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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

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Research works
95
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.5k
15.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.77× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 2.69× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.77× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 4.98× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.46× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 1.60× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.33× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.54× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts?

Ranked on the composite score, Gary M. Owens lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.

  1. 1 Gary M. Owens United States · #1,196,528 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Which keywords describe research at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts?

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

▲ 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 Care21▲ 53×9 topics
  2. Quality Improvement12▲ 63×7 topics
  3. Health Care Utilization10▲ 82×2 topics
  4. Health Care Spending10▲ 170×1 topic
  5. Insurance Markets10▲ 170×1 topic
  6. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 33×7 topics
  7. Chronic Disease Management7▲ 50×5 topics
  8. Quality of Life7▲ 5.3×11 topics
  9. Health System Reform5▲ 76×2 topics
  10. Healthcare Quality5▲ 47×4 topics
  11. Continuity of Care5▲ 87×2 topics
  12. Epidemiology5▲ 1.32×25 topics
  13. Patient-Centered Medical Home5▲ 107×1 topic
  14. Pay for Performance5▲ 107×1 topic
  15. Cost-effectiveness Analysis5▲ 66×1 topic
  16. Health Utility Measures5▲ 66×1 topic
  17. Public Health5▲ 3.8×16 topics
  18. Clinical Outcomes5▲ 24×4 topics
  19. Patient Experience4▲ 65×1 topic
  20. Public Reporting4▲ 205×1 topic
  21. Health Education3▲ 14×3 topics
  22. Clinical Trials2▲ 3.7×6 topics
  23. Health Care Costs2▲ 31×2 topics
  24. End-of-Life2▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Ethical Considerations2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  26. Palliative Care2▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Collaborative Practice2▲ 49×2 topics
  28. Healthcare Outcomes2▲ 42×2 topics
  29. Advance Care Planning2▲ 37×1 topic
  30. Communication2▲ 6.9×3 topics
  31. Distributed Systems2▲ 8.3×5 topics
  32. Family Perspectives2▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Clinical Governance2▲ 128×1 topic
  34. Healthcare Accreditation2▲ 128×1 topic
  35. Health Policy2▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Health Promoting Schools2▲ 80×1 topic
  37. Nursing Education2▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Resource Management2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  39. School Health Promotion2▲ 80×1 topic
  40. Community Health2▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance, Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation, Primary Care and Health Outcomes and Healthcare Policy and Management.

FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 1 fractional worksInnovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation: 1 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health …1Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Ma…1Healthcare Policy and Management: 1 fractional worksPatient Satisfaction in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 0 fractional worksMulticomponent Synthesis…0Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles: 0 fractional worksMental Health Treatment and Access: 0 fractional worksElectronic Health Records Systems: 0 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 0 fractional works
Management Information SystemsBiomedical EngineeringGeneral Health ProfessionsEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 1 works
  2. 2 Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 1 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  5. 5 Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare General Health Professions 0 works
  6. 6 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  7. 7 Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles Organic Chemistry 0 works
  8. 8 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Electronic Health Records Systems Health Information Management 0 works
  10. 10 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 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 available25.9%not open74.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% 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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