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American Association of Nurse Practitioners

In research, American Association of Nurse Practitioners stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,389 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#10,173 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions — General Health Professions is 10.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,008
of 28,054 · #10,040 all time
Rank in United States
#1,954
of 4,192
Research works
1.3k
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.9k
6.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
12%
world 28%

What is American Association of Nurse Practitioners 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 #3,389 of 11,982 5.5%118 #1796
MedicineField #10,173 of 10,443 3.4%67 #10771

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where American Association of Nurse Practitioners 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 American Association of Nurse Practitioners specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 25.0 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: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 2.46× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 7.71× its world share, 37 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.94× its world share, 67 worksMedicineNursing: 13.36× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.90× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.24× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.66× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 13.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at American Association of Nurse Practitioners?

Ranked on the composite score, Tina M. Marrelli, Priscilla Ebersole and Charon Pierson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

  1. 1 Tina M. Marrelli United States · #150,584 worldwide 146 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Priscilla Ebersole United States · #685,927 worldwide 6 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Charon Pierson United States · #934,044 worldwide 3 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Carolyn Buppert United States · #938,875 worldwide 14 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Carol A. Miller United States · #983,997 worldwide 22 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Robert T. Smithing United States · #1,094,964 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Madeline D. Wiley United States · #1,231,390 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Which keywords describe research at American Association of Nurse Practitioners?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Patient Satisfaction, Quality of Life, Mental Health, Public Health, Health Workforce, Collaborative Practice and Health Policy.

▲ 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. Primary Care15▲ 22×10 topics
  2. Mental Health13▲ 5.1×23 topics
  3. Quality of Life13▲ 5.1×27 topics
  4. Public Health13▲ 4.8×18 topics
  5. Epidemiology12▲ 1.73×48 topics
  6. Patient Satisfaction11▲ 20×9 topics
  7. Health Workforce10▲ 131×2 topics
  8. Collaborative Practice10▲ 132×2 topics
  9. Health Policy8▲ 29×3 topics
  10. Nursing Education8▲ 32×3 topics
  11. Advanced Practice Nursing8▲ 331×1 topic
  12. Nurse Practitioners8▲ 331×1 topic
  13. Ethical Considerations7▲ 12×9 topics
  14. Intensive Care Unit7▲ 30×3 topics
  15. Critical Care6▲ 15×7 topics
  16. Nursing Advocacy6▲ 378×1 topic
  17. Political Participation6▲ 38×1 topic
  18. Job Satisfaction6▲ 7.5×7 topics
  19. Patient-Centered Care6▲ 44×3 topics
  20. Phenomenology6▲ 30×3 topics
  21. Religion6▲ 6.7×6 topics
  22. Patient Outcomes6▲ 54×3 topics
  23. Healthcare Communication6▲ 34×4 topics
  24. Psychological Adjustment6▲ 21×4 topics
  25. Qualitative Research6▲ 3.5×7 topics
  26. Social Support5▲ 5.1×9 topics
  27. Resuscitation5▲ 21×4 topics
  28. Health5▲ 6.7×6 topics
  29. Clinical Practice5▲ 17×5 topics
  30. Professional Identity5▲ 32×3 topics
  31. Family Needs4▲ 75×1 topic
  32. Family Presence4▲ 75×1 topic
  33. Medical Education4▲ 9.6×7 topics
  34. Quality Improvement4▲ 12×5 topics
  35. Well-being4▲ 6.1×2 topics
  36. Coping4▲ 45×2 topics
  37. Economic Evaluation4▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Healthcare Environment4▲ 80×1 topic
  39. Nursing Staffing4▲ 80×1 topic
  40. Palliative Care4▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does American Association of Nurse Practitioners publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nursing Roles and Practices, Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership, Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units and Nursing education and management.

Nursing Roles and Practi…8Nursing Roles and Practices: 8 fractional worksNursing Education, Practice, and Leadership: 6 fractional worksFamily and Patient Care …4Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units: 4 fractional worksNursing education and ma…4Nursing education and management: 4 fractional worksEthics in medical practice: 3 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 3 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…3Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 3 fractional worksEducational Robotics and Engineering: 2 fractional worksDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 2 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce Issues: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsIssues, ethics and legal aspectsRadiological and Ultrasound TechnologyResearch and Theory5 others

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

  1. 1 Nursing Roles and Practices General Health Professions 8 works
  2. 2 Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership Issues, ethics and legal aspects 6 works
  3. 3 Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 4 works
  4. 4 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 4 works
  5. 5 Ethics in medical practice General Health Professions 3 works
  6. 6 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 3 works
  7. 7 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  8. 8 Educational Robotics and Engineering Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  10. 10 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 2 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 available11.8%not open88.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.0%domestic only85.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has American Association of Nurse Practitioners's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% lower 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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