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59th Medical Wing

In research, 59th Medical Wing stands highest in Medicine (#11,799 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#13,491 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,864
of 28,054 · #20,687 all time
Rank in United States
#3,412
of 4,192
Research works
534
▼ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.5k
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is 59th Medical Wing 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
MedicineField #11,799 of 17,978 12.3%232
Health SciencesDomain #13,491 of 20,462 12.8%280

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where 59th Medical Wing 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: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.57× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.33× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.66× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.69× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.76× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.41× its world share, 44 worksMedicineNursing: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.72× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at 59th Medical Wing?

Ranked on the composite score, Heung-Chul Kim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is 59th Medical Wing.

  1. 1 Heung-Chul Kim United States · #1,135,648 worldwide 45 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at 59th Medical Wing

Which keywords describe research at 59th Medical Wing?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Resuscitation, Sepsis, Cancer Risk, Trauma, Hemorrhage, Occupational Exposure and Physical Fitness.

▲ 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. Epidemiology11▲ 3.0×51 topics
  2. Resuscitation6▲ 47×4 topics
  3. Sepsis5▲ 31×4 topics
  4. Cancer Risk5▲ 23×3 topics
  5. COVID-195▲ 3.5×10 topics
  6. Trauma4▲ 24×3 topics
  7. Hemorrhage4▲ 69×2 topics
  8. Occupational Exposure4▲ 72×2 topics
  9. Physical Fitness4▲ 28×2 topics
  10. Coagulopathy4▲ 50×1 topic
  11. Glycocalyx4▲ 158×1 topic
  12. Emergency Responders4▲ 221×1 topic
  13. Firefighters4▲ 221×1 topic
  14. Management3▲ 4.6×12 topics
  15. Public Health3▲ 2.5×14 topics
  16. Mortality3▲ 5.9×5 topics
  17. Quality Improvement3▲ 17×4 topics
  18. Health Outcomes3▲ 12×2 topics
  19. Transportation3▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Injury Severity3▲ 38×1 topic
  21. SARS-CoV-23▲ 9.5×5 topics
  22. Trauma Center3▲ 75×1 topic
  23. Risk Factors2▲ 2.4×13 topics
  24. Critical Care2▲ 11×8 topics
  25. Healthcare Workers2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  26. Infectious Diseases2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  27. Pathophysiology2▲ 7.4×6 topics
  28. Ethical Considerations2▲ 5.8×6 topics
  29. Blood Transfusion2▲ 45×3 topics
  30. Hypothermia2▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Cardiac Arrest2▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Medical Education2▲ 6.9×6 topics
  33. Out-of-Hospital2▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Cerebral Blood Flow2▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Disaster Response2▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Resource Allocation2▲ 9.3×2 topics
  37. Chronic Disease Management1▲ 7.5×3 topics
  38. Emergency Preparedness1▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Telemedicine1▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Triage1▲ 37×1 topic

Which research topics does 59th Medical Wing publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation, Occupational Health and Performance, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation.

Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 4 fractional worksOccupational Health and Performance: 4 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…2Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksDisaster Response and Ma…1Disaster Response and Management: 1 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehea…1Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 1 fractional worksMedical History and Innovations: 1 fractional worksManagement and Optimization Techniques: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 1 fractional works
Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineOccupational TherapyEmergency MedicineEmergency Medical Services5 others

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

  1. 1 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 4 works
  3. 3 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  6. 6 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Medical History and Innovations History 1 works
  8. 8 Management and Optimization Techniques Strategy and Management 1 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 1 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 available40.6%not open59.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.8%domestic only81.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has 59th Medical Wing's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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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