7×6 topics
  21. Environmental Management5▲ 6.9×7 topics
  22. Fintech5▲ 35×2 topics
  23. Investment Decisions5▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Stock Market5▲ 11×3 topics
  25. ICT4▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Rural Development4▲ 7.6×2 topics
  27. Monetary Policy4▲ 10×5 topics
  28. Broadband4▲ 63×1 topic
  29. Telecommunications4▲ 61×1 topic
  30. Crowdfunding4▲ 33×1 topic
  31. Knowledge Management4▲ 4.3×8 topics
  32. Peer-to-Peer Lending4▲ 33×1 topic
  33. Risk Management4▲ 4.9×9 topics
  34. Leadership4▲ 4.7×9 topics
  35. Financial Stability4▲ 11×5 topics
  36. Ethical Consumption4▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Environmental Innovation4▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Green Consumption4▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Customer Experience3▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Firm Performance3▲ 9.3×2 topics

Which research topics does United States Department of Commerce publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: ICT Impact and Policies, FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance, Environmental Sustainability in Business and COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts.

ICT Impact and Policies4ICT Impact and Policies: 4 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, D…4FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 4 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainabi…4Environmental Sustainability in Business: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts3COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 3 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior Studies: 2 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 2 fractional worksFluorine in Organic Chem…2Fluorine in Organic Chemistry: 2 fractional worksContemporary and Historical Greek Studies: 2 fractional worksPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research: 2 fractional worksChemical Analysis and En…2Chemical Analysis and Environmental Impact: 2 fractional works
Media TechnologyManagement Information SystemsMarketingEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 ICT Impact and Policies Media Technology 4 works
  2. 2 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 4 works
  3. 3 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 4 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  5. 5 Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Marketing 2 works
  6. 6 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 2 works
  7. 7 Fluorine in Organic Chemistry Pharmaceutical Science 2 works
  8. 8 Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research Environmental Chemistry 2 works
  10. 10 Chemical Analysis and Environmental Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 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 available21.9%not open78.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has United States Department of Commerce's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% 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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