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National Board of Medical Examiners

In research, National Board of Medical Examiners stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,677 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#2,438 of 17,978 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,503 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,554
of 28,054 · #13,439 all time
Rank in United States
#1,576
of 4,192
Research works
699
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
20.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

What is National Board of Medical Examiners 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 #2,677 of 20,462 16.1%340
MedicineField #2,438 of 17,978 16.8%244
Social SciencesDomain #9,503 of 16,945 23.5%245
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #1,575 of 2,085 16.6%126

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Board of Medical Examiners 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: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.29× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 4.68× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.10× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.53× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 16.92× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.51× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 16.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Board of Medical Examiners?

Ranked on the composite score, David B. Swanson, Brian E. Clauser and Richard E. Hawkins lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Board of Medical Examiners.

  1. 1 David B. Swanson United States · #87,060 worldwide 136 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Brian E. Clauser United States · #206,020 worldwide 134 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Richard E. Hawkins United States · #432,197 worldwide 90 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Mark R. Raymond United States · #855,854 worldwide 21 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at National Board of Medical Examiners

Which keywords describe research at National Board of Medical Examiners?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Reflective Practice, Measurement Invariance, Structural Equation Modeling, Competency-Based Education, Assessment Methods, Professional Identity Formation, Patient Safety and Concept Mapping.

▲ 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. Reflective Practice7▲ 57×2 topics
  2. Measurement Invariance5▲ 866×1 topic
  3. Structural Equation Modeling5▲ 37×1 topic
  4. Competency-Based Education5▲ 77×2 topics
  5. Assessment Methods5▲ 64×1 topic
  6. Professional Identity Formation5▲ 110×1 topic
  7. Patient Safety3▲ 28×3 topics
  8. Concept Mapping3▲ 102×2 topics
  9. Clinical Reasoning2▲ 111×1 topic
  10. Diagnostic Error2▲ 173×1 topic
  11. Healthcare2▲ 3.3×5 topics
  12. Ethnic Disparities2▲ 115×2 topics
  13. Realist Synthesis2▲ 195×1 topic
  14. Theory-Based Evaluation2▲ 195×1 topic
  15. Educational Research2▲ 22×2 topics
  16. Learning Outcomes2▲ 7.6×2 topics
  17. Medical School Selection2▲ 195×1 topic
  18. Predictive Validity2▲ 195×1 topic
  19. Big Data2▲ 3.5×6 topics
  20. Inter-Rater Reliability2▲ 698×1 topic
  21. Kappa Statistic2▲ 698×1 topic
  22. Academic Medicine2▲ 39×2 topics
  23. Diagnostic Accuracy2▲ 43×2 topics
  24. Labor Market2▲ 10×2 topics
  25. Principal Component Analysis2▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Regression Analysis2▲ 76×2 topics
  27. Gender Bias2▲ 34×1 topic
  28. Quality Improvement2▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Science2▲ 12×1 topic
  30. Multicollinearity2▲ 131×1 topic
  31. Precision Medicine2▲ 5.7×2 topics
  32. Robust Estimation2▲ 131×1 topic
  33. Healthcare Regulation2▲ 26×2 topics
  34. Medical Education2▲ 9.9×5 topics
  35. Health Equity2▲ 8.9×2 topics
  36. Feedback2▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Formative Assessment2▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Johnson Noise2▲ 504×1 topic
  39. Secure Communication2▲ 459×1 topic
  40. Clinical Decision Support1▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does National Board of Medical Examiners publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Psychometric Methodologies and Testing, Innovations in Medical Education, Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills and Evaluation and Performance Assessment.

Psychometric Methodologies and Testing: 5 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 5 fractional worksClinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills: 2 fractional worksEvaluation and Performance Assessment: 2 fractional worksMedical Education and Admissions: 2 fractional worksReliability and Agreement in Measurement: 2 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …2Diversity and Career in Medicine: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Statistical Methods and Models: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Statistical Modeling Techniques: 2 fractional worksStudent Assessment and Feedback: 2 fractional works
Management Science and Operations ResearchPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthFamily PracticeStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty4 others

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

  1. 1 Psychometric Methodologies and Testing Management Science and Operations Research 5 works
  2. 2 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  3. 3 Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills Family Practice 2 works
  4. 4 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  5. 5 Medical Education and Admissions Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Reliability and Agreement in Measurement Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 2 works
  7. 7 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 2 works
  8. 8 Advanced Statistical Methods and Models Statistics and Probability 2 works
  9. 9 Advanced Statistical Modeling Techniques Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  10. 10 Student Assessment and Feedback Education 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 available19.3%not open80.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.3%domestic only91.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Board of Medical Examiners's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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