Research Studies About Pittsburgh - Key Findings

What research studies Pittsburgh?

Papers about Pittsburgh as a subject — its agriculture, health, environment and society — regardless of where the authors sit.

Summary

Scholarship about Pittsburgh is unexpectedly human and historical rather than narrowly economic. Sleep and related disorders leads with 26 papers, followed by history of science and medicine at 18; race, work-related fatigue and socio-cultural history also appear.

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Research outlook for Pittsburgh

What the papers — written in the city and about it — point to, split by the Prism stance layer: work that reads promising versus work that flags problems or urges caution.

Opportunities the research points to

Machine Learning · 238Neuroscience · 158Robotics · 149Children's Health · 135Women's Health · 126Healthcare · 97Breast Cancer · 91Artificial Intelligence · 89Deep Learning · 87Mental Health · 85Algorithms · 73Alzheimer's Disease · 62

Concerns the research raises

Healthcare · 138Women's Health · 126Children's Health · 101Research · 77COVID-19 · 71Artificial Intelligence · 58Mental Health · 54Patient Care · 52Machine Learning · 41Patients' Health · 39Education · 38Cancer · 20

counts = papers carrying the theme · concerns merge cautionary, critical and problem-identifying work

Topics

Topic	Works
Sleep and related disorders	26
History of Science and Medicine	18
Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies	14
Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis	13
Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue	10
Race, History, and American Society	7
Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics	7
Vietnamese History and Culture Studies	6
Sleep and Wakefulness Research	6
Soviet and Russian History	6
Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research	5
Alzheimer's disease research and treatments	5
Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies	4
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations	4
History of Science and Natural History	4
Urban Transport and Accessibility	4
Species Distribution and Climate Change	4
Homelessness and Social Issues	4
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk	4
American Environmental and Regional History	4

By year

Orientation (where Prism-tagged)

Descriptive

119

37Promising

30Problem Identifying

11Comparative

10Critical

6Cautionary

3Breakthrough

Most-cited

Paper	Year	Cited	Doi
Test–retest reliability and validity of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index in primary insomnia	2002	1737	doi
Epidemiological Correlates of Diabetic Neuropathy: Report From Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes…	1989	373	doi
PITTSBURGHESE SHIRTS: COMMODIFICATION AND THE ENREGISTERMENT OF AN URBAN DIALECT	2009	216	doi
The Pittsburgh Fatigability Scale for Older Adults: Development and Validation	2014	171	doi
Associations Between Socioeconomic Status and Major Complications in Type 1 Diabetes: The Pittsburgh…	2011	145	doi
Positron emission tomography imaging and clinical progression in relation to molecular pathology in the first…	2010	138	doi
Evaluation of sleep disorders in cancer patients based on Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index	2015	132	doi
Organic PM<sub><i>2.5</i></sub>: Fractionation by Polarity, FTIR Spectroscopy, and OM/OC Ratio for the…	2008	119	doi
Pittsburgh Compound B (11C-PIB) and Fluorodeoxyglucose (18 F-FDG) PET in Patients With Alzheimer Disease…	2010	107	doi
Construct Validity and Factor Structure of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Epworth Sleepiness Scale in…	2014	104	doi
Bullying perpetration and victimization as predictors of delinquency and depression in the Pittsburgh Youth…	2011	101	doi
Using a reference tissue model with spatial constraint to quantify [11C]Pittsburgh compound B PET for early…	2007	101	doi
A Learning Algorithm for Boltzmann Machines**The research reported here was supported by grants from the…	1987	98	doi
Detection of isolated cerebrovascular β‐amyloid with pittsburgh compound B	2008	96	doi
New environmentalism and Transition Pittsburgh	2015	95	doi

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