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World University Service

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Research works
8
▼ 100% vs 2018-21
Citations
12
1.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
World University Service

Not ranked overall: World University Service 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 World University Service work in?

In all years, 64% of research at World University Service is in Social Sciences, 24% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (60%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%), Health Professions (12%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 5 fractional works · 64.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 60.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 37.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 9.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 6.0% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 23.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 11.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 11.9% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 11.9% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 11.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 11.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 11.9% of its workALL ITS WORKWorld UniversityService8fractional works, all years
Life Sciences12%Health Sciences24%Social Sciences64%

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 3 domains and 5 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences560.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities03.9%
    1. Health Professions111.9%
    2. Medicine111.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences111.9%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Who are the top researchers at World University Service?

Ranked on the quality score, Julia Mai-Anh Boger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is World University Service.

  1. 1 Julia Mai-Anh Boger Germany · #3,339,938 worldwide 44 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at World University Service

What are the most cited papers from World University Service?

The most cited paper from World University Service is "Refugees and hunger in Eastern Sudan" (Tina Wallace, 1985), with 5 citations. Next come "African Universities as Employers of Returning Graduates from Germany: The Example of Ghana and Cameroon" (2) and "NGOs and public policy reform: Lessons from Peru" (2).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Refugees and hunger in Eastern Sudan Tina Wallace · Review of African Political Economy Open access Aug 1985 5
2 African Universities as Employers of Returning Graduates from Germany: The Example of Ghana and Cameroon Julia Mai-Anh Boger · Knowledge and space Book chapterOpen access 2018 2
3 NGOs and public policy reform: Lessons from Peru Elsa L. Dawson · Journal of International Development Jul 1993 2
4 The evolution of the national security state: The case of Guatemala J. Patrice McSherry · Socialism and Democracy 1990 1
5 Food Safety, Defense, and Microbiology Fritz K. Käferstein · Elsevier eBooks Book chapter 30 Nov 2015 0
All 6 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does World University Service publish most on?

By volume: Canadian Identity and History, Food Safety and Hygiene, Social and Demographic Issues in Germany and Social Policies and Healthcare Reform.

Canadian Identity and Hi…2Canadian Identity and History: 2 fractional worksFood Safety and Hygiene: 1 fractional worksSocial and Demographic Issues in Germany: 0 fractional worksSocial Policies and Healthcare Reform: 0 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dynamics: 0 fractional worksHistorical and Contemporary Political Dynamics: 0 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 0 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 0 fractional worksGastroesophageal reflux and treatments: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceFood ScienceGeneral Health ProfessionsPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Canadian Identity and History Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  2. 2 Food Safety and Hygiene Food Science 1 works
  3. 3 Social and Demographic Issues in Germany General Health Professions 0 works
  4. 4 Social Policies and Healthcare Reform General Health Professions 0 works
  5. 5 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics History 0 works
  8. 8 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  10. 10 Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments Gastroenterology 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 available30.8%not open69.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has World University Service's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 100% 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 World University Service as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000027% in 2015.

0.00050%0.0010%World University Service0.000024% in 20181980199020002010

Fractional works of World University Service over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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