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Brooke Army Medical Center

In research, Brooke Army Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#2,793 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,596 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,399 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Emergency Medicine and Surgery — Emergency Medicine is 17.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,224
of 28,054 · #7,680 all time
Rank in United States
#1,375
of 4,192
Research works
3.6k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
70k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Brooke Army Medical Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #2,793 of 10,443 9.8%379 #1749
Health SciencesDomain #3,596 of 11,982 9.9%406 #2196
SurgerySubfield #1,399 of 1,816 8.6%82 #1280

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Brooke Army Medical Center 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#1,749 #2,793
  2. Health Sciences#2,196 #3,596
  3. Surgery#1,280 #1,399
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Brooke Army Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Emergency Medicine takes 17.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 20.3 works17×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 82.4 works7.3×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.95× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.89× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.09× its world share, 379 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Brooke Army Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, John A. Moncrief, Daniel I. Rhon and George E. Peoples lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Brooke Army Medical Center.

  1. 1 John A. Moncrief United States · #132,433 worldwide 67 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Daniel I. Rhon United States · #184,320 worldwide 96 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 George E. Peoples United States · #236,455 worldwide 120 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Clinton K. Murray United States · #244,274 worldwide 231 citations · 87 works
  5. 5 Patrick M. McCarthy United States · #254,895 worldwide 98 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Anthony E. Johnson United States · #259,656 worldwide 49 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Michael J. Morris United States · #304,817 worldwide 107 citations · 68 works
  8. 8 Thomas E. Wiswell United States · #432,796 worldwide 62 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Jason M. Wilken United States · #468,968 worldwide 66 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Duane R. Hospenthal United States · #500,802 worldwide 82 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Brooke Army Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Brooke Army Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Resuscitation, Treatment, Surgical Management, Rehabilitation, Diagnosis and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology83▲ 4.4×102 topics
  2. Treatment26▲ 4.5×38 topics
  3. Complications23▲ 9.7×17 topics
  4. Risk Factors22▲ 4.2×26 topics
  5. Diagnosis22▲ 4.8×32 topics
  6. Resuscitation21▲ 33×4 topics
  7. Management20▲ 5.2×25 topics
  8. Inflammation19▲ 1.89×42 topics
  9. Rehabilitation18▲ 9.2×11 topics
  10. Surgical Management18▲ 8.9×20 topics
  11. Mortality17▲ 6.1×12 topics
  12. Sepsis16▲ 19×5 topics
  13. Guidelines15▲ 6.7×12 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 5.3×14 topics
  15. Heart Failure14▲ 6.6×11 topics
  16. Pathophysiology13▲ 9.0×10 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations13▲ 6.1×21 topics
  18. Trauma12▲ 12×5 topics
  19. Quality Improvement11▲ 12×7 topics
  20. Health Outcomes11▲ 8.1×5 topics
  21. Hemorrhage10▲ 32×3 topics
  22. Thrombosis10▲ 7.7×7 topics
  23. Pathogenesis10▲ 4.2×21 topics
  24. Coagulopathy10▲ 26×2 topics
  25. Shoulder Function10▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Atrial Fibrillation10▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Biomechanics9▲ 6.4×7 topics
  28. Medical Education9▲ 7.5×10 topics
  29. Injury Severity9▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Prehospital Care9▲ 46×1 topic
  31. Trauma Center9▲ 46×1 topic
  32. Antibiotic Resistance9▲ 4.9×11 topics
  33. Albumin9▲ 74×1 topic
  34. Glycocalyx9▲ 74×1 topic
  35. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention9▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation8▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Catheter Ablation8▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Hypothermia8▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Survival Rates7▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Rotator Cuff Tears7▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Brooke Army Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation, Shoulder Injury and Treatment and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation.

Trauma and Emergency Car…9Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 9 fractional worksTrauma, Hemostasis, Coag…9Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 9 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…7Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 7 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…7Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 7 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 7 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular Effects o…5Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise: 5 fractional worksBurn Injury Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 4 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…4Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional works
Emergency MedicineCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSurgeryBiomedical Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 9 works
  2. 2 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 9 works
  3. 3 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 7 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 7 works
  5. 5 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 7 works
  6. 6 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 5 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  8. 8 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 4 works
  9. 9 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 4 works
  10. 10 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 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 available31.1%not open68.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Brooke Army Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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