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Witness

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Research works
48
▼ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
637
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Witness

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

Which fields of science does Witness work in?

In all years, 50% of research at Witness is in Social Sciences, 33% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Health Professions (18%), Medicine (15%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 24 fractional works · 49.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 31.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 14.2% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 9.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 8.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 32.9% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 18.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 11.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 14.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 16.6% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 6.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKWitness48fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences33%Social Sciences50%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1531.5%
    2. Psychology59.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting23.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities23.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Health Professions918.3%
    2. Medicine714.6%
    1. Computer Science36.7%
    2. Engineering36.4%
    3. Environmental Science13.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 2.02× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 2.79× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.37× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.81× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.42× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.04× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.42×1 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.81×0 works
  3. Health Professions2.79×1 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.37×1 works
  5. Social Sciences2.04×2 works
  6. Computer Science2.02×1 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.92×0 works
  8. Medicine0.95×2 works
  9. Engineering0.36×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.19×0 works
  11. Neuroscience0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Witness?

Ranked on the quality score, Sam Gregory, Kaethe Weingarten and Brett Shavers lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Witness.

  1. 1 Sam Gregory United States · #617,298 worldwide 803 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Kaethe Weingarten United States · #1,578,882 worldwide 963 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Brett Shavers United States · #2,712,860 worldwide 31 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Witness

What are the most cited papers from Witness?

The most cited paper from Witness is "Quality-of-Life Concerns of African American Breast Cancer Survivors Within Rural North Carolina: Blending the Techniques of Photovoice and Grounded Theory" (Ellen D. S. López, Eugenia Eng, Elizabeth Randall‐David et al., 2004), with 209 citations. Next come "PTSD and Key Somatic Complaints and Cultural Syndromes among Rural Cambodians: The Results of a Needs Assessment Survey" (126) and "The impact of a statewide trauma-informed care initiative in child welfare on the well-being of children and youth with complex trauma" (84).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Quality-of-Life Concerns of African American Breast Cancer Survivors Within Rural North Carolina: Blending the Techniques of Photovoice and Grounded Theory Ellen D. S. López, Eugenia Eng, Elizabeth Randall‐David et al. · Qualitative Health Research Dec 2004 209
2 PTSD and Key Somatic Complaints and Cultural Syndromes among Rural Cambodians: The Results of a Needs Assessment Survey Devon E. Hinton, Alexander Laban Hinton, Kok‐Thay Eng et al. · Medical Anthropology Quarterly Sep 2012 126
3 The impact of a statewide trauma-informed care initiative in child welfare on the well-being of children and youth with complex trauma Jessica Dym Bartlett, Jessica L. Griffin, Joseph Spinazzola et al. · Children and Youth Services Review 13 Nov 2017 84
4 ARCH-Based Traffic Forecasting and Dynamic Bandwidth Provisioning for Periodically Measured Nonstationary Traffic Balaji Krithikaivasan, Yong Zeng, Kaushik Deka et al. · IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking Jun 2007 78
5 Transnational Storytelling: Human Rights, WITNESS, and Video Advocacy Sam Gregory · American Anthropologist 13 Feb 2006 71
All 73 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Witness?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Health Disparities, Healthcare Communication, Globalization, Human Rights, Resilience, Big Data and Public Health.

▲ 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 Health4▲ 7.2×10 topics
  2. Globalization3▲ 3.2×5 topics
  3. Health Disparities2▲ 24×3 topics
  4. Public Health2▲ 3.4×5 topics
  5. Healthcare Communication2▲ 57×2 topics
  6. Human Rights2▲ 5.0×5 topics
  7. Sustainable Development2▲ 3.6×4 topics
  8. Big Data2▲ 6.4×2 topics
  9. Meta-Analysis2▲ 6.1×2 topics
  10. Ethics2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  11. Resilience2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  12. Health1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  13. International Law1▲ 10×3 topics
  14. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 12×2 topics
  15. Supply Chain Management1▲ 5.9×3 topics
  16. Trauma1▲ 15×3 topics
  17. Intensive Care Unit1▲ 27×2 topics
  18. Resuscitation1▲ 22×3 topics
  19. Risk Perception1▲ 14×2 topics
  20. Violence1▲ 20×2 topics
  21. Drug Trafficking1▲ 55×2 topics
  22. Ethical Considerations1▲ 8.0×5 topics
  23. Law Enforcement1▲ 56×2 topics
  24. Legal Semiotics1▲ 112×1 topic
  25. Mental Illness1▲ 36×2 topics
  26. Patient Engagement1▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Public Involvement1▲ 112×1 topic
  28. Teaching Strategies1▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Visual Jurisprudence1▲ 112×1 topic
  30. Firm Performance1▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Homelessness1▲ 54×1 topic
  32. Open Dialogue Approach1▲ 126×1 topic
  33. Patient-Centered Care1▲ 37×2 topics
  34. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy1▲ 126×1 topic
  35. Substance Abuse1▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Analytics1▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Business Intelligence1▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Criminal Networks1▲ 104×1 topic
  39. Critical Thinking Skills1▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Defensive Medicine1▲ 63×1 topic

Which research topics does Witness publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics, Ethics in Clinical Research, Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism and Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies.

Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics: 1 fractional worksEthics in Clinical Research: 0 fractional worksHousing, Finance, and Ne…0Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism: 0 fractional worksCybersecurity and Cyber …0Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies: 0 fractional worksJewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 0 fractional worksMental Health and Psychiatry: 0 fractional worksPolitical Developments a…0Political Developments and Conflicts: 0 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 0 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 0 fractional worksHealth and Conflict Stud…0Health and Conflict Studies: 0 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthFinancePolitical Science and International Relations4 others

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

  1. 1 Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics Clinical Psychology 1 works
  2. 2 Ethics in Clinical Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  3. 3 Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism Finance 0 works
  4. 4 Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  5. 5 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Mental Health and Psychiatry Philosophy 0 works
  7. 7 Political Developments and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  8. 8 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 0 works
  9. 9 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Health and Conflict Studies General Health Professions 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 available25.1%not open74.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.4%domestic only80.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Witness's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Witness as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000048% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Witness0.000026% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Witness over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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