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American Lung Association

In research, American Lung Association stands highest in Health Sciences (#14,453 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#29,602
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,341
of 8,685
Research works
200
▼ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.9k
34.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is American Lung Association 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 #14,453 of 20,462 20.8%138

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where American Lung 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 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: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 4.00× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.48× its world share, 7 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at American Lung Association?

Ranked on the composite score, Keßler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Lung Association.

  1. 1 Keßler United States · #1,472,827 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at American Lung Association

Which keywords describe research at American Lung Association?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Treatment, Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Management, Cancer Risk, Psychiatric Disorders, Health Consequences and Smoking Cessation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology27▲ 3.3×36 topics
  2. Treatment19▲ 7.2×16 topics
  3. Diagnosis18▲ 8.7×17 topics
  4. Inflammation16▲ 3.5×28 topics
  5. Public Health14▲ 5.1×21 topics
  6. Management13▲ 8.6×12 topics
  7. Cancer Risk12▲ 24×4 topics
  8. Psychiatric Disorders12▲ 40×2 topics
  9. Genetics12▲ 7.8×4 topics
  10. Health Consequences12▲ 32×2 topics
  11. Smoking Cessation12▲ 177×1 topic
  12. Tobacco Use12▲ 177×1 topic
  13. Asthma11▲ 43×2 topics
  14. Allergic Diseases10▲ 66×1 topic
  15. Eosinophils10▲ 66×1 topic
  16. Respiratory8▲ 42×2 topics
  17. COPD8▲ 66×1 topic
  18. Global Burden8▲ 7.8×2 topics
  19. spirometry8▲ 66×1 topic
  20. Health Effects7▲ 5.9×7 topics
  21. Mechanical Ventilation7▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Health Education6▲ 13×5 topics
  23. Health Promoting Schools5▲ 121×1 topic
  24. School Health Promotion5▲ 121×1 topic
  25. Mortality5▲ 4.7×5 topics
  26. Primary Care5▲ 5.5×9 topics
  27. Acute Lung Injury4▲ 34×1 topic
  28. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome4▲ 34×1 topic
  29. Adolescents4▲ 6.3×6 topics
  30. Fibrosis4▲ 11×6 topics
  31. Health Promotion4▲ 6.8×6 topics
  32. Physical Activity4▲ 4.9×6 topics
  33. Pulmonary Hypertension3▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Community Health3▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Health Disparities3▲ 7.9×5 topics
  36. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis3▲ 41×1 topic
  37. Interstitial Lung Disease3▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Mycobacterium tuberculosis3▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Tuberculosis3▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Health Equity3▲ 8.5×3 topics

Which research topics does American Lung Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Asthma and respiratory diseases, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research and Climate Change Communication and Perception.

Asthma and respiratory d…1Asthma and respiratory diseases: 1 fractional worksClimate Change and Healt…1Climate Change and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…1Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 1 fractional worksClimate Change Communica…0Climate Change Communication and Perception: 0 fractional worksCareer Development and Diversity: 0 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 0 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…0Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksService-Learning and Community Engagement: 0 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 0 fractional worksMentoring and Academic Development: 0 fractional works
PhysiologyHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSociology and Political Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 1 works
  2. 2 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  3. 3 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Climate Change Communication and Perception Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  5. 5 Career Development and Diversity Safety Research 0 works
  6. 6 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 0 works
  7. 7 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 0 works
  8. 8 Service-Learning and Community Engagement Education 0 works
  9. 9 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 0 works
  10. 10 Mentoring and Academic Development Social Psychology 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 available25.5%not open74.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has American Lung Association's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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