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Washington Poison Center

In research, Washington Poison Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,694 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,529
of 22,385 · #7,448 all time
Rank in United States
#1,898
of 3,332
Research works
1.2k
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
20.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Washington Poison Center

What is Washington Poison Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #5,694 of 9,902 10.1%63 #3322

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Washington Poison Center 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Washington Poison Center work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Washington Poison Center is in Health Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (44%), Computer Science (11%), Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (7%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 77 fractional works · 47.0% of its workMedicine: 72 fractional works · 43.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 16 fractional works · 9.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 33 fractional works · 20.2% of its workComputer Science: 18 fractional works · 11.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 9 fractional works · 5.6% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 32 fractional works · 19.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 12 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workToxicology: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 13.1% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 4.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWashington PoisonCenter164fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences47%Social Sciences13%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7243.9%
    2. Health Professions31.7%
    3. Veterinary20.9%
    4. Nursing10.4%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Computer Science1811.0%
    2. Environmental Science63.7%
    3. Engineering63.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.8%
    5. Mathematics10.4%
    6. Chemistry00.3%
    7. Energy00.2%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics127.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology106.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences63.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology31.7%
    5. Neuroscience21.1%
    1. Psychology84.8%
    2. Social Sciences63.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities31.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.71× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.68× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 20.69× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.42× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.28× its world share, 72 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.88× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.58× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 20.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.69×12 works
  2. Veterinary6.88×2 works
  3. Medicine2.28×72 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.68×3 works
  5. Psychology1.58×8 works
  6. Computer Science1.42×18 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.16×10 works
  8. Environmental Science0.74×6 works
  9. Nursing0.73×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.71×6 works
  11. Neuroscience0.68×2 works
  12. Health Professions0.65×3 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.60×3 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.59×2 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.54×1 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×2 works
  17. Mathematics0.33×1 works
  18. Social Sciences0.29×6 works
  19. Engineering0.24×6 works
  20. Energy0.22×0 works
  21. Dentistry0.21×0 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.19×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.17×0 works
  24. Decision Sciences0.17×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Washington Poison Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Toby L. Litovitz, Greene Shepherd and Henry A. Spiller lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Washington Poison Center.

  1. 1 Toby L. Litovitz United States · #169,044 worldwide 12k citations · 125 works
  2. 2 Greene Shepherd United States · #1,345,872 worldwide 2.4k citations · 79 works
  3. 3 Henry A. Spiller United States · #1,357,827 worldwide 7.4k citations · 253 works
  4. 4 Bret Fulton United States · #1,563,348 worldwide 2.1k citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Douglas J. Borys United States · #1,800,780 worldwide 1.6k citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Carol DesLauriers United States · #1,803,101 worldwide 856 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Rebeca Gracia United States · #2,228,694 worldwide 576 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Jonathan de Olano United States · #2,307,099 worldwide 180 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Alfred Aleguas United States · #2,313,246 worldwide 767 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Richard S. Weisman United States · #2,552,210 worldwide 2k citations · 87 works
All ranked researchers at Washington Poison Center

What are the most cited papers from Washington Poison Center?

The most cited paper from Washington Poison Center is "Efficacy of Oral N-Acetylcysteine in the Treatment of Acetaminophen Overdose" (Martin J. Smilkstein, Gary L. Knapp, Kenneth W. Kulig et al., 1988), with 1,123 citations. Next come "Adverse Cardiovascular and Central Nervous System Events Associated with Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedra Alkaloids" (964) and "The Toxicology of Bath Salts: A Review of Synthetic Cathinones" (706).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Efficacy of Oral N-Acetylcysteine in the Treatment of Acetaminophen Overdose Martin J. Smilkstein, Gary L. Knapp, Kenneth W. Kulig et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 15 Dec 1988 1,123
2 Adverse Cardiovascular and Central Nervous System Events Associated with Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedra Alkaloids CHRISTINE A. HALLER, N BENOWITZ · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 21 Dec 2000 964
3 The Toxicology of Bath Salts: A Review of Synthetic Cathinones Jane M. Prosser, Lewis S. Nelson · Journal of Medical Toxicology Open access 22 Nov 2011 706
4 Ricin Poisoning Jennifer Audi, Martin G. Belson, Manish M. Patel et al. · JAMA 8 Nov 2005 635
5 Chiral Toxicology: It's the Same Thing…Only Different Silas W. Smith · Toxicological Sciences 4 May 2009 612
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Washington Poison Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Poison Control Centers, Toxic Exposure Surveillance, Oxidative Stress, Distributed Systems, Substance Use Disorders, Mortality Risk, Antioxidants and Chronic Pain Management.

