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Health Center

In research, Health Center stands highest in Medicine (#6,924 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,941 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,984
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,140
of 7,310
Research works
415
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.3k
17.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
46%
world 18%
Health Center

What is Health 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 #6,924 of 14,558 8.6%220
Health SciencesDomain #7,941 of 16,688 8.2%277

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

Which fields of science does Health Center work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Health Center is in Health Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (57%), Health Professions (9%), Psychology (7%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 36 fractional works · 67.2% of its workMedicine: 30 fractional works · 57.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 9.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 13.0% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 10.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHealth Center53fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences67%Social Sciences13%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3057.1%
    2. Health Professions59.2%
    3. Dentistry00.6%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    1. Psychology47.4%
    2. Social Sciences23.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.9%
    4. Decision Sciences00.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34.8%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics12.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.2%
    5. Neuroscience11.2%
    1. Environmental Science24.3%
    2. Computer Science11.6%
    3. Engineering11.5%
    4. Chemistry00.6%
    5. Mathematics00.4%
    6. Materials Science00.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7.07× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.50× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.97× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.44× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics7.07×1 works
  2. Health Professions3.50×5 works
  3. Medicine2.97×30 works
  4. Psychology2.44×4 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.22×1 works
  6. Dentistry1.19×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.90×2 works
  8. Environmental Science0.87×2 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.76×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.71×1 works
  11. Nursing0.61×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.42×0 works
  13. Chemistry0.38×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.34×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.27×2 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.21×1 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.11×0 works
  19. Engineering0.10×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.09×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Health Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Văn Ba Nguyễn lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Health Center.

  1. 1 Văn Ba Nguyễn United States · #5,495,374 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Health Center

What are the most cited papers from Health Center?

The most cited paper from Health Center is "Genome-wide association study identifies variants in the ABO locus associated with susceptibility to pancreatic cancer" (Laufey Thora Amundadottir et al., 2009), with 730 citations. Next come "A Comparison of Physical Therapy, Chiropractic Manipulation, and Provision of an Educational Booklet for the Treatment of Patients with Low Back Pain" (618) and "A genome-wide association study identifies pancreatic cancer susceptibility loci on chromosomes 13q22.1, 1q32.1 and 5p15.33" (615).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genome-wide association study identifies variants in the ABO locus associated with susceptibility to pancreatic cancer Laufey Thora Amundadottir et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 2 Aug 2009 730
2 A Comparison of Physical Therapy, Chiropractic Manipulation, and Provision of an Educational Booklet for the Treatment of Patients with Low Back Pain Daniel C. Cherkin, Richard A. Deyo, Michele Crites Battié et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 8 Oct 1998 618
3 A genome-wide association study identifies pancreatic cancer susceptibility loci on chromosomes 13q22.1, 1q32.1 and 5p15.33 Gloria M. Petersen et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 24 Jan 2010 615
4 Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer Kevin B. Jacobs et al. · Nature Genetics Open access189 authors 6 May 2012 605
5 Nurse Case Management To Improve Glycemic Control in Diabetic Patients in a Health Maintenance Organization Ronald E. Aubert, William H. Herman, Janice Waters et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine 15 Oct 1998 565
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Which keywords describe research at Health Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Complications, Quality of Life, Stigma, Mental Health, Psychological Impact and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 3.3×45 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 5.0×15 topics
  3. Inflammation3▲ 2.5×24 topics
  4. Quality of Life3▲ 3.6×15 topics
  5. Mental Health2▲ 3.3×12 topics
  6. Complications2▲ 7.5×11 topics
  7. Depression2▲ 4.3×8 topics
  8. Public Health2▲ 2.6×13 topics
  9. Risk Factors2▲ 3.1×14 topics
  10. Psychological Impact2▲ 9.9×4 topics
  11. Stigma2▲ 24×2 topics
  12. Gender Identity2▲ 28×2 topics
  13. Clinical Trials2▲ 4.4×5 topics
  14. Diabetes1▲ 5.3×5 topics
  15. Global Burden1▲ 4.6×8 topics
  16. Publication Bias1▲ 53×2 topics
  17. Stress1▲ 6.7×5 topics
  18. Type 1 Diabetes1▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Ethical Considerations1▲ 6.7×6 topics
  20. Genomic Sequencing1▲ 19×2 topics
  21. Glycemic Control1▲ 14×4 topics
  22. Health Disparities1▲ 8.7×2 topics
  23. Infertility1▲ 16×3 topics
  24. Intersectionality1▲ 12×1 topic
  25. LGBTQ+1▲ 54×1 topic
  26. Non-Communicable Diseases1▲ 8.1×2 topics
  27. Reproductive Health1▲ 47×2 topics
  28. Chronic Disease Management1▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Global Trends1▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Insulin Therapy1▲ 17×3 topics
  31. Medical Ethics1▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Prenatal Diagnosis1▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Aneuploidy Screening1▲ 74×1 topic
  34. Conflict of Interest1▲ 204×1 topic
  35. Fuzzy Mathematics1▲ 90×1 topic
  36. Healthcare Workers1▲ 8.4×3 topics
  37. Interventions1▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Maternal Plasma DNA Sequencing1▲ 74×1 topic
  39. Pharmaceutical Industry1▲ 51×1 topic
  40. Set Pair Analysis1▲ 90×1 topic

Which research topics does Health Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, Research studies in Vietnam, Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics.

LGBTQ Health, Identity, …1LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 1 fractional worksResearch studies in Viet…1Research studies in Vietnam: 1 fractional worksPharmaceutical industry and healthcare: 1 fractional worksPrenatal Screening and D…1Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksGynecological conditions…1Gynecological conditions and treatments: 1 fractional worksReproductive Health and Contraception: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Research: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Quality and S…1Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction: 1 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrition: 1 fractional worksReproductive Health and Technologies: 1 fractional works
Social PsychologyEcologyPharmacologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health5 others

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

  1. 1 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 1 works
  2. 2 Research studies in Vietnam Ecology 1 works
  3. 3 Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare Pharmacology 1 works
  4. 4 Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  5. 5 Gynecological conditions and treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  6. 6 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  8. 8 Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  10. 10 Reproductive Health and Technologies Reproductive Medicine 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 available45.8%not open54.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors46.3%domestic only53.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Health Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Health Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Health Center0.00017% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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