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Alaska Native Medical Center

In research, Alaska Native Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,330 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,045 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#24,480
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,091
of 7,310
Research works
242
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
42.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Alaska Native Medical Center

What is Alaska Native Medical Center 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 #6,330 of 16,688 14.0%193
MedicineField #6,045 of 14,558 14.3%164

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Alaska Native Medical Center 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 Alaska Native Medical Center work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Alaska Native Medical Center is in Health Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (58%), Health Professions (16%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 22 fractional works · 74.2% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 57.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 16.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 9.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAlaska NativeMedical Center30fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences74%Social Sciences10%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1757.5%
    2. Health Professions516.1%
    3. Nursing00.6%
    1. Social Sciences25.7%
    2. Psychology12.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology26.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology01.3%
    4. Neuroscience00.4%
    1. Engineering12.0%
    2. Environmental Science01.7%
    3. Computer Science00.8%
    4. Mathematics00.7%
    5. Chemistry00.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
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: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 6.12× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.99× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions6.12×5 works
  2. Medicine2.99×17 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.26×0 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.18×2 works
  5. Nursing1.18×0 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.93×1 works
  7. Psychology0.82×1 works
  8. Mathematics0.62×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.45×2 works
  10. Environmental Science0.34×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.33×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.23×0 works
  14. Engineering0.14×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.10×0 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Alaska Native Medical Center?

Ranked on the quality score, David W. Templin, Brian A. Trimble and Joseph F. Wilson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alaska Native Medical Center.

  1. 1 David W. Templin United States · #1,500,263 worldwide 749 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Brian A. Trimble United States · #1,905,407 worldwide 955 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Joseph F. Wilson United States · #3,490,983 worldwide 1.9k citations · 74 works
  4. 4 John Kokesh United States · #3,680,144 worldwide 596 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Robert P. M. Werner United States · #4,616,445 worldwide 326 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Alaska Native Medical Center

What are the most cited papers from Alaska Native Medical Center?

The most cited paper from Alaska Native Medical Center is "Chronic hepatitis B" (Anna S. Lok, Brian J. McMahon, 2007), with 3,096 citations. Next come "Chronic hepatitis B: Update 2009 #" (2,851) and "Optic Disc Edema, Globe Flattening, Choroidal Folds, and Hyperopic Shifts Observed in Astronauts after Long-duration Space Flight" (758).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Chronic hepatitis B Anna S. Lok, Brian J. McMahon · Hepatology Open access 26 Jan 2007 3,096
2 Chronic hepatitis B: Update 2009 # Anna S. Lok, Brian J. McMahon · Hepatology Open access 28 Jul 2009 2,851
3 Optic Disc Edema, Globe Flattening, Choroidal Folds, and Hyperopic Shifts Observed in Astronauts after Long-duration Space Flight Thomas H. Mader, Charles Robert Gibson, Anastas F. Pass et al. · Ophthalmology 18 Aug 2011 758
4 The hypercoagulable state in COVID-19: Incidence, pathophysiology, and management Mouhamed Yazan Abou‐Ismail, Akiva Diamond, Sargam Kapoor et al. · Thrombosis Research Open access 20 Jun 2020 717
5 Chronic hepatitis B Anna S. F. Lok, Brian J. McMahon · Hepatology Open access Dec 2001 711
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Which keywords describe research at Alaska Native Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Workforce, Global Health, Physician Migration, Rural Health, Primary Care, Mortality, Epidemiology and Vulnerability.

▲ 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 11 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 11 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology2▲ 1.96×23 topics
  2. Global Health2▲ 40×2 topics
  3. Health Workforce2▲ 155×2 topics
  4. Physician Migration2▲ 189×1 topic
  5. Rural Health2▲ 189×1 topic
  6. Inflammation1▲ 2.2×10 topics
  7. Mortality1▲ 7.4×6 topics
  8. Primary Care1▲ 12×5 topics
  9. Climate Change1▲ 1.53×9 topics
  10. Diagnosis1▲ 3.6×10 topics
  11. Vulnerability1▲ 15×5 topics

Which research topics does Alaska Native Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Health Workforce Issues, Indigenous Studies and Ecology, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Anesthesia and Pain Management.

Global Health Workforce …2Global Health Workforce Issues: 2 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and E…1Indigenous Studies and Ecology: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …1Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 0 fractional worksCancer and Skin Lesions: 0 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 0 fractional worksColorectal and Anal Carcinomas: 0 fractional worksFolate and B Vitamins Re…0Folate and B Vitamins Research: 0 fractional worksCancer Cells and Metasta…0Cancer Cells and Metastasis: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Ma…0Healthcare Policy and Management: 0 fractional works
Emergency Medical ServicesGeneral Health ProfessionsCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  2. 2 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 1 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 0 works
  5. 5 Cancer and Skin Lesions Dermatology 0 works
  6. 6 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Folate and B Vitamins Research Rheumatology 0 works
  9. 9 Cancer Cells and Metastasis Oncology 0 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 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 available29.5%not open70.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Alaska Native Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Alaska Native Medical Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Alaska Native Medical Center0.000086% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Alaska Native Medical Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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