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Major League Baseball

In research, Major League Baseball stands highest in Medicine (#13,944 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#16,854 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#31,235
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,680
of 8,685
Research works
301
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.6k
21.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Major League Baseball 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
MedicineField #13,944 of 17,978 20.1%133
Health SciencesDomain #16,854 of 20,462 18.7%149

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Major League Baseball 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.29× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.17× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.38× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.50× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.35× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.98× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Major League Baseball?

Ranked on the composite score, John D’Angelo and Kevin Ma lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Major League Baseball.

  1. 1 John D’Angelo United States · #68,034 worldwide 222 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Kevin Ma United States · #1,082,868 worldwide 17 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Major League Baseball

Which keywords describe research at Major League Baseball?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Injury Prevention, Epidemiology, Rehabilitation, Rotator Cuff Tears, Shoulder Pathology, Risk Factors, Muscle Injuries and Sports Injury.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 4.1×21 topics
  2. Injury Prevention8▲ 118×3 topics
  3. Rehabilitation6▲ 29×3 topics
  4. Rotator Cuff Tears6▲ 174×1 topic
  5. Shoulder Pathology6▲ 174×1 topic
  6. Muscle Injuries5▲ 134×1 topic
  7. Risk Factors5▲ 8.1×2 topics
  8. Sports Injury5▲ 134×1 topic
  9. Low Back Pain4▲ 39×3 topics
  10. History3▲ 8.0×3 topics
  11. Mental Health3▲ 3.9×8 topics
  12. Golf Biomechanics3▲ 474×1 topic
  13. Swing Kinematics3▲ 474×1 topic
  14. Ethics3▲ 10×2 topics
  15. Identity3▲ 7.1×3 topics
  16. Medical Ethics3▲ 38×2 topics
  17. Philosophy3▲ 11×2 topics
  18. Qualitative Research3▲ 5.8×4 topics
  19. Quality of Life3▲ 3.6×6 topics
  20. Cultural Studies3▲ 13×4 topics
  21. Elderly3▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Aging2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  23. High-Intensity Interval Training2▲ 44×2 topics
  24. Palliative Care2▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Resistance Training2▲ 51×2 topics
  26. Social Support2▲ 8.6×3 topics
  27. Healthcare2▲ 4.0×2 topics
  28. Narrative2▲ 29×2 topics
  29. Caregiving2▲ 59×1 topic
  30. Expert Performance2▲ 172×1 topic
  31. Healthcare Legislation2▲ 72×1 topic
  32. Hermeneutics2▲ 53×1 topic
  33. Interpretation2▲ 111×1 topic
  34. Motor Imagery2▲ 35×1 topic
  35. Patient Rights2▲ 59×1 topic
  36. Performance Analysis2▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Retirement2▲ 64×1 topic
  38. Training Load2▲ 69×1 topic
  39. Elbow Injuries2▲ 172×1 topic
  40. Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction2▲ 172×1 topic

Which research topics does Major League Baseball publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Sports injuries and prevention, Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics and Health, Medicine and Society.

Shoulder Injury and Trea…6Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 6 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 5 fractional worksSports Dynamics and Biomechanics: 3 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 2 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 2 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 2 fractional worksHermeneutics and Narrati…2Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity: 2 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 2 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works
SurgeryOrthopedics and Sports MedicineBiomedical EngineeringGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 6 works
  2. 2 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity Philosophy 2 works
  8. 8 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 2 works
  10. 10 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 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 available36.4%not open63.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.9%domestic only79.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Major League Baseball's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% 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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