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Fitzsimons Army Medical Center

In research, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#4,308 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,546 of 20,462 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,543 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dermatology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Rheumatology — Dermatology is 7.0× its share of world research.

World rank, all time
#12,447
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,722
of 8,685
Research works
1.3k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
35k
26.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
68.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
9%
world 28%

What is Fitzsimons Army Medical Center 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
MedicineField #4,308 of 17,978 17.7%908
Health SciencesDomain #5,546 of 20,462 18.4%994
Life SciencesDomain #6,543 of 14,347 19.6%229
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #4,442 of 7,814 22.5%138
SurgerySubfield #2,535 of 4,227 14.2%156

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

What does Fitzsimons Army Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dermatology takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DermatologySubfield · 23.8 works7.0×
  2. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 48.9 works6.0×
  3. RheumatologySubfield · 35.7 works5.3×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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.

Neuroscience: 1.83× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 2.68× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceHealth Professions: 2.63× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.29× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.95× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 7.97× its world share, 0 worksPsychologyworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Howerde E. Sauberlich, Robert H. Herman and George L. Phillips lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fitzsimons Army Medical Center.

  1. 1 Howerde E. Sauberlich United States · #62,866 worldwide 278 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Robert H. Herman United States · #242,499 worldwide 152 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 George L. Phillips United States · #551,039 worldwide 9 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Fred D. Hofeldt United States · #572,874 worldwide 83 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 David Thomas United States · #750,326 worldwide 49 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 C. Frank Consolazio United States · #758,667 worldwide 39 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Inflammation, Management, Metabolic Syndrome, Complications and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology184▲ 3.4×113 topics
  2. Inflammation80▲ 2.6×59 topics
  3. Treatment74▲ 4.3×44 topics
  4. Diagnosis72▲ 5.3×36 topics
  5. Management50▲ 4.8×27 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress46▲ 1.90×37 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome46▲ 4.0×20 topics
  8. Quality of Life42▲ 2.3×35 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease40▲ 2.6×26 topics
  10. Complications36▲ 5.3×17 topics
  11. Surgical Management35▲ 5.7×19 topics
  12. Public Health34▲ 1.89×27 topics
  13. Obesity32▲ 3.2×19 topics
  14. Insulin Resistance32▲ 5.2×9 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations31▲ 4.5×20 topics
  16. Risk Factors28▲ 2.1×27 topics
  17. Metabolism28▲ 3.3×17 topics
  18. Chemotherapy28▲ 2.9×21 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders25▲ 2.8×16 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines25▲ 3.3×13 topics
  21. Pathogenesis24▲ 3.3×18 topics
  22. Hypertension22▲ 4.8×9 topics
  23. Nutrition22▲ 3.9×10 topics
  24. Guidelines22▲ 3.5×12 topics
  25. Mortality22▲ 3.4×9 topics
  26. Prognostic Factors22▲ 3.7×14 topics
  27. Autoantibodies22▲ 7.0×7 topics
  28. Cardiovascular Risk21▲ 4.5×8 topics
  29. Hepatic Steatosis20▲ 10×2 topics
  30. Aging20▲ 2.9×10 topics
  31. Surgery19▲ 4.3×10 topics
  32. Exercise18▲ 9.2×3 topics
  33. Asthma17▲ 9.8×2 topics
  34. Amino Acids15▲ 9.2×2 topics
  35. Pregnancy15▲ 5.0×9 topics
  36. Mechanical Ventilation14▲ 8.1×2 topics
  37. Glucose Metabolism14▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Fructose13▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Lipid Dysregulation13▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Newborn Screening12▲ 8.3×2 topics

Which research topics does Fitzsimons Army Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Digital Mental Health Interventions, Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts, Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare and Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors.

  1. 1 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 0 works
  2. 2 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 0 works
  3. 3 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 0 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  6. 6 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 0 works
  7. 7 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Workplace Health and Well-being General Health Professions 0 works
  9. 9 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 0 works
  10. 10 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 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 available9.0%not open91.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors1.5%domestic only98.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fitzsimons Army Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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