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World Vision

In research, World Vision stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,075 of 14,833 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,653 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,629
of 22,385 · #12,359 all time
Rank in United States
#1,622
of 3,332
Research works
539
▲ 113% vs 2018-21
Citations
6k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
World Vision

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 #7,075 of 14,833 8.4%224
Health SciencesDomain #10,653 of 16,688 8.9%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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does World Vision work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research at World Vision is in Social Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Medicine (22%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 64 fractional works · 37.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 41 fractional works · 24.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 5.4% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 52 fractional works · 30.4% of its workMedicine: 38 fractional works · 22.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOphthalmology: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 38 fractional works · 22.0% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 10.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 10.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWorld Vision170fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences37%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4124.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities74.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance63.6%
    4. Psychology52.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting42.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine3822.4%
    2. Health Professions95.1%
    3. Nursing42.4%
    4. Dentistry10.5%
    1. Computer Science1710.0%
    2. Environmental Science84.9%
    3. Engineering74.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.8%
    6. Chemistry10.7%
    7. Mathematics10.4%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences95.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.9%
    3. Neuroscience31.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.29× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.93× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.16× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 4.95× its world share, 4 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.49× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.67× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 41 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.95×4 works
  2. Health Professions1.93×9 works
  3. Social Sciences1.92×41 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.67×6 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.49×7 works
  6. Computer Science1.29×17 works
  7. Medicine1.16×38 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.13×9 works
  9. Dentistry1.04×1 works
  10. Neuroscience1.02×3 works
  11. Environmental Science0.98×8 works
  12. Psychology0.89×5 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.70×4 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.54×5 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.54×1 works
  16. Chemistry0.43×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.36×1 works
  18. Mathematics0.32×1 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.29×0 works
  20. Engineering0.29×7 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.28×0 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.13×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at World Vision?

Ranked on the quality score, James Benjamin Tidwell, Erica Wetzler and Bridget A. Aidam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is World Vision.

  1. 1 James Benjamin Tidwell United States · #1,099,699 worldwide 861 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Erica Wetzler United States · #1,766,134 worldwide 303 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Bridget A. Aidam United States · #2,236,659 worldwide 499 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Alfonso C. Rosales United States · #3,668,078 worldwide 490 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 正憲 小島 United States · #4,859,224 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Mélanie Lantagne Lopez United States · #4,920,298 worldwide 163 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at World Vision

What are the most cited papers from World Vision?

The most cited paper from World Vision is "Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression in Rural Uganda" (Paul A. Bolton, Judith Bass, Richard Neugebauer et al., 2003), with 638 citations. Next come "A Food-Based Approach Introducing Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potatoes Increased Vitamin A Intake and Serum Retinol Concentrations in Young Children in Rural Mozambique ,3" (569) and "Climate‐Smart Landscapes: Opportunities and Challenges for Integrating Adaptation and Mitigation in Tropical Agriculture" (412).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression in Rural Uganda Paul A. Bolton, Judith Bass, Richard Neugebauer et al. · JAMA 18 Jun 2003 638
2 A Food-Based Approach Introducing Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potatoes Increased Vitamin A Intake and Serum Retinol Concentrations in Young Children in Rural Mozambique ,3 Jan W. Low, Mary Arimond, Nadia Nour Osman et al. · Journal of Nutrition Open access May 2007 569
3 Climate‐Smart Landscapes: Opportunities and Challenges for Integrating Adaptation and Mitigation in Tropical Agriculture Célia A. Harvey et al. · Conservation Letters Open access 11 Oct 2013 412
4 Effectiveness of a brief behavioural intervention on psychological distress among women with a history of gender-based violence in urban Kenya: A randomised clinical trial Richard Allan Bryant, Alison Schafer, Katie S Dawson et al. · PLoS Medicine Open access 15 Aug 2017 349
5 Adoption, use and perception of Australian acacias around the world Christian A. Kull, Charlie M. Shackleton, Peter J. Cunningham et al. · Diversity and Distributions Open access 8 Aug 2011 245
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at World Vision?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: International Law, Globalization, Civil Society, Human Rights, Child Development, Community Health Workers, Development and Wound Healing.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology9▲ 1.36×30 topics
  2. Globalization9▲ 2.6×21 topics
  3. Deep Learning8▲ 1.41×26 topics
  4. Climate Change7▲ 1.52×23 topics
  5. International Law6▲ 12×7 topics
  6. Human Rights6▲ 3.6×13 topics
  7. Mental Health5▲ 2.1×14 topics
  8. Public Health5▲ 2.1×15 topics
  9. COVID-195▲ 2.3×16 topics
  10. Civil Society5▲ 26×4 topics
  11. Innovation5▲ 2.8×10 topics
  12. Child Development4▲ 6.5×4 topics
  13. Development4▲ 6.8×6 topics
  14. Community Health Workers4▲ 26×2 topics
  15. Ethics4▲ 4.4×10 topics
  16. Maternal and Child Undernutrition4▲ 27×1 topic
  17. Water Sanitation Hygiene4▲ 27×1 topic
  18. Wound Healing4▲ 8.4×6 topics
  19. International Relations4▲ 8.6×5 topics
  20. Global Governance4▲ 8.5×6 topics
  21. Food Insecurity3▲ 35×2 topics
  22. Intraocular Pressure3▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Maternal Mortality3▲ 9.0×2 topics
  24. Religion3▲ 4.3×3 topics
  25. Child Mortality3▲ 26×1 topic
  26. Health Systems3▲ 26×1 topic
  27. Glaucoma3▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Information Warfare3▲ 49×2 topics
  29. NGOs3▲ 17×3 topics
  30. Conflict3▲ 9.9×4 topics
  31. Cultural Sustainability3▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Macular Degeneration3▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Humanitarianism3▲ 25×2 topics
  34. International Aid3▲ 33×2 topics
  35. Optical Coherence Tomography3▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Poverty Reduction3▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Public-Private Partnerships3▲ 20×3 topics
  38. Faith-Based Organizations2▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Social Services2▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Constitutional Law2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does World Vision publish most on?

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

Child Nutrition and Wate…4Child Nutrition and Water Access: 4 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 worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 2 fractional worksNuclear Issues and Defense: 2 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Trea…2Corneal Surgery and Treatments: 2 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 2 fractional worksCybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies: 2 fractional worksOpen Education and E-Lea…2Open Education and E-Learning: 2 fractional works
Nutrition and DieteticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSociology and Political ScienceLaw4 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 4 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 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  6. 6 Nuclear Issues and Defense Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  7. 7 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  8. 8 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 2 works
  9. 9 Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  10. 10 Open Education and E-Learning Computer Science Applications 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has World Vision's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 113% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is World Vision as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00078% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%World Vision0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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