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Defense Health Agency

In research, Defense Health Agency stands highest in Medicine (#6,146 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,194 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,789
of 28,054 · #26,107 all time
Rank in United States
#2,390
of 4,192
Research works
491
▲ 119% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.1k
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Defense Health Agency 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 #6,146 of 10,443 12.4%96 #8983
Health SciencesDomain #7,194 of 11,982 12.4%131 #10975

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Defense Health Agency 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).

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: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.40× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.59× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.54× its world share, 96 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.89× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.99× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Defense Health Agency?

Ranked on the composite score, Derek J. Smolenski and Shauna Stahlman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Defense Health Agency.

  1. 1 Derek J. Smolenski United States · #307,697 worldwide 140 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Shauna Stahlman United States · #405,109 worldwide 23 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Defense Health Agency

Which keywords describe research at Defense Health Agency?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Mortality, Trauma, Infectious Diseases, Mental Health, Healthcare Workers and Resuscitation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology39▲ 5.0×59 topics
  2. Public Health20▲ 6.9×22 topics
  3. Mortality14▲ 12×12 topics
  4. Mental Health14▲ 4.8×18 topics
  5. Trauma13▲ 33×5 topics
  6. Infectious Diseases12▲ 18×5 topics
  7. Risk Factors10▲ 4.8×20 topics
  8. Healthcare Workers9▲ 19×2 topics
  9. Resuscitation9▲ 35×3 topics
  10. Pandemic9▲ 4.1×6 topics
  11. Disaster Response8▲ 58×2 topics
  12. Health Outcomes8▲ 16×6 topics
  13. Ethical Considerations8▲ 12×4 topics
  14. Emergency Preparedness8▲ 98×1 topic
  15. Quality Improvement8▲ 21×6 topics
  16. Triage8▲ 98×1 topic
  17. Depression7▲ 4.2×14 topics
  18. Occupational Exposure7▲ 67×3 topics
  19. Injury Severity7▲ 45×2 topics
  20. Resilience7▲ 7.6×4 topics
  21. Cancer Risk7▲ 16×4 topics
  22. Prehospital Care7▲ 87×1 topic
  23. Psychometric Evaluation7▲ 38×2 topics
  24. Trauma Center7▲ 87×1 topic
  25. Cognitive Therapy7▲ 32×3 topics
  26. Physical Fitness7▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Hemorrhage6▲ 49×3 topics
  28. Emergency Responders6▲ 187×1 topic
  29. Firefighters6▲ 187×1 topic
  30. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder6▲ 117×1 topic
  31. Psychological Treatment6▲ 117×1 topic
  32. Sepsis6▲ 19×3 topics
  33. Medical Education6▲ 11×8 topics
  34. Biomechanics5▲ 9.0×6 topics
  35. Coagulopathy5▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Glycocalyx5▲ 108×1 topic
  37. Adolescents5▲ 7.0×5 topics
  38. Consciousness5▲ 37×2 topics
  39. Recovery5▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Encephalopathy5▲ 37×2 topics

Which research topics does Defense Health Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Disaster Response and Management, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Occupational Health and Performance and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research.

Disaster Response and Ma…8Disaster Response and Management: 8 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Car…7Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 7 fractional worksOccupational Health and …6Occupational Health and Performance: 6 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Dis…6Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 6 fractional worksTrauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 5 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 5 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm St…4Suicide and Self-Harm Studies: 4 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 3 fractional worksPublic Health Policies and Education: 3 fractional worksHistory of Medical Practice: 2 fractional works
Emergency Medical ServicesEmergency MedicineOccupational TherapyClinical Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 8 works
  2. 2 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 6 works
  4. 4 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 6 works
  5. 5 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 5 works
  6. 6 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 5 works
  7. 7 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 4 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Public Health Policies and Education General Health Professions 3 works
  10. 10 History of Medical Practice Neurology 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 available48.6%not open51.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Defense Health Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 119% 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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