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American Medical Association

In research, American Medical Association stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,501 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (General Health Professions is 10.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,402
of 22,385 · #4,744 all time
Rank in United States
#1,436
of 3,332
Research works
1.7k
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
57k
34.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
American Medical Association

What is American Medical 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 #2,501 of 9,902 24.1%91 #2664

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does American Medical Association work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at American Medical Association is in Health Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (40%), Health Professions (24%), Social Sciences (12%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 99 fractional works · 65.3% of its workMedicine: 60 fractional works · 40.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 20 fractional works · 13.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 13 fractional works · 8.8% of its workFamily Practice: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 36 fractional works · 23.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 22 fractional works · 14.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 26.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 12.5% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAmerican MedicalAssociation151fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences65%Social Sciences26%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6040.0%
    2. Health Professions3623.7%
    3. Nursing31.7%
    1. Social Sciences1912.5%
    2. Psychology74.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance53.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting42.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities31.9%
    6. Decision Sciences21.5%
    1. Environmental Science42.3%
    2. Computer Science21.7%
    3. Engineering10.9%
    4. Mathematics00.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.3%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does American Medical Association specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 10.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 21.7 works10×
  2. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 20.0 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: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.99× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 8.98× its world share, 36 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.08× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 3.42× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.63× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.50× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 9.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions8.98×36 works
  2. Nursing3.42×2 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.99×2 works
  4. Medicine2.08×60 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.63×5 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.57×2 works
  7. Psychology1.50×7 works
  8. Social Sciences0.99×19 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.73×4 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.66×3 works
  11. Environmental Science0.47×4 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×2 works
  13. Mathematics0.25×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.21×2 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×1 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×0 works
  17. Engineering0.06×1 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at American Medical Association?

Ranked on the quality score, Christine A. Sinsky, Michael Tutty and Lindsey E. Carlasare lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Medical Association.

  1. 1 Christine A. Sinsky United States · #5,919 worldwide 25k citations · 239 works
  2. 2 Michael Tutty United States · #24,349 worldwide 8k citations · 44 works
  3. 3 Lindsey E. Carlasare United States · #35,417 worldwide 4.2k citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Michael Rakotz United States · #182,871 worldwide 2.2k citations · 84 works
  5. 5 Gregory Dean Wozniak United States · #273,015 worldwide 4.2k citations · 120 works
  6. 6 Matthew K. Wynia United States · #315,277 worldwide 4.7k citations · 169 works
  7. 7 Sarah E. Brotherton United States · #324,931 worldwide 2.7k citations · 65 works
  8. 8 Sylvia I. Etzel United States · #338,168 worldwide 1.8k citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Kimberly D. Lomis United States · #353,517 worldwide 1.6k citations · 46 works
  10. 10 DeWitt C. Baldwin United States · #426,660 worldwide 5.1k citations · 106 works
All ranked researchers at American Medical Association

What are the most cited papers from American Medical Association?

The most cited paper from American Medical Association is "Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome Among US Adults" (Earl S. Ford, Wayne H. Giles, William H. Dietz, 2002), with 6,729 citations. Next come "From Triple to Quadruple Aim: Care of the Patient Requires Care of the Provider" (3,594) and "Burnout and Satisfaction With Work-Life Balance Among US Physicians Relative to the General US Population" (3,491).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome Among US Adults Earl S. Ford, Wayne H. Giles, William H. Dietz · JAMA 16 Jan 2002 6,729
2 From Triple to Quadruple Aim: Care of the Patient Requires Care of the Provider Thomas Bodenheimer, Christine A. Sinsky · The Annals of Family Medicine Open access Nov 2014 3,594
3 Burnout and Satisfaction With Work-Life Balance Among US Physicians Relative to the General US Population Tait D. Shanafelt, Sonja L. Boone, Litjen Tan et al. · Archives of Internal Medicine 28 Aug 2012 3,491
4 The TIMI Risk Score for Unstable Angina/Non–ST Elevation MI Elliott M. Antman, Marc C. Cohen, Peter J. L. M. Bernink et al. · JAMA 16 Aug 2000 3,276
5 Early and Sustained Dual Oral Antiplatelet Therapy Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Steven R. Steinhubl, Peter B. Berger, James Tift Mann et al. · JAMA 20 Nov 2002 3,093
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at American Medical Association?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Risk Factors, Academic Medicine, Primary Care, Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension, Clinical Guidelines 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-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. Public Health18▲ 8.2×27 topics
  2. Risk Factors14▲ 8.4×12 topics
  3. Academic Medicine13▲ 107×3 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 6.9×16 topics
  5. Primary Care12▲ 21×12 topics
  6. Hypertension10▲ 24×7 topics
  7. Clinical Guidelines10▲ 23×6 topics
  8. Blood Pressure10▲ 104×2 topics
  9. Global Burden9▲ 11×6 topics
  10. Chronic Disease Management8▲ 28×6 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Events8▲ 46×3 topics
  12. Diabetes Mellitus8▲ 27×2 topics
  13. Quality Improvement8▲ 27×7 topics
  14. Antihypertensive Drugs8▲ 117×1 topic
  15. Physician Burnout8▲ 66×2 topics
  16. Renal Denervation8▲ 117×1 topic
  17. Gender Bias8▲ 58×1 topic
  18. Science8▲ 21×1 topic
  19. Depression8▲ 5.8×8 topics
  20. Healthcare8▲ 4.4×14 topics
  21. Reflective Practice8▲ 27×2 topics
  22. Faculty Development7▲ 63×2 topics
  23. Assessment Methods7▲ 45×2 topics
  24. Interventions7▲ 38×2 topics
  25. Competency-Based Education7▲ 53×1 topic
  26. Professional Identity Formation7▲ 75×1 topic
  27. Anxiety7▲ 9.3×6 topics
  28. Job Satisfaction6▲ 9.8×7 topics
  29. Health Promotion6▲ 13×5 topics
  30. Community Health6▲ 25×4 topics
  31. Patient Care6▲ 30×3 topics
  32. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 12×6 topics
  33. Well-being6▲ 9.4×5 topics
  34. Work-Life Balance5▲ 19×3 topics
  35. Professionalism5▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Career Development5▲ 27×3 topics
  37. Medical Student Distress5▲ 59×1 topic
  38. Medical Research5▲ 111×1 topic
  39. Physician-Scientist5▲ 111×1 topic
  40. Medical Education5▲ 11×9 topics

Which research topics does American Medical Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Diversity and Career in Medicine, Innovations in Medical Education and Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout.

Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 8 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 8 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…7Innovations in Medical Education: 7 fractional worksHealthcare professionals…5Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 5 fractional worksHealth and Medical Research Impacts: 5 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 worksMedication Adherence and Compliance: 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 8 works
  2. 2 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 8 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  4. 4 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 5 works
  5. 5 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 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 Medication Adherence and Compliance Family Practice 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has American Medical Association's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% 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 Medical Association as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00053% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%American Medical Association0.00073% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of American Medical 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%American Medical Association22.8% 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 34.1% in 2022.

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