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South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

In research, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,560 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#10,476 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#21,573
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,664
of 8,685
Research works
361
▼ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
28.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control 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 #10,560 of 20,462 23.8%207
MedicineField #10,476 of 17,978 24.6%140

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control 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: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.33× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.19× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.86× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.32× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.81× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter Stone and Toby D. Feaster lead among researchers whose main affiliation is South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.

  1. 1 Peter Stone United States · #642,542 worldwide 35 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Toby D. Feaster United States · #1,579,907 worldwide 25 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

Which keywords describe research at South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Mental Health, Chronic Disease Management, COVID-19 Vaccine and Vaccine Hesitancy.

▲ 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 15 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 3.7×39 topics
  2. Public Health3▲ 6.1×15 topics
  3. COVID-192▲ 5.1×8 topics
  4. Mental Health2▲ 4.4×8 topics
  5. SARS-CoV-22▲ 16×5 topics
  6. Chronic Disease Management1▲ 23×5 topics
  7. Social Media1▲ 2.9×2 topics
  8. COVID-19 Vaccine1▲ 51×1 topic
  9. Inflammation1▲ 1.74×10 topics
  10. Pandemic1▲ 3.5×5 topics
  11. Vaccine Hesitancy1▲ 56×1 topic
  12. Evidence-Based Practice1▲ 27×3 topics
  13. Health Disparities1▲ 13×3 topics
  14. Primary Care1▲ 9.1×6 topics
  15. Quality of Life1▲ 2.4×7 topics

Which research topics does South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, Health disparities and outcomes and Health Policy Implementation Science.

Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 1 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 1 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 0 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 0 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 0 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health …0Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 0 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 0 fractional worksHealth Sciences Research and Education: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…0COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 0 fractional works
HealthInfectious DiseasesGeneral Health ProfessionsModeling and Simulation

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

  1. 1 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 1 works
  2. 2 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 1 works
  3. 3 Health disparities and outcomes Health 1 works
  4. 4 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 0 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 0 works
  6. 6 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 0 works
  7. 7 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 0 works
  8. 8 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 0 works
  9. 9 Health Sciences Research and Education General Health Professions 0 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 0 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 available31.6%not open68.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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