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Allegheny County

In research, Allegheny County stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,918 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,220 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,727
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,245
of 7,310
Research works
374
▲ 92% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.3k
22.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Allegheny County

What is Allegheny County 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 #9,918 of 16,688 7.8%163
MedicineField #9,220 of 14,558 7.8%126

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Allegheny County 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 Allegheny County work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Allegheny County is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (38%), Medicine (20%), Psychology (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 54.2% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 38.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 8.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 6.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 26.6% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 19.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 15.0% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 10.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAllegheny County37fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences15%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1438.3%
    2. Materials Science26.3%
    3. Environmental Science25.9%
    4. Computer Science12.3%
    5. Energy00.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Medicine719.6%
    2. Health Professions36.8%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Psychology410.1%
    2. Social Sciences13.5%
    3. Decision Sciences01.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.5%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.3%
    3. Neuroscience01.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.82× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.56× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.80× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.58× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.02× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.31× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.82×0 works
  2. Psychology3.31×4 works
  3. Health Professions2.58×2 works
  4. Engineering2.56×14 works
  5. Materials Science1.80×2 works
  6. Environmental Science1.20×2 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.08×0 works
  8. Medicine1.02×7 works
  9. Energy0.98×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.60×0 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.45×0 works
  12. Nursing0.37×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.30×1 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×1 works
  15. Social Sciences0.27×1 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Allegheny County?

Ranked on the quality score, Grace Moritz, Joshua A. Perper and LISA BALACH lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Allegheny County.

  1. 1 Grace Moritz United States · #307,185 worldwide 3.1k citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Joshua A. Perper United States · #572,829 worldwide 6.3k citations · 118 works
  3. 3 LISA BALACH United States · #614,852 worldwide 5.4k citations · 17 works
  4. 4 JOY SCHWEERS United States · #725,425 worldwide 2.5k citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Claudia Roth United States · #942,189 worldwide 5.3k citations · 135 works
  6. 6 Samuel W. Hamilton United States · #2,484,133 worldwide 220 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Karl E. Williams United States · #3,259,087 worldwide 541 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Margaret E. Rich United States · #3,508,463 worldwide 37 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Bruce W. Dixon United States · #3,523,386 worldwide 527 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Robert M. Huston United States · #3,601,833 worldwide 103 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Allegheny County

What are the most cited papers from Allegheny County?

The most cited paper from Allegheny County is "β-Defensins: Linking Innate and Adaptive Immunity Through Dendritic and T Cell CCR6" (De Yang, Oleg Chertov, Svetlana N. Bykovskaia et al., 1999), with 1,814 citations. Next come "Psychiatric Risk Factors for Adolescent Suicide: A Case-Control Study" (882) and "Barriers to health care for undocumented immigrants: a literature review" (644).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 β-Defensins: Linking Innate and Adaptive Immunity Through Dendritic and T Cell CCR6 De Yang, Oleg Chertov, Svetlana N. Bykovskaia et al. · Science 15 Oct 1999 1,814
2 Psychiatric Risk Factors for Adolescent Suicide: A Case-Control Study David A. Brent, Joshua A. Perper, GRACE MORITZ et al. · Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry May 1993 882
3 Barriers to health care for undocumented immigrants: a literature review Karen Ann Hacker, Maria Elise Anies, Barbara L. Folb et al. · Risk Management and Healthcare Policy Open access Oct 2015 644
4 Clinical Practice Guideline Revision: Management of Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn Infant 35 or More Weeks of Gestation Alex R. Kemper, Thomas B. Newman, Jonathan L. Slaughter et al. · PEDIATRICS 4 Aug 2022 568
5 Bacterial Vaginosis Is a Strong Predictor of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis Infection Harold C. Wiesenfeld, Sharon L. Hillier, Marijane A. Krohn et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Mar 2003 547
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Allegheny County?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Artificial Lift Systems, Fault Diagnosis, Thermodynamic Modeling, Cryogenic Storage, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Microstructural Evolution and Finite Element Analysis.

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

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology2▲ 1.71×21 topics
  2. Mental Health2▲ 4.0×10 topics
  3. Machine Learning2▲ 1.39×3 topics
  4. Artificial Lift Systems2▲ 147×1 topic
  5. Fault Diagnosis2▲ 28×1 topic
  6. Public Health1▲ 2.6×10 topics
  7. Thermodynamic Modeling1▲ 33×2 topics
  8. Cryogenic Storage1▲ 132×1 topic
  9. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)1▲ 132×1 topic
  10. Microstructural Evolution1▲ 25×2 topics
  11. Depression1▲ 3.8×4 topics
  12. Finite Element Analysis1▲ 14×2 topics
  13. Optimization1▲ 7.0×3 topics
  14. Aerospace Applications1▲ 28×2 topics
  15. Assembly Planning1▲ 39×1 topic
  16. Control1▲ 21×1 topic
  17. Design for Manufacture1▲ 39×1 topic
  18. Dynamic Recrystallization1▲ 70×1 topic
  19. Hot Deformation1▲ 70×1 topic
  20. Hydraulic Systems1▲ 48×1 topic
  21. Polymer Electrolyte Membranes1▲ 38×1 topic
  22. Proton Exchange Membranes1▲ 38×1 topic

Which research topics does Allegheny County publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Oil and Gas Production Techniques, Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies, Metallurgy and Material Forming and Manufacturing Process and Optimization.

Oil and Gas Production T…2Oil and Gas Production Techniques: 2 fractional worksSpacecraft and Cryogenic…1Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies: 1 fractional worksMetallurgy and Material Forming: 1 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 1 fractional worksFuel Cells and Related Materials: 1 fractional worksHydraulic and Pneumatic Systems: 1 fractional worksEngineering Diagnostics and Reliability: 1 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear techno…1Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 1 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivity studies: 1 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 1 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringAerospace EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Metallurgy and Material Forming Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  4. 4 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Engineering Diagnostics and Reliability Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  8. 8 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 1 works
  9. 9 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  10. 10 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 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 available23.1%not open76.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.5%domestic only94.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Allegheny County's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 92% higher 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 Allegheny County as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000086% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Allegheny County0.000073% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Allegheny County over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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