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Joint Base San Antonio

In research, Joint Base San Antonio stands highest in Medicine (#3,013 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,989 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,330
of 28,054 · #6,985 all time
Rank in United States
#1,541
of 4,192
Research works
3.4k
▲ 103% vs 2013–17
Citations
65k
19.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Joint Base San Antonio known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #3,013 of 10,443 12.8%240 #2048
Health SciencesDomain #3,989 of 11,982 12.3%273 #2177

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Joint Base San Antonio 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).

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: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.13× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.89× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.44× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.35× its world share, 240 worksMedicineNursing: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.23× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.86× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.07× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Joint Base San Antonio?

Ranked on the composite score, Jennifer M. Gurney, Russ S. Kotwal and Kraig S Vandewalle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Joint Base San Antonio.

  1. 1 Jennifer M. Gurney United States · #143,361 worldwide 147 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Russ S. Kotwal United States · #377,439 worldwide 98 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Kraig S Vandewalle United States · #1,103,434 worldwide 30 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Wen Lien United States · #1,327,948 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Joint Base San Antonio

Which keywords describe research at Joint Base San Antonio?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Resuscitation, Management, Sepsis, Trauma, Diagnosis, Mortality and Hemorrhage.

▲ 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. Epidemiology58▲ 3.9×106 topics
  2. Management19▲ 6.5×24 topics
  3. Resuscitation19▲ 39×4 topics
  4. Diagnosis18▲ 5.1×34 topics
  5. Treatment17▲ 3.8×40 topics
  6. Sepsis17▲ 26×5 topics
  7. Public Health16▲ 2.9×26 topics
  8. Trauma15▲ 20×7 topics
  9. Risk Factors15▲ 3.6×26 topics
  10. Mortality15▲ 6.8×12 topics
  11. Hemorrhage13▲ 51×3 topics
  12. Inflammation12▲ 1.61×39 topics
  13. Coagulopathy12▲ 40×2 topics
  14. Albumin11▲ 121×1 topic
  15. Glycocalyx11▲ 121×1 topic
  16. Guidelines10▲ 5.8×12 topics
  17. Quality Improvement10▲ 14×5 topics
  18. Complications9▲ 4.9×15 topics
  19. Health Outcomes9▲ 8.9×5 topics
  20. Infectious Diseases9▲ 7.2×7 topics
  21. Injury Severity8▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Medical Education8▲ 8.7×9 topics
  23. Prehospital Care8▲ 55×1 topic
  24. Trauma Center8▲ 55×1 topic
  25. Pathophysiology8▲ 7.3×9 topics
  26. Ethical Considerations8▲ 6.3×7 topics
  27. Critical Care8▲ 8.9×8 topics
  28. Rehabilitation8▲ 5.2×10 topics
  29. Surgical Management7▲ 4.7×17 topics
  30. Healthcare Workers7▲ 7.5×4 topics
  31. Heart Failure7▲ 4.2×11 topics
  32. Disaster Response7▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Cancer Risk6▲ 7.7×7 topics
  34. Resource Allocation6▲ 9.4×2 topics
  35. Thrombosis6▲ 6.0×7 topics
  36. Emergency Preparedness6▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Triage6▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Children6▲ 6.2×7 topics
  39. Hypothermia6▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention5▲ 10×4 topics

Which research topics does Joint Base San Antonio publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Disaster Response and Management and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation.

Trauma, Hemostasis, Coag…11Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 11 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 8 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 6 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 5 fractional worksOccupational Health and Performance: 4 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…4Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 4 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 3 fractional worksBurn Injury Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksHealth and Medical Research Impacts: 2 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 2 fractional works
Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineEmergency MedicineEmergency Medical ServicesOccupational Therapy5 others

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

  1. 1 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 11 works
  2. 2 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 6 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 4 works
  6. 6 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 3 works
  8. 8 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 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 available23.6%not open76.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.2%domestic only93.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Joint Base San Antonio's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 103% 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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