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United States Army

In research, United States Army stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,858 of 12,888 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,113 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,714 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,453
of 28,054 · #1,477 all time
Rank in United States
#864
of 4,192
Research works
11k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
223k
20.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

What is United States Army 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
Physical SciencesDomain #4,858 of 12,888 11.3%301 #1089
Health SciencesDomain #5,113 of 11,982 14.1%166 #2245
MedicineField #6,714 of 10,443 14.7%121 #2828
EngineeringField #4,645 of 6,636 8.6%134 #795
Social SciencesDomain #8,523 of 10,521 10.5%104 #3000

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where United States Army 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. Physical Sciences#1,089 #4,858
  2. Health Sciences#2,245 #5,113
  3. Medicine#2,828 #6,714
  4. Engineering#795 #4,645
  5. Social Sciences#3,000 #8,523
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: 0.43× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.35× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.74× its world share, 36 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.98× its world share, 39 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.81× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.43× its world share, 134 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.57× its world share, 49 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.87× its world share, 19 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.67× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.05× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.89× its world share, 31 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.00× its world share, 120 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.95× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.53× its world share, 29 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 47 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at United States Army?

Ranked on the composite score, Surindar N. Bhaskar, Paul E. Howe and Charlotte C. Campbell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is United States Army.

  1. 1 Surindar N. Bhaskar United States · #32,977 worldwide 386 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Paul E. Howe United States · #152,418 worldwide 90 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Charlotte C. Campbell United States · #166,063 worldwide 109 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Minoru Urabe United States · #171,133 worldwide 148 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 C. R. STRAATSMA United States · #224,980 worldwide 90 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Duane E. Cutright United States · #232,554 worldwide 112 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Brian Fuchs United States · #235,048 worldwide 134 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 David N. Kramer United States · #242,262 worldwide 156 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Anthony M. Ambrose United States · #288,182 worldwide 68 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Ronald B. Crosier United States · #305,005 worldwide 261 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at United States Army

Which keywords describe research at United States Army?

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

▲ 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. Climate Change37▲ 2.2×61 topics
  2. Epidemiology29▲ 1.17×75 topics
  3. Machine Learning21◆ 1.04×47 topics
  4. Deep Learning20◆ 0.96×50 topics
  5. Remote Sensing19▲ 2.5×25 topics
  6. Cancer Risk17▲ 12×6 topics
  7. Public Health16▲ 1.79×30 topics
  8. Occupational Exposure16▲ 46×2 topics
  9. Injuries16▲ 80×2 topics
  10. Physical Fitness16▲ 18×2 topics
  11. Emergency Responders15▲ 139×1 topic
  12. Firefighters15▲ 139×1 topic
  13. Mental Health13▲ 1.38×27 topics
  14. Sediment Transport12▲ 12×5 topics
  15. Resistance Training11▲ 19×2 topics
  16. Sea-Level Rise10▲ 14×4 topics
  17. Thermoregulation10▲ 22×3 topics
  18. Health Effects10▲ 2.6×20 topics
  19. High-Intensity Interval Training9▲ 13×2 topics
  20. Wave Modeling9▲ 27×2 topics
  21. Exercise8▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Cerebral Blood Flow8▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Exercise Performance7▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Fluid Replacement7▲ 46×1 topic
  25. Heat Stroke7▲ 46×1 topic
  26. Climate Change Impacts7▲ 9.2×4 topics
  27. Autonomous Vehicles6▲ 4.9×4 topics
  28. Coastal Dynamics6▲ 35×1 topic
  29. Shoreline Change6▲ 35×1 topic
  30. Immune Function6▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Muscle Damage6▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Exercise-Induced Oxidative Stress6▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Muscle-Derived Interleukin-66▲ 34×1 topic
  34. Physiological Demands6▲ 14×1 topic
  35. Training Load6▲ 14×1 topic
  36. Hydrology6▲ 7.2×4 topics
  37. Protein5▲ 7.2×4 topics
  38. Amino Acids5▲ 8.5×1 topic
  39. Global Carbon Budget5▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Muscle Protein Synthesis5▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does United States Army publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Occupational Health and Performance, Thermoregulation and physiological responses, Coastal and Marine Dynamics and Exercise and Physiological Responses.

Occupational Health and …15Occupational Health and Performance: 15 fractional worksThermoregulation and physiological responses: 7 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Dynamics: 6 fractional worksExercise and Physiological Responses: 6 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 6 fractional worksMuscle metabolism and nutrition: 5 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Res…4Underwater Acoustics Research: 4 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 4 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 4 fractional worksAeolian processes and effects: 3 fractional works
Occupational TherapyPhysiologyEarth-Surface ProcessesRehabilitation4 others

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

  1. 1 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 15 works
  2. 2 Thermoregulation and physiological responses Physiology 7 works
  3. 3 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 6 works
  4. 4 Exercise and Physiological Responses Rehabilitation 6 works
  5. 5 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 6 works
  6. 6 Muscle metabolism and nutrition Cell Biology 5 works
  7. 7 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 4 works
  8. 8 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 4 works
  10. 10 Aeolian processes and effects Earth-Surface Processes 3 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 available16.2%not open83.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.9%domestic only93.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has United States Army's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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