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American Heart Association

In research, American Heart Association stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,238 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,649 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 17.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,423
of 22,385 · #3,116 all time
Rank in United States
#1,439
of 3,332
Research works
1.4k
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
152k
109.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
American Heart Association

What is American Heart Association known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #2,238 of 9,902 21.4%124 #983
MedicineField #2,649 of 8,541 21.5%103 #1023

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where American Heart 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does American Heart Association work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at American Heart Association is in Health Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (65%), Health Professions (12%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 141 fractional works · 78.4% of its workMedicine: 117 fractional works · 65.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 32 fractional works · 17.9% of its workEpidemiology: 17 fractional works · 9.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 12.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 16 fractional works · 9.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 11.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAmerican HeartAssociation179fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences12%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine11765.2%
    2. Health Professions2212.2%
    3. Nursing21.1%
    1. Social Sciences84.5%
    2. Psychology42.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting42.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.9%
    5. Decision Sciences10.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42.2%
    2. Neuroscience31.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Environmental Science31.5%
    2. Engineering31.5%
    3. Computer Science21.2%
    4. Chemistry00.2%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does American Heart Association specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 17.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 32.2 works17×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.18× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 4.62× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.39× its world share, 117 worksMedicineNursing: 2.25× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.88× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.62×22 works
  2. Medicine3.39×117 works
  3. Nursing2.25×2 works
  4. Neuroscience1.18×3 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.88×3 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.82×1 works
  7. Psychology0.75×4 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.61×4 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×4 works
  11. Social Sciences0.36×8 works
  12. Environmental Science0.30×3 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.16×2 works
  15. Chemistry0.14×0 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.14×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×1 works
  18. Engineering0.10×3 works
  19. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at American Heart Association?

Ranked on the quality score, Kathryn A. Taubert, Rose Marie Robertson and Laurie P. Whitsel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Heart Association.

  1. 1 Kathryn A. Taubert United States · #35,982 worldwide 56k citations · 244 works
  2. 2 Rose Marie Robertson United States · #40,349 worldwide 23k citations · 228 works
  3. 3 Laurie P. Whitsel United States · #126,531 worldwide 12k citations · 117 works
  4. 4 Heather M. Alger United States · #214,160 worldwide 23k citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Yosef M. Khan United States · #288,048 worldwide 2.6k citations · 81 works
  6. 6 Rosalind P. Fabunmi United States · #360,130 worldwide 6k citations · 45 works
  7. 7 Jose Maria E. Ferrer United States · #437,256 worldwide 1.4k citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Remy Poudel United States · #525,803 worldwide 16k citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Dorothea K. Vafiadis United States · #576,848 worldwide 2.6k citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Dawn R. Phoubandith United States · #609,835 worldwide 891 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at American Heart Association

What are the most cited papers from American Heart Association?

The most cited paper from American Heart Association is "Harmonizing the Metabolic Syndrome" (K. G. M. M. Alberti, Robert H. Eckel, Scott M. Grundy et al., 2009), with 14,957 citations. Next come "2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure" (12,642) and "Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke" (7,675).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Harmonizing the Metabolic Syndrome K. G. M. M. Alberti, Robert H. Eckel, Scott M. Grundy et al. · Circulation Open access 5 Oct 2009 14,957
2 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure Clyde W. Yancy et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access 5 Jun 2013 12,642
3 Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Edward C. Jauch, Jeffrey L. Saver, Harold P. Adams et al. · Stroke Open access Feb 2013 7,675
4 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Craig T. January, L. Samüel Wann, Joseph S. Alpert et al. · Circulation Open access 28 Mar 2014 7,146
5 Implications of Recent Clinical Trials for the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III Guidelines Scott M. Grundy, James I. Cleeman, C. Noel Bairey Merz et al. · Circulation Open access 12 Jul 2004 6,936
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at American Heart Association?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Factors, Public Health, Cardiovascular Disease, Global Burden, Epidemiology, Health Promotion, Neuroprotection and Ischemic Stroke.

▲ 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-now 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. Risk Factors29▲ 15×15 topics
  2. Public Health24▲ 9.0×28 topics
  3. Epidemiology20▲ 2.9×33 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease19▲ 9.3×26 topics
  5. Global Burden16▲ 17×7 topics
  6. Health Promotion11▲ 20×6 topics
  7. Neuroprotection11▲ 17×7 topics
  8. Ischemic Stroke11▲ 39×4 topics
  9. Global Burden of Disease11▲ 24×4 topics
  10. Revascularization10▲ 37×2 topics
  11. Clinical Outcomes10▲ 27×3 topics
  12. Endovascular Therapy10▲ 82×1 topic
  13. Thrombolysis10▲ 82×1 topic
  14. Community Health10▲ 33×5 topics
  15. Hypertension10▲ 18×10 topics
  16. Obesity9▲ 6.7×15 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Health9▲ 26×3 topics
  18. Ideal Cardiovascular Health9▲ 140×1 topic
  19. Preventive Medicine9▲ 131×1 topic
  20. Cardiovascular Events8▲ 37×4 topics
  21. Guidelines8▲ 9.1×5 topics
  22. Heart Failure8▲ 9.6×12 topics
  23. Health Outcomes7▲ 14×6 topics
  24. Clinical Trials7▲ 5.7×9 topics
  25. Primary Care7▲ 10×13 topics
  26. Psychiatric Disorders7▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Mortality6▲ 6.4×9 topics
  28. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 15×7 topics
  29. Clinical Guidelines6▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Cancer Risk6▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Physical Activity6▲ 7.1×5 topics
  32. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention6▲ 36×3 topics
  33. Health Consequences6▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Smoking Cessation6▲ 105×1 topic
  35. Tobacco Use6▲ 105×1 topic
  36. Blood Pressure6▲ 52×2 topics
  37. Diabetes Mellitus5▲ 15×5 topics
  38. Statins5▲ 42×2 topics
  39. Chronic Disease5▲ 17×4 topics
  40. C-Reactive Protein5▲ 38×2 topics

Which research topics does American Heart Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors, Smoking Behavior and Cessation and Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health.

Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 10 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 9 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Ces…6Smoking Behavior and Cessation: 6 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiov…5Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 5 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 5 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 4 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…4Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 4 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 4 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 4 fractional worksCardiac Health and Mental Health: 3 fractional works
EpidemiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePhysiologySurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 10 works
  2. 2 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  3. 3 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 6 works
  4. 4 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 5 works
  5. 5 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  6. 6 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 4 works
  7. 7 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 4 works
  8. 8 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Health and Mental Health Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available31.8%not open68.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.4%domestic only85.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has American Heart Association's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Heart Association as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00083% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%American Heart Association0.00076% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%60%American Heart Association16.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 44.2% in 1994.

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