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Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

In research, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,929 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#6,170 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,238 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases and Immunology and Microbiology — Infectious Diseases is 13.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,201
of 28,054 · #979 all time
Rank in United States
#715
of 4,192
Research works
13k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
491k
38.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Walter Reed Army Institute of 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
Life SciencesDomain #1,929 of 7,800 19.0%103 #344
MedicineField #6,170 of 10,443 23.5%117 #396
Health SciencesDomain #7,238 of 11,982 22.2%144 #460

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Walter Reed Army Institute of 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).

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. Life Sciences#344 #1,929
  2. Medicine#396 #6,170
  3. Health Sciences#460 #7,238
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.

What does Walter Reed Army Institute of Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 13.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 30.5 works14×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 29.9 works9.2×
← 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: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.49× its world share, 43 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.19× its world share, 30 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.08× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.92× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.89× its world share, 117 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.62× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.41× its world share, 43 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 9.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Allen J. Taylor, William H. Crosby and Robert R. Redfield lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.

  1. 1 Allen J. Taylor United States · #12,871 worldwide 547 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 William H. Crosby United States · #13,361 worldwide 541 citations · 67 works
  3. 3 Robert R. Redfield United States · #21,329 worldwide 434 citations · 56 works
  4. 4 Kevin C. Abbott United States · #26,010 worldwide 458 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Paul D. Bliese United States · #35,361 worldwide 439 citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Marcel E. Conrad United States · #41,166 worldwide 245 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Monte S. Meltzer United States · #46,922 worldwide 321 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Charles W. Hoge United States · #47,646 worldwide 450 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Jerald Sadoff United States · #51,583 worldwide 309 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 John Mason United States · #54,323 worldwide 412 citations · 68 works
All ranked researchers at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Which keywords describe research at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Mental Health, Vaccine Development, Immune Response, Antiretroviral Therapy, Pathogenesis and Psychometric Evaluation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology86▲ 6.7×78 topics
  2. Mental Health26▲ 5.6×22 topics
  3. Vaccine24▲ 18×11 topics
  4. Vaccine Development20▲ 25×9 topics
  5. Public Health19▲ 4.0×27 topics
  6. Immune Response19▲ 10×15 topics
  7. Antiretroviral Therapy18▲ 35×6 topics
  8. Pathogenesis17▲ 10×16 topics
  9. Psychometric Evaluation16▲ 54×2 topics
  10. Depression14▲ 4.9×13 topics
  11. Trauma13▲ 21×5 topics
  12. Antibiotic Resistance12▲ 9.9×10 topics
  13. Resilience12▲ 7.5×4 topics
  14. Cognitive Therapy11▲ 32×3 topics
  15. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder11▲ 120×1 topic
  16. Psychological Treatment11▲ 120×1 topic
  17. Immune Activation10▲ 39×2 topics
  18. HIV10▲ 37×4 topics
  19. Neuroinflammation10▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Pathophysiology10▲ 10×5 topics
  21. Circadian Rhythms10▲ 29×2 topics
  22. Stress10▲ 8.0×5 topics
  23. Antibodies9▲ 51×2 topics
  24. Neuroprotection9▲ 8.1×7 topics
  25. SARS-CoV-29▲ 8.5×6 topics
  26. Traumatic Brain Injury9▲ 32×3 topics
  27. Immunity9▲ 6.7×6 topics
  28. Vector Control9▲ 23×4 topics
  29. AIDS9▲ 106×1 topic
  30. neurocognitive disorders9▲ 106×1 topic
  31. Infectious Diseases8▲ 8.0×8 topics
  32. Neuropathology8▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Prognosis8▲ 7.7×6 topics
  34. Recovery8▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Cerebral Blood Flow8▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Encephalopathy8▲ 36×2 topics
  37. Intracranial Pressure8▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Microdialysis8▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Concussion8▲ 56×1 topic
  40. Neurological8▲ 56×1 topic

Which research topics does Walter Reed Army Institute of Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, HIV Research and Treatment, Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances and Traumatic Brain Injury Research.

Posttraumatic Stress Dis…11Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 11 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment9HIV Research and Treatment: 9 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 8 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 8 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 7 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 7 fractional worksOccupational Health and Performance: 6 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…6Malaria Research and Control: 6 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 6 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 5 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyVirologyNeurologyEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 11 works
  2. 2 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 9 works
  3. 3 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 8 works
  4. 4 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 8 works
  5. 5 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  6. 6 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 7 works
  7. 7 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 6 works
  8. 8 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  9. 9 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 6 works
  10. 10 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 5 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 available23.7%not open76.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.9%domestic only92.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Walter Reed Army Institute of Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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