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Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

In research, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,349 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#20,916
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,521
of 8,685
Research works
229
▼ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.3k
18.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
17%
world 28%

What is Blue Cross Blue Shield Association 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 #6,349 of 20,462 21.0%130

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Blue Cross Blue Shield 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).

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: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.36× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 2.04× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.65× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 4.86× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.53× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.94× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association?

Ranked on the composite score, ESTELLE BEAUMONT, Kathleen M Ziegler and Barbara M Rothenberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.

  1. 1 ESTELLE BEAUMONT United States · #597,195 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Kathleen M Ziegler United States · #1,228,615 worldwide 19 citations · 74 works
  3. 3 Barbara M Rothenberg United States · #1,270,890 worldwide 0 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Claudia J Bonnell United States · #1,293,576 worldwide 8 citations · 59 works
  5. 5 Joan Glacy United States · #1,393,359 worldwide 1 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Barbara Mauger United States · #1,395,272 worldwide 1 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Which keywords describe research at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Health Care Utilization, Health Care Spending, Insurance Markets, Quality Improvement, Chronic Disease Management, Health System Reform and Continuity of Care.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Primary Care45▲ 46×11 topics
  2. Health Care Utilization29▲ 94×2 topics
  3. Health Care Spending29▲ 197×1 topic
  4. Insurance Markets29▲ 197×1 topic
  5. Quality Improvement17▲ 35×7 topics
  6. Epidemiology14▲ 1.48×34 topics
  7. Quality of Life13▲ 4.3×16 topics
  8. Chronic Disease Management12▲ 37×6 topics
  9. Health System Reform11▲ 67×2 topics
  10. Continuity of Care11▲ 75×2 topics
  11. Public Health11▲ 3.4×19 topics
  12. Patient-Centered Medical Home10▲ 90×1 topic
  13. Pay for Performance10▲ 90×1 topic
  14. Clinical Trials9▲ 6.4×12 topics
  15. Management9▲ 4.8×6 topics
  16. Economic Evaluation8▲ 27×2 topics
  17. Healthcare8▲ 4.8×13 topics
  18. Cost-effectiveness Analysis8▲ 43×1 topic
  19. Health Utility Measures8▲ 43×1 topic
  20. Biomarkers6▲ 3.9×7 topics
  21. Artificial Neural Network5▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 3.9×7 topics
  23. Radiotherapy5▲ 5.7×7 topics
  24. Immunotherapy5▲ 3.2×7 topics
  25. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 8.3×6 topics
  26. Healthcare Quality5▲ 17×4 topics
  27. Regulatory Challenges5▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Maintenance4▲ 29×1 topic
  29. Medical Equipment4▲ 77×1 topic
  30. Hormone Therapy4▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 5.7×6 topics
  32. Patient Safety4▲ 15×5 topics
  33. Breast Cancer4▲ 6.0×5 topics
  34. Survival4▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Ethical Issues4▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 7.4×4 topics
  37. Critical Care3▲ 6.7×5 topics
  38. Health Outcomes3▲ 6.5×4 topics
  39. Cholangiocarcinoma3▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Prostate Cancer3▲ 8.7×2 topics

Which research topics does Blue Cross Blue Shield Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Insurance and Financial Risk Management, Educational Environments and Student Outcomes, Participatory Visual Research Methods and Management and Organizational Studies.

Insurance and Financial …1Insurance and Financial Risk Management: 1 fractional worksEducational Environments and Student Outcomes: 0 fractional worksParticipatory Visual Research Methods: 0 fractional worksManagement and Organizational Studies: 0 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 0 fractional worksNursing Education, Practice, and Leadership: 0 fractional worksBIM and Construction Int…0BIM and Construction Integration: 0 fractional worksDistributed and Parallel Computing Systems: 0 fractional worksPower Systems and Technologies: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Ma…0Healthcare Policy and Management: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsEducationSociology and Political ScienceOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  2. 2 Educational Environments and Student Outcomes Education 0 works
  3. 3 Participatory Visual Research Methods Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  4. 4 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 0 works
  5. 5 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 0 works
  6. 6 Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership Issues, ethics and legal aspects 0 works
  7. 7 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 0 works
  8. 8 Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  9. 9 Power Systems and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 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 available17.3%not open82.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.9%domestic only94.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Blue Cross Blue Shield Association's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% 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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