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North Carolina Division of Public Health

In research, North Carolina Division of Public Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,903 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#8,074 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Professions (#2,681 of 3,776 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#11,293
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,477
of 8,685
Research works
663
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
35.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is North Carolina Division of Public Health known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #4,903 of 20,462 26.8%409
MedicineField #8,074 of 17,978 25.0%229
Health ProfessionsField #2,681 of 3,776 30.3%161

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where North Carolina Division 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).

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: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.11× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 3.75× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.89× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.52× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at North Carolina Division of Public Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Curtis G. Hames and Paul A. Buescher lead among researchers whose main affiliation is North Carolina Division of Public Health.

  1. 1 Curtis G. Hames United States · #209,076 worldwide 211 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Paul A. Buescher United States · #872,701 worldwide 39 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at North Carolina Division of Public Health

Which keywords describe research at North Carolina Division of Public Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Health Promotion, Chronic Disease, Health Outcomes, Social Determinants, Community Health and Risk Factors.

▲ 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology5▲ 3.5×35 topics
  2. Public Health4▲ 6.8×17 topics
  3. Risk Factors2▲ 4.3×10 topics
  4. Health Promotion2▲ 14×4 topics
  5. Inflammation2▲ 2.0×15 topics
  6. Chronic Disease2▲ 23×4 topics
  7. Mental Health2▲ 2.8×11 topics
  8. Community Health1▲ 23×3 topics
  9. Health Outcomes1▲ 14×4 topics
  10. Social Determinants1▲ 18×4 topics
  11. Health Effects1▲ 5.8×9 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 3.0×13 topics
  13. Elderly1▲ 13×2 topics
  14. Global Burden1▲ 6.2×7 topics
  15. Obesity1▲ 4.2×6 topics
  16. Social Determinants of Health1▲ 14×3 topics
  17. Health Equity1▲ 11×3 topics
  18. Inappropriate Medication Use1▲ 70×1 topic
  19. Polypharmacy1▲ 70×1 topic
  20. Thermoregulation1▲ 41×3 topics
  21. Antiretroviral Therapy1▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Health Education1▲ 6.3×4 topics
  23. Mortality Risk1▲ 12×5 topics
  24. Quality of Life1▲ 1.96×9 topics
  25. Training Pathways1▲ 101×1 topic
  26. Vocational Education1▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does North Carolina Division of Public Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, Education Systems and Policy, Data-Driven Disease Surveillance and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations.

Pharmaceutical Practices…1Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 1 fractional worksEducation Systems and Po…1Education Systems and Policy: 1 fractional worksData-Driven Disease Surv…1Data-Driven Disease Surveillance: 1 fractional worksFood Security and Health…1Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 1 fractional worksPublic Health Policies and Education: 1 fractional worksThermoregulation and physiological responses: 1 fractional worksBody Composition Measure…1Body Composition Measurement Techniques: 1 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal H…1Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…0HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 0 fractional worksMetabolomics and Mass Sp…0Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies: 0 fractional works
Geriatrics and GerontologyEducationEpidemiologyGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  2. 2 Education Systems and Policy Education 1 works
  3. 3 Data-Driven Disease Surveillance Epidemiology 1 works
  4. 4 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Public Health Policies and Education General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Thermoregulation and physiological responses Physiology 1 works
  7. 7 Body Composition Measurement Techniques Physiology 1 works
  8. 8 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  9. 9 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 0 works
  10. 10 Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies Molecular Biology 0 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 available38.8%not open61.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has North Carolina Division of Public Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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