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Alzheimer's Association

In research, Alzheimer's Association stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,580 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,717 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychiatry and Mental health and General Health Professions — Psychiatry and Mental health is 35.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,207
of 28,054 · #14,279 all time
Rank in United States
#1,521
of 4,192
Research works
677
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
27.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Alzheimer's Association known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #7,580 of 11,982 17.2%117 #8847
MedicineField #6,717 of 10,443 19.4%85 #7628

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Alzheimer's Association 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).

What does Alzheimer's Association specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychiatry and Mental health takes 35.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 34.1 works35×
  2. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 27.3 works10×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.26× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 6.42× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.12× its world share, 32 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.25× its world share, 85 worksMedicineNursing: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.17× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Alzheimer's Association?

Ranked on the composite score, María C. Carrillo, Heather M. Snyder and Marı́a C. Carrillo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alzheimer's Association.

  1. 1 María C. Carrillo United States · #6,511 worldwide 1.3k citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Heather M. Snyder United States · #67,447 worldwide 353 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Marı́a C. Carrillo United States · #168,929 worldwide 366 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Françoise Taillens United States · #715,113 worldwide 0 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Napatkamon Ayutyanont United States · #738,534 worldwide 23 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Dharma Singh Khalsa United States · #741,373 worldwide 61 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Xiaofen Liu United States · #1,120,923 worldwide 23 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Lisa J. Bain United States · #1,322,279 worldwide 6 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Alzheimer's Association

Which keywords describe research at Alzheimer's Association?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Aging, Biomarkers, Alzheimer's Disease, Caregiver Burden, Neuroimaging, Cognitive Training, Cognitive Decline and Dementia.

▲ 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. Aging40▲ 38×13 topics
  2. Biomarkers40▲ 30×10 topics
  3. Alzheimer's Disease36▲ 65×7 topics
  4. Caregiver Burden35▲ 163×3 topics
  5. Neuroimaging35▲ 66×7 topics
  6. Cognitive Training33▲ 187×2 topics
  7. Cognitive Decline33▲ 140×2 topics
  8. Dementia33▲ 179×1 topic
  9. Mild Cognitive Impairment33▲ 200×1 topic
  10. Oxidative Stress19▲ 5.9×15 topics
  11. Quality of Life16▲ 5.5×26 topics
  12. Neuroinflammation15▲ 28×5 topics
  13. Public Health15▲ 5.3×19 topics
  14. Neurodegeneration14▲ 23×6 topics
  15. Epidemiology13▲ 1.68×26 topics
  16. Amyloid Hypothesis11▲ 97×1 topic
  17. Long-Term Care11▲ 75×2 topics
  18. Tau Pathology11▲ 97×1 topic
  19. Social Support10▲ 9.6×12 topics
  20. Nursing Home9▲ 122×1 topic
  21. Quality of Care9▲ 56×1 topic
  22. Genetics8▲ 6.0×9 topics
  23. Health8▲ 9.5×5 topics
  24. Environmental Exposure7▲ 32×1 topic
  25. Exposome7▲ 101×1 topic
  26. Neurological Disorders7▲ 6.0×14 topics
  27. Depression6▲ 3.7×12 topics
  28. Mortality Risk5▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Health Equity5▲ 9.9×3 topics
  30. Health Promotion5▲ 8.4×7 topics
  31. Health Disparities5▲ 9.1×4 topics
  32. Palliative Care5▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Systematic Review5▲ 47×2 topics
  34. Patient Engagement5▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Public Involvement4▲ 83×1 topic
  36. Recovery Model4▲ 83×1 topic
  37. Schizophrenia4▲ 20×4 topics
  38. Neurobiology4▲ 8.3×8 topics
  39. Social Relationships4▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Memory4▲ 8.7×3 topics

Which research topics does Alzheimer's Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes and Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging.

Dementia and Cognitive I…33Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 33 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 11 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 9 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 7 fractional worksMental Health and Patien…4Mental Health and Patient Involvement: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 3 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 3 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 3 fractional worksPublic Health Policies and Education: 3 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthPhysiologyGeneral Health ProfessionsHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis3 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 33 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 11 works
  3. 3 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 9 works
  4. 4 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 7 works
  5. 5 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 4 works
  6. 6 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  7. 7 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  8. 8 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 3 works
  9. 9 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  10. 10 Public Health Policies and Education General Health Professions 3 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 available51.6%not open48.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.1%domestic only81.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Alzheimer's Association's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher 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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