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Tennessee Department of Health

In research, Tennessee Department of Health stands highest in Medicine (#7,910 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,414 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,752
of 28,054 · #18,292 all time
Rank in United States
#2,543
of 4,192
Research works
764
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Tennessee Department of 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
MedicineField #7,910 of 10,443 11.2%60 #8434
Health SciencesDomain #9,414 of 11,982 10.5%74 #7778

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tennessee Department of 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).

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: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.47× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.88× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.70× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 4.38× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.81× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 1.68× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tennessee Department of Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Marion Kainer, John R. Dunn and Timothy F. Jones lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tennessee Department of Health.

  1. 1 Marion Kainer United States · #99,630 worldwide 211 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 John R. Dunn United States · #346,572 worldwide 149 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Timothy F. Jones United States · #408,183 worldwide 147 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Carl L. Sebelius United States · #654,656 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Tennessee Department of Health

Which keywords describe research at Tennessee Department of Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Infectious Diseases, Antibiotic Resistance, Drug Resistance, Global Health, Antimicrobial Stewardship and Bacterial Infections.

▲ 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. Epidemiology28▲ 6.4×70 topics
  2. Public Health14▲ 8.4×25 topics
  3. Infectious Diseases7▲ 20×6 topics
  4. Antibiotic Resistance7▲ 17×7 topics
  5. Drug Resistance6▲ 17×4 topics
  6. Global Health5▲ 32×4 topics
  7. Antimicrobial Stewardship5▲ 101×1 topic
  8. Bacterial Infections5▲ 101×1 topic
  9. Pathogenesis4▲ 8.0×14 topics
  10. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 12×5 topics
  11. Antimicrobial Resistance4▲ 18×6 topics
  12. Immune Response4▲ 5.9×13 topics
  13. Treatment4▲ 2.7×18 topics
  14. Mortality Risk4▲ 13×3 topics
  15. Clinical Trials3▲ 4.5×11 topics
  16. Risk Factors3▲ 2.8×13 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 5.2×9 topics
  18. Global Burden3▲ 5.0×10 topics
  19. Primary Care3▲ 7.0×9 topics
  20. Vaccine3▲ 6.4×10 topics
  21. Substance Use Disorders3▲ 34×2 topics
  22. Food Safety3▲ 8.3×5 topics
  23. Quality Improvement3▲ 13×5 topics
  24. Risk Perception3▲ 9.1×4 topics
  25. Chronic Pain Management3▲ 72×1 topic
  26. Healthcare-Associated Infections3▲ 20×5 topics
  27. Infection3▲ 9.5×6 topics
  28. Opioid Prescribing3▲ 72×1 topic
  29. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 10×4 topics
  30. Pathogenicity2▲ 33×3 topics
  31. Ethical Considerations2▲ 6.0×5 topics
  32. Foodborne Illness2▲ 56×2 topics
  33. Prevention Strategies2▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Healthcare Quality2▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Healthcare Workers2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  36. Poison Control Centers2▲ 113×1 topic
  37. Substance Abuse2▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Toxic Exposure Surveillance2▲ 113×1 topic
  39. Vaccine Development2▲ 7.0×6 topics
  40. Treatment Guidelines2▲ 8.0×3 topics

Which research topics does Tennessee Department of Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Antibiotic Use and Resistance, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Poisoning and overdose treatments and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria.

Antibiotic Use and Resis…5Antibiotic Use and Resistance: 5 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 3 fractional worksPoisoning and overdose treatments: 2 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 2 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 2 fractional worksData-Driven Disease Surveillance: 2 fractional worksPatient Satisfaction in …2Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksUrinary Tract Infections Management: 2 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 2 fractional worksDisaster Response and Ma…1Disaster Response and Management: 1 fractional works
Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEmergency MedicineMolecular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 5 works
  2. 2 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  3. 3 Poisoning and overdose treatments Emergency Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 2 works
  6. 6 Data-Driven Disease Surveillance Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Urinary Tract Infections Management Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 1 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 available30.2%not open69.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.0%domestic only94.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tennessee Department of Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher 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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