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Occupational Safety & Health Administration

In research, Occupational Safety & Health Administration stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,228 of 21,541 worldwide), Health Sciences (#10,380 of 20,462 worldwide) and Health Professions (#2,338 of 3,776 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#10,340
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,291
of 8,685
Research works
655
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.1k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Occupational Safety & Health Administration 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
Physical SciencesDomain #6,228 of 21,541 10.4%242
Health SciencesDomain #10,380 of 20,462 8.8%248
Health ProfessionsField #2,338 of 3,776 9.3%124

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Occupational Safety & Health Administration 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: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.13× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.18× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.49× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.20× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.26× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 6.63× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.57× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Occupational Safety & Health Administration?

Ranked on the composite score, Christopher Mark, Hanson Blatz and Larry Janssen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Occupational Safety & Health Administration.

  1. 1 Christopher Mark United States · #132,388 worldwide 146 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Hanson Blatz United States · #729,608 worldwide 18 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Larry Janssen United States · #788,792 worldwide 46 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Jerry Laws United States · #938,176 worldwide 2 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Ronnie Rittenberry United States · #966,601 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Nancy Gillen United States · #1,220,383 worldwide 0 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Robert W. Kapp United States · #1,303,895 worldwide 14 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Richard Fairfax United States · #1,483,250 worldwide 8 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Occupational Safety & Health Administration

Which keywords describe research at Occupational Safety & Health Administration?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Accident Prevention, Safety Culture, Workplace Safety, Risk Perception, Occupational Safety, Safety Climate, Health Effects and Construction Safety.

▲ 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. Accident Prevention3▲ 104×2 topics
  2. Safety Culture3▲ 104×2 topics
  3. Workplace Safety3▲ 46×2 topics
  4. Risk Perception3▲ 24×3 topics
  5. Globalization3▲ 3.0×8 topics
  6. Occupational Safety2▲ 61×2 topics
  7. Public Health2▲ 3.9×11 topics
  8. Safety Climate2▲ 66×2 topics
  9. Construction Safety2▲ 80×1 topic
  10. Health Effects2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  11. Safety Management2▲ 83×1 topic
  12. Particulate Matter2▲ 33×2 topics
  13. Rock Mechanics2▲ 39×2 topics
  14. Risk Assessment2▲ 5.3×4 topics
  15. Environmental Monitoring2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  16. Risk Management1▲ 6.6×2 topics
  17. Air Quality Monitoring1▲ 51×1 topic
  18. Bayesian Networks1▲ 33×1 topic
  19. Cultural Psychology1▲ 70×2 topics
  20. Fault Tree Analysis1▲ 60×1 topic
  21. Low-Cost Sensors1▲ 51×1 topic
  22. Mortality1▲ 5.3×3 topics
  23. STEM Education1▲ 6.8×2 topics
  24. Seismicity1▲ 87×1 topic
  25. Wave Propagation1▲ 28×1 topic
  26. Distance Learning1▲ 7.4×2 topics
  27. Health Impact1▲ 47×2 topics
  28. Immune System1▲ 10×2 topics
  29. Rheology1▲ 14×2 topics
  30. 3D Printing1▲ 9.9×1 topic
  31. Concrete Extrusion1▲ 43×1 topic
  32. Construction Projects1▲ 52×1 topic
  33. Dialogical Self1▲ 267×1 topic
  34. Engineering Education1▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Microgravity1▲ 121×1 topic
  36. Project Success1▲ 59×1 topic
  37. Remote Laboratories1▲ 80×1 topic
  38. Social Representations Theory1▲ 267×1 topic
  39. Spaceflight1▲ 121×1 topic
  40. Volatile Organic Compounds1▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Occupational Safety & Health Administration publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Occupational Health and Safety Research, Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting and Risk and Safety Analysis.

Occupational Health and …2Occupational Health and Safety Research: 2 fractional worksGeotechnical and Geomech…1Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering: 1 fractional worksAir Quality Monitoring a…1Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting: 1 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis1Risk and Safety Analysis: 1 fractional worksConstruction Project Management and Performance: 1 fractional worksExperimental Learning in Engineering: 1 fractional worksSocial Representations a…1Social Representations and Identity: 1 fractional worksOccupational exposure and asthma: 1 fractional worksSpaceflight effects on biology: 1 fractional worksInnovations in Concrete …1Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials: 1 fractional works
Radiological and Ultrasound TechnologyMechanics of MaterialsEnvironmental EngineeringStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty6 others

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

  1. 1 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 2 works
  2. 2 Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  3. 3 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Environmental Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  5. 5 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  6. 6 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 1 works
  7. 7 Social Representations and Identity Social Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Occupational exposure and asthma Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Spaceflight effects on biology Physiology 1 works
  10. 10 Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials Building and Construction 1 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 available21.1%not open78.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Occupational Safety & Health Administration's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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