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American Academy of Forensic Sciences

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Research works
113
▼ 49% vs 2013–17
Citations
350
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
10%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: American Academy of Forensic Sciences is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.80× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.59× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 4.42× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.95× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.35× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.43× 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, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at American Academy of Forensic Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Oscar R. Schmalzbach lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Academy of Forensic Sciences.

  1. 1 Oscar R. Schmalzbach United States · #1,492,183 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at American Academy of Forensic Sciences

Which keywords describe research at American Academy of Forensic Sciences?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Assessment, Risk Management, Ethics, Ethical Considerations, Mental Disorders, Age Estimation, Sex Determination and Criminal Behavior.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 1.67×13 topics
  2. Risk Assessment5▲ 7.7×4 topics
  3. Ethical Considerations5▲ 12×5 topics
  4. Ethics5▲ 8.7×6 topics
  5. Risk Management5▲ 12×3 topics
  6. Mental Health4▲ 3.5×11 topics
  7. Age Estimation4▲ 77×1 topic
  8. Criminal Behavior4▲ 78×2 topics
  9. Mental Disorders4▲ 39×2 topics
  10. Sex Determination4▲ 78×1 topic
  11. Risk Factors4▲ 3.6×5 topics
  12. Gender Differences4▲ 11×3 topics
  13. Security4▲ 8.2×4 topics
  14. Psychopathy4▲ 94×1 topic
  15. Quality of Life4▲ 2.5×6 topics
  16. Violent Recidivism4▲ 164×1 topic
  17. International Relations4▲ 15×4 topics
  18. Human Rights3▲ 3.4×5 topics
  19. Information Security3▲ 55×1 topic
  20. Policy Compliance3▲ 117×1 topic
  21. Informed Consent3▲ 30×1 topic
  22. Psychiatric Treatment3▲ 90×1 topic
  23. Defensive Medicine3▲ 77×1 topic
  24. Malpractice Risk3▲ 77×1 topic
  25. Interrogation3▲ 129×2 topics
  26. Neuroscience3▲ 7.8×6 topics
  27. Prevention Strategies3▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Quantitative3▲ 20×1 topic
  29. Real-Time PCR3▲ 55×1 topic
  30. Counterinsurgency2▲ 147×2 topics
  31. Criminal Justice2▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Infanticide2▲ 142×1 topic
  33. Maternal Filicide2▲ 142×1 topic
  34. British Army2▲ 211×1 topic
  35. Malayan Emergency2▲ 211×1 topic
  36. Medical Ethics2▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Ancient DNA2▲ 33×2 topics
  38. Human Evolution2▲ 79×2 topics
  39. Policy2▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Gender Roles2▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does American Academy of Forensic Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies, Criminal Law and Evidence, Policing Practices and Perceptions and Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries.

Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies: 1 fractional worksCriminal Law and Evidence: 0 fractional worksPolicing Practices and P…0Policing Practices and Perceptions: 0 fractional worksTraumatic Ocular and For…0Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries: 0 fractional worksRestraint-Related Deaths0Restraint-Related Deaths: 0 fractional worksRabies epidemiology and …0Rabies epidemiology and control: 0 fractional worksHair Growth and Disorders0Hair Growth and Disorders: 0 fractional worksHuman auditory perception and evaluation: 0 fractional worksDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 0 fractional worksDiverse Specialized Academic Research: 0 fractional works
ArcheologyLawPolitical Science and International RelationsOphthalmology5 others

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

  1. 1 Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies Archeology 1 works
  2. 2 Criminal Law and Evidence Law 0 works
  3. 3 Policing Practices and Perceptions Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  4. 4 Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries Ophthalmology 0 works
  5. 5 Restraint-Related Deaths Emergency Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Rabies epidemiology and control Virology 0 works
  7. 7 Hair Growth and Disorders Urology 0 works
  8. 8 Human auditory perception and evaluation Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  10. 10 Diverse Specialized Academic Research 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 available9.6%not open90.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.5%domestic only82.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has American Academy of Forensic Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% lower than in 2013–2017.

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