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American Board of Internal Medicine

In research, American Board of Internal Medicine stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,558 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#1,786 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Professions (#1,267 of 3,776 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,671
of 28,054 · #8,563 all time
Rank in United States
#2,710
of 4,192
Research works
673
▼ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
22.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is American Board of Internal Medicine 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 #1,558 of 20,462 26.8%472
MedicineField #1,786 of 17,978 22.7%314
Health ProfessionsField #1,267 of 3,776 36.9%143
Social SciencesDomain #8,936 of 16,945 34.5%150

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where American Board of Internal Medicine 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).

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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 8.33× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.12× its world share, 33 worksMedicineNursing: 2.31× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.10× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at American Board of Internal Medicine?

Ranked on the composite score, Rebecca S. Lipner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Board of Internal Medicine.

  1. 1 Rebecca S. Lipner United States · #536,000 worldwide 41 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at American Board of Internal Medicine

Which keywords describe research at American Board of Internal Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Quality Improvement, Reflective Practice, Academic Medicine, Competency-Based Education, Professional Identity Formation, Gender Bias and Science.

▲ 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 Care10▲ 34×11 topics
  2. Quality Improvement9▲ 59×7 topics
  3. Academic Medicine7▲ 104×3 topics
  4. Reflective Practice7▲ 44×3 topics
  5. Competency-Based Education6▲ 76×1 topic
  6. Professional Identity Formation6▲ 111×1 topic
  7. Gender Bias5▲ 73×1 topic
  8. Science5▲ 26×1 topic
  9. Continuity of Care5▲ 120×2 topics
  10. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 29×3 topics
  11. Patient-Centered Medical Home4▲ 147×1 topic
  12. Pay for Performance4▲ 147×1 topic
  13. Public Health4▲ 3.4×15 topics
  14. Health Care Utilization4▲ 42×3 topics
  15. Health Care Spending3▲ 93×1 topic
  16. Insurance Markets3▲ 93×1 topic
  17. Health Policy3▲ 20×3 topics
  18. Medical Education3▲ 13×8 topics
  19. Health Workforce2▲ 69×2 topics
  20. Electronic Health Records2▲ 30×3 topics
  21. Health Care Costs2▲ 34×2 topics
  22. Physician Burnout2▲ 36×2 topics
  23. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 8.5×7 topics
  24. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 8.4×4 topics
  25. Healthcare Quality2▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Choosing Wisely2▲ 107×1 topic
  27. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Low-Value Care2▲ 107×1 topic
  29. Patient Safety2▲ 16×4 topics
  30. Global Health2▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Ethnic Disparities2▲ 67×2 topics
  32. Academic Performance2▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Diagnostic Accuracy2▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Infection Prevention2▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Physician Migration2▲ 68×1 topic
  36. Rural Health2▲ 68×1 topic
  37. Surgical Skills2▲ 51×1 topic
  38. Virtual Reality Training2▲ 51×1 topic
  39. Radiology Errors2▲ 95×1 topic
  40. Structured Reporting2▲ 95×1 topic

Which research topics does American Board of Internal Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovations in Medical Education, Diversity and Career in Medicine, Primary Care and Health Outcomes and Healthcare Policy and Management.

Innovations in Medical Education: 6 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 5 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 3 fractional worksHealthcare cost, quality, practices: 2 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and …2Surgical Simulation and Training: 2 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce Issues: 2 fractional worksRadiology practices and education: 2 fractional worksElectronic Health Records Systems: 2 fractional worksMedical Education and Admissions: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGender StudiesGeneral Health ProfessionsEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  2. 2 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 5 works
  3. 3 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 4 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  5. 5 Healthcare cost, quality, practices General Health Professions 2 works
  6. 6 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  8. 8 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  9. 9 Electronic Health Records Systems Health Information Management 2 works
  10. 10 Medical Education and Admissions Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available23.5%not open76.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.7%domestic only92.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has American Board of Internal Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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