RTI International
In research, RTI International stands highest in Health Sciences (#638 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#715 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,693 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health, Epidemiology and General Health Professions (Health is 8.3× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #1,274 of 22,385 · #1,199 all time
- Rank in United States
- #275 of 3,332
- Research works
- 8.7k ▼ 13% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 293k 33.7 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 12.7% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.06× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 40% world 40%
- International
- 15% world 18%
What is RTI International known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health SciencesDomain | #638 of 9,902 | 14.1% | 613 | #690 | |
| MedicineField | #715 of 8,541 | 14.5% | 487 | #777 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #1,693 of 9,585 | 12.7% | 321 | #1356 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #2,467 of 10,670 | 8.8% | 150 | #2314 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #1,789 of 6,403 | 9.0% | 150 | #1590 | |
| EpidemiologySubfield | #277 of 927 | 18.2% | 96 | #386 | |
| Health ProfessionsField | #636 of 1,895 | 11.8% | 109 | #410 | |
| Social SciencesField | #2,133 of 5,988 | 12.7% | 152 | #1502 | |
| General Health ProfessionsSubfield | #347 of 944 | 11.7% | 91 | #365 | |
| Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield | #1,032 of 2,526 | 12.3% | 74 | #1057 |
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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Health Sciences#690 #638
- Medicine#777 #715
- Social Sciences#1,356 #1,693
- Physical Sciences#2,314 #2,467
- Life Sciences#1,590 #1,789
- Epidemiology#386 #277
- Health Professions#410 #636
- Social Sciences#1,502 #2,133
- General Health Professions#365 #347
- Sociology and Political Science#1,057 #1,032
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does RTI International work in?
In 2022-now, 49% of research at RTI International is in Health Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (39%), Social Sciences (12%), Health Professions (9%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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
- Health Sciences67849.3%
- Medicine54139.4%
- Health Professions1198.6%
- Nursing151.1%
- Veterinary30.2%
- Dentistry00.0%
- Social Sciences36326.4%
- Social Sciences16812.2%
- Psychology977.1%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance543.9%
- Decision Sciences191.4%
- Business, Management and Accounting181.3%
- Arts and Humanities70.5%
- Life Sciences16812.2%
- Physical Sciences16612.1%
- Environmental Science584.2%
- Engineering412.9%
- Computer Science251.8%
- Mathematics211.5%
- Chemistry90.6%
- Materials Science50.3%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences40.3%
- Energy30.2%
- Physics and Astronomy10.1%
- Chemical Engineering10.1%
What does RTI International specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- HealthSubfield · 33.9 works8.3×
- EpidemiologySubfield · 107.1 works5.5×
- General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 98.4 works5.2×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.95×19 works
- Health Professions3.28×119 works
- Psychology2.32×97 works
- Nursing2.28×15 works
- Medicine2.05×541 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.83×54 works
- Veterinary1.51×3 works
- Neuroscience1.46×33 works
- Decision Sciences1.43×19 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.40×19 works
- Mathematics1.29×21 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.09×80 works
- Social Sciences0.97×168 works
- Environmental Science0.85×58 works
- Chemistry0.40×9 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.40×18 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×16 works
- Chemical Engineering0.25×1 works
- Energy0.24×3 works
- Computer Science0.23×24 works
- Engineering0.20×40 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.19×4 works
- Arts and Humanities0.17×7 works
- Materials Science0.09×4 works
- Dentistry0.05×0 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.04×1 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 4.0×
- Health Professions 3.3×
- Psychology 2.3×
- Nursing 2.3×
- Medicine 2.0×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.8×
- Veterinary 1.5×
- Neuroscience 1.5×
- Decision Sciences 1.4×
- Immunology and Microbiology 1.4×
- Mathematics 1.3×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.1×
- Social Sciences 1.0×
- Environmental Science 0.8×
- Chemistry 0.4×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.4×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.2×
- Chemical Engineering 0.2×
- Energy 0.2×
- Computer Science 0.2×
- Engineering 0.2×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.2×
- Arts and Humanities 0.2×
- Materials Science 0.1×
- Dentistry 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at RTI International?
Ranked on the quality score, Rosemary D. Higgins, Ellen C. Hale and Nancy S. Newman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is RTI International.
