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Directorate of Health

In research, Directorate of Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,735 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#6,360 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,831 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,298
of 28,054 · #16,157 all time
Rank in Iceland
#4
of 8
Research works
1.3k
▲ 166% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.1k
5.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

What is Directorate of 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,735 of 11,982 6.6%283 #6923
MedicineField #6,360 of 10,443 7.1%217 #10255
Social SciencesDomain #7,831 of 10,521 8.6%169 #12023
Social SciencesField #5,180 of 6,365 8.3%96 #8421
Physical SciencesDomain #10,865 of 12,888 5.6%82 #17071
Life SciencesDomain #6,587 of 7,800 6.2%76 #11257

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

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#6,923 #5,735
  2. Medicine#10,255 #6,360
  3. Social Sciences#12,023 #7,831
  4. Social Sciences#8,421 #5,180
  5. Physical Sciences#17,071 #10,865
  6. Life Sciences#11,257 #6,587
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.

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: 1.25× its world share, 36 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.80× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.68× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.19× its world share, 51 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.85× its world share, 217 worksMedicineNursing: 1.99× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.84× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.75× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 96 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Directorate of Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Haraldur Bríem and Fehminaz Temel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Directorate of Health.

  1. 1 Haraldur Bríem Iceland · #629,369 worldwide 42 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Fehminaz Temel Iceland · #1,159,100 worldwide 6 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Directorate of Health

Which keywords describe research at Directorate of Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Culture, Ethnicity, Islam, Sharia Law, Social Influence, Pandemic and COVID-19.

▲ 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. Epidemiology67▲ 2.8×107 topics
  2. Public Health26▲ 3.0×44 topics
  3. COVID-1926▲ 3.2×22 topics
  4. Pandemic24▲ 3.8×12 topics
  5. Inflammation24▲ 1.92×55 topics
  6. Mental Health23▲ 2.6×28 topics
  7. Culture20▲ 6.3×4 topics
  8. History19▲ 4.4×2 topics
  9. Treatment19▲ 2.5×33 topics
  10. Literature18▲ 5.6×3 topics
  11. Ethnicity18▲ 7.9×3 topics
  12. Islam18▲ 14×2 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 2.7×31 topics
  14. Philosophy18▲ 6.6×2 topics
  15. Sharia Law18▲ 20×1 topic
  16. Social Influence18▲ 13×1 topic
  17. Depression18▲ 3.3×18 topics
  18. Quality of Life17▲ 1.96×32 topics
  19. Risk Factors17▲ 2.5×28 topics
  20. Legal Regulation16▲ 12×2 topics
  21. Economic Security16▲ 12×1 topic
  22. Transport Policy16▲ 21×1 topic
  23. Immune Response16▲ 4.6×15 topics
  24. Strategic Planning16▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles16▲ 14×2 topics
  26. Air Force16▲ 21×1 topic
  27. Modernization16▲ 14×1 topic
  28. Vaccine12▲ 5.1×10 topics
  29. Mortality12▲ 3.5×12 topics
  30. Global Burden11▲ 3.5×12 topics
  31. Pathogenesis11▲ 3.4×19 topics
  32. Social Support10▲ 3.0×11 topics
  33. Maternal Mortality10▲ 7.2×5 topics
  34. Risk Perception9▲ 5.7×6 topics
  35. Health9▲ 3.7×8 topics
  36. Healthcare Workers9▲ 5.9×4 topics
  37. Infectious Diseases9▲ 4.3×8 topics
  38. SARS-CoV-28▲ 4.2×6 topics
  39. Self-Efficacy8▲ 4.9×7 topics
  40. Cognitive Approach6▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Directorate of Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Military Technology and Strategies and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy.

Linguistic, Cultural, an…18Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 18 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 16 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 16 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 6 fractional worksSports and Physical Education Research: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 5 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 4 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Research Studies: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceTransportationAerospace EngineeringHealth5 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 18 works
  2. 2 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 16 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 16 works
  4. 4 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 6 works
  5. 5 Sports and Physical Education Research Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 5 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 5 works
  7. 7 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 4 works
  8. 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  9. 9 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 4 works
  10. 10 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 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 available76.2%not open23.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors66.0%domestic only34.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Directorate of Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 166% 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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