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Oregon Health Authority

In research, Oregon Health Authority stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,080 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#2,455 of 14,558 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,157 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, 2022-now
#8,479
of 22,385 · #3,362 all time
Rank in United States
#1,142
of 3,332
Research works
673
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
18.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%

What is Oregon Health Authority 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 #2,080 of 16,688 14.5%246
MedicineField #2,455 of 14,558 16.5%184
Physical SciencesDomain #5,157 of 17,446 5.8%123
Social SciencesDomain #4,570 of 14,833 8.9%221

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Oregon Health Authority 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Oregon Health Authority work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research at Oregon Health Authority is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (26%), Engineering (17%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 47 fractional works · 36.2% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 16.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFuel Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 44 fractional works · 33.9% of its workMedicine: 34 fractional works · 26.2% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 7.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 19.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 10.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKOregon HealthAuthority130fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences34%Social Sciences20%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2216.7%
    2. Materials Science86.0%
    3. Environmental Science64.8%
    4. Computer Science53.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy32.6%
    6. Chemistry10.8%
    7. Mathematics10.8%
    8. Energy00.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Medicine3426.2%
    2. Health Professions86.2%
    3. Veterinary10.6%
    4. Nursing10.4%
    5. Dentistry10.4%
    1. Social Sciences97.1%
    2. Psychology64.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting53.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance43.0%
    5. Decision Sciences11.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology43.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.7%
    5. Neuroscience10.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.14× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.04× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.11× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.71× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.17× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.34× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.36× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.70× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.12× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.42× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.57× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.70×1 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.14×4 works
  3. Health Professions2.34×8 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.04×1 works
  5. Materials Science1.71×8 works
  6. Psychology1.57×6 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.42×4 works
  8. Medicine1.36×34 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy1.17×3 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting1.12×5 works
  11. Engineering1.11×22 works
  12. Decision Sciences1.07×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.97×6 works
  14. Nursing0.92×1 works
  15. Dentistry0.88×1 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.73×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.72×5 works
  18. Mathematics0.65×1 works
  19. Social Sciences0.56×9 works
  20. Chemistry0.52×1 works
  21. Computer Science0.46×5 works
  22. Energy0.37×0 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.36×2 works
  24. Neuroscience0.35×1 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.20×0 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.14×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Oregon Health Authority?

Ranked on the quality score, Melissa Sutton, Grant R. Barney and Nasreen Abdullah lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Oregon Health Authority.

  1. 1 Melissa Sutton United States · #24,083 worldwide 8.8k citations · 110 works
  2. 2 Grant R. Barney United States · #85,683 worldwide 3.7k citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Nasreen Abdullah United States · #86,990 worldwide 2.6k citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Zintars G. Beldavs United States · #194,474 worldwide 12k citations · 67 works
  5. 5 Emily B. Hancock United States · #248,473 worldwide 4.7k citations · 63 works
  6. 6 Kevin Popham United States · #369,098 worldwide 1.1k citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Val Tellez Nunez United States · #382,589 worldwide 832 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Nicole West United States · #433,202 worldwide 4.7k citations · 17 works
  9. 9 William E. Keene United States · #478,533 worldwide 2.8k citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Alexia Y. Zhang United States · #488,104 worldwide 1.1k citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Oregon Health Authority

What are the most cited papers from Oregon Health Authority?

The most cited paper from Oregon Health Authority is "Multistate Point-Prevalence Survey of Health Care–Associated Infections" (Shelley S. Magill, Jonathan R. Edwards, Wendy Bamberg et al., 2014), with 4,028 citations. Next come "Burden of Clostridium difficile Infection in the United States" (2,649) and "Prevalence of Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescriptions Among US Ambulatory Care Visits, 2010-2011" (1,763).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Multistate Point-Prevalence Survey of Health Care–Associated Infections Shelley S. Magill, Jonathan R. Edwards, Wendy Bamberg et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 26 Mar 2014 4,028
2 Burden of Clostridium difficile Infection in the United States Fernanda C. Lessa, Yi Mu, Wendy Bamberg et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 25 Feb 2015 2,649
3 Prevalence of Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescriptions Among US Ambulatory Care Visits, 2010-2011 Katherine E. Fleming-Dutra et al. · JAMA Open access 3 May 2016 1,763
4 Changes in Prevalence of Health Care–Associated Infections in U.S. Hospitals Shelley S. Magill et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 31 Oct 2018 1,280
5 Bacterial Meningitis in the United States, 1998–2007 Michael C. Thigpen, Cynthia G. Whitney, Nancy E. Messonnier et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 25 May 2011 963
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Oregon Health Authority?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Substance Use Disorders, SARS-CoV-2, Vaccine, Safety Assessment, Heat Transfer and Passive Systems.

▲ 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-now 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▲ 3.4×65 topics
  2. Public Health8▲ 4.5×27 topics
  3. Substance Use Disorders4▲ 43×2 topics
  4. Pandemic4▲ 3.0×6 topics
  5. Heat Transfer4▲ 5.6×6 topics
  6. SARS-CoV-23▲ 8.7×6 topics
  7. Vaccine3▲ 6.5×10 topics
  8. Safety Assessment3▲ 59×2 topics
  9. Passive Systems3▲ 147×1 topic
  10. Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis3▲ 147×1 topic
  11. Psychiatric Disorders3▲ 16×3 topics
  12. Hydrogen Embrittlement3▲ 26×2 topics
  13. Oxidation Resistance3▲ 20×2 topics
  14. Global Burden of Disease3▲ 8.1×3 topics
  15. Immune Response3▲ 3.6×12 topics
  16. Mortality Risk3▲ 8.2×3 topics
  17. Pathogenesis2▲ 3.8×13 topics
  18. Primary Care2▲ 5.0×8 topics
  19. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  20. Accident Tolerant Fuels2▲ 50×1 topic
  21. Adolescents2▲ 4.8×3 topics
  22. Fuel Cladding2▲ 50×1 topic
  23. Impulsivity2▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Alcohol Dependence2▲ 41×1 topic
  25. Motivational Interviewing2▲ 41×1 topic
  26. Substance Abuse2▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Chronic Pain Management2▲ 46×1 topic
  28. Opioid Prescribing2▲ 46×1 topic
  29. Thermal Management2▲ 4.7×4 topics
  30. Vaccine Development2▲ 6.0×7 topics
  31. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 6.8×8 topics
  32. Disease Burden2▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Finite Element Analysis2▲ 6.1×3 topics
  34. HIV2▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Health Care Utilization2▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Prevention Strategies2▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Coronavirus2▲ 6.6×2 topics
  38. Viral Transmission2▲ 9.5×2 topics
  39. antibody2▲ 13×1 topic
  40. spike protein2▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Oregon Health Authority publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics, Nuclear Materials and Properties, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment.

  1. 1 Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 2 works
  3. 3 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 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 available36.4%not open63.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Oregon Health Authority's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Oregon Health Authority as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00061% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Oregon Health Authority0.00050% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Oregon Health Authority over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Oregon Health Authority4.4% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.8% in 2014.

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