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Abbott (United States)

In research, Abbott (United States) stands highest in Medicine (#5,354 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,295 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 17.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,801
of 28,054 · #2,770 all time
Rank in United States
#2,077
of 4,192
Research works
3k
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
104k
34.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Abbott (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #5,354 of 10,443 16.7%111 #2113
Health SciencesDomain #6,295 of 11,982 16.8%123 #2511

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Abbott (United States) 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Abbott (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 17.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 31.1 works17×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.30× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.88× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.37× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.37× its world share, 111 worksMedicineNursing: 6.42× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Abbott (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Stevan W. Djurić, Grant H. Barlow and Douglas V. Frost lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Abbott (United States).

  1. 1 Stevan W. Djurić United States · #105,050 worldwide 206 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Grant H. Barlow United States · #113,974 worldwide 190 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Douglas V. Frost United States · #283,481 worldwide 68 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Connie R. Faltynek United States · #327,600 worldwide 192 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 David Armbruster United States · #428,276 worldwide 66 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Lacy R. Overby United States · #502,106 worldwide 57 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Suresh M. Desai United States · #565,027 worldwide 117 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Edward T. Olejniczak United States · #604,505 worldwide 135 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Richard Rapoza United States · #649,384 worldwide 100 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Harold E. Zaugg United States · #661,639 worldwide 91 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Abbott (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Abbott (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catheter Ablation, Heart Failure, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Guidelines, Arrhythmias, Aging and Echocardiography.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology19▲ 2.8×52 topics
  2. Inflammation15▲ 4.1×29 topics
  3. Catheter Ablation13▲ 62×2 topics
  4. Heart Failure11▲ 15×10 topics
  5. Guidelines10▲ 13×8 topics
  6. Arrhythmias10▲ 63×2 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome9▲ 6.2×13 topics
  8. Aging8▲ 9.3×7 topics
  9. Echocardiography8▲ 18×6 topics
  10. Sudden Cardiac Death8▲ 54×2 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 4.0×16 topics
  12. Obesity7▲ 5.4×16 topics
  13. Cardiomyopathy7▲ 45×3 topics
  14. Prognosis7▲ 12×6 topics
  15. Radiofrequency Ablation7▲ 38×1 topic
  16. Ventricular Tachycardia7▲ 81×1 topic
  17. Stroke Prevention7▲ 32×2 topics
  18. Immune Response6▲ 6.4×9 topics
  19. Anticoagulant Therapy6▲ 28×1 topic
  20. Atrial Fibrillation6▲ 36×1 topic
  21. Muscle Mass6▲ 32×2 topics
  22. Atherosclerosis6▲ 12×6 topics
  23. Cancer Cachexia6▲ 37×1 topic
  24. Sarcopenia6▲ 37×1 topic
  25. Diabetes5▲ 6.0×10 topics
  26. Neurological Disorders5▲ 5.0×9 topics
  27. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention5▲ 21×4 topics
  28. Remote Monitoring5▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy4▲ 66×1 topic
  30. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator4▲ 66×1 topic
  31. SARS-CoV-24▲ 8.1×4 topics
  32. Vaccine4▲ 6.4×9 topics
  33. Antiviral Therapy4▲ 22×3 topics
  34. Liver Disease4▲ 22×3 topics
  35. Weight Loss4▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Ion Channels3▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Thrombosis3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  38. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 7.8×2 topics
  39. Genetic Testing3▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 8.1×4 topics

Which research topics does Abbott (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Nutrition and Health in Aging and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies.

Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 7 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …6Nutrition and Health in Aging: 6 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…4Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 4 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 3 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…3Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePhysiologySurgeryInfectious Diseases

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 6 works
  4. 4 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 3 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 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 available24.6%not open75.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.5%domestic only78.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Abbott (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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