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New York City Fire Department

In research, New York City Fire Department stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,445 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#8,264 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,715 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,006
of 28,054 · #14,045 all time
Rank in United States
#2,261
of 4,192
Research works
1.8k
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is New York City Fire Department 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
Social SciencesDomain #6,445 of 10,521 9.9%97 #9058
Health SciencesDomain #8,264 of 11,982 13.8%84 #6214
Physical SciencesDomain #11,715 of 12,888 10.5%103 #12230

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where New York City Fire Department 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. Social Sciences#9,058 #6,445
  2. Health Sciences#6,214 #8,264
  3. Physical Sciences#12,230 #11,715
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.

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: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.09× its world share, 48 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.25× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.90× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.07× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.04× its world share, 59 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.27× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.07× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.96× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.60× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 52 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at New York City Fire Department?

Ranked on the composite score, Vytenis Babrauskas, Alexander A. Fisher and David J. Prezant lead among researchers whose main affiliation is New York City Fire Department.

  1. 1 Vytenis Babrauskas United States · #265,944 worldwide 135 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Alexander A. Fisher United States · #280,238 worldwide 145 citations · 73 works
  3. 3 David J. Prezant United States · #400,653 worldwide 124 citations · 55 works
  4. 4 Rachel Zeig‐Owens United States · #571,577 worldwide 54 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Gustav A. Killenberg United States · #573,055 worldwide 0 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 William J. Parker United States · #1,187,605 worldwide 19 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Theresa Schwartz United States · #1,340,489 worldwide 33 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at New York City Fire Department

Which keywords describe research at New York City Fire Department?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Resilience, Resuscitation, Cancer Risk, Physical Fitness, Occupational Exposure, Emergency Responders, Firefighters and Hypothermia.

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 1.55×40 topics
  2. Climate Change14▲ 1.75×31 topics
  3. Resilience11▲ 7.7×8 topics
  4. Public Health10▲ 2.4×22 topics
  5. Resuscitation10▲ 26×4 topics
  6. Mental Health9▲ 2.2×20 topics
  7. Cancer Risk9▲ 14×3 topics
  8. Physical Fitness9▲ 22×2 topics
  9. Occupational Exposure9▲ 54×3 topics
  10. Emergency Responders9▲ 171×1 topic
  11. Firefighters9▲ 171×1 topic
  12. Hypothermia8▲ 39×2 topics
  13. Cardiac Arrest8▲ 49×1 topic
  14. Out-of-Hospital8▲ 49×1 topic
  15. Remote Sensing8▲ 2.2×9 topics
  16. Social Capital7▲ 4.8×6 topics
  17. Ecosystem Resilience7▲ 16×3 topics
  18. Vulnerability7▲ 11×6 topics
  19. Community7▲ 20×4 topics
  20. Emergency Management7▲ 42×2 topics
  21. Simulation7▲ 9.0×5 topics
  22. Smoke Control7▲ 86×1 topic
  23. Tunnel Fires7▲ 86×1 topic
  24. Soil Properties6▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Forest Fires6▲ 50×1 topic
  26. Wildfire Activity6▲ 50×1 topic
  27. Mortality6▲ 3.7×10 topics
  28. Global Burden6▲ 3.8×6 topics
  29. Climate Change Adaptation6▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Disaster6▲ 40×1 topic
  31. Risk6▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Fire Detection6▲ 47×2 topics
  33. Trauma5▲ 9.1×7 topics
  34. Disaster Response5▲ 24×3 topics
  35. Computer Vision5▲ 6.2×2 topics
  36. Healthcare Workers5▲ 6.8×3 topics
  37. Smoke Detection5▲ 52×1 topic
  38. Video Surveillance5▲ 52×1 topic
  39. Injury Prevention5▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Resource Allocation4▲ 8.4×2 topics

Which research topics does New York City Fire Department publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Occupational Health and Performance, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Fire dynamics and safety research and Fire effects on ecosystems.

Occupational Health and …9Occupational Health and Performance: 9 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…8Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 8 fractional worksFire dynamics and safety…7Fire dynamics and safety research: 7 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems6Fire effects on ecosystems: 6 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 6 fractional worksFire Detection and Safety Systems: 5 fractional worksDisaster Response and Ma…4Disaster Response and Management: 4 fractional worksEvacuation and Crowd Dynamics: 4 fractional worksInjury Epidemiology and Prevention: 3 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 3 fractional works
Occupational TherapyEmergency MedicineSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityGlobal and Planetary Change4 others

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

  1. 1 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 9 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Fire dynamics and safety research Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 7 works
  4. 4 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  5. 5 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  6. 6 Fire Detection and Safety Systems Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 5 works
  7. 7 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 4 works
  8. 8 Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics Ocean Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  10. 10 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 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 available31.3%not open68.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.2%domestic only78.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has New York City Fire Department'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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