▲ 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-now 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. Poison Control Centers14▲ 537×1 topic
  2. Toxic Exposure Surveillance14▲ 537×1 topic
  3. Oxidative Stress13▲ 4.7×23 topics
  4. Epidemiology10▲ 1.54×36 topics
  5. Distributed Systems6▲ 20×3 topics
  6. Inflammation6▲ 1.60×20 topics
  7. Substance Use Disorders6▲ 45×2 topics
  8. Security6▲ 5.0×7 topics
  9. Mortality Risk5▲ 13×2 topics
  10. Antioxidants5▲ 6.8×6 topics
  11. Biomarkers5▲ 4.0×6 topics
  12. Chronic Pain Management4▲ 82×1 topic
  13. Opioid Prescribing4▲ 82×1 topic
  14. Toxins4▲ 26×4 topics
  15. Forensic Toxicology4▲ 94×2 topics
  16. Neuroprotection4▲ 7.3×4 topics
  17. Chemotherapy4▲ 3.5×8 topics
  18. Mitochondrial Dysfunction4▲ 8.6×4 topics
  19. Toxicity4▲ 5.7×13 topics
  20. Designer Drugs4▲ 127×1 topic
  21. Drug Analysis4▲ 127×1 topic
  22. Hepatotoxicity4▲ 50×2 topics
  23. Neurotoxicity4▲ 21×5 topics
  24. Acetaminophen4▲ 86×1 topic
  25. Drug-Induced Liver Injury4▲ 86×1 topic
  26. Pharmacokinetics4▲ 8.5×7 topics
  27. Evolution3▲ 7.5×2 topics
  28. Anomaly Detection3▲ 6.7×2 topics
  29. Hemostasis3▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Envenoming3▲ 141×1 topic
  31. Network Management3▲ 58×2 topics
  32. Snake Venom3▲ 141×1 topic
  33. Fault Tolerance3▲ 12×1 topic
  34. Mobile Agents3▲ 183×1 topic
  35. Acute Kidney Injury3▲ 33×3 topics
  36. Metabolic Disorders3▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Hyperuricemia3▲ 63×2 topics
  38. Pediatric Oncology2▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Rasburicase2▲ 268×1 topic
  40. Tumor Lysis Syndrome2▲ 268×1 topic

Which research topics does Washington Poison Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Poisoning and overdose treatments, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis and Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection.

Poisoning and overdose t…14Poisoning and overdose treatments: 14 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…4Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 4 fractional worksForensic Toxicology and …4Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis: 4 fractional worksDrug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection: 4 fractional worksVenomous Animal Envenomation and Studies: 3 fractional worksMobile Agent-Based Netwo…3Mobile Agent-Based Network Management: 3 fractional worksMethemoglobinemia and Tumor Lysis Syndrome: 2 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 2 fractional worksSoftware System Performance and Reliability: 2 fractional worksPesticide Exposure and Toxicity: 2 fractional works
Emergency MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthToxicologyPharmacology4 others

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

  1. 1 Poisoning and overdose treatments Emergency Medicine 14 works
  2. 2 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  3. 3 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis Toxicology 4 works
  4. 4 Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection Pharmacology 4 works
  5. 5 Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies Genetics 3 works
  6. 6 Mobile Agent-Based Network Management Computer Networks and Communications 3 works
  7. 7 Methemoglobinemia and Tumor Lysis Syndrome Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 2 works
  9. 9 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  10. 10 Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity Plant Science 2 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 available21.8%not open78.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Washington Poison Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Washington Poison Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00064% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Washington Poison Center0.00057% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Washington Poison Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Washington Poison Center10.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.4% in 1996.

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