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United States Army Medical Research and Development Command

In research, United States Army Medical Research and Development Command stands highest in Health Sciences (#12,928 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#11,545 of 17,978 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#9,888 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,448
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,210
of 8,685
Research works
592
▼ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
27.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is United States Army Medical Research and Development Command known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #12,928 of 20,462 22.0%283
MedicineField #11,545 of 17,978 22.7%235
Life SciencesDomain #9,888 of 14,347 18.9%144

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where United States Army Medical Research and Development Command 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).

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: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.67× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.88× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 4.18× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.54× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.86× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at United States Army Medical Research and Development Command?

Ranked on the composite score, George Fitzgerald, Jaques Reifman and Patricia A. Reilly lead among researchers whose main affiliation is United States Army Medical Research and Development Command.

  1. 1 George Fitzgerald United States · #274,018 worldwide 131 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Jaques Reifman United States · #697,568 worldwide 102 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Patricia A. Reilly United States · #775,975 worldwide 58 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at United States Army Medical Research and Development Command

Which keywords describe research at United States Army Medical Research and Development Command?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Resuscitation, Traumatic Brain Injury, Management, Sepsis, Cerebral Blood Flow and Hemorrhage.

▲ 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology7▲ 4.7×24 topics
  2. Public Health3▲ 6.2×12 topics
  3. Resuscitation3▲ 60×2 topics
  4. Management3▲ 9.0×4 topics
  5. Traumatic Brain Injury3▲ 83×3 topics
  6. Cerebral Blood Flow3▲ 95×2 topics
  7. Sepsis3▲ 42×3 topics
  8. Hemorrhage2▲ 98×2 topics
  9. Neuroinflammation2▲ 23×3 topics
  10. Pathophysiology2▲ 21×2 topics
  11. Coagulopathy2▲ 78×1 topic
  12. Neuroprotection2▲ 17×2 topics
  13. Prognosis2▲ 19×3 topics
  14. Trauma2▲ 30×1 topic
  15. Intracranial Pressure2▲ 83×1 topic
  16. Microdialysis2▲ 118×1 topic
  17. Mortality2▲ 9.7×5 topics
  18. Quality Improvement2▲ 23×2 topics
  19. Ethical Considerations2▲ 11×4 topics
  20. Disaster Response1▲ 48×2 topics
  21. Infectious Diseases1▲ 11×4 topics
  22. Machine Learning1◆ 1.12×6 topics
  23. Biomechanics1▲ 9.2×4 topics
  24. Injury Severity1▲ 33×1 topic
  25. Medicinal Chemistry1▲ 9.7×2 topics
  26. Trauma Center1▲ 65×1 topic

Which research topics does United States Army Medical Research and Development Command publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation, Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies and Traumatic Brain Injury Research.

Trauma, Hemostasis, Coag…2Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 2 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 1 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 1 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 1 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 1 fractional worksHealth and Medical Resea…1Health and Medical Research Impacts: 1 fractional worksSleep and Work-Related Fatigue: 1 fractional worksOccupational Health and Performance: 1 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 1 fractional works
Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineNeurologyEmergency MedicineEpidemiology5 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 2 works
  2. 2 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 2 works
  3. 3 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  6. 6 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  7. 7 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 1 works
  10. 10 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 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 available36.1%not open63.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has United States Army Medical Research and Development Command's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% 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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