Brigham and Women's Hospital vs Vanderbilt University Medical Center
On research quality in 2022–now, Brigham and Women's Hospital ranks #104 in the world and Vanderbilt University Medical Center #388, of 28,054 institutions. Brigham and Women's Hospital stands higher in 5 of the 6 fields both publish in, Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 1.
Research profiles alike: 0.98very similar shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured
Brigham and Women's Hospital
- World rank, 2022–now
- #104
- #76 all time
- Works, 2022–now
- 9k
- fractional
- Top-10% rate
- 24.0%
- share of its work among the world’s most cited
- Open access
- 41%
- of its works free to read
Strongest relative focus: Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Transplantation.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- World rank, 2022–now
- #388
- #541 all time
- Works, 2022–now
- 6.6k
- fractional
- Top-10% rate
- 17.8%
- share of its work among the world’s most cited
- Open access
- 45%
- of its works free to read
Strongest relative focus: Transplantation, Family Practice, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine.
Who leads in each field?
Brigham and Women's Hospital stands higher in 5 of 6 fields, Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 1. Each bar is that side’s standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.
- #47Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#232
- #60Health Professions#175
- #16Immunology and Microbiology#83
- #4Medicine#28
- #56Neuroscience#225
- —Psychology#873
Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022–now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.
Where does each put its research?
Not who is better, but what each side chooses to work on. A country or institution that puts twice the world’s share of its research into a field sits at 2×, whatever its size.
- Materials Science0.1× 0.1×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.0× 0.5×
- Chemical Engineering0.0× 0.0×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.0× 0.0×
- Energy0.0× 0.0×
- Environmental Science0.2× 0.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting0.1× 0.1×
- Engineering0.2× 0.1×
- Dentistry0.5× 0.3×
- Immunology and Microbiology3.4× 2.7×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.3× 1.2×
- Medicine3.3× 3.3×
- Mathematics0.4× 0.4×
- Physics and Astronomy0.1× 0.1×
- Health Professions1.6× 1.8×
- Social Sciences0.2× 0.2×
- Psychology0.9× 1.0×
- Decision Sciences0.3× 0.3×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.1× 0.1×
- Chemistry0.1× 0.2×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.8× 2.0×
- Computer Science0.1× 0.2×
- Nursing1.6× 2.3×
- Neuroscience1.9× 2.8×
- Arts and Humanities0.1× 0.1×
- Veterinary0.5× 0.8×
Location quotient in 2022–now: the share of each side’s research in the field over the world’s share. 1× is the world’s balance; the axis runs from a quarter of it to four times. Fields where Brigham and Women's Hospital leans further are at the top, Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s at the bottom. How research profiles are compared.
How has their output grown?
Fractional works per year. The latest, partial year is left off.
Which publishes more research, Brigham and Women's Hospital or Vanderbilt University Medical Center?
Brigham and Women's Hospital publishes 1.4× as much research as Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2022–now (9k against 6.6k fractional works).
Whose research has more impact, Brigham and Women's Hospital or Vanderbilt University Medical Center?
24.0% of Brigham and Women's Hospital's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 17.8% for Vanderbilt University Medical Center.