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Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

In research, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#606 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#530 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,779 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Medicine — Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine is 13.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,677
of 28,054 · #1,146 all time
Rank in United States
#392
of 4,192
Research works
15k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
469k
32.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 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
Health SciencesDomain #606 of 11,982 15.2%1,235 #402
MedicineField #530 of 10,443 15.0%1,037 #373
Life SciencesDomain #1,779 of 7,800 16.6%252 #476
Social SciencesDomain #3,650 of 10,521 21.2%275 #2256
Health ProfessionsField #835 of 1,928 17.3%171 #558
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #411 of 828 15.3%141 #245
SurgerySubfield #904 of 1,816 12.2%121 #535
PsychologyField #1,163 of 2,181 18.1%134 #877
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #493 of 916 16.8%78 #457
Social SciencesField #3,664 of 6,365 25.8%104 #2895

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#402 #606
  2. Medicine#373 #530
  3. Life Sciences#476 #1,779
  4. Social Sciences#2,256 #3,650
  5. Health Professions#558 #835
  6. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#245 #411
  7. Surgery#535 #904
  8. Psychology#877 #1,163
  9. General Health Professions#457 #493
  10. Social Sciences#2,895 #3,664
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine takes 13.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 37.7 works14×
  2. Emergency Medical ServicesSubfield · 40.1 works12×
  3. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 51.0 works11×
  4. Occupational TherapySubfield · 26.7 works8.7×
  5. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 141.1 works5.8×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.33× its world share, 131 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.41× its world share, 45 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.91× its world share, 57 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.41× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.52× its world share, 170 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.93× its world share, 1,037 worksMedicineNursing: 1.37× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.19× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.39× its world share, 134 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 104 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Scott B. Halstead, I Scher and Anthony R. Artino lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

  1. 1 Scott B. Halstead United States · #23,228 worldwide 373 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 I Scher United States · #26,650 worldwide 402 citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Anthony R. Artino United States · #28,424 worldwide 633 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Norman M. Rich United States · #32,080 worldwide 330 citations · 85 works
  5. 5 Alison D. O’Brien United States · #36,647 worldwide 510 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Alan I. Faden United States · #42,548 worldwide 536 citations · 82 works
  7. 7 Robert E. Goldstein United States · #48,415 worldwide 300 citations · 47 works
  8. 8 F.J. Bollum United States · #54,532 worldwide 426 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Catherine Witkop United States · #62,725 worldwide 332 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Randall K. Holmes United States · #68,586 worldwide 280 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Trauma, Reflective Practice, Public Health, Resuscitation, Faculty Development, Assessment Methods and Competency-Based Education.

▲ 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. Epidemiology277▲ 3.8×125 topics
  2. Public Health92▲ 3.4×45 topics
  3. Mental Health75▲ 2.8×35 topics
  4. Risk Factors70▲ 3.5×35 topics
  5. Inflammation67▲ 1.76×74 topics
  6. Trauma67▲ 18×8 topics
  7. Reflective Practice66▲ 19×6 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress59▲ 1.96×50 topics
  9. Mortality56▲ 5.3×12 topics
  10. Resuscitation52▲ 22×4 topics
  11. Faculty Development51▲ 36×2 topics
  12. Assessment Methods51▲ 25×2 topics
  13. Competency-Based Education50▲ 30×2 topics
  14. Management49▲ 3.4×30 topics
  15. Continuing Medical Education49▲ 42×1 topic
  16. Professional Identity Formation49▲ 42×1 topic
  17. Depression48▲ 3.0×21 topics
  18. Ethical Considerations46▲ 7.4×12 topics
  19. Medical Education46▲ 9.6×13 topics
  20. Sepsis45▲ 15×5 topics
  21. Clinical Trials44▲ 3.5×18 topics
  22. Infectious Diseases42▲ 7.0×9 topics
  23. Quality Improvement41▲ 12×7 topics
  24. Pathophysiology41▲ 7.4×11 topics
  25. Healthcare Workers38▲ 8.5×6 topics
  26. Hemorrhage36▲ 29×3 topics
  27. Neuroprotection34▲ 5.3×14 topics
  28. Patient Safety34▲ 12×6 topics
  29. Cancer Risk33▲ 8.2×10 topics
  30. Coagulopathy33▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Neuroinflammation33▲ 6.3×6 topics
  32. Psychometric Evaluation32▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Albumin31▲ 68×1 topic
  34. Glycocalyx31▲ 68×1 topic
  35. Disaster Response30▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Physical Fitness29▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Academic Medicine29▲ 20×3 topics
  38. Emergency Preparedness29▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Triage29▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Occupational Exposure28▲ 27×3 topics

Which research topics does Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovations in Medical Education, Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation, Disaster Response and Management and Occupational Health and Performance.

Innovations in Medical E…49Innovations in Medical Education: 49 fractional worksTrauma, Hemostasis, Coag…31Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 31 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 29 fractional worksOccupational Health and Performance: 26 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 25 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 25 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…21Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 21 fractional worksEffects of Radiation Exposure: 21 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 21 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …20Diversity and Career in Medicine: 20 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineEmergency Medical ServicesOccupational Therapy6 others

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

  1. 1 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 49 works
  2. 2 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 31 works
  3. 3 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 29 works
  4. 4 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 26 works
  5. 5 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 25 works
  6. 6 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 25 works
  7. 7 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 21 works
  8. 8 Effects of Radiation Exposure Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 21 works
  9. 9 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 21 works
  10. 10 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 20 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 available34.0%not open66.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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