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John Snow (United States)

In research, John Snow (United States) stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,579 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#20,978
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,347
of 7,310
Research works
237
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.1k
25.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
60%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
John Snow (United States)

What is John Snow (United States) 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 #8,579 of 16,688 11.6%136

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where John Snow (United States) 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 John Snow (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at John Snow (United States) is in Health Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (32%), Social Sciences (16%), Health Professions (14%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 25 fractional works · 48.6% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 31.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 8.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 13.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 11.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 26.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 16.1% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 15.1% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 12.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 10.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKJohn Snow (UnitedStates)52fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences49%Social Sciences27%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1631.7%
    2. Health Professions713.7%
    3. Nursing23.2%
    1. Social Sciences816.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance35.7%
    3. Psychology12.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    1. Computer Science612.3%
    2. Mathematics12.1%
    3. Engineering00.4%
    4. Environmental Science00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.7%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.4%
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: 1.07× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.35× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.59× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.77× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 5.19× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.65× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 6.63× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.66× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing6.63×2 works
  2. Health Professions5.19×7 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.35×1 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.66×3 works
  5. Mathematics1.77×1 works
  6. Medicine1.65×16 works
  7. Computer Science1.59×6 works
  8. Social Sciences1.27×8 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.07×3 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.05×0 works
  11. Psychology0.86×1 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.52×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.28×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.22×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.07×0 works
  17. Engineering0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at John Snow (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Rebecca Fields, David Talby and Kolawole Azeez Oyediran lead among researchers whose main affiliation is John Snow (United States).

  1. 1 Rebecca Fields United States · #681,047 worldwide 856 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 David Talby United States · #1,264,289 worldwide 908 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Kolawole Azeez Oyediran United States · #1,747,290 worldwide 617 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Theo Lippeveld United States · #1,809,257 worldwide 1.4k citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Natasha Kanagat United States · #1,936,937 worldwide 376 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Anne LaFond United States · #1,972,065 worldwide 594 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Vikas Dwivedi United States · #2,166,089 worldwide 558 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Stephanie A. Mullen United States · #2,177,881 worldwide 283 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Soumya Alva United States · #2,205,686 worldwide 2.2k citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Robert Steinglass United States · #2,334,832 worldwide 1.5k citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at John Snow (United States)

What are the most cited papers from John Snow (United States)?

The most cited paper from John Snow (United States) is "Impact of Overweight on the Risk of Developing Common Chronic Diseases During a 10-Year Period" (Alison E. Field, Eugenie H. Coakley, Aviva Must et al., 2001), with 1,700 citations. Next come "Clinical governance and the drive for quality improvement in the new NHS in England" (1,063) and "Reduction of concentration of HIV-1 in semen after treatment of urethritis: implications for prevention of sexual transmission of HIV-1" (882).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Impact of Overweight on the Risk of Developing Common Chronic Diseases During a 10-Year Period Alison E. Field, Eugenie H. Coakley, Aviva Must et al. · Archives of Internal Medicine Open access 9 Jul 2001 1,700
2 Clinical governance and the drive for quality improvement in the new NHS in England Gabriel Scally, L.J. Donaldson · BMJ Open access 4 Jul 1998 1,063
3 Reduction of concentration of HIV-1 in semen after treatment of urethritis: implications for prevention of sexual transmission of HIV-1 Myron S. Cohen, Irving Hoffman, Rachel A. Royce et al. · The Lancet Jun 1997 882
4 Better Tests, Better Care: Improved Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases Angela M. Caliendo, David N. Gilbert, Christine C. Ginocchio et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access 6 Nov 2013 645
5 PRISM framework: a paradigm shift for designing, strengthening and evaluating routine health information systems Anushka R. Aqil, Theo Lippeveld, D. Hozumi · Health Policy and Planning Open access 20 Mar 2009 529
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Which keywords describe research at John Snow (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maternal Mortality, Health Inequalities, Community Health Workers, Child Mortality, Health Systems, Social Media, Health Behavior and COVID-19 Vaccine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology5▲ 2.5×25 topics
  2. Maternal Mortality4▲ 39×3 topics
  3. Health Inequalities4▲ 66×3 topics
  4. Social Media4▲ 5.8×6 topics
  5. Community Health Workers4▲ 87×2 topics
  6. Child Mortality4▲ 106×1 topic
  7. Health Systems4▲ 106×1 topic
  8. Healthcare4▲ 6.1×6 topics
  9. Health Behavior3▲ 67×2 topics
  10. COVID-19 Vaccine3▲ 91×1 topic
  11. Vaccine Hesitancy3▲ 99×1 topic
  12. Mental Health3▲ 4.2×9 topics
  13. COVID-193▲ 4.4×11 topics
  14. Neural Networks3▲ 3.6×4 topics
  15. Text Classification3▲ 30×2 topics
  16. Natural Language Processing2▲ 20×4 topics
  17. Data Integration2▲ 27×2 topics
  18. Semantic Web2▲ 49×2 topics
  19. Topic Modeling2▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Machine Translation2▲ 26×1 topic
  21. Text Mining2▲ 33×2 topics
  22. Word Representation2▲ 35×1 topic
  23. Behavior Change2▲ 28×2 topics
  24. Biomedical Literature2▲ 152×1 topic
  25. Biomedical Ontologies2▲ 152×1 topic
  26. Mortality Rates2▲ 43×2 topics
  27. HIV/AIDS2▲ 60×2 topics
  28. Child Development2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  29. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 19×5 topics
  30. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 22×1 topic
  31. Electronic Health Records2▲ 33×3 topics
  32. HIV Transmission2▲ 47×1 topic
  33. Chronic Disease2▲ 20×4 topics
  34. Health Outcomes2▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Development2▲ 8.4×3 topics
  36. Social Determinants2▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Vaccine2▲ 7.6×7 topics
  38. Maternal and Child Undernutrition2▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Poverty2▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Water Sanitation Hygiene2▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does John Snow (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Global Maternal and Child Health, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, Topic Modeling and Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies.

Global Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 3 fractional worksTopic Modeling2Topic Modeling: 2 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining a…2Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 2 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 2 fractional worksFood Security and Health…1Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 1 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealth Applications: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 1 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthHealthArtificial IntelligenceMolecular Biology5 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  2. 2 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 3 works
  3. 3 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  4. 4 Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  7. 7 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 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 available60.2%not open39.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.1%domestic only66.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has John Snow (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% 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 John Snow (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00023% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%John Snow (United States)0.00014% in 20251990200020102020

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