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Center for Environmental Health

In research, Center for Environmental Health stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,249 of 6,403 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,955 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Environmental Science (Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis is 17.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,040
of 22,385 · #1,697 all time
Rank in United States
#485
of 3,332
Research works
2k
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
94k
46.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Center for Environmental Health

What is Center for Environmental Health known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #1,249 of 6,403 18.7%60 #1080
Physical SciencesDomain #2,955 of 10,670 19.8%88 #1978

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Center for Environmental Health 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Center for Environmental Health work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Center for Environmental Health is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (24%), Medicine (22%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (17%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 98 fractional works · 40.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 58 fractional works · 24.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 22 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 7.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 68 fractional works · 28.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 42 fractional works · 17.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 9.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 62 fractional works · 25.5% of its workMedicine: 52 fractional works · 21.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCenter forEnvironmental…243fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences28%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science5824.0%
    2. Engineering187.3%
    3. Chemistry52.1%
    4. Computer Science41.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.6%
    6. Materials Science41.5%
    7. Energy31.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    10. Mathematics10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4217.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences145.8%
    3. Neuroscience62.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology52.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    1. Medicine5221.6%
    2. Health Professions62.6%
    3. Nursing31.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences72.9%
    2. Psychology41.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    5. Decision Sciences10.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Center for Environmental Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis takes 17.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 22.4 works17×
  2. Environmental ScienceField · 58.2 works4.8×
← 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: 1.22× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.28× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.04× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.40× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.35× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.21× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.82× its world share, 58 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.12× its world share, 52 worksMedicineNursing: 2.45× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science4.82×58 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.28×42 works
  3. Nursing2.45×3 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.04×5 works
  5. Neuroscience1.40×6 works
  6. Chemistry1.35×5 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.33×1 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.22×14 works
  9. Energy1.21×3 works
  10. Chemical Engineering1.12×1 works
  11. Medicine1.12×52 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.01×4 works
  13. Health Professions0.98×6 works
  14. Psychology0.58×4 works
  15. Engineering0.48×18 works
  16. Veterinary0.46×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.42×4 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.38×1 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.27×1 works
  20. Computer Science0.24×4 works
  21. Social Sciences0.23×7 works
  22. Mathematics0.22×1 works
  23. Dentistry0.20×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.12×1 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×1 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Center for Environmental Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Caroline B. Johnson, Rosemary Castorina and Vernon N. Houk lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Center for Environmental Health.

  1. 1 Caroline B. Johnson United States · #426,001 worldwide 3.8k citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Rosemary Castorina United States · #463,139 worldwide 3.7k citations · 68 works
  3. 3 Vernon N. Houk United States · #1,289,200 worldwide 2.7k citations · 68 works
  4. 4 Caroline S. Cox United States · #1,341,993 worldwide 1.9k citations · 88 works
  5. 5 Chester R. Lapeza United States · #1,387,903 worldwide 1.4k citations · 25 works
  6. 6 W. J. JUN. NOVICK United States · #1,424,555 worldwide 1.3k citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Fraser W. Gaspar United States · #1,687,648 worldwide 997 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 María Teresa García Rodríguez United States · #1,690,917 worldwide 186 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Steven R. Kirkhorn United States · #1,955,207 worldwide 1.2k citations · 54 works
  10. 10 Rachel Raanan United States · #1,962,151 worldwide 332 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Center for Environmental Health

What are the most cited papers from Center for Environmental Health?

