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United States Air Force

In research, United States Air Force stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,013 of 11,982 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#8,969 of 12,888 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,979 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,096
of 28,054 · #3,024 all time
Rank in United States
#1,811
of 4,192
Research works
4.8k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
90k
19.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

What is United States Air Force 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 #7,013 of 11,982 9.7%125 #2568
Physical SciencesDomain #8,969 of 12,888 14.6%103 #2211
MedicineField #7,979 of 10,443 9.5%97 #2733
Social SciencesDomain #9,527 of 10,521 13.1%66 #5650

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where United States Air Force 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#2,568 #7,013
  2. Physical Sciences#2,211 #8,969
  3. Medicine#2,733 #7,979
  4. Social Sciences#5,650 #9,527
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.

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: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.16× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.16× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.14× its world share, 54 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.27× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.55× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.72× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.59× its world share, 97 worksMedicineNursing: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.72× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at United States Air Force?

Ranked on the composite score, Anthony Robbins, Malcolm C. Lancaster and Joseph Fischer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is United States Air Force.

  1. 1 Anthony Robbins United States · #178,886 worldwide 85 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Malcolm C. Lancaster United States · #372,760 worldwide 95 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Joseph Fischer United States · #402,659 worldwide 35 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Richard P. Hallion United States · #411,755 worldwide 26 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 David Wood United States · #423,229 worldwide 34 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Joseph E. Howard United States · #427,249 worldwide 17 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Anthony C Fries United States · #982,480 worldwide 31 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Richard H. Anderson United States · #1,503,909 worldwide 25 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at United States Air Force

Which keywords describe research at United States Air Force?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Trauma, Resuscitation, Cancer Risk, Occupational Exposure, Mortality and Physical Fitness.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 2.1×79 topics
  2. Public Health12▲ 2.7×33 topics
  3. Deep Learning12◆ 1.06×40 topics
  4. Mental Health8▲ 1.64×24 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 1.83×23 topics
  6. Pandemic6▲ 1.88×6 topics
  7. Mortality6▲ 3.4×11 topics
  8. Risk Assessment6▲ 2.8×12 topics
  9. Trauma6▲ 8.8×5 topics
  10. Depression5▲ 1.93×17 topics
  11. Resuscitation5▲ 13×4 topics
  12. Cancer Risk5▲ 7.5×5 topics
  13. Clinical Trials5▲ 2.3×14 topics
  14. Occupational Exposure5▲ 27×3 topics
  15. International Law4▲ 4.6×6 topics
  16. SARS-CoV-24▲ 4.1×5 topics
  17. Infectious Diseases4▲ 3.9×5 topics
  18. Physical Fitness4▲ 8.9×2 topics
  19. Emergency Responders4▲ 70×1 topic
  20. Firefighters4▲ 70×1 topic
  21. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles4▲ 6.5×3 topics
  22. Ethical Considerations4▲ 3.5×7 topics
  23. Quality Improvement4▲ 6.3×6 topics
  24. Sepsis3▲ 6.1×4 topics
  25. Collision Avoidance3▲ 5.4×4 topics
  26. Low Back Pain3▲ 5.8×4 topics
  27. Hemorrhage3▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Psychometric Evaluation3▲ 10×2 topics
  29. Viral Transmission3▲ 6.3×4 topics
  30. Clinical Characteristics3▲ 7.0×2 topics
  31. Coagulopathy3▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Sensor Fusion3▲ 8.0×3 topics
  33. Flight Control3▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Patient Care3▲ 7.2×2 topics
  35. Albumin3▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Disaster Response3▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Glycocalyx3▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Injury Severity3▲ 10.0×1 topic
  39. Survival Rates3▲ 8.5×2 topics
  40. Trauma Center3▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does United States Air Force publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Occupational Health and Performance, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation and Aerospace and Aviation Technology.

Occupational Health and …4Occupational Health and Performance: 4 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Car…3Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 3 fractional worksTrauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 3 fractional worksAerospace and Aviation Technology: 2 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 2 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksTarget Tracking and Data…2Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks: 2 fractional worksVietnamese History and Culture Studies: 2 fractional worksHistory and Developments in Astronomy: 2 fractional works
Occupational TherapyEmergency MedicineCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineAerospace Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 4 works
  2. 2 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Aerospace and Aviation Technology Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  6. 6 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 History and Developments in Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics 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 available16.5%not open83.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has United States Air Force's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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