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Whalen Biomedical

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Research works
34
▼ 58% vs 2018-21
Citations
180
5.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Whalen Biomedical

Not ranked overall: Whalen Biomedical is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Whalen Biomedical work in?

In all years, 42% of research at Whalen Biomedical is in Social Sciences, 37% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Economics, Econometrics and Finance (36%), Medicine (28%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 14 fractional works · 42.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 36.1% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 19.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 14.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 36.9% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 27.7% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 8.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 17.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 9.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKWhalen Biomedical34fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences37%Social Sciences42%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1236.1%
    2. Social Sciences13.9%
    3. Psychology01.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting01.0%
    1. Medicine927.7%
    2. Health Professions38.6%
    3. Nursing00.6%
    1. Engineering39.0%
    2. Environmental Science24.4%
    3. Computer Science12.4%
    4. Materials Science01.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.8%
    2. Neuroscience00.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
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.

Computer Science: 1.74× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.16× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 5.52× its world share, 0 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9.48× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance9.48×0 works
  2. Environmental Science8.16×1 works
  3. Nursing5.52×0 works
  4. Computer Science1.74×0 works
  5. Health Professions1.03×0 works
  6. Engineering0.90×0 works
  7. Medicine0.35×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Whalen Biomedical?

Ranked on the quality score, Richard Christopher Whalen, Christopher L. Richards and Robert L. Whalen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Whalen Biomedical.

  1. 1 Richard Christopher Whalen United States · #2,177,668 worldwide 67 citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Christopher L. Richards United States · #3,966,596 worldwide 308 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Robert L. Whalen United States · #5,714,585 worldwide 316 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Whalen Biomedical

What are the most cited papers from Whalen Biomedical?

The most cited paper from Whalen Biomedical is "Effects of Breathing O 2 or O 2 + CO 2 and of the Injection of Neurohumors on the PO 2 of Cat Cerebral Cortex" (William J. Whalen, R.A. Ganfield, P. Nair, 1970), with 41 citations. Next come "Evaluation of the Recommended Core Components of Cardiac Rehabilitation Practice" (39) and "Survival of coronary artery disease patients with stable pain and normal left ventricular function treated medically or surgically at Duke University." (29).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effects of Breathing O 2 or O 2 + CO 2 and of the Injection of Neurohumors on the PO 2 of Cat Cerebral Cortex William J. Whalen, R.A. Ganfield, P. Nair · Stroke Open access May 1970 41
2 Evaluation of the Recommended Core Components of Cardiac Rehabilitation Practice Melissa D. Zullo, Leila W. Jackson, Christopher C. Whalen et al. · Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention 2012 39
3 Survival of coronary artery disease patients with stable pain and normal left ventricular function treated medically or surgically at Duke University. Robert E. Whalen, Frank E. Harrell, K L Lee et al. · Circulation Jun 1982 29
4 Comparison of pulsatile and non‐pulsatile cardiopulmonary bypass on regional renal blood flow in sheep Kunihide Nakamura, Hiroaki Harasaki, Fumio Fukumura et al. · Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal Open access 2004 27
5 Nursing Documentation Variation Across Different Medical Facilities Within an Integrated Healthcare System Min‐Jeoung Kang, Sarah Collins Rossetti, Christopher Knaplund et al. · CIN Computers Informatics Nursing Open access 3 May 2021 14
All 53 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Whalen Biomedical?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Monetary Policy, Regulation, Liquidity, Banking, Finance, Economic Growth, Housing Supply and Mortgage Credit Expansion.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 33 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 33 words, with their numbers
  1. Monetary Policy4▲ 43×3 topics
  2. Regulation4▲ 18×2 topics
  3. Liquidity3▲ 90×2 topics
  4. Banking3▲ 201×1 topic
  5. Finance3▲ 71×1 topic
  6. Economic Growth3▲ 11×5 topics
  7. Housing Supply3▲ 182×1 topic
  8. Mortgage Credit Expansion3▲ 182×1 topic
  9. Epidemiology2▲ 1.51×5 topics
  10. Financial Crisis2▲ 41×3 topics
  11. Cost Analysis2▲ 124×2 topics
  12. Quality of Life2▲ 3.5×3 topics
  13. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 17×1 topic
  14. Treatment Guidelines2▲ 21×2 topics
  15. Urinary Tract Infections2▲ 99×1 topic
  16. Catheter-Related Infections1▲ 117×1 topic
  17. Central Venous Catheterization1▲ 117×1 topic
  18. Corporate Governance1▲ 7.2×2 topics
  19. Fiscal Policy1▲ 18×2 topics
  20. Neoliberalism1▲ 11×2 topics
  21. Pressure Ulcers1▲ 241×1 topic
  22. Risk Assessment1▲ 6.6×1 topic
  23. European Union1▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Financialization1▲ 38×1 topic
  25. Heart Failure1▲ 7.8×3 topics
  26. Political Budget Cycles1▲ 194×1 topic
  27. Public Debt1▲ 194×1 topic
  28. Shareholder Value1▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Financial Regulation1▲ 227×1 topic
  30. Global Governance1▲ 15×2 topics
  31. International Politics1▲ 426×1 topic
  32. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention1▲ 22×3 topics
  33. Regenerative Medicine1▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Whalen Biomedical publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Housing Market and Economics, Fire Detection and Safety Systems, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies and Marine animal studies overview.

Housing Market and Econo…0Housing Market and Economics: 0 fractional worksFire Detection and Safety Systems: 0 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 0 fractional worksMarine animal studies ov…0Marine animal studies overview: 0 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecol…0Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology: 0 fractional worksMusic Technology and Sound Studies: 0 fractional worksNursing education and management: 0 fractional worksPatient Safety and Medication Errors: 0 fractional worksHospital Admissions and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksSpeech and Audio Processing: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityEcologyComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition4 others

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

  1. 1 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  2. 2 Fire Detection and Safety Systems Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  3. 3 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 0 works
  4. 4 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 0 works
  5. 5 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 0 works
  6. 6 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  7. 7 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 0 works
  8. 8 Patient Safety and Medication Errors Emergency Medical Services 0 works
  9. 9 Hospital Admissions and Outcomes Emergency Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 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 available49.4%not open50.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.5%domestic only95.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Whalen Biomedical's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 58% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Whalen Biomedical as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00000072% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Whalen Biomedical0.0000010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Whalen Biomedical over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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