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Ballad Health

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,510
of 28,054 · #41,967 all time
Rank in United States
#4,138
of 4,192
Research works
152
▲ 119% vs 2013–17
Citations
862
5.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

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: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.50× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.12× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.61× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.65× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 1.97× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.57× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ballad Health?

Ranked on the composite score, D. Christopher Metzger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ballad Health.

  1. 1 D. Christopher Metzger United States · #617,194 worldwide 55 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Ballad Health

Which keywords describe research at Ballad Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Quality Improvement, Health Outcomes, Injury Severity, Prehospital Care, Trauma Center and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6▲ 2.6×30 topics
  2. Mortality4▲ 10×8 topics
  3. Public Health3▲ 3.0×10 topics
  4. Quality Improvement3▲ 22×4 topics
  5. Health Outcomes2▲ 15×4 topics
  6. Risk Factors2▲ 3.6×10 topics
  7. Injury Severity2▲ 45×2 topics
  8. Quality of Life2▲ 2.6×14 topics
  9. Guidelines2▲ 7.0×9 topics
  10. Prehospital Care2▲ 81×1 topic
  11. Trauma Center2▲ 81×1 topic
  12. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 9.1×6 topics
  13. Treatment2▲ 2.2×9 topics
  14. Coping Strategies2▲ 9.9×4 topics
  15. Diagnosis2▲ 2.6×8 topics
  16. Nutrition2▲ 5.3×2 topics
  17. Pain Management2▲ 10×5 topics
  18. Resuscitation2▲ 18×3 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 4.1×7 topics
  20. Obesity1▲ 2.9×4 topics
  21. Anxiety1▲ 4.2×5 topics
  22. Depression1▲ 2.3×8 topics
  23. Complications1▲ 3.9×8 topics
  24. Echocardiography1▲ 7.2×4 topics
  25. Health Education1▲ 4.4×3 topics
  26. Health Research1▲ 18×1 topic
  27. Nursing1▲ 9.8×1 topic
  28. Resilience1▲ 3.8×2 topics
  29. Deep Vein Thrombosis1▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Health Policy1▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention1▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Social Support1▲ 3.0×4 topics
  33. Trauma1▲ 9.0×5 topics
  34. Vibration Control1▲ 28×2 topics
  35. Breastfeeding1▲ 6.4×2 topics
  36. Chiral Separation1▲ 35×1 topic
  37. Clinical Outcomes1▲ 7.5×4 topics
  38. Liquid Chromatography1▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Maternal Health1▲ 5.7×2 topics
  40. Physical Activity1▲ 3.3×3 topics

Which research topics does Ballad Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Methodologies in Health Research and Practice, Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography and Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research.

Trauma and Emergency Car…2Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 2 fractional worksMethodologies in Health Research and Practice: 1 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 1 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 1 fractional worksSports and Physical Education Research: 1 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksInjury Epidemiology and …1Injury Epidemiology and Prevention: 1 fractional worksVascular Procedures and Complications: 1 fractional worksAssistive Technology in Communication and Mobility: 1 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…1Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 1 fractional works
Emergency MedicineHealth Information ManagementSpectroscopyBiomedical Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Methodologies in Health Research and Practice Health Information Management 1 works
  3. 3 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 1 works
  4. 4 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Sports and Physical Education Research Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 1 works
  6. 6 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Vascular Procedures and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility Occupational Therapy 1 works
  10. 10 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 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 available47.2%not open52.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.8%domestic only84.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ballad Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 119% 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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