Think Tank Alert

Total Score

tiny icon of orf ORF (Observer Research Foundation) has a total TTA Score of 18.50 points.

This score is the sum of four sub-metrics, as detailed in the following.

Interlinkages

Backlinks to recent articles

tiny icon of idsa IDSA cited recent articles of ORF in 6 of its own reports (+3 points for ORF).
tiny icon of aiia AIIA did so 3 times (+1.5 points for ORF).
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil Atlantic Council did so 2 times (+1 point for ORF).
tiny icon of rand RAND did so 1 time (+0.5 points for ORF).
tiny icon of rsis RSIS did so 1 time (+0.5 points for ORF).

tiny icon of orf ORF (Observer Research Foundation) thus obtained 6.50 points in this sub-metric of recent backlinks in think tank interlinkages.

Other backlinks

tiny icon of idsa IDSA linked to ORF (to sites other than recent articles) in 38 of its reports (+1 point for ORF).
tiny icon of ceip CEIP did so 17 times (+1 point for ORF).
tiny icon of atlanticcouncil Atlantic Council did so 15 times (+1 point for ORF).
tiny icon of csis CSIS did so 10 times (+1 point for ORF).
tiny icon of cfr CFR did so 7 times (+0.7 points for ORF).
tiny icon of aiia AIIA did so 6 times (+0.6 points for ORF).
tiny icon of rsis RSIS did so 6 times (+0.6 points for ORF).
tiny icon of rand RAND did so 4 times (+0.4 points for ORF).
tiny icon of rusi RUSI did so 4 times (+0.4 points for ORF).
tiny icon of wilson Wilson Center did so 3 times (+0.3 points for ORF).
tiny icon of eai EAI did so 3 times (+0.3 points for ORF).
tiny icon of oiip OIIP did so 3 times (+0.3 points for ORF).
tiny icon of iai IAI did so 2 times (+0.2 points for ORF).
tiny icon of pcns PCNS did so 2 times (+0.2 points for ORF).
tiny icon of brookings Brookings did so 2 times (+0.2 points for ORF).
tiny icon of gmf GMF did so 1 time (+0.1 points for ORF).
tiny icon of cidob CIDOB did so 1 time (+0.1 points for ORF).
tiny icon of heritage Heritage Foundation did so 1 time (+0.1 points for ORF).
tiny icon of ifri Ifri did so 1 time (+0.1 points for ORF).
tiny icon of dgap DGAP did so 1 time (+0.1 points for ORF).
tiny icon of saiia SAIIA did so 1 time (+0.1 points for ORF).

tiny icon of '.$r['img'].' ORF (Observer Research Foundation) thus obtained 8.80 points in this sub-metric of other backlinks in think tank interlinkages.

Scientific Metrics

Two-Year Mean Citedness

The two-year mean citedness (or impact factor) of ORF is 0.90. The source for this data is OpenAlex (API-Link here), based on this think tank's ROR ID (i.e., 0228dbh09).

H-Index

The H-Index of ORF is 23, with a tenth of it (or 2.30 points) being added to the total score. The source for this data is likewise OpenAlex.

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