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Southern Medical Association

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Research works
4
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
154
37.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Southern Medical Association

Not ranked overall: Southern Medical Association is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Southern Medical Association work in?

In all years, 83% of research at Southern Medical Association is in Health Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (73%), Social Sciences (10%), Health Professions (5%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 3 fractional works · 82.9% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 73.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 4.9% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 12.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 9.8% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workALL ITS WORKSouthern MedicalAssociation4fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences83%Social Sciences12%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 7 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine373.2%
    2. Health Professions04.9%
    3. Nursing04.9%
    1. Social Sciences09.8%
    2. Psychology02.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology02.4%
    1. Engineering02.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 2.16× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.04× its world share, 1 worksMedicinePsychology: 1.87× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.05×0 works
  2. Medicine4.04×1 works
  3. Health Professions2.16×0 works
  4. Psychology1.87×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.07×0 works
  6. Engineering0.07×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Southern Medical Association?

The most cited paper from Southern Medical Association is "The extent, nature, and precipitating factors of nurse assault among three groups of registered nurses in a regional medical center" (Deborah D. May, Laurie M. Grubbs, 2002), with 222 citations. Next come "The Effect of Herbal Medicines on Platelet Function: An In Vivo Experiment and Review of the Literature" (87) and "Daily Passive Muscle Stretching Improves Flow-Mediated Dilation of Popliteal Artery and 6-minute Walk Test in Elderly Patients with Stable Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease" (35).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The extent, nature, and precipitating factors of nurse assault among three groups of registered nurses in a regional medical center Deborah D. May, Laurie M. Grubbs · Journal of Emergency Nursing Feb 2002 222
2 The Effect of Herbal Medicines on Platelet Function: An In Vivo Experiment and Review of the Literature Benjamin W. Beckert, Matthew J. Concannon, Steven L. Henry et al. · Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Dec 2007 87
3 Daily Passive Muscle Stretching Improves Flow-Mediated Dilation of Popliteal Artery and 6-minute Walk Test in Elderly Patients with Stable Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease Kazuki Hotta, Wayne Batchelor, James Graven et al. · Cardiovascular revascularization medicine Open access 9 May 2019 35
4 Sarcopenia and health-related quality of life in older adults after transcatheter aortic valve replacement Abdulla A. Damluji, Gilberto de Hoyos Rodríguez, Thomas E. Noel et al. · American Heart Journal Open access 4 Apr 2020 34
5 Incidence, Prognosis and Predictors of Major Vascular Complications and Percutaneous Closure Device Failure Following Contemporary Percutaneous Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Wayne Batchelor, Krishna M Patel, Julian E. Hurt et al. · Cardiovascular revascularization medicine Open access 15 Jan 2020 33
All 17 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Southern Medical Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Coronary Artery Anomalies, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments and Cardiovascular and exercise physiology.

Congenital Heart Disease…0Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 0 fractional worksCoronary Artery Anomalies0Coronary Artery Anomalies: 0 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …0Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 0 fractional worksCardiovascular and exerc…0Cardiovascular and exercise physiology: 0 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 0 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 0 fractional worksMuscle metabolism and nu…0Muscle metabolism and nutrition: 0 fractional worksEating Disorders and Behaviors: 0 fractional worksObesity and Health Practices: 0 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…0Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 0 fractional works
EpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineComplementary and alternative medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 0 works
  2. 2 Coronary Artery Anomalies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  6. 6 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 works
  7. 7 Muscle metabolism and nutrition Cell Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Obesity and Health Practices Pharmacy 0 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available29.2%not open70.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.1%domestic only77.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Southern Medical Association's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Southern Medical Association as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000036% in 2024.

still counting0.000020%0.000040%Southern Medical Association0.000012% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Southern Medical Association over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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