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Regional Health

In research, Regional Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,854 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#6,039 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,454 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Social Psychology — Social Psychology is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,937
of 28,054 · #8,763 all time
Rank in United States
#2,098
of 4,192
Research works
2.6k
▼ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
35k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Regional Health 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 #5,854 of 11,982 6.1%302 #2211
MedicineField #6,039 of 10,443 6.2%251 #4229
Social SciencesDomain #9,454 of 10,521 5.3%124 #6240
PsychologyField #2,103 of 2,181 6.1%65 #2973

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Regional Health 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#2,211 #5,854
  2. Medicine#4,229 #6,039
  3. Social Sciences#6,240 #9,454
  4. Psychology#2,973 #2,103
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Regional Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Social Psychology takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Social PsychologySubfield · 32.0 works7.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.47× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.20× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.33× its world share, 42 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.71× its world share, 251 worksMedicineNursing: 1.98× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.97× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.45× its world share, 65 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Regional Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Christian von Plessen, J. Sieper and E. T. A. Hoffmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Regional Health.

  1. 1 Christian von Plessen United States · #163,474 worldwide 53 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 J. Sieper United States · #193,513 worldwide 104 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 E. T. A. Hoffmann United States · #627,594 worldwide 9 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Manuela De Sario United States · #721,905 worldwide 79 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Ulrich Weber United States · #758,426 worldwide 76 citations · 75 works
  6. 6 Mats Lindberg United States · #912,064 worldwide 2 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Kim Hovgaard Andreassen United States · #1,168,801 worldwide 4 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Cepelák United States · #1,192,821 worldwide 4 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 L Bisanti United States · #1,194,038 worldwide 21 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Jesper Frederiksen United States · #1,198,934 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Regional Health

Which keywords describe research at Regional Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Embodiment, Tacit Knowledge, Ethical Guidelines, Interactional Expertise, Quality of Life, Depression and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology63▲ 3.3×111 topics
  2. Embodiment25▲ 28×3 topics
  3. Quality of Life24▲ 3.4×40 topics
  4. Tacit Knowledge24▲ 104×2 topics
  5. Ethical Guidelines23▲ 89×1 topic
  6. Interactional Expertise23▲ 432×1 topic
  7. Public Health20▲ 2.9×43 topics
  8. COVID-1920▲ 3.0×21 topics
  9. Treatment18▲ 3.1×38 topics
  10. Depression18▲ 4.2×14 topics
  11. Diagnosis17▲ 3.9×34 topics
  12. Pandemic17▲ 3.3×10 topics
  13. Risk Factors16▲ 3.0×31 topics
  14. Mental Health14▲ 2.0×29 topics
  15. Global Burden14▲ 5.5×11 topics
  16. Management14▲ 3.6×24 topics
  17. Qualitative Research13▲ 3.1×9 topics
  18. Primary Care12▲ 6.8×13 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome12▲ 3.1×16 topics
  20. Mortality12▲ 4.1×12 topics
  21. Pedagogy12▲ 4.9×6 topics
  22. Ethical Considerations11▲ 6.7×10 topics
  23. Social Sciences11▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Guidelines10▲ 4.7×12 topics
  25. Prevalence10▲ 5.0×11 topics
  26. Psychological Distress10▲ 8.2×4 topics
  27. Social Support10▲ 3.7×13 topics
  28. Vaccine10▲ 4.9×10 topics
  29. Integrated Care9▲ 44×2 topics
  30. Learning8▲ 5.7×3 topics
  31. Infectious Diseases8▲ 5.0×7 topics
  32. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 5.3×8 topics
  33. SARS-CoV-28▲ 5.1×6 topics
  34. Communication8▲ 5.3×5 topics
  35. Discourse Analysis8▲ 6.2×1 topic
  36. Methodology8▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Health Services7▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Quality Improvement7▲ 7.8×8 topics
  39. Clinical Outcomes7▲ 6.7×6 topics
  40. Mental Disorders7▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Regional Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research, Social and Educational Sciences, Psychiatric care and mental health services and Mental Health Treatment and Access.

Education, Healthcare an…23Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 23 fractional worksSocial and Educational S…8Social and Educational Sciences: 8 fractional worksPsychiatric care and men…6Psychiatric care and mental health services: 6 fractional worksMental Health Treatment …5Mental Health Treatment and Access: 5 fractional worksHealthcare Decision-Maki…4Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …4COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 4 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksFamily Caregiving in Mental Illness: 3 fractional worksHealth, psychology, and well-being: 3 fractional works
Social PsychologyEducationClinical PsychologyOncology2 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 23 works
  2. 2 Social and Educational Sciences Education 8 works
  3. 3 Psychiatric care and mental health services Clinical Psychology 6 works
  4. 4 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 5 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints Clinical Psychology 4 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 4 works
  7. 7 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 3 works
  8. 8 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  9. 9 Family Caregiving in Mental Illness Clinical Psychology 3 works
  10. 10 Health, psychology, and well-being General Health Professions 3 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 available36.2%not open63.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.1%domestic only60.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Regional Health'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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