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DeKalb County Board of Health

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Research works
105
▲ 92% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.2k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: DeKalb County Board of Health is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.25× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 1.95× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 4.87× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 5.88× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.62× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.40× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.74× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at DeKalb County Board of Health?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Promotion, Health Equity, Mental Health, Community Health, Ethics and Social Determinants of Health.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Public Health16▲ 11×19 topics
  2. Epidemiology14▲ 3.3×39 topics
  3. Mental Health7▲ 5.9×11 topics
  4. Health Promotion6▲ 21×4 topics
  5. Health Equity6▲ 32×3 topics
  6. Community Health6▲ 41×3 topics
  7. Ethics6▲ 12×4 topics
  8. Social Determinants of Health6▲ 24×3 topics
  9. Population Health6▲ 171×2 topics
  10. Health System Performance5▲ 325×1 topic
  11. Policy5▲ 29×1 topic
  12. Infectious Diseases5▲ 18×4 topics
  13. Self-Efficacy4▲ 19×3 topics
  14. Music Education3▲ 128×2 topics
  15. Primary Care3▲ 7.3×4 topics
  16. Substance Abuse3▲ 44×2 topics
  17. Adolescents3▲ 8.3×5 topics
  18. Disaster Response3▲ 37×2 topics
  19. Immune Response3▲ 4.6×7 topics
  20. Social Determinants3▲ 15×2 topics
  21. Antiretroviral Therapy3▲ 12×5 topics
  22. Healthcare Workers3▲ 19×2 topics
  23. Vaccine3▲ 6.8×8 topics
  24. Ethical Considerations3▲ 8.3×3 topics
  25. HIV3▲ 22×4 topics
  26. Informal Learning3▲ 26×1 topic
  27. Performance Anxiety3▲ 139×1 topic
  28. Emergency Preparedness3▲ 65×1 topic
  29. Psychiatric Disorders3▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Triage3▲ 65×1 topic
  31. Cancer Risk2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  32. Health Care Utilization2▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Health Outcomes2▲ 10×3 topics
  34. Chronic Disease2▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Food Insecurity2▲ 46×1 topic
  36. Nutritional Consequences2▲ 62×1 topic
  37. Smoking Cessation2▲ 64×1 topic
  38. Tobacco Use2▲ 64×1 topic
  39. HIV Transmission2▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Viral Load2▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does DeKalb County Board of Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Healthcare Policy and Management, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk.

Healthcare Policy and Management: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 1 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…1Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk1HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 1 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 0 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, …0LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 0 fractional worksPoxvirus research and outbreaks: 0 fractional worksWater Quality and Resources Studies: 0 fractional worksUrban Stormwater Management Solutions: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsModeling and SimulationHealthEpidemiology6 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 1 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 1 works
  4. 4 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 1 works
  6. 6 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  7. 7 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Poxvirus research and outbreaks Virology 0 works
  9. 9 Water Quality and Resources Studies Water Science and Technology 0 works
  10. 10 Urban Stormwater Management Solutions Environmental Engineering 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 available36.2%not open63.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.2%domestic only93.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has DeKalb County Board of Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 92% 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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