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Department of Public Health

In research, Department of Public Health stands highest in Medicine (#4,445 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,221 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,639
of 28,054 · #13,303 all time
Rank in United States
#1,291
of 4,192
Research works
766
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
28.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is 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 #4,445 of 10,443 17.7%95 #5694
Health SciencesDomain #5,221 of 11,982 20.4%122 #5973

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

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: 0.53× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.35× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.87× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.21× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.25× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.70× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.36× its world share, 95 worksMedicineNursing: 2.43× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.87× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.72× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Department of Public Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Inflammation, Primary Care, Quality of Life, COVID-19, Infectious Diseases and Quality Improvement.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 2.9×81 topics
  2. Inflammation12▲ 2.6×54 topics
  3. Public Health12▲ 3.8×33 topics
  4. Quality of Life8▲ 2.8×34 topics
  5. COVID-198▲ 2.8×20 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.8×25 topics
  7. Primary Care7▲ 8.4×11 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress6▲ 1.65×28 topics
  9. Treatment6▲ 2.2×25 topics
  10. Mental Health6▲ 1.80×22 topics
  11. Pandemic5▲ 2.3×8 topics
  12. Risk Factors5▲ 2.2×24 topics
  13. Infectious Diseases5▲ 7.0×7 topics
  14. Depression5▲ 2.5×14 topics
  15. Global Burden5▲ 4.1×12 topics
  16. Health Effects4▲ 3.4×11 topics
  17. Mortality4▲ 3.5×10 topics
  18. Quality Improvement4▲ 11×8 topics
  19. Diagnosis4▲ 2.2×20 topics
  20. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 4.9×7 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 3.4×11 topics
  22. SARS-CoV-24▲ 5.7×6 topics
  23. Genetics4▲ 2.6×14 topics
  24. Health Equity4▲ 6.6×4 topics
  25. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 9.3×5 topics
  26. Ethical Considerations4▲ 5.0×11 topics
  27. Immune Response4▲ 2.9×13 topics
  28. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 5.2×9 topics
  29. Guidelines3▲ 3.4×12 topics
  30. Healthcare Workers3▲ 6.1×5 topics
  31. Mortality Risk3▲ 6.2×6 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 4.9×9 topics
  33. Drug Resistance3▲ 4.8×5 topics
  34. Health Disparities3▲ 5.3×5 topics
  35. Healthcare-Associated Infections3▲ 11×5 topics
  36. Risk Perception3▲ 5.1×4 topics
  37. Global Health3▲ 8.9×3 topics
  38. Cognitive Impairment3▲ 5.1×6 topics
  39. Health Services2▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Comorbidity2▲ 10.0×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Antibiotic Use and Resistance, Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and Innovations in Medical Education.

Antibiotic Use and Resis…2Antibiotic Use and Resistance: 2 fractional worksChronic Disease Manageme…2Chronic Disease Management Strategies: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…2Innovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health …2Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 2 fractional worksOccupational and environmental lung diseases: 2 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 1 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…1Asthma and respiratory diseases: 1 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional works
Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologyEpidemiologyHealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2 works
  2. 2 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 2 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  4. 4 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 2 works
  6. 6 Occupational and environmental lung diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 1 works
  9. 9 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 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 available58.6%not open41.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors69.2%domestic only30.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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