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Naval Medical Center San Diego

In research, Naval Medical Center San Diego stands highest in Medicine (#5,017 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,201 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,869
of 28,054 · #7,187 all time
Rank in United States
#2,244
of 4,192
Research works
3.7k
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
89k
23.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Naval Medical Center San Diego 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 #5,017 of 10,443 8.1%228 #1689
Health SciencesDomain #6,201 of 11,982 8.3%248 #1940

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 51.7 works7.1×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.17× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.42× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.07× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.79× its world share, 228 worksMedicineNursing: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.64× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Naval Medical Center San Diego?

Ranked on the composite score, Nancy F. Crum‐Cianflone, Mark R. Wallace and Arthur D. Hagan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Naval Medical Center San Diego.

  1. 1 Nancy F. Crum‐Cianflone United States · #160,813 worldwide 220 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Mark R. Wallace United States · #193,262 worldwide 140 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Arthur D. Hagan United States · #432,595 worldwide 132 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Sanford E. Warren United States · #435,729 worldwide 83 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 W. Victor R. Vieweg United States · #531,803 worldwide 84 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Richard G. Fosburg United States · #571,188 worldwide 49 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Robert H. Riffenburgh United States · #712,414 worldwide 53 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 James O. L’Esperance United States · #726,804 worldwide 19 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Joseph L. Malone United States · #756,386 worldwide 15 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Eric Harris United States · #949,293 worldwide 45 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Naval Medical Center San Diego

Which keywords describe research at Naval Medical Center San Diego?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology64▲ 5.1×98 topics
  2. Diagnosis16▲ 5.5×28 topics
  3. Management14▲ 5.9×22 topics
  4. Treatment14▲ 3.6×31 topics
  5. Trauma13▲ 20×6 topics
  6. Complications11▲ 7.3×17 topics
  7. Quality of Life10▲ 2.3×29 topics
  8. Surgical Management10▲ 7.8×18 topics
  9. Biomechanics9▲ 9.8×7 topics
  10. Mental Health9▲ 2.0×13 topics
  11. Mortality9▲ 5.1×11 topics
  12. Public Health9▲ 1.99×25 topics
  13. Resuscitation9▲ 22×4 topics
  14. Risk Factors8▲ 2.3×24 topics
  15. Rehabilitation8▲ 6.2×12 topics
  16. Clinical Trials8▲ 3.6×14 topics
  17. Medical Education7▲ 8.6×10 topics
  18. Pathogenesis6▲ 4.1×20 topics
  19. Pathophysiology6▲ 6.8×8 topics
  20. Hemorrhage6▲ 30×3 topics
  21. Resilience6▲ 4.0×6 topics
  22. Sepsis6▲ 11×5 topics
  23. Coagulopathy6▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Neuropathology6▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Psychometric Evaluation6▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Cognitive Therapy5▲ 16×3 topics
  27. Recovery5▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Immunosuppressive Therapy5▲ 9.0×8 topics
  29. Albumin5▲ 64×1 topic
  30. Glycocalyx5▲ 64×1 topic
  31. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder5▲ 59×1 topic
  32. Psychological Treatment5▲ 59×1 topic
  33. Chronic Pain5▲ 7.2×5 topics
  34. Surgical Treatment5▲ 7.9×5 topics
  35. Encephalopathy5▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Pain Management5▲ 6.8×7 topics
  37. Concussion5▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Neurological5▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Children5▲ 6.3×7 topics
  40. Quality Improvement4▲ 7.4×5 topics

Which research topics does Naval Medical Center San Diego publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation, Traumatic Brain Injury Research and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies.

Posttraumatic Stress Dis…5Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 5 fractional worksTrauma, Hemostasis, Coag…5Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 5 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…5Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 5 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Car…4Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 4 fractional worksOccupational Health and Performance: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 3 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …3Diversity and Career in Medicine: 3 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 3 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 3 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and…3Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 3 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineEpidemiologyEmergency Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 5 works
  2. 2 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 5 works
  4. 4 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 3 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 3 works
  8. 8 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 3 works
  10. 10 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 3 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 available23.0%not open77.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.5%domestic only95.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Naval Medical Center San Diego's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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