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Emergency Medical Services research

Emergency Medical Services is a subfield of Health Professions. Science Explorer counts 209k research works in it since 1950. 16.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: type of emergency service dedicated to providing out-of-hospital acute medical care and transport to definitive care.

Research works
209k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
33k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
7
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+24%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

What is Emergency Medical Services research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Disaster Response, Public Health, Child Care, Infection Control Measures, Catheter-Related Infections, Central Venous Catheterization. Gaining share since 2009–13: Disaster Response, Public Health. Losing share: Child Care, Infection Control Measures.

▲ gaining share of this field◆ holding its share▼ losing share

Size is the world's fractional works in 2019–23 in the topics tagged with each word; colour compares the word's share of this field with 2009–13. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 14 words, with their numbers
  1. Disaster Response12k▲ 1.37×1 topic
  2. Public Health12k▲ 1.37×1 topic
  3. Child Care8,378▼ 0.69×1 topic
  4. Infection Control Measures8,378▼ 0.69×1 topic
  5. Catheter-Related Infections8,036◆ 1.02×1 topic
  6. Central Venous Catheterization8,036◆ 1.02×1 topic
  7. Health Workforce7,130◆ 1.08×1 topic
  8. Rural Health7,130◆ 1.08×1 topic
  9. Medical Errors6,056◆ 0.95×1 topic
  10. Patient Safety Culture6,056◆ 0.95×1 topic
  11. Epidemiology3,811◆ 1.03×1 topic
  12. Traumatic Dental Injuries3,811◆ 1.03×1 topic
  13. Operating Room2,952◆ 1.00×1 topic
  14. Scheduling2,952◆ 1.00×1 topic

Which countries lead Emergency Medical Services research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, the United Kingdom and China rank highest in Emergency Medical Services. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (9.7k and 2.5k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 14.2% top 10% · 9.7k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom · #2 all time 14.9% top 10% · 2.5k works
  3. 3 China · #5 all time 18.0% top 10% · 2.5k works
  4. 4 Australia · #3 all time 23.1% top 10% · 1.5k works
  5. 5 Canada · #4 all time 17.8% top 10% · 1.2k works
  6. 6 Italy · #7 all time 20.3% top 10% · 795 works
  7. 7 Germany · #6 all time 15.7% top 10% · 937 works
  8. 8 Türkiye · #16 all time 14.0% top 10% · 1.4k works
  9. 9 India · #12 all time 6.7% top 10% · 2k works
  10. 10 Iran · #17 all time 14.5% top 10% · 814 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 34 countries ranked in Emergency Medical Services. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Emergency Medical Services

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 9.7k works
  2. 2 China 2.5k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 2.5k works
  4. 4 India 2k works
  5. 5 Australia 1.5k works
  6. 6 Brazil 1.5k works
  7. 7 Türkiye 1.4k works
  8. 8 Canada 1.2k works
  9. 9 Japan 1.1k works
  10. 10 Germany 937 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 39.6%China: 10.3%United Kingdom: 10.2%India: 8.2%6 others listed: 31.7%40%largest
United States9,678 · 39.6%China2,526 · 10.3%United Kingdom2,487 · 10.2%India2,014 · 8.2%6 others listed7,736 · 31.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Emergency Medical Services research?

Harvard University (United States) ranks first in Emergency Medical Services on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by The University of Queensland and BMJ Group (United Kingdom).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Harvard University United States · Cambridge · #1 all time 26.4% top 10% · 121 works
  2. 2 The University of Queensland Australia · Brisbane · #19 all time 27.1% top 10% · 76 works
  3. 3 BMJ Group (United Kingdom) ?? · London · #66 all time 15.9% top 10% · 117 works
  4. 4 University of Michigan United States · Ann Arbor · #3 all time 20.2% top 10% · 106 works
  5. 5 University of Toronto Canada · Toronto · #7 all time 19.6% top 10% · 98 works
  6. 6 Monash University Australia · Melbourne · #18 all time 25.3% top 10% · 72 works
  7. 7 Johns Hopkins University United States · Baltimore · #2 all time 20.3% top 10% · 105 works
  8. 8 University College London United Kingdom · London · #13 all time 20.8% top 10% · 73 works
  9. 9 University of British Columbia Canada · Vancouver · #17 all time 23.6% top 10% · 68 works
  10. 10 Brigham and Women's Hospital United States · Boston · #4 all time 21.5% top 10% · 65 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 24 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Emergency Medical Services.