- 1
Rosemary D. Higgins
United States · #20,465 worldwide 41k citations · 405 works
- 2
Ellen C. Hale
United States · #38,101 worldwide 13k citations · 75 works
- 3
Nancy S. Newman
United States · #38,501 worldwide 14k citations · 106 works
- 4
Abhik Das
United States · #39,369 worldwide 31k citations · 427 works
- 5
Donal Bisanzio
United States · #55,692 worldwide 96k citations · 202 works
- 6
Scott Andrew McDonald
United States · #66,528 worldwide 17k citations · 187 works
- 7
W. Kenneth Poole
United States · #66,626 worldwide 27k citations · 155 works
- 8
Anthony L. Andrady
United States · #68,767 worldwide 40k citations · 180 works
- 9
Cathy Grisby
United States · #88,740 worldwide 3.9k citations · 60 works
- 10
Angelita M. Hensman
United States · #90,072 worldwide 3.7k citations · 65 works
Which keywords describe research at RTI International?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Substance Use Disorders, Mental Health, Psychiatric Disorders, Mortality Risk, Global Burden of Disease and Substance Abuse.
- Economic Evaluation
- Racial Disparities
- Metabolic Disorders
- HIV Transmission
- Youth Violence
- Mortality Rates
- Health Outcomes
- Developmental Trajectories
- Primary Care
- harm reduction
- Antiretroviral Therapy
- HIV
- Motivational Interviewing
- Alcohol Dependence
- Behavioral Interventions
- Quality of Life
- Depression
- Mortality Risk
- Substance Use Disorders
- Public Health
- Epidemiology
- Mental Health
- Psychiatric Disorders
- Global Burden of Disease
- Risk Factors
- Substance Abuse
- Impulsivity
- Chronic Pain Management
- Opioid Prescribing
- Social Support
- drug use
- Cancer Risk
- Health Care Utilization
- Neighborhood Effects
- Behavior Change
- Criminal Behavior
- Chronic Disease
- Chronic Disease Management
- Viral Load
- Cost-effectiveness Analysis
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
- Epidemiology154▲ 2.8×114 topics
- Public Health86▲ 4.3×40 topics
- Mental Health78▲ 4.0×31 topics
- Substance Use Disorders62▲ 60×2 topics
- Psychiatric Disorders52▲ 28×4 topics
- Mortality Risk48▲ 15×6 topics
- Global Burden of Disease48▲ 14×4 topics
- Depression44▲ 3.6×18 topics
- Risk Factors42▲ 2.8×32 topics
- Quality of Life40▲ 2.0×39 topics
- Substance Abuse37▲ 40×2 topics
- Behavioral Interventions32▲ 28×2 topics
- Impulsivity32▲ 42×2 topics
- Alcohol Dependence31▲ 54×1 topic
- Chronic Pain Management31▲ 67×1 topic
- Motivational Interviewing31▲ 54×1 topic
- Opioid Prescribing31▲ 67×1 topic
- HIV30▲ 26×4 topics
- Social Support29▲ 3.9×14 topics
- Antiretroviral Therapy27▲ 12×6 topics
- drug use26▲ 66×1 topic
- harm reduction26▲ 66×1 topic
- Cancer Risk25▲ 8.2×7 topics
- Primary Care24▲ 4.7×11 topics
- Health Care Utilization23▲ 16×3 topics
- Developmental Trajectories23▲ 14×3 topics
- Neighborhood Effects23▲ 16×3 topics
- Health Outcomes23▲ 6.2×8 topics
- Behavior Change22▲ 11×4 topics
- Mortality Rates22▲ 17×2 topics
- Criminal Behavior22▲ 36×2 topics
- Youth Violence21▲ 34×3 topics
- Chronic Disease21▲ 9.0×4 topics
- HIV Transmission20▲ 19×2 topics
- Chronic Disease Management20▲ 7.4×5 topics
- Metabolic Disorders20▲ 12×4 topics
- Viral Load19▲ 18×2 topics
- Racial Disparities19▲ 26×3 topics
- Cost-effectiveness Analysis19▲ 17×1 topic
- Economic Evaluation19▲ 12×2 topics
Which research topics does RTI International publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 31 works
- 2 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 31 works
- 3 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 26 works
- 4 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 19 works
- 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 18 works
- 6 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 16 works
- 7 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 14 works
- 8 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 13 works
- 9 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 12 works
- 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 12 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has RTI International's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021.
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 RTI International as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0055% in 2024.
Fractional works of RTI International 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.3% in 2006.
Other research institutions in Durham
- Duke University
- Duke Medical Center
- Research Triangle Park Foundation
- IQVIA (United States)
- North Carolina Central University
- Durham Technical Community College
- Burroughs Wellcome Fund
- Southern Research Institute
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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