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Health Effects Institute

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World rank, all time
#23,261
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,998
of 8,685
Research works
147
▲ 94% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
165.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

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: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.74× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.42× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.58× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.80× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.01× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 2.49× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 13.10× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.62× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 13.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Health Effects Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Aaron Cohen and Katherine Walker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Health Effects Institute.

  1. 1 Aaron Cohen United States · #72,305 worldwide 760 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Katherine Walker United States · #183,494 worldwide 296 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Health Effects Institute

Which keywords describe research at Health Effects Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Effects, Mortality, Cardiovascular Disease, Particulate Matter, Global Burden of Disease, Air Pollution, Oxidative Stress and Exposure Assessment.

▲ 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 34 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 34 words, with their numbers
  1. Health Effects7▲ 34×9 topics
  2. Mortality6▲ 31×3 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 14×7 topics
  4. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 56×3 topics
  5. Particulate Matter5▲ 92×2 topics
  6. Air Pollution5▲ 107×2 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress4▲ 7.9×3 topics
  8. Exposure Assessment4▲ 135×1 topic
  9. Fine Particulate Air Pollution4▲ 135×1 topic
  10. Public Health4▲ 7.7×9 topics
  11. Climate Change4▲ 4.0×7 topics
  12. Renewable Energy3▲ 6.2×6 topics
  13. Sustainability3▲ 3.2×7 topics
  14. Environmental Impact2▲ 3.4×8 topics
  15. Human Health2▲ 31×2 topics
  16. Vulnerability2▲ 22×3 topics
  17. Global Warming2▲ 11×2 topics
  18. Heat Waves2▲ 71×1 topic
  19. Temperature2▲ 41×1 topic
  20. Household Fuel Use1▲ 55×1 topic
  21. Indoor Air Pollution1▲ 55×1 topic
  22. Hydraulic Fracturing1▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Water Quality1▲ 8.3×2 topics
  24. Concept Mapping1▲ 75×1 topic
  25. EROI1▲ 86×1 topic
  26. Emissions1▲ 15×1 topic
  27. Energy Transition1▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Environmental Monitoring1▲ 7.7×2 topics
  29. Fossil Fuels1▲ 63×1 topic
  30. Grain Refinement1▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Mental Health1▲ 2.0×4 topics
  32. Methane1▲ 61×1 topic
  33. Satellite Observations1▲ 31×2 topics
  34. Theory-Based Evaluation1▲ 163×1 topic

Which research topics does Health Effects Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Air Quality and Health Impacts, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Energy and Environment Impacts and Global Energy and Sustainability Research.

Air Quality and Health I…4Air Quality and Health Impacts: 4 fractional worksClimate Change and Healt…2Climate Change and Health Impacts: 2 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…1Energy and Environment Impacts: 1 fractional worksGlobal Energy and Sustainability Research: 1 fractional worksEvaluation and Performance Assessment: 1 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environm…1Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 1 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 1 fractional worksMicrostructure and mechanical properties: 1 fractional worksHigh-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior: 1 fractional worksCarcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment: 1 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisPollutionRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentManagement Science and Operations Research4 others

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

  1. 1 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  2. 2 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  3. 3 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 1 works
  4. 4 Global Energy and Sustainability Research Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  5. 5 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  6. 6 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  7. 7 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 1 works
  8. 8 Microstructure and mechanical properties Materials Chemistry 1 works
  9. 9 High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior Materials Chemistry 1 works
  10. 10 Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment Cancer Research 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 available50.4%not open49.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.5%domestic only63.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Health Effects Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 94% 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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