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Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

In research, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services stands highest in Health Sciences (#17,712 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#34,363
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,307
of 8,685
Research works
297
▼ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.3k
24.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Alaska Department of Health and Social Services 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 #17,712 of 20,462 15.2%166

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Alaska Department of Health and Social Services 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: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.32× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 2.47× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.46× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 14.33× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.95× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.15× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksNursingPsychology: 2.98× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 14.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Alaska Department of Health and Social Services?

Ranked on the composite score, John P. Middaugh and Joseph McLaughlin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.

  1. 1 John P. Middaugh United States · #769,157 worldwide 37 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Joseph McLaughlin United States · #1,008,890 worldwide 15 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

Which keywords describe research at Alaska Department of Health and Social Services?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Public Health, Vulnerability, Mental Health, Food Security, Arctic Indigenous Peoples and Traditional Knowledge.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology55▲ 4.6×67 topics
  2. Climate Change34▲ 4.3×27 topics
  3. Public Health26▲ 6.3×34 topics
  4. Mental Health21▲ 6.4×18 topics
  5. Vulnerability21▲ 43×4 topics
  6. Food Security19▲ 16×2 topics
  7. Arctic Indigenous Peoples19▲ 318×1 topic
  8. Traditional Knowledge19▲ 147×1 topic
  9. Risk Factors16▲ 5.3×16 topics
  10. Psychiatric Disorders14▲ 32×4 topics
  11. Pathogenesis14▲ 8.5×16 topics
  12. Treatment12▲ 3.2×16 topics
  13. Vaccine12▲ 9.8×10 topics
  14. Diagnosis10▲ 3.3×12 topics
  15. Resilience9▲ 8.1×5 topics
  16. Global Burden9▲ 5.4×9 topics
  17. Health Effects8▲ 4.2×13 topics
  18. Risk Perception7▲ 13×6 topics
  19. Health Outcomes7▲ 11×4 topics
  20. Immune Response7▲ 3.9×11 topics
  21. Mortality7▲ 4.8×6 topics
  22. Global Burden of Disease7▲ 12×4 topics
  23. Invasive Species7▲ 4.0×8 topics
  24. Quality Improvement7▲ 11×5 topics
  25. Health Consequences6▲ 11×2 topics
  26. Adverse Experiences6▲ 56×1 topic
  27. Childhood Trauma6▲ 31×1 topic
  28. Food Safety6▲ 7.4×8 topics
  29. Cognitive Impairment6▲ 8.4×5 topics
  30. Prevention6▲ 4.9×7 topics
  31. Antimicrobial Resistance6▲ 7.6×6 topics
  32. Child Development6▲ 6.4×5 topics
  33. Infection5▲ 6.5×4 topics
  34. Cancer Risk5▲ 6.9×4 topics
  35. Infectious Diseases5▲ 7.1×6 topics
  36. Injury Severity5▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Molecular Phylogeny5▲ 8.2×5 topics
  38. Health Equity5▲ 8.7×4 topics
  39. Social Determinants5▲ 8.3×4 topics
  40. Substance Use Disorders5▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Alaska Department of Health and Social Services publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child Abuse and Trauma, Dental Health and Care Utilization, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum and Halal products and consumer behavior.

Child Abuse and Trauma1Child Abuse and Trauma: 1 fractional worksDental Health and Care U…0Dental Health and Care Utilization: 0 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 0 fractional worksHalal products and consu…0Halal products and consumer behavior: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…0COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 0 fractional worksPublic Health Policies and Education: 0 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 0 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…0Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksPrenatal Substance Exposure Effects: 0 fractional worksOral microbiology and periodontitis research: 0 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyPeriodonticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 1 works
  2. 2 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 0 works
  3. 3 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  4. 4 Halal products and consumer behavior Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 0 works
  6. 6 Public Health Policies and Education General Health Professions 0 works
  7. 7 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 0 works
  8. 8 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 0 works
  9. 9 Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  10. 10 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 0 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 available30.3%not open69.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.2%domestic only94.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Alaska Department of Health and Social Services's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% 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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