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National Patient Safety Foundation

In research, National Patient Safety Foundation stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,295 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,661 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Professions (#570 of 1,928 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Emergency Medical Services — Emergency Medical Services is 23.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,592
of 28,054 · #3,784 all time
Rank in United States
#761
of 4,192
Research works
2.4k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
54k
22.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is National Patient Safety Foundation 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 #1,295 of 11,982 12.6%442 #520
MedicineField #1,661 of 10,443 10.8%319 #1222
Health ProfessionsField #570 of 1,928 17.9%114 #117
Social SciencesDomain #7,829 of 10,521 20.9%66 #7334

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Patient Safety Foundation 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#520 #1,295
  2. Medicine#1,222 #1,661
  3. Health Professions#117 #570
  4. Social Sciences#7,334 #7,829
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 Patient Safety Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Emergency Medical Services takes 23.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Emergency Medical ServicesSubfield · 24.5 works23×
← 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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.34× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.72× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.34× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 7.37× its world share, 114 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.83× its world share, 319 worksMedicineNursing: 1.84× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.89× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.18× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Patient Safety Foundation?

Ranked on the composite score, James P. Bagian, Peter D. Mills and Patricia A. Quigley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Patient Safety Foundation.

  1. 1 James P. Bagian United States · #289,268 worldwide 74 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Peter D. Mills United States · #593,779 worldwide 29 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Patricia A. Quigley United States · #711,448 worldwide 23 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Douglas E. Paull United States · #870,328 worldwide 25 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Gyl A. Kasewurm United States · #1,196,056 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Anne Scheck United States · #1,379,940 worldwide 1 citations · 95 works
All ranked researchers at National Patient Safety Foundation

Which keywords describe research at National Patient Safety Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Healthcare Quality, Epidemiology, Primary Care, Quality Improvement, Safety Climate, Medication Errors, Medical Errors and Clinical Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology54▲ 2.3×106 topics
  2. Healthcare Quality30▲ 51×4 topics
  3. Primary Care25▲ 11×14 topics
  4. Quality of Life24▲ 2.9×45 topics
  5. Quality Improvement22▲ 19×8 topics
  6. Inflammation21▲ 1.76×59 topics
  7. Safety Climate20▲ 39×2 topics
  8. Medication Errors20▲ 72×2 topics
  9. Management19▲ 4.2×27 topics
  10. Medical Errors19▲ 84×2 topics
  11. Treatment18▲ 2.5×42 topics
  12. Public Health18▲ 2.1×35 topics
  13. Clinical Guidelines17▲ 10×9 topics
  14. Patient Satisfaction17▲ 9.1×10 topics
  15. Adverse Events17▲ 45×3 topics
  16. Diagnosis16▲ 3.0×34 topics
  17. Patient Safety Culture16▲ 118×1 topic
  18. Surgical Safety Checklist16▲ 118×1 topic
  19. Risk Factors16▲ 2.5×29 topics
  20. Depression15▲ 2.9×18 topics
  21. Healthcare15▲ 2.2×13 topics
  22. Chronic Disease Management13▲ 12×5 topics
  23. Clinical Trials13▲ 3.4×16 topics
  24. Patient Safety12▲ 14×6 topics
  25. Guidelines12▲ 4.2×12 topics
  26. Healthcare Workers12▲ 8.0×5 topics
  27. Mortality11▲ 3.3×12 topics
  28. Anxiety10▲ 3.7×9 topics
  29. Medical Education10▲ 6.6×10 topics
  30. Ethical Considerations10▲ 4.9×13 topics
  31. Critical Care9▲ 6.9×8 topics
  32. Clinical Outcomes9▲ 7.3×6 topics
  33. Patient Engagement9▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Continuity of Care9▲ 32×2 topics
  35. Defensive Medicine9▲ 58×1 topic
  36. Malpractice Risk9▲ 58×1 topic
  37. Patient Care8▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Healthcare Outcomes8▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Health Care Utilization8▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Patient-Centered Care8▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does National Patient Safety Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Patient Safety and Medication Errors, Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues, Primary Care and Health Outcomes and Interprofessional Education and Collaboration.

Patient Safety and Medic…16Patient Safety and Medication Errors: 16 fractional worksMedical Malpractice and …9Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues: 9 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health …6Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 6 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Quality and Management: 4 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 4 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 4 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 4 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety Research: 4 fractional works
Emergency Medical ServicesPharmacyGeneral Health ProfessionsHealth Information Management3 others

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

  1. 1 Patient Safety and Medication Errors Emergency Medical Services 16 works
  2. 2 Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues Pharmacy 9 works
  3. 3 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 6 works
  4. 4 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 4 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Quality and Management Health Information Management 4 works
  6. 6 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 4 works
  7. 7 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 4 works
  8. 8 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 4 works
  9. 9 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  10. 10 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 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 available42.8%not open57.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.6%domestic only64.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Patient Safety Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% 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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