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Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

In research, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program stands highest in Health Sciences (#15,608 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health Sciences — Health Sciences is 3.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#36,656
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,743
of 8,685
Research works
182
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.8k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program 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 #15,608 of 20,462 25.6%122

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program 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 Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health Sciences takes 3.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health SciencesDomain · 22.2 works3.0×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.96× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.88× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 13.91× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.64× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.55× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.20× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 13.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Substance Abuse, Social Support, Health Care Utilization, Mental Illness, Health, Homelessness and Mental Health.

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

All 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Public Health9▲ 20×8 topics
  2. Substance Abuse8▲ 342×2 topics
  3. Social Support7▲ 40×5 topics
  4. Health Care Utilization7▲ 187×3 topics
  5. Mental Illness7▲ 292×3 topics
  6. Health6▲ 49×1 topic
  7. Homelessness6▲ 462×1 topic
  8. Mental Health4▲ 7.4×10 topics
  9. Epidemiology3▲ 2.7×18 topics
  10. Social Determinants3▲ 39×3 topics
  11. Health Outcomes3▲ 30×5 topics
  12. Food Insecurity2▲ 122×1 topic
  13. Nutritional Consequences2▲ 147×1 topic
  14. Substance Use Disorders2▲ 85×2 topics
  15. Mortality Risk2▲ 24×4 topics
  16. Neoliberalism2▲ 15×2 topics
  17. Psychiatric Disorders2▲ 41×3 topics
  18. HIV2▲ 58×2 topics
  19. drug use2▲ 164×1 topic
  20. harm reduction2▲ 164×1 topic
  21. Quality of Life1▲ 3.0×8 topics
  22. Financialization1▲ 41×1 topic
  23. Neighborhood Effects1▲ 37×2 topics
  24. Shareholder Value1▲ 39×1 topic
  25. Urban Poverty1▲ 91×2 topics
  26. Depression1▲ 3.8×6 topics
  27. Risk Factors1▲ 3.0×8 topics

Which research topics does Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Homelessness and Social Issues, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism.

Homelessness and Social …6Homelessness and Social Issues: 6 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 2 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 2 fractional worksHousing, Finance, and Neoliberalism: 1 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…1Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 1 fractional worksUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies: 1 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Cessation: 1 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 0 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and Cognition: 0 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEpidemiologyFinancePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 6 works
  2. 2 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 2 works
  3. 3 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism Finance 1 works
  5. 5 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 1 works
  9. 9 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 0 works
  10. 10 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 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 available30.5%not open69.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.2%domestic only89.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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