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National Institute of Public Health

In research, National Institute of Public Health stands highest in Medicine (#4,264 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,400 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,339 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — General Health Professions is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,171
of 28,054 · #19,914 all time
Rank in Slovenia
#18
of 51
Research works
723
▲ 82% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
15.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is National Institute of Public 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
MedicineField #4,264 of 10,443 16.0%79 #8116
Health SciencesDomain #5,400 of 11,982 14.2%112 #8047
Social SciencesDomain #7,339 of 10,521 20.2%61 #10419

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Institute of Public 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. Medicine#8,116 #4,264
  2. Health Sciences#8,047 #5,400
  3. Social Sciences#10,419 #7,339
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 of Public Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 21.7 works7.5×
  2. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 20.3 works7.3×
← 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: 0.73× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.00× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.28× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.90× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.98× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.94× its world share, 79 worksMedicineNursing: 3.42× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.96× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.48× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.67× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.65× 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, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Institute of Public Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Tit Albreht lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Institute of Public Health.

  1. 1 Tit Albreht Slovenia · #753,672 worldwide 8 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at National Institute of Public Health

Which keywords describe research at National Institute of Public Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Mental Health, Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Health Effects, Obesity, Depression and COVID-19.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 2.9×60 topics
  2. Public Health23▲ 7.4×35 topics
  3. Mental Health19▲ 6.1×20 topics
  4. Inflammation16▲ 3.6×26 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease15▲ 6.3×22 topics
  6. COVID-1914▲ 4.9×17 topics
  7. Health Effects13▲ 9.9×14 topics
  8. Obesity12▲ 7.9×12 topics
  9. Depression12▲ 6.7×13 topics
  10. Pandemic12▲ 5.4×10 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome11▲ 6.3×15 topics
  12. Risk Factors10▲ 4.3×19 topics
  13. Anxiety9▲ 9.1×7 topics
  14. Prevalence9▲ 11×10 topics
  15. Chronic Diseases9▲ 16×7 topics
  16. Physical Activity8▲ 8.1×7 topics
  17. Oxidative Stress8▲ 2.3×17 topics
  18. Non-Communicable Diseases8▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Psychological Distress8▲ 14×3 topics
  20. Adolescents7▲ 8.9×6 topics
  21. Psychological Impact7▲ 10×5 topics
  22. Healthcare Workers6▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Primary Care6▲ 8.0×10 topics
  24. Health Outcomes6▲ 11×6 topics
  25. Social Isolation6▲ 14×3 topics
  26. Cancer Prevention6▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Chronic Disease6▲ 16×4 topics
  28. Global Burden of Disease6▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Quarantine6▲ 18×1 topic
  30. Dietary Patterns5▲ 42×1 topic
  31. Mediterranean Diet5▲ 42×1 topic
  32. Health Disparities5▲ 9.3×5 topics
  33. Health Inequities5▲ 43×2 topics
  34. Mortality Risk5▲ 9.7×4 topics
  35. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 11×5 topics
  36. Corporate Political Activity4▲ 62×1 topic
  37. Global Trade4▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Health In All Policies4▲ 62×1 topic
  39. Childhood4▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Epidemiological Studies4▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does National Institute of Public Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 and Mental Health, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet.

COVID-19 and Mental Health6COVID-19 and Mental Health: 6 fractional worksNutritional Studies and …5Nutritional Studies and Diet: 5 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Pol…4Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activi…4Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 4 fractional worksConsumer Attitudes and Food Labeling: 4 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues: 3 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Ma…3Healthcare Policy and Management: 3 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Public Health: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 2 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 6 works
  2. 2 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  3. 3 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
  4. 4 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  5. 5 Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  6. 6 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 3 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  8. 8 Healthcare Systems and Public Health Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  10. 10 Health disparities and outcomes Health 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 available68.4%not open31.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.3%domestic only54.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Institute of Public Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 82% 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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