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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

In research, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety stands highest in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (#28 of 398 worldwide), Engineering (#2,914 of 11,412 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,416 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality — Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality is 111.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,740
of 28,054 · #12,044 all time
Rank in United States
#3,569
of 4,192
Research works
564
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
42.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
17%
world 28%

What is Insurance Institute for Highway Safety 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
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySubfield #28 of 398 54.1%139
EngineeringField #2,914 of 11,412 46.6%223
Health SciencesDomain #6,416 of 20,462 45.6%177
MedicineField #8,993 of 17,978 39.3%124
Physical SciencesDomain #11,567 of 21,541 42.5%260

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Insurance Institute for Highway Safety 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 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality takes 111.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySubfield · 21.0 works111×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.97× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 2.96× its world share, 35 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.27× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.46× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.04× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 5.01× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Insurance Institute for Highway Safety?

Ranked on the composite score, Adrian K. Lund, Richard A. Retting and Brian O’Neill lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

  1. 1 Adrian K. Lund United States · #113,078 worldwide 187 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Richard A. Retting United States · #118,940 worldwide 148 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Brian O’Neill United States · #125,959 worldwide 295 citations · 68 works
  4. 4 Allan F. Williams United States · #126,956 worldwide 260 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Susan A. Ferguson United States · #134,623 worldwide 217 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Anne T. McCartt United States · #192,817 worldwide 185 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Daniel Fife United States · #258,849 worldwide 116 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 David F. Preusser United States · #315,199 worldwide 109 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 JoAnn K. Wells United States · #437,436 worldwide 94 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 A K Lund United States · #442,124 worldwide 14 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Which keywords describe research at Insurance Institute for Highway Safety?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Driver Behavior, Injury Severity, Risk Factors, Road Safety, Traffic Accidents, Autonomous Vehicles, Mechanical Properties and Biomechanics.

▲ 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. Driver Behavior28▲ 449×2 topics
  2. Injury Severity20▲ 317×2 topics
  3. Risk Factors20▲ 23×2 topics
  4. Road Safety20▲ 617×1 topic
  5. Traffic Accidents20▲ 546×1 topic
  6. Autonomous Vehicles12▲ 74×3 topics
  7. Mechanical Properties10▲ 14×4 topics
  8. Biomechanics9▲ 38×3 topics
  9. Finite Element Model9▲ 498×2 topics
  10. Brain Injury9▲ 403×1 topic
  11. Head Impact9▲ 1096×1 topic
  12. Automation8▲ 151×1 topic
  13. Trust8▲ 36×1 topic
  14. Health Outcomes5▲ 24×2 topics
  15. Quality of Life5▲ 4.3×2 topics
  16. Visual Impairment5▲ 131×2 topics
  17. Deep Learning4▲ 1.66×4 topics
  18. Driving Cessation4▲ 587×1 topic
  19. Mobility4▲ 314×1 topic
  20. Driver Assistance Systems4▲ 80×1 topic
  21. Trajectory Prediction4▲ 80×1 topic
  22. Remote Sensing3▲ 3.0×4 topics
  23. Child Injury3▲ 122×1 topic
  24. Unintentional Injuries3▲ 122×1 topic
  25. Crash Tests2▲ 327×1 topic
  26. Finite Element Simulation2▲ 87×1 topic
  27. Transportation2▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Boundary Layer2▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Traffic Signs2▲ 266×1 topic
  31. Turbulent Flow2▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Warning Design2▲ 266×1 topic
  33. CFD Simulation2▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Forest Fires2▲ 47×1 topic
  35. Large-Eddy Simulation2▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Urban Microclimate2▲ 41×1 topic
  37. Wildfire Activity2▲ 47×1 topic
  38. Psychiatric Disorders2▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Active Travel1▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Built Environment1▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Insurance Institute for Highway Safety publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Traffic and Road Safety, Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics, Human-Automation Interaction and Safety and Older Adults Driving Studies.

Traffic and Road Safety20Traffic and Road Safety: 20 fractional worksAutomotive and Human Injury Biomechanics: 9 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 8 fractional worksOlder Adults Driving Studies: 4 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Techn…4Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 4 fractional worksInjury Epidemiology and Prevention: 3 fractional worksTransportation Safety and Impact Analysis: 2 fractional worksSafety Warnings and Signage: 2 fractional worksWind and Air Flow Studies: 2 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 2 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSocial PsychologyPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation5 others

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

  1. 1 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 20 works
  2. 2 Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  3. 3 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 8 works
  4. 4 Older Adults Driving Studies Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 4 works
  5. 5 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  7. 7 Transportation Safety and Impact Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Safety Warnings and Signage Social Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Wind and Air Flow Studies Environmental Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 2 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 available17.1%not open82.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.9%domestic only95.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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