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World Vision

In research, World Vision stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,584 of 16,945 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#16,747 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,987
of 28,054 · #23,844 all time
Rank in United States
#3,919
of 4,192
Research works
539
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
6k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is World Vision known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #11,584 of 16,945 13.9%224
Health SciencesDomain #16,747 of 20,462 12.3%176

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where World Vision 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: 1.13× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.08× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.12× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.08× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.94× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 4.94× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.84× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.00× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.17× its world share, 37 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at World Vision?

Ranked on the composite score, Kay Fisher lead among researchers whose main affiliation is World Vision.

  1. 1 Kay Fisher United States · #1,283,078 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at World Vision

Which keywords describe research at World Vision?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: International Law, Civil Society, Globalization, Human Rights, Development, Global Governance, Food Insecurity and Ethics.

▲ 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. Globalization8▲ 2.9×18 topics
  2. International Law6▲ 16×7 topics
  3. Human Rights6▲ 4.3×11 topics
  4. Climate Change5▲ 1.47×19 topics
  5. Mental Health5▲ 2.5×13 topics
  6. Civil Society5▲ 33×4 topics
  7. Public Health5▲ 2.5×13 topics
  8. Innovation4▲ 2.9×10 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence4▲ 2.2×12 topics
  10. Development4▲ 8.7×6 topics
  11. Ethics4▲ 5.7×9 topics
  12. Child Development4▲ 6.2×3 topics
  13. Global Governance4▲ 11×6 topics
  14. Religion3▲ 5.3×3 topics
  15. Food Insecurity3▲ 41×2 topics
  16. Community Health Workers3▲ 27×2 topics
  17. Maternal and Child Undernutrition3▲ 27×1 topic
  18. Water Sanitation Hygiene3▲ 27×1 topic
  19. International Relations3▲ 8.8×4 topics
  20. Information Warfare3▲ 66×2 topics
  21. Maternal Mortality3▲ 9.4×2 topics
  22. NGOs3▲ 20×3 topics
  23. Wound Healing3▲ 7.8×4 topics
  24. Cultural Sustainability3▲ 35×2 topics
  25. Child Mortality3▲ 27×1 topic
  26. Conflict3▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Health Systems3▲ 27×1 topic
  28. Humanitarianism3▲ 31×2 topics
  29. International Aid3▲ 39×2 topics
  30. Poverty Reduction3▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Faith-Based Organizations2▲ 58×1 topic
  32. Social Services2▲ 41×1 topic
  33. Constitutional Law2▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Intraocular Pressure2▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Judicial Procedures2▲ 1801×1 topic
  36. Latin America2▲ 8.7×3 topics
  37. Legal Systems2▲ 1801×1 topic
  38. Public-Private Partnerships2▲ 23×3 topics
  39. Quality Assurance2▲ 9.8×2 topics
  40. Russia2▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does World Vision publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child Nutrition and Water Access, Global Maternal and Child Health, Religion, Society, and Development and Evolving Legal Systems and Governance.

Child Nutrition and Wate…3Child Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…3Global Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional worksReligion, Society, and D…2Religion, Society, and Development: 2 fractional worksEvolving Legal Systems a…2Evolving Legal Systems and Governance: 2 fractional worksNuclear Issues and Defense: 2 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 2 fractional worksCybersecurity and Cyber …2Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies: 2 fractional worksOpen Education and E-Learning: 2 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 2 fractional worksSemantic Web and Ontolog…2Semantic Web and Ontologies: 2 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSociology and Political ScienceLaw5 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  3. 3 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Evolving Legal Systems and Governance Law 2 works
  5. 5 Nuclear Issues and Defense Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 2 works
  7. 7 Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Open Education and E-Learning Computer Science Applications 2 works
  9. 9 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  10. 10 Semantic Web and Ontologies Artificial Intelligence 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 available53.5%not open46.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.0%domestic only58.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has World Vision's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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