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Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools

In research, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools stands highest in Medicine (#3,964 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,648 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#11,551
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,400
of 7,310
Research works
625
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
25.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools

What is Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #3,964 of 14,558 9.8%368
Health SciencesDomain #4,648 of 16,688 9.5%401

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools 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 Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools is in Health Sciences, 34% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (37%), Social Sciences (18%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 13 fractional works · 47.1% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 37.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 8.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 7.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 34.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 18.0% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 11.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 12.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWinston-Salem/ForsythCounty Schools28fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences47%Social Sciences34%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1137.4%
    2. Health Professions28.5%
    3. Nursing01.3%
    1. Social Sciences518.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance28.5%
    3. Psychology13.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities12.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting01.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology25.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.5%
    3. Neuroscience01.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.0%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.6%
    1. Engineering12.4%
    2. Computer Science01.3%
    3. Environmental Science01.3%
    4. Chemistry00.8%
    5. Chemical Engineering00.2%
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: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.77× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 3.21× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.94× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 2.59× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.98× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.98×2 works
  2. Health Professions3.21×2 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.77×0 works
  4. Nursing2.59×0 works
  5. Medicine1.94×11 works
  6. Social Sciences1.42×5 works
  7. Psychology1.25×1 works
  8. Neuroscience1.08×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.05×2 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.81×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.73×1 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.57×0 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.56×0 works
  14. Chemistry0.50×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.48×0 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.30×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.26×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.17×0 works
  19. Engineering0.16×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools?

Ranked on the quality score, Thomas W. Mann, Eben Alexander and Winston Roberts lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools.

  1. 1 Thomas W. Mann United States · #1,737,786 worldwide 145 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Eben Alexander United States · #1,796,085 worldwide 7.8k citations · 372 works
  3. 3 Winston Roberts United States · #4,917,029 worldwide 174 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 George Podgorny United States · #6,448,000 worldwide 65 citations · 82 works
All ranked researchers at Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools

What are the most cited papers from Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools?

The most cited paper from Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools is "Psoriasis causes as much disability as other major medical diseases" (Stephen R. Rapp, Steven R. Feldman, M. Lyn Exum et al., 1999), with 1,510 citations. Next come "Effects of Estrogen Replacement on the Progression of Coronary-Artery Atherosclerosis" (1,257) and "Modified Mediterranean-ketogenic diet modulates gut microbiome and short-chain fatty acids in association with Alzheimer's disease markers in subjects with mild cognitive impairment" (672).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Psoriasis causes as much disability as other major medical diseases Stephen R. Rapp, Steven R. Feldman, M. Lyn Exum et al. · Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology Sep 1999 1,510
2 Effects of Estrogen Replacement on the Progression of Coronary-Artery Atherosclerosis David M. Herrington, David M. Reboussin, K. Bridget Brosnihan et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 24 Aug 2000 1,257
3 Modified Mediterranean-ketogenic diet modulates gut microbiome and short-chain fatty acids in association with Alzheimer's disease markers in subjects with mild cognitive impairment Ravinder Nagpal, Bryan J. Neth, Shaohua Wang et al. · EBioMedicine Open access 30 Aug 2019 672
4 Operative neurosurgical techniques Eben Alexander · Surgical Neurology Dec 1983 625
5 American Journal of Neuroradiology Stuart M. C. Lee · Surgical Neurology Feb 1986 561
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Language Teaching, Pedagogy, Student Competencies, Teaching Methods, Epidemiology, Clinical Trials, Quality of Life and Biomarkers.

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

All 11 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3▲ 2.7×18 topics
  2. Language Teaching2▲ 31×2 topics
  3. Pedagogy2▲ 15×2 topics
  4. Student Competencies2▲ 107×1 topic
  5. Teaching Methods2▲ 44×1 topic
  6. Quality of Life2▲ 4.3×8 topics
  7. Clinical Trials2▲ 7.9×6 topics
  8. Public Health1▲ 3.4×8 topics
  9. Inflammation1▲ 2.1×7 topics
  10. Biomarkers1▲ 6.2×5 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 3.7×6 topics

Which research topics does Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Traumatic Brain Injury Research and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies.

Education, Innovation an…2Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…1Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…0Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 0 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 0 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 0 fractional worksBiomedical Ethics and Regulation: 0 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 0 fractional worksCommunity Health and Development: 0 fractional worksEmployee Welfare and Language Studies: 0 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 0 fractional works
EducationEconomics and EconometricsEpidemiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 2 works
  2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  3. 3 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 0 works
  4. 4 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 0 works
  5. 5 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Biomedical Ethics and Regulation Physiology 0 works
  7. 7 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 0 works
  8. 8 Community Health and Development General Health Professions 0 works
  9. 9 Employee Welfare and Language Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 0 works
  10. 10 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 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 available14.0%not open86.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.8%domestic only95.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% higher 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 Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools0.00013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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