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Department of Health Services

In research, Department of Health Services stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,653 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#5,833 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,543 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Health Professions — General Health Professions is 10.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,837
of 28,054 · #6,303 all time
Rank in United States
#1,931
of 4,192
Research works
1.7k
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
68k
38.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Department of Health Services 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,653 of 11,982 22.4%135 #2023
MedicineField #5,833 of 10,443 21.3%86 #3168
Social SciencesDomain #7,543 of 10,521 26.0%78 #3071

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Department of Health Services 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. Health Sciences#2,023 #5,653
  2. Medicine#3,168 #5,833
  3. Social Sciences#3,071 #7,543
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 Department of Health Services specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 10.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 36.5 works11×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 46.1 works7.2×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 7.22× its world share, 46 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.84× its world share, 86 worksMedicineNursing: 2.04× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.86× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.47× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.20× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 31 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Department of Health Services?

Ranked on the composite score, Helle Terkildsen Maindal and Loni Ledderer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Department of Health Services.

  1. 1 Helle Terkildsen Maindal United States · #1,064,497 worldwide 49 citations · 73 works
  2. 2 Loni Ledderer United States · #1,570,969 worldwide 0 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Department of Health Services

Which keywords describe research at Department of Health Services?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Mental Health, Primary Care, Epidemiology, Chronic Disease Management, Health Care Utilization, Health Disparities 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. Public Health27▲ 7.6×35 topics
  2. Epidemiology22▲ 2.2×58 topics
  3. Mental Health21▲ 5.9×28 topics
  4. Primary Care16▲ 17×14 topics
  5. Quality of Life10▲ 2.8×21 topics
  6. Chronic Disease Management9▲ 20×6 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 3.1×24 topics
  8. Depression8▲ 3.9×15 topics
  9. Health Care Utilization8▲ 30×3 topics
  10. Risk Factors8▲ 3.1×29 topics
  11. Health Disparities8▲ 13×9 topics
  12. Health Outcomes8▲ 12×6 topics
  13. Social Support7▲ 5.2×13 topics
  14. Quality Improvement7▲ 15×8 topics
  15. Physical Activity7▲ 5.6×8 topics
  16. Antiretroviral Therapy6▲ 16×4 topics
  17. Psychiatric Disorders6▲ 19×3 topics
  18. Mortality Rates6▲ 27×2 topics
  19. Mortality6▲ 4.3×12 topics
  20. Health Care Spending6▲ 58×1 topic
  21. Insurance Markets6▲ 58×1 topic
  22. Adolescents6▲ 6.2×8 topics
  23. Health Promotion6▲ 7.2×8 topics
  24. Health System Reform6▲ 32×2 topics
  25. Social Determinants of Health6▲ 10.0×4 topics
  26. Prevalence5▲ 5.3×9 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 6.8×7 topics
  28. Substance Abuse5▲ 30×2 topics
  29. Chronic Disease5▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 8.4×4 topics
  31. HIV Transmission5▲ 27×2 topics
  32. Patient Engagement5▲ 15×4 topics
  33. Viral Load5▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Adolescent Health5▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Behavior Change5▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Global Health5▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Ethical Guidelines4▲ 34×2 topics
  38. Preexposure Prophylaxis4▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Stigma and Discrimination4▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Maternal Mortality4▲ 8.1×5 topics

Which research topics does Department of Health Services publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Healthcare Policy and Management, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research and Primary Care and Health Outcomes.

Healthcare Policy and Ma…6Healthcare Policy and Management: 6 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…4HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 4 fractional worksEducation, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 4 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 4 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 4 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 3 fractional worksHealth, psychology, and well-being: 3 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activi…3Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 3 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 3 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Cessation: 3 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsInfectious DiseasesSocial PsychologyGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 4 works
  3. 3 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 4 works
  4. 4 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 4 works
  5. 5 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 4 works
  6. 6 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 3 works
  7. 7 Health, psychology, and well-being General Health Professions 3 works
  8. 8 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  9. 9 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 3 works
  10. 10 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 3 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 available36.8%not open63.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.5%domestic only77.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Department of Health Services's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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