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Abt Global (United States)

In research, Abt Global (United States) stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,146 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#2,432 of 14,558 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,659 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,944
of 22,385 · #2,910 all time
Rank in United States
#1,816
of 3,332
Research works
1.4k
▼ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
56k
39.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Abt Global (United States)

What is Abt Global (United States) 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,146 of 16,688 15.2%506
MedicineField #2,432 of 14,558 16.6%323
Social SciencesDomain #2,659 of 14,833 13.3%433
Physical SciencesDomain #4,449 of 17,446 7.6%398
Health ProfessionsField #995 of 3,315 13.1%168
Social SciencesField #2,817 of 9,330 12.5%172
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #1,048 of 3,142 16.8%125
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #670 of 1,886 12.4%132
EngineeringField #3,487 of 9,532 6.2%177

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Abt Global (United States) 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 Abt Global (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Abt Global (United States) is in Health Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (28%), Health Professions (17%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 44 fractional works · 45.0% of its workMedicine: 27 fractional works · 27.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 16.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 14 fractional works · 14.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 30.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 6.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 5.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 18.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 6.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAbt Global(United States)98fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences45%Social Sciences31%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2727.9%
    2. Health Professions1616.5%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences1010.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance77.3%
    3. Psychology65.9%
    4. Decision Sciences54.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities11.0%
    1. Environmental Science66.1%
    2. Engineering44.6%
    3. Mathematics43.7%
    4. Computer Science21.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.4%
    6. Materials Science10.6%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.5%
    3. Neuroscience10.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.23× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.12× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.26× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.45× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.79× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.41× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.92× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions6.26×16 works
  2. Decision Sciences4.79×4 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.41×7 works
  4. Mathematics3.12×4 works
  5. Psychology1.92×6 works
  6. Medicine1.45×27 works
  7. Environmental Science1.23×6 works
  8. Nursing1.17×1 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.88×1 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.83×1 works
  11. Social Sciences0.83×10 works
  12. Neuroscience0.57×1 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.46×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.44×2 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.41×1 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.35×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×1 works
  18. Engineering0.30×4 works
  19. Computer Science0.24×2 works
  20. Materials Science0.16×1 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.16×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  23. Dentistry0.06×0 works
  24. Energy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Abt Global (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Sarah W. Ball, Donald R. Korb and Lauren E.W. Olsho lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Abt Global (United States).

  1. 1 Sarah W. Ball United States · #183,051 worldwide 3.1k citations · 64 works
  2. 2 Donald R. Korb United States · #388,058 worldwide 8.1k citations · 140 works
  3. 3 Lauren E.W. Olsho United States · #414,797 worldwide 3.6k citations · 80 works
  4. 4 Chris Leo Pashos United States · #419,605 worldwide 10k citations · 187 works
  5. 5 Laura Edwards United States · #469,640 worldwide 2.2k citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Elena Y. Besedin United States · #598,064 worldwide 1.2k citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Sara M. A. Donahue United States · #599,889 worldwide 1.7k citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Sarah J. Shoemaker United States · #669,266 worldwide 2.7k citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Laurel E. Hatt United States · #711,970 worldwide 1.7k citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Louise S. Hadden United States · #741,572 worldwide 2k citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at Abt Global (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Abt Global (United States)?

The most cited paper from Abt Global (United States) is "Fiber Bragg grating technology fundamentals and overview" (K. O. Hill, G. Meltz, 1997), with 3,060 citations. Next come "Nurse-Staffing Levels and the Quality of Care in Hospitals" (2,261) and "Sexual abuse in a national survey of adult men and women: Prevalence, characteristics, and risk factors" (1,780).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fiber Bragg grating technology fundamentals and overview K. O. Hill, G. Meltz · Journal of Lightwave Technology 1997 3,060
2 Nurse-Staffing Levels and the Quality of Care in Hospitals Jack Needleman, Peter I. Buerhaus, Soeren Mattke et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 30 May 2002 2,261
3 Sexual abuse in a national survey of adult men and women: Prevalence, characteristics, and risk factors David Finkelhor, Gerald T. Hotaling, I. A. LEWIS et al. · Child Abuse & Neglect 1990 1,780
4 The role of pictures in improving health communication: A review of research on attention, comprehension, recall, and adherence Peter S. Houts, Cecilia Conrath Doak, Leonard G. Doak et al. · Patient Education and Counseling 26 Aug 2005 1,634
5 Preliminary guidelines for empirical research in software engineering Barbara Ann Kitchenham, Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Lesley M. Pickard et al. · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering Open access Aug 2002 1,516
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Abt Global (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Epidemiology, Chronic Disease Management, Health Care Utilization, Behavior Change, Vaccine Development, Maternal Mortality and Health Inequalities.

▲ 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▲ 2.3×32 topics
  2. Primary Care6▲ 15×6 topics
  3. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 24×4 topics
  4. Health Care Utilization4▲ 37×3 topics
  5. Behavior Change4▲ 25×2 topics
  6. Public Health4▲ 2.6×20 topics
  7. Quality of Life4▲ 2.6×13 topics
  8. COVID-194▲ 2.8×13 topics
  9. Vaccine Development3▲ 13×3 topics
  10. Mental Health3▲ 2.2×12 topics
  11. Maternal Mortality3▲ 14×3 topics
  12. Social Support3▲ 5.8×7 topics
  13. Health Care Spending3▲ 74×1 topic
  14. Health Inequalities3▲ 24×3 topics
  15. Health System Reform3▲ 41×2 topics
  16. Insurance Markets3▲ 74×1 topic
  17. Concept Mapping3▲ 77×1 topic
  18. Ethical Considerations3▲ 8.1×6 topics
  19. Evidence-Based Practice3▲ 21×2 topics
  20. Theory-Based Evaluation3▲ 167×1 topic
  21. Health Outcomes3▲ 10.0×5 topics
  22. Qualitative Research3▲ 3.2×3 topics
  23. Quality Improvement3▲ 14×5 topics
  24. SARS-CoV-22▲ 8.4×6 topics
  25. Child Mortality2▲ 34×1 topic
  26. Health Systems2▲ 34×1 topic
  27. Healthcare Interventions2▲ 66×1 topic
  28. Implementation Science2▲ 66×1 topic
  29. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 7.5×6 topics
  30. Chronic Disease2▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Continuity of Care2▲ 41×1 topic
  32. Health Care Costs2▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Patient-Centered Medical Home2▲ 58×1 topic
  34. Quality of Care2▲ 23×2 topics
  35. End-of-Life2▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Long-Term Care2▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Palliative Care2▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Academic Achievement2▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Patient Engagement2▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Adherence2▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Abt Global (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Healthcare Policy and Management, Evaluation and Performance Assessment, Global Maternal and Child Health and Health Policy Implementation Science.

Healthcare Policy and Ma…3Healthcare Policy and Management: 3 fractional worksEvaluation and Performan…3Evaluation and Performance Assessment: 3 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…2Global Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementa…2Health Policy Implementation Science: 2 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 2 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Causal Inferenc…2Advanced Causal Inference Techniques: 2 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 2 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 1 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealt…1Mobile Health and mHealth Applications: 1 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsManagement Science and Operations ResearchPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health Professions2 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  2. 2 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 3 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  4. 4 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 2 works
  6. 6 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Advanced Causal Inference Techniques Statistics and Probability 2 works
  8. 8 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 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 available25.4%not open74.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.3%domestic only87.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Abt Global (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% 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 Abt Global (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00032% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Abt Global (United States)0.00015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Abt Global (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

10%20%30%Abt Global (United States)10.9% in 2023all institutions10.0% in 2023200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.2% in 2004.

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