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National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

In research, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control stands highest in Medicine (#1,094 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,501 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,220 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — Clinical Psychology is 13.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,720
of 28,054 · #4,183 all time
Rank in United States
#774
of 4,192
Research works
1.1k
▲ 53% vs 2013–17
Citations
84k
76.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
43.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is National Center for Injury Prevention and Control 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 #1,094 of 10,443 42.7%96 #582
Health SciencesDomain #1,501 of 11,982 43.2%114 #707
Social SciencesDomain #4,220 of 10,521 45.8%72 #3018

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Center for Injury Prevention and Control 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#582 #1,094
  2. Health Sciences#707 #1,501
  3. Social Sciences#3,018 #4,220
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does National Center for Injury Prevention and Control specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 13.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 28.2 works14×
  2. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 29.6 works11×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.27× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.41× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.51× its world share, 96 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.38× its world share, 33 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 37 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at National Center for Injury Prevention and Control?

Ranked on the composite score, David A. Sleet, Christopher M. Jones and James A. Mercy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.

  1. 1 David A. Sleet United States · #23,629 worldwide 459 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Christopher M. Jones United States · #47,368 worldwide 529 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 James A. Mercy United States · #72,266 worldwide 369 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Grant Baldwin United States · #100,143 worldwide 200 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Thomas R. Simon United States · #122,955 worldwide 206 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Matthew J. Breiding United States · #169,668 worldwide 485 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Ann M. Dellinger United States · #291,726 worldwide 117 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Leonard J. Paulozzi United States · #300,929 worldwide 211 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Juliet Haarbauer‐Krupa United States · #372,562 worldwide 112 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Mark L. Rosenberg United States · #437,135 worldwide 91 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

Which keywords describe research at National Center for Injury Prevention and Control?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Risk Factors, Injury Prevention, Public Health, Substance Use Disorders, Mortality Risk and Psychiatric Disorders.

▲ 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. Epidemiology49▲ 6.2×33 topics
  2. Mental Health43▲ 15×23 topics
  3. Risk Factors26▲ 12×13 topics
  4. Public Health23▲ 7.8×17 topics
  5. Injury Prevention23▲ 93×4 topics
  6. Substance Use Disorders22▲ 149×2 topics
  7. Mortality Risk18▲ 39×5 topics
  8. Psychiatric Disorders16▲ 60×3 topics
  9. Chronic Pain Management16▲ 240×1 topic
  10. Opioid Prescribing16▲ 240×1 topic
  11. Adolescents14▲ 18×6 topics
  12. Global Burden13▲ 12×5 topics
  13. Resilience12▲ 13×6 topics
  14. Youth Violence12▲ 131×2 topics
  15. Prevention Strategies11▲ 56×2 topics
  16. Child Injury11▲ 192×1 topic
  17. Unintentional Injuries11▲ 192×1 topic
  18. Firearm Violence10▲ 474×1 topic
  19. Gun Ownership10▲ 474×1 topic
  20. Suicide10▲ 103×2 topics
  21. Adverse Experiences9▲ 120×1 topic
  22. Childhood Trauma9▲ 75×1 topic
  23. Psychological Autopsy9▲ 115×1 topic
  24. Suicidal Behavior9▲ 115×1 topic
  25. Prevalence8▲ 10×7 topics
  26. Depression8▲ 4.4×12 topics
  27. Substance Abuse8▲ 52×2 topics
  28. Neuropathology7▲ 28×3 topics
  29. Recovery7▲ 35×2 topics
  30. Concussion7▲ 86×1 topic
  31. Encephalopathy7▲ 55×2 topics
  32. Neurological7▲ 86×1 topic
  33. Injury Severity7▲ 42×2 topics
  34. Global Burden of Disease7▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Health Consequences7▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Intimate Partner Violence6▲ 80×2 topics
  37. Gender-based Violence6▲ 55×2 topics
  38. Health Outcomes6▲ 11×5 topics
  39. Domestic Violence6▲ 85×1 topic
  40. HIV Infection6▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does National Center for Injury Prevention and Control publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Injury Epidemiology and Prevention, Gun Ownership and Violence Research and Child Abuse and Trauma.

Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 16 fractional worksInjury Epidemiology and Prevention: 11 fractional worksGun Ownership and Violen…10Gun Ownership and Violence Research: 10 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma9Child Abuse and Trauma: 9 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm Studies: 9 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 7 fractional worksIntimate Partner and Fam…6Intimate Partner and Family Violence: 6 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 4 fractional worksPain Management and Opioid Use: 4 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealthClinical PsychologyEpidemiology1 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 16 works
  2. 2 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 11 works
  3. 3 Gun Ownership and Violence Research Health 10 works
  4. 4 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 9 works
  5. 5 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 9 works
  6. 6 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 7 works
  7. 7 Intimate Partner and Family Violence Health 6 works
  8. 8 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 6 works
  9. 9 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 4 works
  10. 10 Pain Management and Opioid Use Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 4 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 available53.5%not open46.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.8%domestic only91.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Center for Injury Prevention and Control's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% 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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