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Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety

In research, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,811 of 20,462 worldwide), Health Professions (#1,422 of 3,776 worldwide) and Medicine (#10,829 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation and Pharmacology — Radiological and Ultrasound Technology is 87.9× its share of world research.

World rank, all time
#18,253
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,977
of 8,685
Research works
567
▼ 92% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
35.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
100.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
15%
world 28%

What is Liberty Mutual Research Institute for 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,811 of 20,462 27.8%291
Health ProfessionsField #1,422 of 3,776 32.6%126
MedicineField #10,829 of 17,978 24.1%165
Social SciencesDomain #12,466 of 16,945 24.9%137

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Radiological and Ultrasound Technology takes 87.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Radiological and Ultrasound TechnologySubfield · 53.0 works88×
  2. Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationSubfield · 22.6 works32×
  3. PharmacologySubfield · 79.6 works29×
  4. Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySubfield · 26.7 works18×
  5. Social PsychologySubfield · 79.8 works18×
  6. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 25.3 works18×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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.

Who are the top researchers at Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety?

Ranked on the composite score, Wen-Ruey Chang, Michelle M. Robertson and Stover H. Snook lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety.

  1. 1 Wen-Ruey Chang United States · #77,749 worldwide 310 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Michelle M. Robertson United States · #180,791 worldwide 114 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Stover H. Snook United States · #213,407 worldwide 209 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Theodore K. Courtney United States · #264,747 worldwide 73 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Thomas A. Ranney United States · #318,426 worldwide 119 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 William J. Horrey United States · #325,479 worldwide 141 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Mary F. Lesch United States · #416,635 worldwide 91 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Patrick G. Dempsey United States · #468,584 worldwide 54 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Lauren A. Murphy United States · #497,921 worldwide 113 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 William S. Shaw United States · #510,888 worldwide 56 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety

Which keywords describe research at Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Global Burden, Low Back Pain, Epidemiology, Musculoskeletal Disorders, Clinical Trials, Psychological Factors, Chronic Pain and Disability.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology108▲ 4.7×20 topics
  2. Global Burden91▲ 30×2 topics
  3. Low Back Pain88▲ 94×3 topics
  4. Musculoskeletal Disorders82▲ 154×2 topics
  5. Clinical Trials81▲ 23×3 topics
  6. Psychological Factors81▲ 77×2 topics
  7. Chronic Pain80▲ 62×3 topics
  8. Disability80▲ 147×2 topics
  9. Health Status Questionnaires80▲ 202×1 topic
  10. Measurement Properties80▲ 202×1 topic
  11. Risk Perception66▲ 60×4 topics
  12. Occupational Safety61▲ 147×2 topics
  13. Workplace Safety55▲ 107×2 topics
  14. Accident Prevention54▲ 154×2 topics
  15. Safety Culture54▲ 154×2 topics
  16. Organizational Culture54▲ 34×3 topics
  17. Safety Climate53▲ 127×2 topics
  18. Construction Safety53▲ 165×1 topic
  19. Safety Management53▲ 157×1 topic
  20. Driver Behavior48▲ 138×2 topics
  21. Computer Vision Syndrome43▲ 300×1 topic
  22. Musculoskeletal Symptoms43▲ 300×1 topic
  23. Risk Factors37▲ 6.2×7 topics
  24. Muscle Strength34▲ 48×3 topics
  25. Gait Analysis29▲ 54×2 topics
  26. Human Factors27▲ 87×2 topics
  27. Injury Severity27▲ 67×2 topics
  28. Spatial Analysis26▲ 52×2 topics
  29. Road Safety26▲ 145×1 topic
  30. Traffic Accidents26▲ 127×1 topic
  31. Autonomous Vehicles23▲ 29×3 topics
  32. Trust22▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Automation22▲ 65×1 topic
  34. Driver Distraction22▲ 130×1 topic
  35. Elderly20▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Parkinson's Disease19▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Electromyography19▲ 63×1 topic
  38. Muscle Fatigue19▲ 63×1 topic
  39. Fall Risk19▲ 96×1 topic
  40. Gait Speed19▲ 96×1 topic

Which research topics does Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Traffic and Road Safety, Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue and Human-Automation Interaction and Safety.

  1. 1 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  2. 2 Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  3. 3 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 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 available15.3%not open84.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.8%domestic only83.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 92% lower 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.