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Chicago Department of Public Health

In research, Chicago Department of Public Health stands highest in Medicine (#1,542 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,771 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,859 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions — General Health Professions is 6.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,363
of 28,054 · #7,092 all time
Rank in United States
#853
of 4,192
Research works
1.5k
▲ 55% vs 2013–17
Citations
43k
29.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Chicago Department of Public Health 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 #1,542 of 10,443 18.3%194 #2532
Health SciencesDomain #1,771 of 11,982 19.9%251 #2237
Social SciencesDomain #5,859 of 10,521 28.2%96 #3824

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Chicago Department of Public 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 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#2,532 #1,542
  2. Health Sciences#2,237 #1,771
  3. Social Sciences#3,824 #5,859
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 Chicago Department of Public Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 39.5 works6.6×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.32× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.25× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.93× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.90× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.61× its world share, 53 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.33× its world share, 194 worksMedicineNursing: 1.27× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.34× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.57× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 41 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Chicago Department of Public Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Stéphanie Black and Isaac Ghinai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Chicago Department of Public Health.

  1. 1 Stéphanie Black United States · #234,737 worldwide 116 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Isaac Ghinai United States · #306,486 worldwide 226 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Chicago Department of Public Health

Which keywords describe research at Chicago Department of Public Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Mental Health, Risk Factors, Health Disparities, Primary Care, Mortality Risk and Health Outcomes.

▲ 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. Epidemiology46▲ 2.7×90 topics
  2. Public Health33▲ 5.3×35 topics
  3. Mental Health31▲ 4.9×27 topics
  4. Risk Factors23▲ 4.7×31 topics
  5. Health Disparities18▲ 15×7 topics
  6. Depression15▲ 4.0×16 topics
  7. Primary Care14▲ 8.8×12 topics
  8. COVID-1914▲ 2.4×15 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 2.9×27 topics
  10. Quality of Life14▲ 2.2×34 topics
  11. Mortality Risk13▲ 13×6 topics
  12. Mortality13▲ 5.1×12 topics
  13. Health Outcomes12▲ 9.9×7 topics
  14. Psychiatric Disorders12▲ 20×4 topics
  15. Mortality Rates11▲ 28×2 topics
  16. Social Support11▲ 4.7×12 topics
  17. Obesity11▲ 3.4×16 topics
  18. Global Burden of Disease11▲ 10×4 topics
  19. Cancer Risk11▲ 11×7 topics
  20. Gene Expression11▲ 4.0×9 topics
  21. Health Effects11▲ 4.1×17 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 4.2×13 topics
  23. Substance Use Disorders10▲ 31×2 topics
  24. Physical Activity10▲ 4.5×10 topics
  25. Radiotherapy9▲ 5.6×10 topics
  26. Breast Cancer9▲ 9.0×11 topics
  27. Adolescents9▲ 5.6×6 topics
  28. Prevalence9▲ 5.0×11 topics
  29. Survival Analysis9▲ 7.5×7 topics
  30. Health Equity9▲ 7.4×5 topics
  31. Chronic Disease9▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Quality Improvement9▲ 10×7 topics
  33. Cancer Incidence8▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Health Care Utilization8▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Substance Abuse8▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Social Determinants8▲ 8.2×3 topics
  37. Social Determinants of Health7▲ 7.5×4 topics
  38. Antiretroviral Therapy7▲ 10×6 topics
  39. Preventive Services7▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Chronic Disease Management7▲ 8.5×5 topics

Which research topics does Chicago Department of Public Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk and Smoking Behavior and Cessation.

Food Security and Health…7Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 7 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …6Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 6 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 5 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Cessation: 5 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 5 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 5 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursi…5Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 5 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 4 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsOncologyEpidemiologyPhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 7 works
  2. 2 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 6 works
  3. 3 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 5 works
  4. 4 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 5 works
  5. 5 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 5 works
  6. 6 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 5 works
  7. 7 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 5 works
  8. 8 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 5 works
  9. 9 Health disparities and outcomes Health 4 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 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 available54.9%not open45.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.5%domestic only84.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Chicago Department of Public Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 55% 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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