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Public Health – Seattle & King County

In research, Public Health – Seattle & King County stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,903 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,093
of 28,054 · #9,397 all time
Rank in United States
#2,442
of 4,192
Research works
793
▼ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
42.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Public Health – Seattle & King County 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 #8,903 of 11,982 21.9%61 #3910

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Public Health – Seattle & King County 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.74× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.03× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.44× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.58× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.95× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 9.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Public Health – Seattle & King County?

Ranked on the composite score, Masahiro Narita, Jeffrey S. Duchin and JAMES KRIEGER lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Public Health – Seattle & King County.

  1. 1 Masahiro Narita United States · #130,093 worldwide 76 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Jeffrey S. Duchin United States · #174,846 worldwide 200 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 JAMES KRIEGER United States · #326,666 worldwide 102 citations · 56 works
  4. 4 Robert S. Wood United States · #543,700 worldwide 34 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Cornelius W. Van Niel United States · #1,441,911 worldwide 1 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Public Health – Seattle & King County

Which keywords describe research at Public Health – Seattle & King County?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, HIV Transmission, Antiretroviral Therapy, Substance Abuse, Viral Load, Preexposure Prophylaxis and Stigma and Discrimination.

▲ 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. Epidemiology16▲ 4.4×45 topics
  2. Public Health13▲ 9.4×19 topics
  3. HIV Transmission12▲ 171×2 topics
  4. Antiretroviral Therapy8▲ 53×6 topics
  5. Substance Abuse8▲ 116×2 topics
  6. Mental Health7▲ 5.2×14 topics
  7. Viral Load6▲ 85×2 topics
  8. Preexposure Prophylaxis6▲ 131×1 topic
  9. Stigma and Discrimination6▲ 131×1 topic
  10. Bacterial Vaginosis6▲ 248×1 topic
  11. Sexually Transmitted Infections6▲ 129×2 topics
  12. Vaginal Microbiome6▲ 248×1 topic
  13. HIV6▲ 74×3 topics
  14. Resuscitation5▲ 42×3 topics
  15. Hypothermia5▲ 72×2 topics
  16. Cardiac Arrest5▲ 91×1 topic
  17. Out-of-Hospital5▲ 91×1 topic
  18. drug use5▲ 180×1 topic
  19. harm reduction5▲ 180×1 topic
  20. COVID-194▲ 3.3×10 topics
  21. Risk Factors4▲ 4.0×9 topics
  22. Social Support4▲ 7.6×3 topics
  23. Vaccine4▲ 10×9 topics
  24. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 10×2 topics
  25. Global Epidemiology4▲ 87×2 topics
  26. Health Care Utilization3▲ 31×3 topics
  27. Neurosyphilis3▲ 226×1 topic
  28. Syphilis3▲ 226×1 topic
  29. Immune Response3▲ 6.2×8 topics
  30. Health3▲ 8.5×3 topics
  31. Mental Illness3▲ 44×2 topics
  32. Social Determinants of Health3▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Homelessness3▲ 73×1 topic
  34. Housing First3▲ 73×1 topic
  35. Mortality Risk3▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Infectious Diseases3▲ 8.7×4 topics
  37. Substance Use Disorders3▲ 40×2 topics
  38. Health Disparities3▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Health Outcomes3▲ 9.9×4 topics
  40. HIV Prevention2▲ 44×2 topics

Which research topics does Public Health – Seattle & King County publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Reproductive tract infections research, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation.

HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 6 fractional worksReproductive tract infections research: 6 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk5HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 5 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…5Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 5 fractional worksSyphilis Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 3 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…2Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 2 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 2 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 2 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesMicrobiologyEpidemiologyEmergency Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 6 works
  2. 2 Reproductive tract infections research Microbiology 6 works
  3. 3 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 5 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment Physiology 3 works
  6. 6 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 3 works
  7. 7 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 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 available40.7%not open59.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Public Health – Seattle & King County's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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