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Office of Chief Medical Examiner

In research, Office of Chief Medical Examiner stands highest in Medicine (#4,604 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,675 of 20,462 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,306 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,124
of 28,054 · #10,487 all time
Rank in United States
#1,817
of 4,192
Research works
963
▼ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
24.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
17%
world 28%

What is Office of Chief Medical Examiner 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
MedicineField #4,604 of 17,978 18.9%457
Health SciencesDomain #5,675 of 20,462 19.0%517
Life SciencesDomain #6,306 of 14,347 19.6%230
Social SciencesDomain #11,390 of 16,945 25.6%125

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Office of Chief Medical Examiner 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: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.39× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.69× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 20.99× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.99× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.31× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 10.18× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.71× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 21.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Office of Chief Medical Examiner?

Ranked on the composite score, Alexander S. Wiener, J. Moor‐Jankowski and Gail Cooper lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Office of Chief Medical Examiner.

  1. 1 Alexander S. Wiener United States · #25,218 worldwide 371 citations · 91 works
  2. 2 J. Moor‐Jankowski United States · #200,870 worldwide 48 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Gail Cooper United States · #303,845 worldwide 81 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Barry Levine United States · #316,842 worldwide 91 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 David R. Fowler United States · #332,861 worldwide 141 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Steven B. Karch United States · #340,864 worldwide 86 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 A.S. Wiener United States · #509,278 worldwide 27 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Eve B. Gordon United States · #610,311 worldwide 37 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 John E. Smialek United States · #819,218 worldwide 31 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Bradley J. Adams United States · #984,162 worldwide 4 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Office of Chief Medical Examiner

Which keywords describe research at Office of Chief Medical Examiner?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Method Validation, Drug Analysis, Forensic Toxicology, Epidemiology, Sex Determination, Mortality Risk, Age Estimation and Skeletal Development.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 2.6×20 topics
  2. Method Validation6▲ 141×3 topics
  3. Drug Analysis6▲ 407×1 topic
  4. Forensic Toxicology6▲ 277×1 topic
  5. Mortality Risk4▲ 21×3 topics
  6. Risk Factors4▲ 4.7×10 topics
  7. Sex Determination4▲ 133×2 topics
  8. Age Estimation4▲ 78×1 topic
  9. Skeletal Development4▲ 212×1 topic
  10. Substance Use Disorders4▲ 63×2 topics
  11. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 17×2 topics
  12. Diagnostic Errors4▲ 179×2 topics
  13. Injury Prevention4▲ 36×2 topics
  14. Post-mortem Imaging4▲ 342×1 topic
  15. Virtual Autopsy4▲ 342×1 topic
  16. Chronic Pain Management4▲ 124×1 topic
  17. Opioid Prescribing4▲ 124×1 topic
  18. Public Health3▲ 2.7×9 topics
  19. Ancient DNA3▲ 68×2 topics
  20. Human Evolution3▲ 169×2 topics
  21. Pulmonary Edema3▲ 69×2 topics
  22. Conducted Electrical Weapons3▲ 301×1 topic
  23. Excited Delirium Syndrome3▲ 301×1 topic
  24. Child Injury2▲ 104×1 topic
  25. Medical Imaging2▲ 5.6×5 topics
  26. Poison Control Centers2▲ 186×1 topic
  27. Toxic Exposure Surveillance2▲ 186×1 topic
  28. Unintentional Injuries2▲ 104×1 topic
  29. Prevention Strategies2▲ 27×3 topics
  30. Decomposition2▲ 231×1 topic
  31. Forensic Entomology2▲ 231×1 topic
  32. Genomic Analysis2▲ 8.6×3 topics
  33. Ancient Health2▲ 268×1 topic
  34. Paleoparasitology2▲ 268×1 topic
  35. Postoperative Pain2▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Sudden Cardiac Death2▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Arrhythmias2▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Endophthalmitis2▲ 51×1 topic
  39. Ion Channels2▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Mass Spectrometry2▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Office of Chief Medical Examiner publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis, Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies, Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment.

Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis: 6 fractional worksForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies: 4 fractional worksAutopsy Techniques and O…4Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…4Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 4 fractional worksRestraint-Related Deaths: 3 fractional worksPoisoning and overdose treatments: 2 fractional worksInjury Epidemiology and …2Injury Epidemiology and Prevention: 2 fractional worksForensic Entomology and Diptera Studies: 2 fractional worksPaleopathology and ancient diseases: 2 fractional worksTraumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries: 2 fractional works
ToxicologyArcheologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis Toxicology 6 works
  2. 2 Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies Archeology 4 works
  3. 3 Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  4. 4 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  5. 5 Restraint-Related Deaths Emergency Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Poisoning and overdose treatments Emergency Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies Insect Science 2 works
  9. 9 Paleopathology and ancient diseases Archeology 2 works
  10. 10 Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries Ophthalmology 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 available16.7%not open83.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.6%domestic only75.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Office of Chief Medical Examiner's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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