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United Way

unitedway.orgROR OpenAlex
Research works
86
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8k
20.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: United Way is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 2.06× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 4.91× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.35× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 2.52× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.40× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at United Way?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Public Health, Social Support, Social Capital, Social Justice, Health Care Utilization, Philanthropy and Substance Abuse.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Mental Health7▲ 7.7×14 topics
  2. Public Health7▲ 5.9×13 topics
  3. Social Support6▲ 14×6 topics
  4. Social Capital6▲ 16×7 topics
  5. Social Justice5▲ 12×10 topics
  6. Health Care Utilization5▲ 40×3 topics
  7. Philanthropy4▲ 101×2 topics
  8. Health Promotion4▲ 15×4 topics
  9. Substance Abuse4▲ 61×2 topics
  10. Health4▲ 11×2 topics
  11. Homelessness3▲ 95×1 topic
  12. Mental Illness3▲ 57×1 topic
  13. Community Engagement3▲ 13×8 topics
  14. Primary Care3▲ 9.2×8 topics
  15. Resilience3▲ 9.8×5 topics
  16. Neighborhood Effects3▲ 34×3 topics
  17. Concept Mapping3▲ 62×1 topic
  18. NGOs3▲ 33×2 topics
  19. Theory-Based Evaluation3▲ 144×1 topic
  20. Social Media3▲ 3.9×9 topics
  21. Health Disparities3▲ 15×4 topics
  22. Prosocial Behavior3▲ 132×1 topic
  23. Volunteering3▲ 219×1 topic
  24. Depression2▲ 3.9×8 topics
  25. Collaborative Partnerships2▲ 129×1 topic
  26. Community Empowerment2▲ 8.3×1 topic
  27. Health Outcomes2▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Long-Term Care2▲ 36×2 topics
  29. Income Inequality2▲ 16×4 topics
  30. Psychiatric Disorders2▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Social Relationships2▲ 32×2 topics
  32. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Nursing Home2▲ 62×1 topic
  34. Quality of Care2▲ 30×1 topic
  35. Behavior Change2▲ 19×3 topics
  36. Communication2▲ 7.0×5 topics
  37. Community2▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Community Development2▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Civic Engagement2▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Economic Crisis2▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does United Way publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Disaster Management and Resilience, Mobile Agent-Based Network Management, Homelessness and Social Issues and Robotic Path Planning Algorithms.

Disaster Management and Resilience: 1 fractional worksMobile Agent-Based Network Management: 1 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 1 fractional worksRobotic Path Planning Algorithms: 0 fractional worksContemporary Christian Leadership and Education: 0 fractional worksIslamic Studies and Radicalism: 0 fractional worksLegal Systems and Judici…0Legal Systems and Judicial Processes: 0 fractional worksService-Learning and Community Engagement: 0 fractional worksResilience and Mental Health: 0 fractional worksMultimodal Machine Learning Applications: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceComputer Networks and CommunicationsGeneral Health ProfessionsComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition4 others

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

  1. 1 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Mobile Agent-Based Network Management Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  3. 3 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 1 works
  4. 4 Robotic Path Planning Algorithms Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  5. 5 Contemporary Christian Leadership and Education Religious studies 0 works
  6. 6 Islamic Studies and Radicalism Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 Legal Systems and Judicial Processes Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  8. 8 Service-Learning and Community Engagement Education 0 works
  9. 9 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Multimodal Machine Learning Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 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 available41.8%not open58.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.1%domestic only84.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has United Way's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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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