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U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

In research, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine stands highest in Medicine (#7,088 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,209 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Occupational Therapy and Physiology — Occupational Therapy is 60.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,394
of 28,054 · #13,290 all time
Rank in United States
#2,666
of 4,192
Research works
2.2k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
59k
26.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
18%
world 28%

What is U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine 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 #7,088 of 10,443 15.1%117 #6939
Health SciencesDomain #8,209 of 11,982 14.9%146 #7646

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine 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 U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Occupational Therapy takes 60.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Occupational TherapySubfield · 23.0 works61×
  2. PhysiologySubfield · 36.1 works18×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.16× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.10× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 4.58× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.70× its world share, 117 worksMedicineNursing: 1.64× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.77× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine?

Ranked on the composite score, K. B. Pandolf, A. Cymerman and Michael N. Sawka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine.

  1. 1 K. B. Pandolf United States · #32,497 worldwide 258 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 A. Cymerman United States · #58,174 worldwide 229 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Michael N. Sawka United States · #70,017 worldwide 269 citations · 77 works
  4. 4 E. Hayon United States · #108,329 worldwide 397 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 John F. Patton United States · #110,845 worldwide 204 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Reed W. Hoyt United States · #119,871 worldwide 139 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Lisa R. Leon United States · #122,799 worldwide 310 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Katy Reynolds United States · #123,418 worldwide 260 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Paul Rock United States · #135,185 worldwide 173 citations · 56 works
  10. 10 Nisha Charkoudian United States · #159,538 worldwide 155 citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

Which keywords describe research at U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Physical Fitness, Injuries, Cancer Risk, Occupational Exposure, Emergency Responders, Firefighters, Thermoregulation and Resistance Training.

▲ 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. Physical Fitness23▲ 74×2 topics
  2. Injuries23▲ 325×2 topics
  3. Cancer Risk23▲ 46×3 topics
  4. Occupational Exposure22▲ 179×2 topics
  5. Emergency Responders22▲ 573×1 topic
  6. Firefighters22▲ 573×1 topic
  7. Thermoregulation18▲ 112×3 topics
  8. Inflammation18▲ 3.8×26 topics
  9. Resistance Training18▲ 86×2 topics
  10. Epidemiology15▲ 1.68×25 topics
  11. Exercise15▲ 54×3 topics
  12. Exercise Performance15▲ 136×2 topics
  13. Fluid Replacement15▲ 274×1 topic
  14. Heat Stroke15▲ 274×1 topic
  15. Cardiovascular Disease15▲ 5.9×20 topics
  16. Aging14▲ 12×6 topics
  17. High-Intensity Interval Training14▲ 58×2 topics
  18. Public Health12▲ 3.8×16 topics
  19. Metabolism12▲ 11×8 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome12▲ 6.7×12 topics
  21. Obesity12▲ 6.9×16 topics
  22. Reactive Oxygen Species11▲ 12×4 topics
  23. Nutrition11▲ 11×6 topics
  24. Immune Function11▲ 63×3 topics
  25. Exercise-Induced Oxidative Stress10▲ 169×1 topic
  26. Muscle-Derived Interleukin-610▲ 169×1 topic
  27. Amino Acids10▲ 46×1 topic
  28. Protein10▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Adaptation8▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Heart Failure8▲ 8.3×3 topics
  31. Performance Analysis8▲ 16×1 topic
  32. Training Load8▲ 55×1 topic
  33. Muscle Mass8▲ 31×2 topics
  34. Mortality8▲ 5.8×8 topics
  35. High Altitude7▲ 228×1 topic
  36. Hypoxia7▲ 228×1 topic
  37. Infectious Diseases7▲ 9.3×4 topics
  38. Vascular Function6▲ 28×3 topics
  39. Temperature6▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Vulnerability6▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Occupational Health and Performance, Thermoregulation and physiological responses, Exercise and Physiological Responses and Muscle metabolism and nutrition.

Occupational Health and …22Occupational Health and Performance: 22 fractional worksThermoregulation and physiological responses: 15 fractional worksExercise and Physiological Responses: 10 fractional worksMuscle metabolism and nutrition: 10 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 8 fractional worksHigh Altitude and Hypoxia7High Altitude and Hypoxia: 7 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 6 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 6 fractional worksBody Composition Measurement Techniques: 5 fractional worksInfrared Thermography in Medicine: 4 fractional works
Occupational TherapyPhysiologyRehabilitationCell Biology5 others

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

  1. 1 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 22 works
  2. 2 Thermoregulation and physiological responses Physiology 15 works
  3. 3 Exercise and Physiological Responses Rehabilitation 10 works
  4. 4 Muscle metabolism and nutrition Cell Biology 10 works
  5. 5 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 8 works
  6. 6 High Altitude and Hypoxia Genetics 7 works
  7. 7 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 6 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Body Composition Measurement Techniques Physiology 5 works
  10. 10 Infrared Thermography in Medicine Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 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 available18.1%not open81.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.6%domestic only92.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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