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American Nurses Credentialing Center

In research, American Nurses Credentialing Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,625 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health Professions — Health Professions is 13.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,318
of 28,054 · #9,448 all time
Rank in United States
#1,850
of 4,192
Research works
297
▲ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7k
5.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
8%
world 28%

What is American Nurses Credentialing Center 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 #1,625 of 20,462 16.4%230

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where American Nurses Credentialing Center 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 Nurses Credentialing Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health Professions takes 13.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health ProfessionsField · 25.0 works14×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 13.75× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.93× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 47.29× its world share, 16 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.29× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 47.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at American Nurses Credentialing Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Nursing Education, Health Policy, Primary Care, Patient Outcomes, Job Satisfaction, Nursing Advocacy and Political Participation.

▲ 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 Health12▲ 12×5 topics
  2. Nursing Education11▲ 114×3 topics
  3. Health Policy10▲ 90×3 topics
  4. Primary Care9▲ 35×4 topics
  5. Job Satisfaction8▲ 28×4 topics
  6. Patient Outcomes8▲ 206×3 topics
  7. Nursing Advocacy8▲ 1337×1 topic
  8. Political Participation8▲ 135×1 topic
  9. Collaborative Practice7▲ 255×2 topics
  10. Health Workforce7▲ 232×2 topics
  11. Patient Satisfaction7▲ 31×6 topics
  12. Depression6▲ 9.6×6 topics
  13. Patient Care6▲ 70×3 topics
  14. Advanced Practice Nursing5▲ 590×1 topic
  15. Nurse Practitioners5▲ 590×1 topic
  16. Quality Improvement5▲ 38×5 topics
  17. Qualitative Research4▲ 7.4×2 topics
  18. Anxiety4▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Clinical Practice4▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Ethical Considerations4▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Healthcare Workers4▲ 24×3 topics
  22. Healthcare Environment4▲ 219×1 topic
  23. Nursing Staffing4▲ 219×1 topic
  24. Mental Health4▲ 3.8×9 topics
  25. Well-being4▲ 14×2 topics
  26. Medical Education4▲ 20×4 topics
  27. Physician Burnout4▲ 68×2 topics
  28. Medical Student Distress4▲ 96×1 topic
  29. Work-Life Balance4▲ 27×1 topic
  30. Electronic Health Records3▲ 54×2 topics
  31. Nursing Diagnoses3▲ 408×1 topic
  32. Nursing Documentation3▲ 408×1 topic
  33. Self-Efficacy3▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Competency-Based Education3▲ 48×2 topics
  35. Disaster Response3▲ 56×1 topic
  36. Social Support3▲ 7.5×4 topics
  37. Triage3▲ 101×1 topic
  38. Evidence-Based Practice3▲ 31×2 topics
  39. Organizational Culture3▲ 9.5×2 topics
  40. Reflective Practice3▲ 21×3 topics

Which research topics does American Nurses Credentialing Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership, Nursing Roles and Practices, Nursing education and management and Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout.

Nursing Education, Pract…8Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership: 8 fractional worksNursing Roles and Practices: 5 fractional worksNursing education and ma…4Nursing education and management: 4 fractional worksHealthcare professionals…4Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 4 fractional worksNursing Diagnosis and Documentation: 3 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 3 fractional worksHealth Sciences Research…2Health Sciences Research and Education: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 2 fractional worksPatient Safety and Medication Errors: 2 fractional works
Issues, ethics and legal aspectsGeneral Health ProfessionsResearch and TheoryEmergency Medical Services1 others

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

  1. 1 Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership Issues, ethics and legal aspects 8 works
  2. 2 Nursing Roles and Practices General Health Professions 5 works
  3. 3 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 4 works
  4. 4 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 4 works
  5. 5 Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation Issues, ethics and legal aspects 3 works
  6. 6 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 3 works
  7. 7 Health Sciences Research and Education General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 Patient Safety and Medication Errors Emergency Medical Services 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 available8.1%not open91.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.6%domestic only93.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has American Nurses Credentialing Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% 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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