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RTI International

In research, RTI International stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,703 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,804 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,762 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health, General Health Professions and Epidemiology — Health is 8.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,040
of 28,054 · #1,704 all time
Rank in United States
#567
of 4,192
Research works
7.7k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
272k
35.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is RTI International 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 #1,703 of 11,982 23.4%461 #705
MedicineField #1,804 of 10,443 23.2%346 #753
Social SciencesDomain #2,762 of 10,521 30.3%281 #1136
Social SciencesField #2,600 of 6,365 29.6%143 #1275
Life SciencesDomain #3,280 of 7,800 18.5%125 #1868
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #404 of 916 25.0%84 #174
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,219 of 2,578 30.6%72 #741
Health ProfessionsField #962 of 1,928 24.7%98 #492
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #445 of 828 28.1%66 #327
PsychologyField #1,205 of 2,181 31.7%78 #1038

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where RTI International 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#705 #1,703
  2. Medicine#753 #1,804
  3. Social Sciences#1,136 #2,762
  4. Social Sciences#1,275 #2,600
  5. Life Sciences#1,868 #3,280
  6. General Health Professions#174 #404
  7. Sociology and Political Science#741 #1,219
  8. Health Professions#492 #962
  9. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#327 #445
  10. Psychology#1,038 #1,205
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 RTI International specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HealthSubfield · 24.2 works8.1×
  2. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 84.0 works6.0×
  3. EpidemiologySubfield · 74.3 works5.2×
  4. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 65.9 works4.9×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 60 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.00× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.59× its world share, 26 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.27× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.51× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 38 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 48 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.26× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.69× its world share, 98 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.78× its world share, 346 worksMedicineNursing: 2.78× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.67× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.33× its world share, 29 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.53× its world share, 78 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 143 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at RTI International?

Ranked on the composite score, Abhik Das, Kathleen N Lohr and Edo D. Pellizzari lead among researchers whose main affiliation is RTI International.

  1. 1 Abhik Das United States · #27,647 worldwide 400 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Kathleen N Lohr United States · #28,263 worldwide 905 citations · 260 works
  3. 3 Edo D. Pellizzari United States · #28,324 worldwide 388 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Donal Bisanzio United States · #43,640 worldwide 3.7k citations · 29 works
  5. 5 W. Kenneth Poole United States · #53,405 worldwide 625 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Myra H. Wyckoff United States · #57,649 worldwide 361 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Anthony L. Andrady United States · #60,746 worldwide 1.6k citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Donald Brambilla United States · #67,011 worldwide 507 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Grier P. Page United States · #67,066 worldwide 274 citations · 46 works
  10. 10 Matthew C. Farrelly United States · #76,169 worldwide 279 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at RTI International

Which keywords describe research at RTI International?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, Substance Use Disorders, Mental Health, Psychiatric Disorders, Mortality Risk, Global Burden of Disease and Substance Abuse.

▲ 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. Epidemiology101▲ 2.5×96 topics
  2. Public Health75▲ 5.1×36 topics
  3. Mental Health68▲ 4.6×29 topics
  4. Substance Use Disorders54▲ 74×2 topics
  5. Psychiatric Disorders44▲ 33×4 topics
  6. Mortality Risk43▲ 18×6 topics
  7. Global Burden of Disease42▲ 17×4 topics
  8. Risk Factors35▲ 3.2×29 topics
  9. Depression35▲ 3.9×18 topics
  10. Substance Abuse34▲ 46×2 topics
  11. Chronic Pain Management28▲ 83×1 topic
  12. Opioid Prescribing28▲ 83×1 topic
  13. Behavioral Interventions27▲ 35×2 topics
  14. Impulsivity27▲ 53×2 topics
  15. Alcohol Dependence27▲ 67×1 topic
  16. Motivational Interviewing27▲ 67×1 topic
  17. HIV26▲ 31×4 topics
  18. Social Support25▲ 4.5×14 topics
  19. drug use23▲ 80×1 topic
  20. harm reduction23▲ 80×1 topic
  21. Neighborhood Effects21▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Cancer Risk21▲ 9.3×6 topics
  23. Health Care Utilization21▲ 18×3 topics
  24. Antiretroviral Therapy20▲ 12×6 topics
  25. Child Development20▲ 4.8×7 topics
  26. Developmental Trajectories20▲ 16×3 topics
  27. Adolescents19▲ 5.1×7 topics
  28. Primary Care19▲ 5.1×10 topics
  29. Youth Violence19▲ 43×3 topics
  30. Behavior Change19▲ 13×4 topics
  31. Criminal Behavior18▲ 43×2 topics
  32. Health Disparities18▲ 6.9×8 topics
  33. Mortality Rates18▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Chronic Disease18▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Health Outcomes18▲ 6.3×8 topics
  36. Racial Disparities17▲ 34×3 topics
  37. Metabolic Disorders17▲ 14×4 topics
  38. HIV Transmission17▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Viral Load16▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Chronic Disease Management15▲ 7.9×5 topics

Which research topics does RTI International publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions.

Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 28 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 27 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk23HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 23 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…15HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 15 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 14 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 13 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementa…11Health Policy Implementation Science: 11 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 11 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 11 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 10 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiologyInfectious DiseasesSociology and Political Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 28 works
  2. 2 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 27 works
  3. 3 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 23 works
  4. 4 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 15 works
  5. 5 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  6. 6 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  7. 7 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 11 works
  8. 8 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 11 works
  9. 9 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 11 works
  10. 10 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 10 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 available39.4%not open60.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.0%domestic only87.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has RTI International's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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