Top 100 Emergency Medical Services institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 167 works
  2. 2 Harvard University United States 121 works
  3. 3 BMJ Group (United Kingdom) ?? 117 works
  4. 4 University of Michigan United States 106 works
  5. 5 Johns Hopkins University United States 105 works
  6. 6 University of Toronto Canada 99 works
  7. 7 Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Türkiye 91 works
  8. 8 University of Washington United States 77 works
  9. 9 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 76 works
  10. 10 The University of Queensland Australia 76 works

Who are the leading researchers in Emergency Medical Services?

Among the most productive authors in Emergency Medical Services, Aziz Sheikh, Vivekanand Jha and Zulfiqar A Bhutta rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Aziz Sheikh United Kingdom · #17 worldwide 5.8k citations · 274 works
  2. 2 Vivekanand Jha India · #18 worldwide 5.8k citations · 232 works
  3. 3 Zulfiqar A Bhutta Pakistan · #29 worldwide 7k citations · 258 works
  4. 4 Azeem Majeed United Kingdom · #51 worldwide 6k citations · 151 works
  5. 5 Ziad A. Memish Saudi Arabia · #58 worldwide 5.3k citations · 162 works
  6. 6 Holger J. Schünemann Canada · #160 worldwide 3.9k citations · 122 works
  7. 7 Pascal Vranckx United States · #218 worldwide 2.1k citations · 164 works
  8. 8 Neil Pearce United Kingdom · #220 worldwide 3.2k citations · 152 works
  9. 9 Andrew S. Levey United States · #272 worldwide 2.8k citations · 188 works
  10. 10 Peter Brooks Australia · #319 worldwide 2.2k citations · 187 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 4,503 highest-output authors in Emergency Medical Services. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Emergency Medical Services researchers

Where is Emergency Medical Services research done?

The largest centres of Emergency Medical Services research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Boston (United States) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in London and Sale.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 737 works
  2. 2 New York United States 396 works
  3. 3 Boston United States 394 works
  4. 4 Beijing China 370 works
  5. 5 Istanbul Türkiye 348 works
  6. 6 Melbourne Australia 318 works
  7. 7 Tehran Iran 307 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 304 works
  9. 9 Seoul South Korea 293 works
  10. 10 Washington D.C. United States 288 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. London122.0 works20×
  2. Sale24.3 works17×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Emergency Medical Services than the world average.

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Emergency Medical Services research by country

The best places for Emergency Medical Services research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Emergency Medical Services?

Among universities, judged by research, Iranshahr University, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Harvard University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 24.66%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Iranshahr University: 30, 24.2%London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: 27, 34.7%Harvard University: 121, 26.4%Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: 40, 15.9%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 91, 10.2%Kerman University of Medical Sciences: 32, 20.6%The University of Queensland: 76, 27.1%Griffith University: 51, 26.0%Central Queensland University: 19, 32.5%Macquarie University: 22, 29.0%London School of Hyg…Harvard UniversityIranshahr UniversityUniformed Services U…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Iranshahr University Iran 65.224.2%9.6×30 +386.4%
2London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine United Kingdom 61.134.7%4.9×27 +101.1%
3Harvard University United States 52.626.4%2.6×121 +18.9%
4Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences United States 51.615.9%12.0×40 +19.8%
5Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Türkiye 51.510.2%4.3×91 +1520.5%
6Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran 51.420.6%7.4×32 +92.2%
7The University of Queensland Australia 50.127.1%2.5×76 +32.1%
8Griffith University Australia 49.826.0%3.5×51 +63.4%
9Central Queensland University Australia 49.732.5%4.8×19 +64.1%
10Macquarie University Australia 48.829.0%1.6×22 +357.6%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Emergency Medical Services research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Patient Safety and Medication Errors, Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization and Dental Trauma and Treatments.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

  1. Patient Safety and Medication Errors+104%
  2. Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization+94%
  3. Dental Trauma and Treatments+89%
  4. Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis+78%
  5. Global Health Workforce Issues+71%
  6. Disaster Response and Management+57%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Emergency Medical Services include?

Disaster Response and Ma…43kDisaster Response and Management: 43k fractional worksPediatric health and respiratory diseases: 42k fractional worksCentral Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis: 37k fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce …32kGlobal Health Workforce Issues: 32k fractional worksPatient Safety and Medic…25kPatient Safety and Medication Errors: 25k fractional worksDental Trauma and Treatments: 17k fractional worksHealthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization: 13k fractional works

Area is fractional works in that topic. Every name below is a page of its own.