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Vital Research

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World rank, all time
#26,663
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,718
of 8,685
Research works
187
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.6k
30.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

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: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.25× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.08× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.40× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.64× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.16× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.17× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Vital Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Gwen Uman and Mark Lifshotz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vital Research.

  1. 1 Gwen Uman United States · #419,173 worldwide 75 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Mark Lifshotz United States · #1,403,478 worldwide 0 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Vital Research

Which keywords describe research at Vital Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mortality, Primary Care, Optical Properties, Clinical Trials, Health Care, Social Identity, Transition and COVID-19.

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

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning2▲ 1.81×12 topics
  2. Epidemiology2▲ 1.40×12 topics
  3. Machine Learning2▲ 1.66×10 topics
  4. COVID-192▲ 3.7×5 topics
  5. Healthcare1▲ 4.1×5 topics
  6. Mortality1▲ 8.1×3 topics
  7. Pandemic1▲ 4.2×4 topics
  8. Primary Care1▲ 12×5 topics
  9. Public Health1▲ 3.2×7 topics
  10. Clinical Trials1▲ 6.3×5 topics
  11. Optical Properties1▲ 71×2 topics
  12. Health Care1▲ 39×2 topics
  13. Human Rights1▲ 3.5×2 topics
  14. Social Identity1▲ 40×2 topics
  15. Transition1▲ 40×2 topics
  16. Cancer1▲ 2.5×1 topic
  17. Identity1▲ 4.6×1 topic
  18. Obesity Stigma1▲ 148×1 topic
  19. Post-Communist1▲ 164×1 topic
  20. Qualitative Research Methods1▲ 87×1 topic
  21. Surgery1▲ 9.5×1 topic
  22. Teacher Professional Development1▲ 20×1 topic
  23. Weight Bias1▲ 148×1 topic

Which research topics does Vital Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Eastern European Communism and Reforms, Obesity and Health Practices and COVID-19 and healthcare impacts.

Teacher Education and Le…1Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 1 fractional worksEastern European Communi…1Eastern European Communism and Reforms: 1 fractional worksObesity and Health Pract…1Obesity and Health Practices: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …1COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional worksGlass properties and applications: 1 fractional worksPhase-change materials and chalcogenides: 1 fractional worksRadiation Detection and …1Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 1 fractional worksGrit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation: 0 fractional worksSoftware System Performance and Reliability: 0 fractional worksIndustrial Technology and Control Systems: 0 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political SciencePharmacyOncology6 others

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

  1. 1 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 1 works
  2. 2 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Obesity and Health Practices Pharmacy 1 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 1 works
  5. 5 Glass properties and applications Ceramics and Composites 1 works
  6. 6 Phase-change materials and chalcogenides Materials Chemistry 1 works
  7. 7 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 1 works
  8. 8 Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation Social Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  10. 10 Industrial Technology and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 0 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 available47.9%not open52.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.6%domestic only75.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vital Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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