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Office of the Director

In research, Office of the Director stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,077 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,038 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,805
of 28,054 · #3,473 all time
Rank in United States
#1,037
of 4,192
Research works
1.4k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
79k
56.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Office of the Director 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,077 of 11,982 31.9%97 #1707
MedicineField #4,038 of 10,443 29.6%80 #1622

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Office of the Director 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: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.12× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.78× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.31× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.57× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.56× its world share, 80 worksMedicineNursing: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.97× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.54× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Office of the Director?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, Clinical Trials, Cardiovascular Disease, Academic Medicine, Quality of Life, Health Disparities and Precision Medicine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 2.7×87 topics
  2. Public Health13▲ 5.7×25 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 4.0×21 topics
  4. Quality of Life7▲ 3.1×21 topics
  5. Clinical Trials7▲ 6.2×15 topics
  6. Inflammation6▲ 1.78×42 topics
  7. Cancer5▲ 2.5×27 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 3.8×13 topics
  9. Academic Medicine5▲ 39×3 topics
  10. Depression5▲ 3.4×14 topics
  11. COVID-195▲ 2.1×15 topics
  12. Pandemic5▲ 2.7×6 topics
  13. Risk Factors5▲ 2.6×21 topics
  14. Precision Medicine4▲ 5.5×7 topics
  15. Chemotherapy4▲ 3.6×21 topics
  16. Biomarkers4▲ 3.5×13 topics
  17. Primary Care4▲ 6.1×10 topics
  18. Health Disparities4▲ 8.5×7 topics
  19. Immunotherapy4▲ 3.1×17 topics
  20. Mortality4▲ 3.8×9 topics
  21. Behavior Change4▲ 15×4 topics
  22. Mortality Risk4▲ 9.1×5 topics
  23. SARS-CoV-24▲ 6.6×6 topics
  24. Health Equity3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  25. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 8.4×5 topics
  26. Mortality Rates3▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Cancer Incidence3▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Global Burden of Disease3▲ 6.9×4 topics
  29. Career Development3▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Risk Perception3▲ 6.2×4 topics
  31. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 6.6×3 topics
  32. Antiretroviral Therapy3▲ 9.9×5 topics
  33. Quality Improvement3▲ 8.2×7 topics
  34. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Genetic Variation2▲ 7.0×5 topics
  36. Substance Use Disorders2▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Gender Equity2▲ 88×1 topic
  38. Medical Research2▲ 50×1 topic
  39. Physician-Scientist2▲ 50×1 topic
  40. Sex Bias2▲ 88×1 topic

Which research topics does Office of the Director publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Medical Research Impacts, Sex and Gender in Healthcare, Diversity and Career in Medicine and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening.

Health and Medical Resea…2Health and Medical Research Impacts: 2 fractional worksSex and Gender in Health…2Sex and Gender in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 2 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 2 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 2 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementa…2Health Policy Implementation Science: 2 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 2 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety Research: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGender StudiesOncologyHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis3 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  2. 2 Sex and Gender in Healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  3. 3 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 2 works
  4. 4 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 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 available44.3%not open55.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.6%domestic only83.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Office of the Director's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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