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Baltimore City Health Department

In research, Baltimore City Health Department stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,508 of 16,945 worldwide), Health Sciences (#6,907 of 20,462 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,952 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#8,922
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#1,987
of 8,685
Research works
801
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
31.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Baltimore City Health Department 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
Social SciencesDomain #4,508 of 16,945 25.0%127
Health SciencesDomain #6,907 of 20,462 22.9%419
Life SciencesDomain #4,952 of 14,347 22.1%166
MedicineField #7,011 of 17,978 23.2%314

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Baltimore City Health Department 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: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.04× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.83× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.51× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.85× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.31× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.39× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Baltimore City Health Department?

Ranked on the composite score, Manfred S. Guttmacher and Huntington Williams lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Baltimore City Health Department.

  1. 1 Manfred S. Guttmacher United States · #303,609 worldwide 44 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Huntington Williams United States · #1,281,009 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Baltimore City Health Department

Which keywords describe research at Baltimore City Health Department?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, HIV Transmission, Public Health, Antiretroviral Therapy, Viral Load, Preexposure Prophylaxis, Stigma and Discrimination and Substance Abuse.

▲ 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 31 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology6▲ 3.9×32 topics
  2. Public Health4▲ 6.7×16 topics
  3. HIV Transmission4▲ 125×2 topics
  4. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 38×5 topics
  5. Viral Load2▲ 74×2 topics
  6. Preexposure Prophylaxis2▲ 104×1 topic
  7. Stigma and Discrimination2▲ 104×1 topic
  8. Inflammation2▲ 2.1×13 topics
  9. Risk Factors2▲ 4.1×6 topics
  10. Substance Abuse2▲ 60×2 topics
  11. HIV2▲ 50×3 topics
  12. Sexually Transmitted Infections2▲ 85×1 topic
  13. Vaginal Microbiome2▲ 165×1 topic
  14. Mental Health2▲ 2.6×10 topics
  15. Substance Use Disorders1▲ 46×2 topics
  16. drug use1▲ 121×1 topic
  17. harm reduction1▲ 121×1 topic
  18. Mortality Risk1▲ 14×3 topics
  19. Social Determinants of Health1▲ 14×2 topics
  20. COVID-191▲ 2.1×9 topics
  21. Adolescent Health1▲ 32×1 topic
  22. Chronic Pain Management1▲ 78×1 topic
  23. Community Health1▲ 16×4 topics
  24. Opioid Prescribing1▲ 78×1 topic
  25. Primary Care1▲ 7.3×7 topics
  26. Sexual Behavior1▲ 76×1 topic
  27. Sustainability1◆ 1.07×7 topics
  28. Antibiotic Resistance1▲ 6.7×5 topics
  29. Dysmenorrhea1▲ 128×1 topic
  30. Premenstrual Syndrome1▲ 128×1 topic
  31. Quality of Life1▲ 1.75×7 topics

Which research topics does Baltimore City Health Department publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Reproductive tract infections research, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.

HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 2 fractional worksReproductive tract infections research: 2 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk1HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 1 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…1Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 1 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 1 fractional worksMenstrual Health and Disorders: 1 fractional worksSyphilis Diagnosis and T…1Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 0 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 0 fractional worksData-Driven Disease Surveillance: 0 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesMicrobiologyEpidemiologyGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 2 works
  2. 2 Reproductive tract infections research Microbiology 2 works
  3. 3 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 1 works
  4. 4 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  6. 6 Menstrual Health and Disorders Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment Physiology 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Data-Driven Disease Surveillance Epidemiology 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 available22.8%not open77.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.7%domestic only92.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Baltimore City Health Department's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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