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Georgia Department of Public Health

In research, Georgia Department of Public Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,141 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,081 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,254
of 28,054 · #12,069 all time
Rank in United States
#2,469
of 4,192
Research works
830
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
25.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Georgia 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,141 of 11,982 15.3%89 #5290
MedicineField #7,081 of 10,443 14.7%69 #5721

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Georgia 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: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.04× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.56× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.52× its world share, 69 worksMedicineNursing: 2.52× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.25× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Georgia Department of Public Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, Mental Health, Risk Factors, Vaccine, Health Equity, Antiretroviral Therapy and Health Promotion.

▲ 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▲ 4.2×63 topics
  2. Public Health18▲ 8.7×33 topics
  3. Mental Health11▲ 5.4×19 topics
  4. Risk Factors8▲ 5.0×18 topics
  5. COVID-196▲ 3.2×17 topics
  6. Health Equity5▲ 13×4 topics
  7. Immune Response5▲ 6.5×13 topics
  8. Vaccine5▲ 9.0×11 topics
  9. Antiretroviral Therapy5▲ 22×6 topics
  10. Health Promotion5▲ 11×6 topics
  11. Psychiatric Disorders5▲ 25×4 topics
  12. SARS-CoV-25▲ 9.9×6 topics
  13. Depression4▲ 3.5×11 topics
  14. Pandemic4▲ 2.9×8 topics
  15. Social Support4▲ 5.5×10 topics
  16. Infectious Diseases4▲ 9.1×7 topics
  17. Community Health4▲ 18×4 topics
  18. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 12×4 topics
  19. Viral Load4▲ 36×2 topics
  20. Global Burden4▲ 5.2×11 topics
  21. Mortality Rates4▲ 29×2 topics
  22. Resilience4▲ 5.7×6 topics
  23. Health Disparities4▲ 10×6 topics
  24. Social Determinants of Health4▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Child Development4▲ 6.2×4 topics
  26. HIV Transmission4▲ 35×2 topics
  27. Mortality4▲ 4.5×9 topics
  28. Health Outcomes3▲ 8.5×5 topics
  29. Chronic Disease3▲ 13×4 topics
  30. HIV3▲ 26×4 topics
  31. Pathogenesis3▲ 4.3×10 topics
  32. Preexposure Prophylaxis3▲ 44×1 topic
  33. Stigma and Discrimination3▲ 44×1 topic
  34. Mortality Risk3▲ 8.8×6 topics
  35. Substance Abuse3▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Policy3▲ 9.1×1 topic
  37. Population Health3▲ 74×1 topic
  38. Social Determinants3▲ 9.4×4 topics
  39. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 7.8×3 topics
  40. Trauma3▲ 8.9×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Public Health Policies and Education, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk.

HIV/AIDS Research and In…3HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 3 fractional worksPublic Health Policies a…3Public Health Policies and Education: 3 fractional worksFood Security and Health…2Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 2 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk2HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 2 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksHealth disparities and o…2Health disparities and outcomes: 2 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 2 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma2Child Abuse and Trauma: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesGeneral Health ProfessionsEpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 3 works
  2. 2 Public Health Policies and Education General Health Professions 3 works
  3. 3 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 2 works
  4. 4 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 Health disparities and outcomes Health 2 works
  8. 8 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 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 available49.9%not open50.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.2%domestic only86.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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