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Naval Medical Center Portsmouth

In research, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth stands highest in Medicine (#6,919 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,323 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,092
of 28,054 · #17,287 all time
Rank in United States
#2,928
of 4,192
Research works
1.9k
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Naval Medical Center Portsmouth 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 #6,919 of 10,443 7.2%152 #4891
Health SciencesDomain #8,323 of 11,982 7.1%164 #5768

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Naval Medical Center Portsmouth 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 Naval Medical Center Portsmouth specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 40.0 works8.7×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.03× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.69× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.03× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.05× its world share, 152 worksMedicineNursing: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert B. Gherman, Paul J. Kovalcik and Joseph E Pellegrini lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Naval Medical Center Portsmouth.

  1. 1 Robert B. Gherman United States · #463,167 worldwide 56 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Paul J. Kovalcik United States · #646,250 worldwide 12 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Joseph E Pellegrini United States · #1,088,266 worldwide 23 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Vikas Shrivastava United States · #1,443,644 worldwide 12 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth

Which keywords describe research at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Mortality, Diagnosis, Trauma, Hemorrhage, Resuscitation and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology32▲ 4.1×77 topics
  2. Complications12▲ 12×12 topics
  3. Diagnosis9▲ 4.8×24 topics
  4. Mortality9▲ 7.7×10 topics
  5. Treatment8▲ 3.3×27 topics
  6. Public Health7▲ 2.5×23 topics
  7. Hemorrhage7▲ 50×3 topics
  8. Trauma7▲ 17×5 topics
  9. Management6▲ 4.2×17 topics
  10. Resuscitation6▲ 26×3 topics
  11. Surgical Management6▲ 8.0×14 topics
  12. Revision Surgery6▲ 24×2 topics
  13. Risk Factors6▲ 2.8×17 topics
  14. Total Hip Replacement6▲ 24×2 topics
  15. Medical Education6▲ 11×9 topics
  16. Rehabilitation5▲ 6.9×8 topics
  17. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 8.2×8 topics
  18. Sepsis5▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations5▲ 5.7×11 topics
  20. Coagulopathy5▲ 31×2 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors5▲ 5.4×9 topics
  22. Arthroplasty4▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Pathogenesis4▲ 4.5×12 topics
  24. Chemotherapy4▲ 3.2×10 topics
  25. Albumin4▲ 89×1 topic
  26. Glycocalyx4▲ 89×1 topic
  27. Immune Response4▲ 3.8×11 topics
  28. Prognosis4▲ 6.6×9 topics
  29. Quality Improvement4▲ 10×5 topics
  30. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 8.1×3 topics
  31. Pain Management4▲ 8.3×7 topics
  32. Biomechanics4▲ 6.1×5 topics
  33. Internal Fixation4▲ 26×2 topics
  34. Surgery4▲ 5.1×8 topics
  35. Surgical Treatment4▲ 9.1×5 topics
  36. Maternal Mortality3▲ 7.8×5 topics
  37. Outcomes3▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Total Knee Replacement3▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 10×6 topics
  40. Hip Arthroplasty3▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does Naval Medical Center Portsmouth publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies.

Trauma, Hemostasis, Coag…4Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 4 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …3Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 3 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…3Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 3 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Car…2Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksDisaster Response and Ma…2Disaster Response and Management: 2 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksOccupational Health and …2Occupational Health and Performance: 2 fractional works
Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSurgeryEmergency MedicineEmergency Medical Services2 others

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

  1. 1 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  8. 8 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 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 available23.1%not open76.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.2%domestic only94.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Naval Medical Center Portsmouth's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% 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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