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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

In research, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,120 of 11,982 worldwide), Health Professions (#841 of 1,928 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,886 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis — Radiological and Ultrasound Technology is 50.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,019
of 28,054 · #1,952 all time
Rank in United States
#1,062
of 4,192
Research works
7.4k
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
241k
32.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,120 of 11,982 15.1%228 #1359
Health ProfessionsField #841 of 1,928 17.6%88 #238
MedicineField #6,886 of 10,443 13.4%137 #2661
Physical SciencesDomain #8,611 of 12,888 6.9%179 #1662
Environmental ScienceField #3,199 of 3,551 10.8%65 #1029
EngineeringField #6,365 of 6,636 3.6%87 #1897

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Institute for Occupational Safety and 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).

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. Health Sciences#1,359 #4,120
  2. Health Professions#238 #841
  3. Medicine#2,661 #6,886
  4. Physical Sciences#1,662 #8,611
  5. Environmental Science#1,029 #3,199
  6. Engineering#1,897 #6,365
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 Institute for Occupational Safety and Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Radiological and Ultrasound Technology takes 50.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Radiological and Ultrasound TechnologySubfield · 31.0 works50×
  2. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 44.1 works16×
← 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: 0.55× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.28× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.29× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.14× its world share, 87 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.57× its world share, 65 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.50× its world share, 88 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.39× its world share, 137 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.66× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Vincent Castranova, James P. O’Callaghan and Kathleen Kreiss lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

  1. 1 Vincent Castranova United States · #21,590 worldwide 631 citations · 62 works
  2. 2 James P. O’Callaghan United States · #64,429 worldwide 351 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Kathleen Kreiss United States · #82,771 worldwide 229 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Donald H. Beezhold United States · #89,658 worldwide 166 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Gregory R. Wagner United States · #95,961 worldwide 1.1k citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Paul A. Baron United States · #103,814 worldwide 195 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Lawrence R. Murphy United States · #109,944 worldwide 120 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Paul K. Henneberger United States · #110,897 worldwide 170 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Anna A. Shvedova United States · #123,918 worldwide 209 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 James M. Antonini United States · #129,558 worldwide 193 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Which keywords describe research at National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Effects, Occupational Safety, Risk Perception, Accident Prevention, Safety Culture, Workplace Safety, Safety Management and Safety Climate.

▲ 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. Health Effects54▲ 18×18 topics
  2. Occupational Safety35▲ 73×2 topics
  3. Risk Perception34▲ 25×6 topics
  4. Epidemiology34▲ 1.68×51 topics
  5. Accident Prevention33▲ 91×2 topics
  6. Safety Culture33▲ 91×2 topics
  7. Workplace Safety32▲ 43×3 topics
  8. COVID-1931▲ 4.4×13 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease30▲ 5.3×15 topics
  10. Safety Management30▲ 90×2 topics
  11. Safety Climate30▲ 68×2 topics
  12. Construction Safety30▲ 85×1 topic
  13. Organizational Culture30▲ 15×1 topic
  14. Mortality29▲ 9.9×6 topics
  15. Oxidative Stress29▲ 3.5×21 topics
  16. Health Impact27▲ 96×2 topics
  17. Particulate Matter26▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Public Health25▲ 3.4×21 topics
  19. Mental Health23▲ 3.0×13 topics
  20. Epidemiological Studies21▲ 30×2 topics
  21. Global Burden of Disease21▲ 16×2 topics
  22. Risk Assessment21▲ 5.9×17 topics
  23. Air Pollution20▲ 31×3 topics
  24. Exposure Assessment20▲ 43×1 topic
  25. Fine Particulate Air Pollution20▲ 43×1 topic
  26. Occupational Asthma19▲ 429×1 topic
  27. Work-Related Exposure19▲ 429×1 topic
  28. SARS-CoV-217▲ 10×5 topics
  29. Healthcare Workers17▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Cancer Risk16▲ 14×6 topics
  31. Immunotherapy16▲ 4.3×2 topics
  32. BAP1 mutations16▲ 181×1 topic
  33. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma16▲ 181×1 topic
  34. Occupational Exposure15▲ 53×3 topics
  35. Global Burden15▲ 5.5×6 topics
  36. Airborne Transmission14▲ 90×1 topic
  37. Respiratory Viruses14▲ 90×1 topic
  38. Environmental Monitoring13▲ 6.7×9 topics
  39. Volatile Organic Compounds13▲ 24×3 topics
  40. Occupational Health12▲ 20×7 topics

Which research topics does National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Occupational Health and Safety Research, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Occupational exposure and asthma and Occupational and environmental lung diseases.

Occupational Health and …30Occupational Health and Safety Research: 30 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 20 fractional worksOccupational exposure an…19Occupational exposure and asthma: 19 fractional worksOccupational and environ…16Occupational and environmental lung diseases: 16 fractional worksInfection Control and Ventilation: 14 fractional worksOccupational Health and Performance: 12 fractional worksIndoor Air Quality and M…11Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure: 11 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 10 fractional worksWorkplace Health and Well-being: 8 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 7 fractional works
Radiological and Ultrasound TechnologyHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 30 works
  2. 2 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 20 works
  3. 3 Occupational exposure and asthma Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 19 works
  4. 4 Occupational and environmental lung diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 16 works
  5. 5 Infection Control and Ventilation Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  6. 6 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 12 works
  7. 7 Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 11 works
  8. 8 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 10 works
  9. 9 Workplace Health and Well-being General Health Professions 8 works
  10. 10 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 7 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 available31.0%not open69.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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