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Global Brain Health Institute

In research, Global Brain Health Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,896 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,899 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychiatry and Mental health — Psychiatry and Mental health is 22.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,712
of 28,054 · #12,093 all time
Rank in United States
#1,021
of 4,192
Research works
681
▲ 208% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
25.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is Global Brain Health Institute 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 #3,896 of 11,982 24.4%194 #5691
MedicineField #3,899 of 10,443 23.8%162 #5833

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Global Brain Health Institute 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 Global Brain Health Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychiatry and Mental health takes 22.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 35.2 works23×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.48× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.69× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.54× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.72× its world share, 162 worksMedicineNursing: 2.54× its world share, 4 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.00× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.77× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Global Brain Health Institute?

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

▲ 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. Aging40▲ 24×13 topics
  2. Epidemiology37▲ 3.0×69 topics
  3. Biomarkers37▲ 17×11 topics
  4. Alzheimer's Disease34▲ 39×8 topics
  5. Neuroimaging33▲ 40×10 topics
  6. Caregiver Burden33▲ 97×3 topics
  7. Cognitive Training32▲ 114×2 topics
  8. Cognitive Decline32▲ 86×2 topics
  9. Dementia31▲ 109×2 topics
  10. Mild Cognitive Impairment31▲ 121×1 topic
  11. Vascular Risk Factors31▲ 121×1 topic
  12. Public Health24▲ 5.3×41 topics
  13. Quality of Life16▲ 3.5×28 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress15▲ 3.0×26 topics
  15. Mental Health15▲ 3.3×29 topics
  16. Neurodegeneration13▲ 14×9 topics
  17. Social Support12▲ 7.1×14 topics
  18. Neuroinflammation11▲ 13×6 topics
  19. Depression10▲ 3.8×16 topics
  20. Antiretroviral Therapy10▲ 20×6 topics
  21. Maternal Mortality10▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders10▲ 5.6×15 topics
  23. Mortality Risk8▲ 11×6 topics
  24. Community Health Workers8▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Anxiety8▲ 5.5×10 topics
  26. Child Mortality8▲ 35×1 topic
  27. Health Inequalities8▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Health Systems8▲ 35×1 topic
  29. Viral Load8▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Global Burden7▲ 4.4×11 topics
  31. HIV Transmission7▲ 32×2 topics
  32. Amyloid Hypothesis7▲ 39×1 topic
  33. Tau Pathology7▲ 39×1 topic
  34. Mortality Rates7▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Preexposure Prophylaxis7▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Stigma and Discrimination7▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Health Disparities6▲ 8.1×7 topics
  38. Elderly Patients6▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Functional Connectivity6▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Social Relationships6▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Global Brain Health Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Global Maternal and Child Health, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions.

Dementia and Cognitive I…31Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 31 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 8 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 7 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 7 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 5 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 4 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 4 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 4 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 4 fractional worksNeurobiology of Language and Bilingualism: 4 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPhysiologyInfectious Diseases5 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 31 works
  2. 2 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 8 works
  3. 3 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 7 works
  4. 4 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 7 works
  5. 5 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  6. 6 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 4 works
  7. 7 Health disparities and outcomes Health 4 works
  8. 8 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  9. 9 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 4 works
  10. 10 Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism Cognitive Neuroscience 4 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 available77.8%not open22.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors64.9%domestic only35.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Global Brain Health Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 208% 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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