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Framingham Heart Study

In research, Framingham Heart Study stands highest in Medicine (#6,355 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,788 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,283
of 28,054 · #5,598 all time
Rank in United States
#2,318
of 4,192
Research works
811
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
143k
176.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Framingham Heart Study 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 #6,355 of 10,443 31.1%67 #1451
Health SciencesDomain #7,788 of 11,982 31.1%70 #1751

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Framingham Heart Study 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.92× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.35× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.06× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.13× its world share, 67 worksMedicineNursing: 1.32× its world share, 1 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: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.36× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Framingham Heart Study?

Ranked on the composite score, Daniel Levy, William B. Kannel and Christopher J. O’Donnell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Framingham Heart Study.

  1. 1 Daniel Levy · #230 worldwide 3.9k citations · 196 works
  2. 2 William B. Kannel · #242 worldwide 5.7k citations · 110 works
  3. 3 Christopher J. O’Donnell · #1,650 worldwide 2.2k citations · 87 works
  4. 4 Martin G. Larson · #4,340 worldwide 1.2k citations · 92 works
  5. 5 Andrew D. Johnson · #29,011 worldwide 604 citations · 58 works
  6. 6 William P. Castelli · #44,381 worldwide 1.9k citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Shih‐Jen Hwang · #75,550 worldwide 325 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Jane C. Evans · #119,578 worldwide 433 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Ming‐Huei Chen · #160,128 worldwide 155 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Margaret Kelly‐Hayes · #198,712 worldwide 408 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Framingham Heart Study

Which keywords describe research at Framingham Heart Study?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomarkers, Aging, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Alzheimer's Disease, Neuroimaging, Cognitive Training and Cognitive Decline.

▲ 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. Biomarkers17▲ 22×10 topics
  2. Inflammation14▲ 6.2×40 topics
  3. Aging14▲ 23×11 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 10×26 topics
  5. Alzheimer's Disease13▲ 40×4 topics
  6. Neuroimaging13▲ 42×6 topics
  7. Cognitive Training12▲ 116×2 topics
  8. Cognitive Decline12▲ 88×2 topics
  9. Caregiver Burden12▲ 95×2 topics
  10. Dementia12▲ 111×1 topic
  11. Mild Cognitive Impairment12▲ 124×1 topic
  12. Epidemiology11▲ 2.6×29 topics
  13. Public Health9▲ 5.4×13 topics
  14. Obesity8▲ 9.1×16 topics
  15. Oxidative Stress7▲ 4.1×20 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 7.8×17 topics
  17. Neuroinflammation7▲ 22×5 topics
  18. Risk Factors7▲ 5.4×13 topics
  19. Gene Expression6▲ 8.1×9 topics
  20. Neurodegeneration6▲ 17×7 topics
  21. Cancer5▲ 3.1×20 topics
  22. Genetic Variation5▲ 19×6 topics
  23. Amyloid Hypothesis4▲ 67×1 topic
  24. Tau Pathology4▲ 67×1 topic
  25. Therapeutic Strategies4▲ 41×2 topics
  26. Cardiovascular Health4▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Atherosclerosis4▲ 13×6 topics
  28. Genome-Wide Association4▲ 45×2 topics
  29. Hypertension4▲ 12×9 topics
  30. Population Genetics4▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Community Health4▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Health Promotion4▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Global Burden4▲ 6.0×5 topics
  35. Ideal Cardiovascular Health4▲ 104×1 topic
  36. Preventive Medicine4▲ 97×1 topic
  37. Haplotype Mapping4▲ 98×1 topic
  38. Mendelian Randomization4▲ 98×1 topic
  39. Cardiovascular Events3▲ 25×4 topics
  40. Neuroprotection3▲ 8.7×8 topics

Which research topics does Framingham Heart Study publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology.

Dementia and Cognitive I…12Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 12 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease rese…4Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular Health an…4Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksGenetic Associations and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 2 fractional worksNutritional Studies and …2Nutritional Studies and Diet: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 2 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 1 fractional worksPlatelet Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthPhysiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineGenetics4 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 12 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsPhysiology 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Health and Risk FactorsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyGenetics 4 works
  5. 5 Health, Environment, Cognitive AgingHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  6. 6 Nutritional Studies and DietPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Disease and AdiposityCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchEpidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Platelet Disorders and TreatmentsHematology 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 available54.6%not open45.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.3%domestic only78.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Framingham Heart Study's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% lower 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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