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American Medical Association

In research, American Medical Association stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,590 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Health Professions — General Health Professions is 10.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,484
of 28,054 · #4,295 all time
Rank in United States
#1,417
of 4,192
Research works
1.7k
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
57k
34.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is American Medical Association 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 #2,590 of 11,982 29.6%91 #866

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where American Medical 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).

What does American Medical Association specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 10.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 20.2 works11×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 34.0 works9.3×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.51× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 9.32× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.08× its world share, 55 worksMedicineNursing: 2.98× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.50× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.57× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 9.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at American Medical Association?

Ranked on the composite score, Christine A. Sinsky, Lester S. King and DeWitt C. Baldwin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Medical Association.

  1. 1 Christine A. Sinsky United States · #34,953 worldwide 441 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Lester S. King United States · #54,887 worldwide 260 citations · 144 works
  3. 3 DeWitt C. Baldwin United States · #153,049 worldwide 96 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Gregory Wozniak United States · #184,266 worldwide 213 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Steven R. Daugherty United States · #343,808 worldwide 89 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Barbara Barzansky United States · #592,034 worldwide 24 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 W. W. Bauer United States · #705,671 worldwide 7 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Mike Mitka United States · #892,307 worldwide 127 citations · 311 works
  9. 9 Audiey Kao United States · #1,045,273 worldwide 14 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Fred V. Hein United States · #1,061,298 worldwide 3 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at American Medical Association

Which keywords describe research at American Medical Association?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Risk Factors, Academic Medicine, Primary Care, Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Guidelines, Hypertension and Blood Pressure.

▲ 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. Public Health17▲ 8.6×26 topics
  2. Risk Factors12▲ 8.2×11 topics
  3. Academic Medicine12▲ 108×3 topics
  4. Primary Care11▲ 21×12 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 6.7×14 topics
  6. Clinical Guidelines9▲ 23×5 topics
  7. Hypertension9▲ 23×6 topics
  8. Blood Pressure9▲ 103×2 topics
  9. Global Burden8▲ 11×6 topics
  10. Quality Improvement8▲ 30×7 topics
  11. Chronic Disease Management8▲ 29×6 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Events8▲ 45×3 topics
  13. Physician Burnout7▲ 70×2 topics
  14. Antihypertensive Drugs7▲ 113×1 topic
  15. Renal Denervation7▲ 113×1 topic
  16. Reflective Practice7▲ 28×2 topics
  17. Depression7▲ 5.8×7 topics
  18. Gender Bias7▲ 58×1 topic
  19. Science7▲ 20×1 topic
  20. Faculty Development7▲ 64×2 topics
  21. Healthcare7▲ 4.3×14 topics
  22. Competency-Based Education6▲ 52×1 topic
  23. Professional Identity Formation6▲ 75×1 topic
  24. Anxiety6▲ 9.2×6 topics
  25. Health Promotion6▲ 14×5 topics
  26. Community Health6▲ 27×4 topics
  27. Interventions6▲ 35×2 topics
  28. Job Satisfaction6▲ 9.4×7 topics
  29. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 12×6 topics
  30. Patient Care5▲ 30×3 topics
  31. Well-being5▲ 9.0×5 topics
  32. Career Development5▲ 30×3 topics
  33. Work-Life Balance5▲ 18×3 topics
  34. Medical Research5▲ 115×1 topic
  35. Physician-Scientist5▲ 115×1 topic
  36. Professionalism5▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Patient Engagement4▲ 24×4 topics
  38. Health Equity4▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Medical Education4▲ 12×8 topics
  40. Medical Student Distress4▲ 57×1 topic

Which research topics does American Medical Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Diversity and Career in Medicine, Innovations in Medical Education and Health and Medical Research Impacts.

Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 7 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 7 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…6Innovations in Medical Education: 6 fractional worksHealth and Medical Resea…5Health and Medical Research Impacts: 5 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksElectronic Health Record…3Electronic Health Records Systems: 3 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 3 fractional worksHealthcare cost, quality, practices: 2 fractional worksEmpathy and Medical Education: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineGender StudiesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health Professions2 others

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

  1. 1 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 7 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  4. 4 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  5. 5 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 4 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Electronic Health Records Systems Health Information Management 3 works
  8. 8 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 3 works
  9. 9 Healthcare cost, quality, practices General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 Empathy and Medical Education Psychiatry and Mental 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 available24.9%not open75.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.7%domestic only95.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has American Medical Association's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% higher 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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