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Cooper Institute

In research, Cooper Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,225 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,272 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,517
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,204
of 7,310
Research works
482
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
64.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Cooper Institute

What is Cooper Institute 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 #3,225 of 16,688 23.2%388
MedicineField #4,272 of 14,558 23.2%341

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cooper Institute 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 Cooper Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Cooper Institute is in Health Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Social Sciences (7%), Psychology (5%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 17 fractional works · 68.1% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 61.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 16.3% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 14.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 18.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKCooper Institute25fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences18%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1561.3%
    2. Health Professions14.0%
    3. Nursing12.1%
    4. Veterinary00.7%
    1. Social Sciences27.1%
    2. Psychology15.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance14.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting01.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences15.4%
    2. Neuroscience01.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.7%
    1. Environmental Science14.3%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.2%
    3. Engineering00.6%
    4. Computer Science00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.53× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.19× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 4.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.95× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.09× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.78× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.95×0 works
  2. Nursing4.20×0 works
  3. Medicine3.19×15 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.09×1 works
  5. Psychology1.78×1 works
  6. Health Professions1.53×1 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.13×1 works
  8. Environmental Science0.87×1 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.77×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.60×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.56×2 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.42×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.06×0 works
  15. Engineering0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cooper Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Kerem Shuval, S. N. Blair and Andrea L. Dunn lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cooper Institute.

  1. 1 Kerem Shuval United States · #45,621 worldwide 76k citations · 185 works
  2. 2 S. N. Blair United States · #101,406 worldwide 16k citations · 109 works
  3. 3 Andrea L. Dunn United States · #135,455 worldwide 13k citations · 166 works
  4. 4 James B. Kampert United States · #141,332 worldwide 8.6k citations · 104 works
  5. 5 David S. Leonard United States · #218,051 worldwide 8.1k citations · 192 works
  6. 6 Laura F. DeFina United States · #315,819 worldwide 5.4k citations · 196 works
  7. 7 Carolyn E. Barlow United States · #354,426 worldwide 8.9k citations · 271 works
  8. 8 Nina Butwell Radford United States · #362,605 worldwide 3k citations · 73 works
  9. 9 Benjamin L. Willis United States · #410,212 worldwide 3.6k citations · 105 works
  10. 10 Kenneth H. Cooper United States · #609,013 worldwide 4.5k citations · 99 works
All ranked researchers at Cooper Institute

What are the most cited papers from Cooper Institute?

The most cited paper from Cooper Institute is "Changes in Physical Fitness and All-Cause Mortality" (Steven N. Blair, 1995), with 1,974 citations. Next come "Influences of Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Other Precursors on Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality in Men and Women" (1,829) and "Physical fitness and all-cause mortality. A prospective study of healthy men and women" (1,649).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Changes in Physical Fitness and All-Cause Mortality Steven N. Blair · JAMA 12 Apr 1995 1,974
2 Influences of Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Other Precursors on Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality in Men and Women Steven N. Blair · JAMA 17 Jul 1996 1,829
3 Physical fitness and all-cause mortality. A prospective study of healthy men and women Steven J. Blair · JAMA 3 Nov 1989 1,649
4 Exercise treatment for depression Andrea L. Dunn, Madhukar H. Trivedi, James B. Kampert et al. · American Journal of Preventive Medicine 29 Dec 2004 1,211
5 Relationship Between Low Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Mortality in Normal-Weight, Overweight, and Obese Men Ming Wei · JAMA 27 Oct 1999 1,181
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cooper Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Physical Activity, Public Health, Vascular Function, Obesity, Chronic Diseases and Aging.

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

All 34 words, with their numbers
  1. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 16×8 topics
  2. Inflammation4▲ 8.6×8 topics
  3. Physical Activity4▲ 29×6 topics
  4. Public Health3▲ 9.4×6 topics
  5. Vascular Function3▲ 132×2 topics
  6. Obesity3▲ 14×8 topics
  7. Chronic Diseases2▲ 40×3 topics
  8. Mental Health2▲ 7.0×5 topics
  9. Aging2▲ 18×3 topics
  10. Heart Failure2▲ 21×2 topics
  11. High-Intensity Interval Training2▲ 86×2 topics
  12. Cardiorespiratory Fitness2▲ 206×1 topic
  13. Exercise Capacity2▲ 206×1 topic
  14. Exercise2▲ 64×1 topic
  15. Health Benefits2▲ 24×2 topics
  16. Sedentary Behavior2▲ 175×1 topic
  17. Genetic Mutations2▲ 14×2 topics
  18. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy2▲ 219×1 topic
  19. Epidemiology2▲ 1.50×7 topics
  20. Muscle Mass2▲ 54×2 topics
  21. Sudden Death2▲ 136×1 topic
  22. Cancer Cachexia1▲ 61×1 topic
  23. Sarcopenia1▲ 61×1 topic
  24. Coronary Artery Disease1▲ 40×2 topics
  25. Meta-Analysis1▲ 8.4×4 topics
  26. Sustainability1▲ 1.92×2 topics
  27. Climate Change1▲ 1.68×7 topics
  28. Depression1▲ 5.0×5 topics
  29. Epicardial Fat1▲ 97×1 topic
  30. Mortality Risk1▲ 18×3 topics
  31. Perivascular Adipose Tissue1▲ 97×1 topic
  32. Bioeconomy1▲ 272×1 topic
  33. Biomass1▲ 35×1 topic
  34. Physical Performance1▲ 43×2 topics

Which research topics does Cooper Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiovascular and exercise physiology, Physical Activity and Health, Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise and Nutrition and Health in Aging.

Cardiovascular and exercise physiology: 2 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Effects o…2Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …1Nutrition and Health in Aging: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 1 fractional worksBioeconomy and Sustainability Development: 1 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults1Frailty in Older Adults: 1 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 1 fractional worksCardiac Health and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksNutritional Studies and Diet: 0 fractional works
Complementary and alternative medicinePhysiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 2 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  7. 7 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  8. 8 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Health and Mental Health Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available13.9%not open86.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cooper Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher 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 Cooper Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000087% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Cooper Institute0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cooper Institute 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.

20%40%60%Cooper Institute22.3% in 2006all institutions10.0% in 20062000

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 53.6% in 1999.

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