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Tripler Army Medical Center

In research, Tripler Army Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#8,910 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,300 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,233
of 28,054 · #14,736 all time
Rank in United States
#3,477
of 4,192
Research works
2.5k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
44k
17.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Tripler Army Medical Center 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 #8,910 of 10,443 5.6%129 #3634
Health SciencesDomain #10,300 of 11,982 6.2%141 #4497

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tripler Army Medical Center 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).

What does Tripler Army Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 33.0 works7.9×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.75× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.35× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.96× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.77× its world share, 129 worksMedicineNursing: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.61× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.16× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tripler Army Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, James W. Bass, John M. Tokish and Lawrence Burgess lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tripler Army Medical Center.

  1. 1 James W. Bass United States · #166,971 worldwide 95 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 John M. Tokish United States · #288,733 worldwide 48 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Lawrence Burgess United States · #434,887 worldwide 46 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Catherine Uyehara United States · #459,620 worldwide 42 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Macario Camacho United States · #513,983 worldwide 82 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Craig R. Bottoni United States · #566,825 worldwide 41 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Thomas Nelson United States · #654,476 worldwide 30 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Raymond A. Folen United States · #733,863 worldwide 27 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Carl W. Hughes United States · #772,738 worldwide 24 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Claudia A Hernandez United States · #1,097,723 worldwide 11 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Tripler Army Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Tripler Army Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Surgical Management, Diagnosis, Treatment, Rehabilitation, Mental Health and Shoulder Function.

▲ 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. Epidemiology33▲ 4.7×78 topics
  2. Complications11▲ 13×16 topics
  3. Treatment9▲ 4.3×24 topics
  4. Mental Health9▲ 3.5×19 topics
  5. Diagnosis9▲ 5.4×22 topics
  6. Quality of Life8▲ 3.1×27 topics
  7. Surgical Management8▲ 10×14 topics
  8. Rehabilitation7▲ 9.6×8 topics
  9. Shoulder Function6▲ 39×2 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 5.8×11 topics
  11. COVID-195▲ 2.1×12 topics
  12. Risk Factors5▲ 2.5×14 topics
  13. Mortality5▲ 4.8×9 topics
  14. Depression5▲ 3.0×11 topics
  15. Rotator Cuff Tears4▲ 39×1 topic
  16. Shoulder Pathology4▲ 39×1 topic
  17. Genetic Mutations4▲ 5.7×12 topics
  18. Management4▲ 3.1×19 topics
  19. Trauma4▲ 12×5 topics
  20. Clinical Trials4▲ 3.6×11 topics
  21. Meta-Analysis4▲ 3.9×10 topics
  22. Global Burden4▲ 4.2×9 topics
  23. Immunotherapy4▲ 3.1×11 topics
  24. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 6.9×5 topics
  25. Prognosis4▲ 6.3×7 topics
  26. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 6.4×8 topics
  27. Surgery3▲ 5.3×8 topics
  28. Cognitive Impairment3▲ 6.8×7 topics
  29. Medical Education3▲ 6.6×6 topics
  30. Pathophysiology3▲ 5.7×9 topics
  31. Biomechanical Analysis3▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Children3▲ 6.6×6 topics
  33. Surgical Treatment3▲ 8.1×5 topics
  34. Low Back Pain3▲ 8.7×3 topics
  35. Revision Surgery3▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Anterior Cruciate Ligament3▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Clinical Management3▲ 8.6×8 topics
  39. Injury Risk3▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Robotic Surgery2▲ 9.6×5 topics

Which research topics does Tripler Army Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques, Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes.

Shoulder Injury and Trea…4Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 4 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 3 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle In…2Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …2Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 2 fractional worksNerve Injury and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Dis…2Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 2 fractional worksNeuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances: 2 fractional worksElectrolyte and hormonal disorders: 2 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COV…2Long-Term Effects of COVID-19: 2 fractional works
SurgeryEpidemiologyOrthopedics and Sports MedicineClinical Psychology2 others

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

  1. 1 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Electrolyte and hormonal disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 2 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 available24.9%not open75.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.2%domestic only96.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tripler Army Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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