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United States Army Institute of Surgical Research

In research, United States Army Institute of Surgical Research stands highest in Medicine (#5,488 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,606 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Epidemiology — Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine is 66.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,842
of 28,054 · #10,618 all time
Rank in United States
#2,562
of 4,192
Research works
2.3k
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
65k
28.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is United States Army Institute of Surgical Research 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 #5,488 of 10,443 11.5%180 #2748
Health SciencesDomain #6,606 of 11,982 11.3%195 #3150

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where United States Army Institute of Surgical Research 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 United States Army Institute of Surgical Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine takes 66.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 23.8 works67×
  2. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 22.5 works38×
  3. EpidemiologySubfield · 27.0 works8.0×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.18× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.64× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.77× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.53× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.90× its world share, 180 worksMedicineNursing: 1.69× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.36× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at United States Army Institute of Surgical Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Basil A. Pruitt, Frank K. Butler and Lorne H. Blackbourne lead among researchers whose main affiliation is United States Army Institute of Surgical Research.

  1. 1 Basil A. Pruitt United States · #16,649 worldwide 421 citations · 78 works
  2. 2 Frank K. Butler United States · #58,439 worldwide 209 citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Lorne H. Blackbourne United States · #72,007 worldwide 197 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Arthur D. Mason United States · #91,086 worldwide 218 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Víctor A. Convertino United States · #139,525 worldwide 254 citations · 73 works
  6. 6 Cleon W. Goodwin United States · #141,476 worldwide 137 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Robert J. Christy United States · #149,898 worldwide 341 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 B. A. Pruitt United States · #202,485 worldwide 107 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 David J. Barillo United States · #268,555 worldwide 52 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Christopher E. White United States · #305,924 worldwide 126 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at United States Army Institute of Surgical Research

Which keywords describe research at United States Army Institute of Surgical Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Resuscitation, Sepsis, Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Hemorrhage, Pathophysiology, Wound Healing and Rehabilitation.

▲ 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. Resuscitation48▲ 152×4 topics
  2. Sepsis42▲ 104×5 topics
  3. Epidemiology39▲ 4.1×48 topics
  4. Risk Factors25▲ 9.5×15 topics
  5. Hemorrhage25▲ 153×3 topics
  6. Pathophysiology24▲ 34×7 topics
  7. Inflammation22▲ 4.4×24 topics
  8. Wound Healing22▲ 35×8 topics
  9. Rehabilitation21▲ 22×9 topics
  10. Antibiotic Resistance20▲ 22×5 topics
  11. Trauma20▲ 41×4 topics
  12. Regeneration19▲ 41×4 topics
  13. Coagulopathy19▲ 99×2 topics
  14. Albumin19▲ 312×1 topic
  15. Glycocalyx19▲ 312×1 topic
  16. Diabetes18▲ 16×9 topics
  17. Psychological Impact18▲ 24×3 topics
  18. Burn Injury18▲ 476×1 topic
  19. Burn Wound Infections18▲ 476×1 topic
  20. Angiogenesis17▲ 22×5 topics
  21. Growth Factors17▲ 59×3 topics
  22. Critical Care17▲ 30×8 topics
  23. Macrophages16▲ 40×2 topics
  24. Chronic Wounds16▲ 123×1 topic
  25. Fibroblasts16▲ 123×1 topic
  26. Management13▲ 7.0×17 topics
  27. Mortality12▲ 8.9×10 topics
  28. Quality Improvement11▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Health Outcomes11▲ 17×3 topics
  30. Injury Severity11▲ 57×2 topics
  31. Prehospital Care11▲ 112×1 topic
  32. Trauma Center11▲ 112×1 topic
  33. Hypothermia10▲ 57×2 topics
  34. Cardiac Arrest10▲ 73×1 topic
  35. Out-of-Hospital10▲ 73×1 topic
  36. Survival Rates10▲ 43×2 topics
  37. Blood Transfusion8▲ 81×3 topics
  38. Anemia7▲ 30×4 topics
  39. Medical Education6▲ 10×6 topics
  40. Neuroprotection6▲ 7.5×6 topics

Which research topics does United States Army Institute of Surgical Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation, Burn Injury Management and Outcomes, Wound Healing and Treatments and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies.

Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 19 fractional worksBurn Injury Management and Outcomes: 18 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 16 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 11 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 10 fractional worksBlood transfusion and ma…6Blood transfusion and management: 6 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 5 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 3 fractional worksUltrasound in Clinical Applications: 3 fractional works
Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineEpidemiologyRehabilitationEmergency Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 19 works
  2. 2 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 18 works
  3. 3 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 16 works
  4. 4 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 11 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 10 works
  6. 6 Blood transfusion and management Biochemistry 6 works
  7. 7 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 5 works
  8. 8 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  9. 9 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 3 works
  10. 10 Ultrasound in Clinical Applications Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 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 available27.0%not open73.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has United States Army Institute of Surgical Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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