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Fenway Health

In research, Fenway Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,526 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#2,064 of 14,558 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,766 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychology (Psychology is 7.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,570
of 22,385 · #4,743 all time
Rank in United States
#1,773
of 3,332
Research works
541
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
26k
48.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Fenway Health

What is Fenway Health known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #1,526 of 16,688 22.6%313
MedicineField #2,064 of 14,558 23.8%239
Social SciencesDomain #5,766 of 14,833 24.6%163

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fenway 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Fenway Health work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Fenway Health is in Health Sciences, 37% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (47%), Psychology (22%), Social Sciences (13%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 63 fractional works · 55.4% of its workMedicine: 53 fractional works · 46.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 17 fractional works · 14.7% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 8.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 42 fractional works · 36.9% of its workPsychology: 26 fractional works · 22.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 19 fractional works · 16.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 12.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 7.5% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workVirology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFenway Health114fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences1%Health Sciences55%Social Sciences37%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5346.7%
    2. Health Professions98.2%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Psychology2622.4%
    2. Social Sciences1512.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.9%
    4. Decision Sciences10.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology43.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.1%
    3. Neuroscience10.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering10.7%
    2. Environmental Science00.2%
    3. Computer Science00.2%
    4. Mathematics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Fenway Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychology takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PsychologyField · 25.5 works7.4×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.31× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.13× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.43× its world share, 53 worksMedicineNursing: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 7.37× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology7.37×26 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.31×4 works
  3. Health Professions3.13×9 works
  4. Medicine2.43×53 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.04×0 works
  6. Social Sciences1.02×15 works
  7. Nursing0.68×0 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.47×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.40×1 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.40×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.39×2 works
  12. Dentistry0.20×0 works
  13. Engineering0.05×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.04×0 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fenway Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Alex Sogomon Keuroghlian, Kenneth Hugh Mayer and Matthew J. Mimiaga lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fenway Health.

  1. 1 Alex Sogomon Keuroghlian United States · #67,676 worldwide 6.3k citations · 204 works
  2. 2 Kenneth Hugh Mayer United States · #78,692 worldwide 84k citations · 1,806 works
  3. 3 Matthew J. Mimiaga United States · #92,659 worldwide 20k citations · 451 works
  4. 4 Chris Grasso United States · #145,090 worldwide 3.7k citations · 99 works
  5. 5 Katie Brooks Biello United States · #147,903 worldwide 6.2k citations · 229 works
  6. 6 Judith Bradford United States · #160,857 worldwide 8.2k citations · 89 works
  7. 7 Dana S. King United States · #199,123 worldwide 1.9k citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Hilary Goldhammer United States · #263,722 worldwide 2.6k citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Dana J. Pardee United States · #337,115 worldwide 1.6k citations · 47 works
  10. 10 Seán Cahill United States · #402,302 worldwide 4.1k citations · 137 works
All ranked researchers at Fenway Health

What are the most cited papers from Fenway Health?

The most cited paper from Fenway Health is "Prevention of HIV-1 Infection with Early Antiretroviral Therapy" (Myron S. Cohen et al., 2011), with 7,006 citations. Next come "Preexposure Chemoprophylaxis for HIV Prevention in Men Who Have Sex with Men" (5,186) and "Vigorous HIV-1-Specific CD4 + T Cell Responses Associated with Control of Viremia" (1,851).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Prevention of HIV-1 Infection with Early Antiretroviral Therapy Myron S. Cohen et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 18 Jul 2011 7,006
2 Preexposure Chemoprophylaxis for HIV Prevention in Men Who Have Sex with Men Robert M. Grant et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 23 Nov 2010 5,186
3 Vigorous HIV-1-Specific CD4 + T Cell Responses Associated with Control of Viremia Eric S. Rosenberg, James M. Billingsley, Angela M. Caliendo et al. · Science 21 Nov 1997 1,851
4 Antiretroviral Therapy for the Prevention of HIV-1 Transmission Myron S. Cohen et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 18 Jul 2016 1,760
5 Transgender stigma and health: A critical review of stigma determinants, mechanisms, and interventions Jaclyn M. W. Hughto, Sari L. Reisner, John E. Pachankis · Social Science & Medicine Open access 11 Nov 2015 1,675
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fenway Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Antiretroviral Therapy, Stigma, Intersectionality, Health Disparities, Gender Identity, Discrimination and LGBTQ+.

▲ 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-now 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. Mental Health25▲ 15×21 topics
  2. Antiretroviral Therapy21▲ 115×6 topics
  3. Stigma21▲ 133×4 topics
  4. Intersectionality20▲ 90×8 topics
  5. Gender Identity19▲ 153×3 topics
  6. Health Disparities19▲ 63×6 topics
  7. Discrimination18▲ 76×4 topics
  8. LGBTQ+18▲ 382×1 topic
  9. Social Stress18▲ 382×1 topic
  10. HIV Transmission15▲ 173×2 topics
  11. Epidemiology15▲ 3.3×31 topics
  12. Mortality Rates14▲ 131×2 topics
  13. Viral Load14▲ 161×2 topics
  14. Preexposure Prophylaxis14▲ 255×1 topic
  15. Stigma and Discrimination14▲ 255×1 topic
  16. Public Health11▲ 6.7×16 topics
  17. HIV9▲ 93×4 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 5.5×14 topics
  19. Psychological Impact7▲ 18×6 topics
  20. Substance Abuse6▲ 81×2 topics
  21. Gender Differences6▲ 14×2 topics
  22. drug use6▲ 171×1 topic
  23. harm reduction6▲ 171×1 topic
  24. Inflammation6▲ 2.3×18 topics
  25. Human Rights5▲ 4.3×6 topics
  26. Quality of Life5▲ 3.0×14 topics
  27. Risk Factors5▲ 3.8×9 topics
  28. HIV Infection5▲ 40×4 topics
  29. Social Determinants of Health4▲ 16×3 topics
  30. HIV Prevention4▲ 56×2 topics
  31. Adolescent Health4▲ 38×2 topics
  32. Sexual Behavior4▲ 87×1 topic
  33. Youth Risk Behavior4▲ 87×1 topic
  34. Aging3▲ 5.5×4 topics
  35. HIV/AIDS3▲ 44×3 topics
  36. Stress3▲ 7.5×3 topics
  37. Assisted Reproductive Technology3▲ 43×2 topics
  38. Hypersexual Disorder3▲ 101×1 topic
  39. Infertility3▲ 18×3 topics
  40. Pornography Consumption3▲ 101×1 topic

Which research topics does Fenway Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.

LGBTQ Health, Identity, …18LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 18 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…14HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 14 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 6 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 4 fractional worksSexuality, Behavior, and Technology: 3 fractional worksReproductive Health and Technologies: 3 fractional worksHIV-related health complications and treatments: 3 fractional worksSex work and related issues: 2 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksSex and Gender in Healthcare: 2 fractional works
Social PsychologyInfectious DiseasesEpidemiologyGeneral Health Professions6 others

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

  1. 1 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 18 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 14 works
  3. 3 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 6 works
  4. 4 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 4 works
  5. 5 Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology Clinical Psychology 3 works
  6. 6 Reproductive Health and Technologies Reproductive Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Sex work and related issues Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 2 works
  10. 10 Sex and Gender in Healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available54.0%not open46.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.8%domestic only84.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fenway Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Fenway Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00039% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Fenway Health0.00039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fenway Health over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Fenway Health21.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 31.8% in 2014.

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