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Hennepin County

In research, Hennepin County stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,998 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#4,815 of 14,558 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#10,080 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#11,665
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,434
of 7,310
Research works
556
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
21.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Hennepin County

What is Hennepin County 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 #4,998 of 16,688 12.5%310
MedicineField #4,815 of 14,558 13.7%241
Social SciencesDomain #10,080 of 14,833 8.6%150

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

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Hennepin County is in Health Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (45%), Social Sciences (12%), Health Professions (7%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 26 fractional works · 53.5% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 45.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 7.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 5.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 25.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 12.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 5.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 15.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHennepin County49fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences53%Social Sciences26%

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. Medicine2245.5%
    2. Health Professions47.2%
    3. Nursing00.4%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences612.1%
    2. Psychology35.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities12.9%
    4. Decision Sciences12.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.0%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.4%
    2. Neuroscience12.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology12.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.9%
    1. Engineering12.7%
    2. Environmental Science11.1%
    3. Chemistry00.6%
    4. Computer Science00.5%
    5. Mathematics00.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
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: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.64× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.68× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.37× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.73× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.37× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.21× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.94× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.37×1 works
  2. Health Professions2.73×4 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.64×1 works
  4. Medicine2.37×22 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.21×1 works
  6. Psychology1.94×3 works
  7. Neuroscience1.68×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.02×3 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.01×1 works
  10. Social Sciences0.95×6 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.93×1 works
  12. Nursing0.91×0 works
  13. Veterinary0.71×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.54×1 works
  15. Dentistry0.46×0 works
  16. Chemistry0.36×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.29×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.24×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.22×0 works
  20. Engineering0.18×1 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hennepin County?

Ranked on the quality score, JI Coe, Mark A. Sander and Owen L. Middleton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hennepin County.

  1. 1 JI Coe United States · #1,487,650 worldwide 1.2k citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Mark A. Sander United States · #1,575,186 worldwide 604 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Owen L. Middleton United States · #1,966,228 worldwide 405 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Jack Brondum United States · #2,221,089 worldwide 1.7k citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Susan J. Isernhagen United States · #3,172,168 worldwide 592 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Thomas L. Kuhlman United States · #3,873,727 worldwide 213 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Margot Miller United States · #4,497,380 worldwide 67 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Sarah E. Meyers United States · #4,954,061 worldwide 77 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Rao Vk United States · #5,087,375 worldwide 53 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Carl S. Hornfeldt United States · #5,850,449 worldwide 1.1k citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at Hennepin County

What are the most cited papers from Hennepin County?

The most cited paper from Hennepin County is "Goal attainment scaling: A general method for evaluating comprehensive community mental health programs" (Thomas J. Kiresuk, Robert E. Sherman, 1968), with 2,004 citations. Next come "Huntington disease" (1,622) and "Biomarkers in Acute Cardiac Disease" (639).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Goal attainment scaling: A general method for evaluating comprehensive community mental health programs Thomas J. Kiresuk, Robert E. Sherman · Community Mental Health Journal Dec 1968 2,004
2 Huntington disease Gillian P. Bates, Ray Dorsey, James F. Gusella et al. · Nature Reviews Disease Primers Review 21 Apr 2015 1,622
3 Biomarkers in Acute Cardiac Disease Allan S. Jaffe, Luciano Babuin, Fred S. Apple · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access 13 Jun 2006 639
4 Hospitalization Rates and Characteristics of Children Aged <18 Years Hospitalized with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 — COVID-NET, 14 States, March 1–July 25, 2020 Lindsay Kim et al. · MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Open access 7 Aug 2020 533
5 The Physician's Responsibility toward Hopelessly Ill Patients Sidney H. Wanzer, Daniel D. Federman, S. James Adelstein et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 30 Mar 1989 438
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hennepin County?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Public Health, Risk Factors, Psychological Impact, Resuscitation, Inflammation and Identity.

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

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology5▲ 2.5×37 topics
  2. Mental Health3▲ 4.5×13 topics
  3. Public Health3▲ 4.1×17 topics
  4. Risk Factors3▲ 5.0×16 topics
  5. Inflammation3▲ 2.5×17 topics
  6. Treatment2▲ 3.0×11 topics
  7. Identity2▲ 4.7×3 topics
  8. Cancer2▲ 2.3×12 topics
  9. Psychological Impact2▲ 10×5 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 2.7×11 topics
  11. Gender2▲ 5.7×2 topics
  12. Resuscitation2▲ 23×3 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress1▲ 1.71×13 topics
  14. Social Support1▲ 5.0×5 topics
  15. Culture1▲ 4.5×2 topics
  16. Management1▲ 3.0×10 topics
  17. Pathophysiology1▲ 8.1×4 topics
  18. Aging1▲ 4.2×6 topics
  19. Antioxidant1▲ 3.3×9 topics
  20. Biomarkers1▲ 3.2×8 topics
  21. Diagnosis1▲ 2.4×11 topics
  22. Metabolism1▲ 4.0×14 topics
  23. Mitochondrial Dysfunction1▲ 7.9×5 topics
  24. Antioxidant Activity1▲ 3.4×9 topics
  25. Colonialism1▲ 4.3×1 topic
  26. Concept Mapping1▲ 56×1 topic
  27. Rehabilitation1▲ 5.2×3 topics
  28. Sepsis1▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Surgery1▲ 5.9×4 topics
  30. Theory-Based Evaluation1▲ 121×1 topic
  31. Vietnam1▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does Hennepin County publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Vietnamese History and Culture Studies, Evaluation and Performance Assessment, Burn Injury Management and Outcomes and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation.

Vietnamese History and C…1Vietnamese History and Culture Studies: 1 fractional worksEvaluation and Performan…1Evaluation and Performance Assessment: 1 fractional worksBurn Injury Management a…1Burn Injury Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…1Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 1 fractional worksChild Welfare and Adoption: 1 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 1 fractional worksHomelessness and Social …1Homelessness and Social Issues: 1 fractional worksParasitic infections in humans and animals: 0 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma: 0 fractional worksParasitic Infections and…0Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceManagement Science and Operations ResearchEpidemiologyEmergency Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  3. 3 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 1 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Child Welfare and Adoption Safety Research 1 works
  6. 6 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 works
  7. 7 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Parasitic infections in humans and animals Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics Parasitology 0 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 available17.0%not open83.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.2%domestic only89.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hennepin County's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower 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 Hennepin County as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000094% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Hennepin County0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hennepin County over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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