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Maryland Department of Health

In research, Maryland Department of Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,821 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#9,309 of 17,978 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,624 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#14,958
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,275
of 8,685
Research works
617
▼ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
31.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Maryland Department of Health 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 #9,821 of 20,462 23.3%355
MedicineField #9,309 of 17,978 22.1%256
Social SciencesDomain #9,624 of 16,945 31.6%134

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Maryland Department of Health 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: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.87× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.92× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.41× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.22× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.41× its world share, 16 worksMedicineVeterinary: 3.68× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.35× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Maryland Department of Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Diane M. Dwyer, Colin Flynn and Clifford S. Mitchell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Maryland Department of Health.

  1. 1 Diane M. Dwyer United States · #454,949 worldwide 70 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Colin Flynn United States · #511,781 worldwide 73 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Clifford S. Mitchell United States · #888,758 worldwide 64 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Peggy Kloster Yen United States · #1,223,667 worldwide 16 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Maryland Department of Health

Which keywords describe research at Maryland Department of Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Substance Use Disorders, Mortality Risk, Chronic Pain Management, Opioid Prescribing, Mental Health and Antibiotic Resistance.

▲ 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 19 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology8▲ 6.0×42 topics
  2. Public Health4▲ 8.3×14 topics
  3. Mental Health2▲ 4.5×11 topics
  4. Substance Use Disorders2▲ 89×2 topics
  5. Mortality Risk2▲ 26×3 topics
  6. COVID-192▲ 4.0×10 topics
  7. Chronic Pain Management2▲ 163×1 topic
  8. Opioid Prescribing2▲ 163×1 topic
  9. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 12×5 topics
  10. Risk Factors2▲ 4.2×7 topics
  11. Pandemic1▲ 3.5×5 topics
  12. Adolescents1▲ 10.0×3 topics
  13. Chronic Disease Management1▲ 20×4 topics
  14. Prevention Strategies1▲ 35×3 topics
  15. Primary Care1▲ 9.4×5 topics
  16. Suicide1▲ 64×2 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 2.8×4 topics
  18. Emotion Regulation1▲ 9.8×2 topics
  19. Heart Rate Variability1▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does Maryland Department of Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Suicide and Self-Harm Studies, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control.

Opioid Use Disorder Trea…2Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 2 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm Studies: 1 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 1 fractional worksHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control: 1 fractional worksPublic Health Policies and Education: 1 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 1 fractional worksFood Security and Health…1Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…1HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 1 fractional worksRespiratory viral infect…1Respiratory viral infections research: 1 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resis…0Antibiotic Use and Resistance: 0 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthClinical PsychologyMolecular MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  2. 2 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 1 works
  3. 3 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Public Health Policies and Education General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 1 works
  9. 9 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 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 available27.9%not open72.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Maryland Department of Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% 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.

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