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Westat (United States)

In research, Westat (United States) stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,853 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,074 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,807
of 22,385 · #2,275 all time
Rank in United States
#783
of 3,332
Research works
1.1k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
52k
45.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Westat (United States)

What is Westat (United States) 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 #1,853 of 9,902 11.5%99 #1136
MedicineField #2,074 of 8,541 11.3%71 #1251

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Westat (United States) 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 Westat (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Westat (United States) is in Health Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (39%), Social Sciences (16%), Health Professions (14%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 108 fractional works · 53.0% of its workMedicine: 78 fractional works · 38.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 28 fractional works · 13.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 18 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 64 fractional works · 31.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 16.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 7.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 12.0% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWestat (UnitedStates)204fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences53%Social Sciences31%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7838.5%
    2. Health Professions2813.8%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences3316.3%
    2. Psychology157.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance62.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting31.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities31.4%
    6. Decision Sciences31.4%
    1. Mathematics73.2%
    2. Computer Science63.2%
    3. Engineering62.9%
    4. Environmental Science42.0%
    5. Energy10.4%
    6. Materials Science00.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    4. Neuroscience10.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
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: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.76× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.73× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.24× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.00× its world share, 78 worksMedicineNursing: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.35× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.50× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions5.24×28 works
  2. Mathematics2.73×6 works
  3. Psychology2.50×16 works
  4. Medicine2.00×78 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.76×1 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.45×3 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.35×6 works
  8. Social Sciences1.29×33 works
  9. Nursing1.22×1 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.51×3 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.50×3 works
  12. Energy0.48×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.41×6 works
  14. Environmental Science0.41×4 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.34×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×3 works
  17. Neuroscience0.27×1 works
  18. Dentistry0.27×0 works
  19. Engineering0.19×6 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×2 works
  21. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Westat (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Sarah E. Reese, Elizabeth A. K. Rowley and Larry R. Muenz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Westat (United States).

  1. 1 Sarah E. Reese United States · #19,896 worldwide 7.8k citations · 108 works
  2. 2 Elizabeth A. K. Rowley United States · #107,477 worldwide 2.8k citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Larry R. Muenz United States · #112,310 worldwide 16k citations · 118 works
  4. 4 Cassandra A. Stanton United States · #147,049 worldwide 8.1k citations · 277 works
  5. 5 Graham Kalton United States · #191,438 worldwide 7.2k citations · 133 works
  6. 6 George B. Schreiber United States · #236,058 worldwide 13k citations · 171 works
  7. 7 Eva Sharma United States · #240,337 worldwide 3.2k citations · 153 works
  8. 8 Joann Sorra United States · #243,731 worldwide 6.3k citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Ting Yan United States · #286,070 worldwide 7.3k citations · 144 works
  10. 10 Nicholas Zill United States · #287,176 worldwide 5.5k citations · 74 works
All ranked researchers at Westat (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Westat (United States)?

The most cited paper from Westat (United States) is "Mortality Results from a Randomized Prostate-Cancer Screening Trial" (Gerald L. Andriole et al., 2009), with 2,935 citations. Next come "Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — United States, 2017" (2,544) and "The Risk of Cancer Associated with Specific Mutations ofBRCA1andBRCA2among Ashkenazi Jews" (2,267).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mortality Results from a Randomized Prostate-Cancer Screening Trial Gerald L. Andriole et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 18 Mar 2009 2,935
2 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — United States, 2017 Laura K. Kann, Tim McManus, William A. Harris et al. · MMWR Surveillance Summaries Open access 14 Jun 2018 2,544
3 The Risk of Cancer Associated with Specific Mutations ofBRCA1andBRCA2among Ashkenazi Jews Jeffery P. Struewing, Patricia A. Hartge, Sholom Wacholder et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 15 May 1997 2,267
4 Youth Risk Behavior SurveillanceUnited States, 2015 Laura K. Kann, Tim McManus, William A. Harris et al. · MMWR Surveillance Summaries Open access 9 Jun 2016 2,044
5 Efficacy and safety of voretigene neparvovec (AAV2-hRPE65v2) in patients with RPE65 -mediated inherited retinal dystrophy: a randomised, controlled, open-label, phase 3 trial Stephen R. Russell et al. · The Lancet Open access 14 Jul 2017 1,959
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Westat (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Psychiatric Disorders, Mental Health, Cytoreductive Surgery, Clinical Trials, Survival Analysis, Cancer Risk and Public Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 2.3×55 topics
  2. Mental Health12▲ 4.2×22 topics
  3. Public Health10▲ 3.3×20 topics
  4. Psychiatric Disorders9▲ 34×4 topics
  5. Cytoreductive Surgery9▲ 66×2 topics
  6. Clinical Trials8▲ 6.2×14 topics
  7. Survival Analysis8▲ 14×5 topics
  8. Cancer Risk7▲ 16×5 topics
  9. Pandemic7▲ 3.5×6 topics
  10. Diagnosis7▲ 3.5×12 topics
  11. Management6▲ 4.0×9 topics
  12. Health Consequences6▲ 11×3 topics
  13. Chemotherapy6▲ 4.4×12 topics
  14. Depression6▲ 3.5×10 topics
  15. Gastric Cancer6▲ 28×2 topics
  16. Health Effects6▲ 5.0×9 topics
  17. Adolescents6▲ 8.0×6 topics
  18. Meta-Analysis6▲ 5.0×11 topics
  19. Prevalence6▲ 7.1×8 topics
  20. Smoking Cessation6▲ 95×1 topic
  21. Tobacco Use6▲ 95×1 topic
  22. Health Outcomes6▲ 11×7 topics
  23. Data Quality6▲ 63×3 topics
  24. Colorectal Cancer5▲ 33×2 topics
  25. Children5▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Surgery5▲ 7.2×6 topics
  27. Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy5▲ 122×1 topic
  28. Peritoneal Metastases5▲ 122×1 topic
  29. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 9.7×4 topics
  30. Primary Care5▲ 6.5×9 topics
  31. Response Rates5▲ 445×1 topic
  32. Survey Methodology5▲ 445×1 topic
  33. Health Disparities5▲ 8.7×6 topics
  34. SARS-CoV-24▲ 6.9×5 topics
  35. Chronic Disease4▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Mortality Risk4▲ 8.3×4 topics
  37. Antibiotic Therapy4▲ 33×2 topics
  38. Appendicitis4▲ 67×1 topic
  39. CT Scan4▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Ovarian Cancer4▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Westat (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies, Survey Methodology and Nonresponse and Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management.

Smoking Behavior and Ces…6Smoking Behavior and Cessation: 6 fractional worksIntraperitoneal and Appe…5Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies: 5 fractional worksSurvey Methodology and N…5Survey Methodology and Nonresponse: 5 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis a…4Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 4 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 3 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activi…3Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 3 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 3 fractional worksStatistical Methods and Bayesian Inference: 2 fractional works
PhysiologySurgerySociology and Political ScienceEmergency Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 6 works
  2. 2 Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies Surgery 5 works
  3. 3 Survey Methodology and Nonresponse Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  4. 4 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 3 works
  7. 7 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  8. 8 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 3 works
  10. 10 Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference Statistics and Probability 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 available38.0%not open62.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.4%domestic only84.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Westat (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Westat (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00079% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Westat (United States)0.00059% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Westat (United States) 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%30%Westat (United States)10.3% 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 26.6% in 2006.

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