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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

In research, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion stands highest in Medicine (#1,250 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,527 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions — Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health is 8.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,022
of 28,054 · #2,786 all time
Rank in United States
#696
of 4,192
Research works
2.2k
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
241k
107.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
40.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 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 #1,250 of 10,443 40.1%122 #498
Health SciencesDomain #1,527 of 11,982 39.6%159 #459

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion 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 National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health takes 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 23.5 works8.6×
  2. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 22.2 works7.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.80× its world share, 32 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.07× its world share, 122 worksMedicineNursing: 3.06× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.70× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion?

Ranked on the composite score, Brian A. King, S. Jane Henley and Ralph S. Caraballo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

  1. 1 Brian A. King United States · #16,537 worldwide 848 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 S. Jane Henley United States · #50,328 worldwide 561 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Ralph S. Caraballo United States · #108,063 worldwide 281 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Matthew M. Zack United States · #123,518 worldwide 302 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Stephen Babb United States · #125,462 worldwide 392 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Ahmed Jamal United States · #129,245 worldwide 335 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Robert Merritt United States · #130,814 worldwide 208 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Anne G. Wheaton United States · #202,005 worldwide 349 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Nancy C. Lee United States · #240,144 worldwide 92 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Linda J. Neff United States · #270,923 worldwide 419 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Which keywords describe research at National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Disease, Mental Health, Obesity, Psychiatric Disorders and Global Burden.

▲ 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. Epidemiology28▲ 3.4×56 topics
  2. Public Health23▲ 7.6×25 topics
  3. Risk Factors17▲ 7.6×22 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease17▲ 7.4×25 topics
  5. Mental Health16▲ 5.4×18 topics
  6. Obesity13▲ 8.5×14 topics
  7. Psychiatric Disorders12▲ 44×3 topics
  8. Global Burden11▲ 10×10 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome11▲ 6.6×17 topics
  10. Inflammation11▲ 2.6×27 topics
  11. Physical Activity11▲ 11×7 topics
  12. Chronic Disease10▲ 28×4 topics
  13. Health Outcomes10▲ 17×7 topics
  14. Prevalence10▲ 11×8 topics
  15. Cancer Risk9▲ 19×6 topics
  16. Health Effects9▲ 7.1×9 topics
  17. Primary Care9▲ 11×11 topics
  18. COVID-199▲ 3.1×10 topics
  19. Depression9▲ 4.8×9 topics
  20. Health Consequences8▲ 14×3 topics
  21. Mortality8▲ 7.0×10 topics
  22. Adolescents8▲ 11×7 topics
  23. Health Disparities8▲ 15×7 topics
  24. Global Burden of Disease8▲ 15×4 topics
  25. Maternal Mortality8▲ 16×4 topics
  26. Social Determinants7▲ 16×5 topics
  27. Diabetes7▲ 6.7×5 topics
  28. Smoking Cessation7▲ 112×1 topic
  29. Tobacco Use7▲ 112×1 topic
  30. Health Equity7▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Health Promotion7▲ 10×9 topics
  32. Childhood7▲ 46×1 topic
  33. Overweight7▲ 48×1 topic
  34. Child Development6▲ 7.5×5 topics
  35. Health Education6▲ 6.7×4 topics
  36. Mortality Risk6▲ 13×5 topics
  37. Food Insecurity6▲ 47×1 topic
  38. Nutritional Consequences6▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Cancer Incidence5▲ 19×4 topics
  40. Preventive Services5▲ 43×2 topics

Which research topics does National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations and Health disparities and outcomes.

Smoking Behavior and Cessation: 7 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 7 fractional worksFood Security and Health…6Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 6 fractional worksHealth disparities and o…4Health disparities and outcomes: 4 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 3 fractional worksReproductive Health and …3Reproductive Health and Contraception: 3 fractional worksSchool Health and Nursin…3School Health and Nursing Education: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …3COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 3 fractional worksDiabetes Management and …3Diabetes Management and Education: 3 fractional works
PhysiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsHealth4 others

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

  1. 1 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 7 works
  2. 2 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  3. 3 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 6 works
  4. 4 Health disparities and outcomes Health 4 works
  5. 5 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 4 works
  6. 6 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 3 works
  7. 7 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  8. 8 School Health and Nursing Education Speech and Hearing 3 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 3 works
  10. 10 Diabetes Management and Education Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 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 available48.3%not open51.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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