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Healthy Start

In research, Healthy Start stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,501 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,728
of 22,385 · #13,657 all time
Rank in United States
#1,928
of 3,332
Research works
329
▲ 65% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.8k
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Healthy Start

What is Healthy Start 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
Health SciencesDomain #9,501 of 16,688 9.4%162

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Healthy Start 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 Healthy Start work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Healthy Start is in Health Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (26%), Environmental Science (15%), Health Professions (13%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 39 fractional works · 40.3% of its workMedicine: 25 fractional works · 25.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 12.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 8.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 29.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 15.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 23.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 10.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 8.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 7.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHealthy Start96fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences40%Social Sciences23%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2525.7%
    2. Health Professions1212.9%
    3. Nursing21.6%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Environmental Science1515.3%
    2. Computer Science55.5%
    3. Engineering33.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences33.0%
    5. Energy10.6%
    6. Chemistry00.5%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    8. Materials Science00.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1010.7%
    2. Psychology88.1%
    3. Decision Sciences11.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences33.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.6%
    3. Neuroscience11.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
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: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.91× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.08× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.90× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.34× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 3.19× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.67× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.90×12 works
  2. Nursing3.19×2 works
  3. Environmental Science3.08×15 works
  4. Psychology2.67×8 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.91×3 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.48×1 works
  7. Medicine1.34×25 works
  8. Social Sciences0.84×10 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.80×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.76×3 works
  11. Computer Science0.71×5 works
  12. Energy0.67×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.61×1 works
  14. Veterinary0.51×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.48×2 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×1 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.38×1 works
  18. Chemistry0.30×0 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.29×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.25×1 works
  21. Engineering0.24×4 works
  22. Dentistry0.14×0 works
  23. Mathematics0.07×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Healthy Start?

Ranked on the quality score, Drew R. Michanowicz, Amye L. Leong and Eric D. Lebel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Healthy Start.

  1. 1 Drew R. Michanowicz United States · #379,828 worldwide 1.8k citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Amye L. Leong United States · #402,651 worldwide 7.2k citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Eric D. Lebel United States · #403,503 worldwide 597 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Seth B.C. Shonkoff United States · #514,193 worldwide 2.1k citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Aarón Israel Muñiz-Castillo United States · #651,073 worldwide 450 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Robert J. Rossi United States · #2,199,592 worldwide 234 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Valerie Greger United States · #2,255,438 worldwide 1.8k citations · 51 works
  8. 8 Stephanie Hallam United States · #2,543,206 worldwide 526 citations · 118 works
  9. 9 E.W.M.L. de Vet United States · #2,543,549 worldwide 78 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Cynthia L. Perreault-Micale United States · #3,344,111 worldwide 611 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Healthy Start

What are the most cited papers from Healthy Start?

The most cited paper from Healthy Start is "2015 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis" (Jasvinder A. Singh et al., 2015), with 2,810 citations. Next come "2012 Update of the 2008 American College of Rheumatology recommendations for the use of disease‐modifying antirheumatic drugs and biologic agents in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis" (1,806) and "2019 Canadian guideline for physical activity throughout pregnancy" (719).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 2015 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis Jasvinder A. Singh et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatology 6 Nov 2015 2,810
2 2012 Update of the 2008 American College of Rheumatology recommendations for the use of disease‐modifying antirheumatic drugs and biologic agents in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis Jasvinder A. Singh et al. · Arthritis Care & Research Open access 2 Apr 2012 1,806
3 2019 Canadian guideline for physical activity throughout pregnancy Michelle F. Mottola, Margie H. Davenport, Stéphanie-May Ruchat et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 18 Oct 2018 719
4 Obesity and the food environment Adam Drewnowski · American Journal of Preventive Medicine 24 Sep 2004 641
5 Cystatin C and Prognosis for Cardiovascular and Kidney Outcomes in Elderly Persons without Chronic Kidney Disease Michael G. Shlipak, Ronit Katz, Mark J. Sarnak et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine 15 Aug 2006 540
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Healthy Start?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Mental Health, Health Effects, Machine Learning, Social Determinants, Physical Activity, Chronic Disease and Epidemiology.

▲ 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. Public Health9▲ 6.7×25 topics
  2. Mental Health8▲ 6.0×20 topics
  3. Epidemiology7▲ 1.84×31 topics
  4. Machine Learning7▲ 2.2×17 topics
  5. Health Effects5▲ 9.1×9 topics
  6. Climate Change5▲ 1.78×17 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.3×12 topics
  8. Physical Activity4▲ 7.5×7 topics
  9. Social Determinants4▲ 18×4 topics
  10. Chronic Disease3▲ 21×4 topics
  11. Global Burden of Disease3▲ 14×4 topics
  12. Prevalence3▲ 8.3×5 topics
  13. Adolescents3▲ 9.2×5 topics
  14. Child Development3▲ 7.6×5 topics
  15. Health Outcomes3▲ 11×2 topics
  16. Depression3▲ 3.4×10 topics
  17. Food Insecurity3▲ 53×1 topic
  18. Maternal Mortality3▲ 13×4 topics
  19. Mortality3▲ 5.4×4 topics
  20. Nutritional Consequences3▲ 64×1 topic
  21. Obesity3▲ 3.9×6 topics
  22. Particulate Matter3▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Health Disparities2▲ 9.6×5 topics
  24. Environmental Attitudes2▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Primary Care2▲ 6.4×9 topics
  26. Epidemiological Studies2▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Air Pollution2▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Childhood2▲ 32×1 topic
  29. Maternal Mental Health2▲ 42×1 topic
  30. Maternal Outcomes2▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Overweight2▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Perinatal Depression2▲ 42×1 topic
  33. Perinatal Outcomes2▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Community Health2▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Exposure Assessment2▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Fine Particulate Air Pollution2▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Global Trends2▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Ocean Acidification2▲ 27×3 topics
  39. Risk Perception2▲ 7.4×4 topics
  40. Medical Image Analysis2▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Healthy Start publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet and Air Quality and Health Impacts.

Food Security and Health…3Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 3 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health D…2Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 2 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activi…2Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 2 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…2Air Quality and Health Impacts: 2 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…2Global Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksDigital Imaging for Blood Diseases: 2 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 1 fractional worksClimate Change Communica…1Climate Change Communication and Perception: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisObstetrics and Gynecology5 others

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

  1. 1 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 3 works
  2. 2 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  3. 3 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  5. 5 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  6. 6 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  7. 7 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  8. 8 Digital Imaging for Blood Diseases Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  9. 9 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Climate Change Communication and Perception Sociology and Political Science 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 available48.9%not open51.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.5%domestic only80.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Healthy Start's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 65% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Healthy Start as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00040% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Healthy Start0.00041% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Healthy Start over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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