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American Association for Anatomy

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Research works
43
▼ 100% vs 2018-21
Citations
265
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
3%
world 18%
American Association for Anatomy

Not ranked overall: American Association for Anatomy is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does American Association for Anatomy work in?

In all years, 57% of research at American Association for Anatomy is in Health Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (55%), Engineering (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 25 fractional works · 57.4% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 55.1% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 13.9% of its workAnatomy: 4 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 17.5% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 15.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 15.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 13.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 12.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKAmericanAssociation for…43fractional works, all years
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences57%Social Sciences12%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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. Medicine2455.1%
    2. Health Professions01.2%
    3. Veterinary01.2%
    1. Engineering715.2%
    2. Computer Science00.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy00.8%
    4. Chemistry00.4%
    5. Environmental Science00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology48.8%
    2. Neuroscience23.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.8%
    1. Social Sciences25.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting12.3%
    3. Psychology11.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities11.3%
    5. Decision Sciences01.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
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.

    Who are the top researchers at American Association for Anatomy?

    Ranked on the quality score, Andrea Pendleton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Association for Anatomy.

    1. 1 Andrea Pendleton United States · #4,816,124 worldwide 74 citations · 25 works
    All ranked researchers at American Association for Anatomy

    What are the most cited papers from American Association for Anatomy?

    The most cited paper from American Association for Anatomy is "AComparative analysis of the development of the primary somatosensory cortex: Interspecies similarities during barrel and laminar development" (Frank Lambert Rice, C. M. Gomez, Chris Barstow et al., 1985), with 126 citations. Next come "A clinical anatomy curriculum for the medical student of the 21st century: Gross anatomy" (88) and "Protocol for the dosimetry of X- and gamma-ray beams with maximum energies between 0-6 and 50 MeV" (50).

    Most cited papers
    #PaperReleasedCitations
    1 AComparative analysis of the development of the primary somatosensory cortex: Interspecies similarities during barrel and laminar development Frank Lambert Rice, C. M. Gomez, Chris Barstow et al. · The Journal of Comparative Neurology 22 Jun 1985 126
    2 A clinical anatomy curriculum for the medical student of the 21st century: Gross anatomy Robert Josselyn Leonard · Clinical Anatomy 1996 88
    3 Protocol for the dosimetry of X- and gamma-ray beams with maximum energies between 0-6 and 50 MeV Scientific Committee on Radiation Dosimetry (SCRAD) · Physics in Medicine and Biology Open access Jul 1971 50
    4 On New Opportunities for Absorptiometry José Luis Ferretti, H. Schießl, Harold M. Frost · Journal of Clinical Densitometry Mar 1998 48
    5 Evidence that some events of mammalian embryogenesis can result from differential growth, making migration unnecessary Raymond Frank Gasser · The Anatomical Record Part B The New Anatomist Mar 2006 36
    All 65 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

    Which keywords describe research at American Association for Anatomy?

    By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: 3D Printing, Anatomy Education, Histology, Anatomical Nomenclature, Eponyms, Academic Medicine, Medical Research and Physician-Scientist.

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

    All 23 words, with their numbers
    1. 3D Printing6▲ 75×1 topic
    2. Anatomy Education6▲ 675×1 topic
    3. Histology5▲ 328×2 topics
    4. Anatomical Nomenclature4▲ 324×1 topic
    5. Eponyms4▲ 315×1 topic
    6. Epidemiology3▲ 1.98×15 topics
    7. Academic Medicine3▲ 103×2 topics
    8. Medical Research2▲ 198×1 topic
    9. Physician-Scientist2▲ 198×1 topic
    10. Inflammation2▲ 2.0×7 topics
    11. Competency-Based Education2▲ 42×1 topic
    12. Professional Identity Formation2▲ 60×1 topic
    13. Evolution1▲ 11×2 topics
    14. Neurological Disorders1▲ 4.5×4 topics
    15. Ethical Considerations1▲ 8.3×3 topics
    16. Public Health1▲ 1.99×4 topics
    17. Anatomy1▲ 29×2 topics
    18. Clinical Trials1▲ 3.7×1 topic
    19. Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia1▲ 92×1 topic
    20. Immunohistochemistry1▲ 24×2 topics
    21. Stem Cell Regulation1▲ 101×1 topic
    22. Steroid 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency1▲ 92×1 topic
    23. Wnt Signaling1▲ 19×4 topics

    Which research topics does American Association for Anatomy publish most on?

    By volume: Anatomy and Medical Technology, Medical and Biological Sciences, Health and Medical Research Impacts and Innovations in Medical Education.

    Anatomy and Medical Tech…6Anatomy and Medical Technology: 6 fractional worksMedical and Biological S…4Medical and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional worksHealth and Medical Resea…2Health and Medical Research Impacts: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional worksSexual Differentiation and Disorders: 1 fractional worksBiomedical Ethics and Regulation: 1 fractional worksComparative Animal Anatomy Studies: 1 fractional worksConferences and Exhibitions Management: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksCongenital heart defects research: 1 fractional works
    Biomedical EngineeringAnatomyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMolecular Biology4 others

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

    1. 1 Anatomy and Medical Technology Biomedical Engineering 6 works
    2. 2 Medical and Biological Sciences Anatomy 4 works
    3. 3 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
    4. 4 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
    5. 5 Sexual Differentiation and Disorders Molecular Biology 1 works
    6. 6 Biomedical Ethics and Regulation Physiology 1 works
    7. 7 Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies Urology 1 works
    8. 8 Conferences and Exhibitions Management Sociology and Political Science 1 works
    9. 9 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works
    10. 10 Congenital heart defects research Molecular Biology 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 available35.3%not open64.7%

    World: 40% of research is openly available.

    with international co-authors2.7%domestic only97.3%

    World: 18% is written across borders.

    How has American Association for Anatomy's research output changed?

    Output in 2022-2025 was 100% lower than in 2018-2021.

    199020002010
    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 American Association for Anatomy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000059% in 2018.

    0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%American Association for Anatomy0.0000044% in 20191980199020002010

    Fractional works of American Association for Anatomy over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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