The most cited paper from Center for Environmental Health is "The Lancet Commission on pollution and health" (Philip J. Landrigan et al., 2017), with 4,954 citations. Next come "High secondary aerosol contribution to particulate pollution during haze events in China" (4,848) and "The 2005 World Health Organization Reevaluation of Human and Mammalian Toxic Equivalency Factors for Dioxins and Dioxin-Like Compounds" (3,805).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Lancet Commission on pollution and health Philip J. Landrigan et al. · The Lancet Open access 19 Oct 2017 4,954
2 High secondary aerosol contribution to particulate pollution during haze events in China Ru‐Jin Huang et al. · Nature Open access 16 Sep 2014 4,848
3 The 2005 World Health Organization Reevaluation of Human and Mammalian Toxic Equivalency Factors for Dioxins and Dioxin-Like Compounds Martin van den Berg, Linda S. Birnbaum, Michael S. Denison et al. · Toxicological Sciences Open access 7 Jul 2006 3,805
4 The Sorghum bicolor genome and the diversification of grasses Andrew H. Paterson et al. · Nature Open access 2009 3,257
5 Methods for Trend Estimation from Summarized Dose-Response Data, with Applications to Meta-Analysis Sander Greenland, Matthew P. Longnecker · American Journal of Epidemiology Jun 1992 2,392
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Center for Environmental Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Effects, Acoustic Communication, Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress, Mortality and Environmental Exposure.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology21▲ 2.2×66 topics
  2. Health Effects20▲ 14×19 topics
  3. Climate Change19▲ 2.9×41 topics
  4. Environmental Impact16▲ 3.8×24 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress14▲ 3.5×33 topics
  6. Acoustic Communication12▲ 97×2 topics
  7. Public Health12▲ 3.3×30 topics
  8. Mortality10▲ 7.2×8 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 3.5×28 topics
  10. Inflammation9▲ 1.66×44 topics
  11. Environmental Exposure8▲ 30×3 topics
  12. Population Dynamics8▲ 13×6 topics
  13. Conservation8▲ 7.6×10 topics
  14. Risk Assessment8▲ 4.7×8 topics
  15. Global Burden of Disease8▲ 12×3 topics
  16. Particulate Matter7▲ 21×2 topics
  17. Toxicity7▲ 6.8×12 topics
  18. Epidemiological Studies6▲ 20×2 topics
  19. Avian Vocal Communication6▲ 158×1 topic
  20. Birdsong6▲ 158×1 topic
  21. Evolutionary Biology6▲ 71×2 topics
  22. Genetics6▲ 3.7×12 topics
  23. Air Pollution6▲ 20×1 topic
  24. Fine Particulate Air Pollution6▲ 28×1 topic
  25. Biosensors6▲ 5.0×6 topics
  26. Food Safety6▲ 8.6×10 topics
  27. Pesticides6▲ 35×3 topics
  28. Anthropogenic Noise6▲ 86×1 topic
  29. Marine Mammals6▲ 86×1 topic
  30. Predator-Prey Interactions6▲ 31×2 topics
  31. Chronic Diseases5▲ 8.4×6 topics
  32. SARS-CoV-25▲ 6.8×5 topics
  33. Neurotoxicity5▲ 16×4 topics
  34. Exposure4▲ 36×2 topics
  35. Human Health4▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Chemical Warfare Agents4▲ 80×1 topic
  37. Life Cycle Assessment4▲ 6.0×5 topics
  38. Organophosphates4▲ 80×1 topic
  39. Global Distribution4▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Bioaccumulation4▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Center for Environmental Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Marine animal studies overview and Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity.

Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior: 6 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 6 fractional worksMarine animal studies ov…6Marine animal studies overview: 6 fractional worksPesticide Exposure and T…4Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity: 4 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 3 fractional worksToxic Organic Pollutants…3Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact: 3 fractional worksEffects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: 3 fractional worksEnvironmental Impact and Sustainability: 2 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 2 fractional works
Developmental BiologyHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisEcologyPlant Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior Developmental Biology 6 works
  2. 2 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 6 works
  3. 3 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 6 works
  4. 4 Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity Plant Science 4 works
  5. 5 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 3 works
  7. 7 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  8. 8 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  9. 9 Environmental Impact and Sustainability Environmental Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 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 available45.6%not open54.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.3%domestic only71.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Center for Environmental Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Center for Environmental Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00098% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Center for Environmental Health0.00085% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Center for Environmental Health over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Center for Environmental Health17.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.1% in 2022.

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