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Alaska Heart and Vascular Institute

In research, Alaska Heart and Vascular Institute stands highest in Medicine (#2,267 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,056 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 28.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,583
of 28,054 · #19,743 all time
Rank in United States
#1,720
of 4,192
Research works
458
▲ 52% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.4k
18.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Alaska Heart and Vascular Institute 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 #2,267 of 10,443 16.6%93 #3843
Health SciencesDomain #3,056 of 11,982 17.0%96 #5088

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Alaska Heart and Vascular Institute 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 Alaska Heart and Vascular Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 28.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 36.1 works29×
  2. MedicineField · 92.6 works4.1×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.52× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.13× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.06× its world share, 93 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Alaska Heart and Vascular Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Niv Ad, Wayne Batchelor and Sari D. Holmes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alaska Heart and Vascular Institute.

  1. 1 Niv Ad United States · #277,577 worldwide 124 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Wayne Batchelor United States · #310,602 worldwide 120 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Sari D. Holmes United States · #408,819 worldwide 60 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Mitchell A. Psotka United States · #457,078 worldwide 46 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Palak Shah United States · #489,275 worldwide 68 citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Alan M. Speir United States · #689,486 worldwide 43 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Sharon Hunt United States · #862,593 worldwide 49 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Ramesh Singh United States · #878,636 worldwide 27 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Marc Wish United States · #1,100,284 worldwide 33 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Shashank Desai United States · #1,188,246 worldwide 14 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Alaska Heart and Vascular Institute

Which keywords describe research at Alaska Heart and Vascular Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Guidelines, Echocardiography, Cardiovascular Disease, Myocardial Infarction, Diagnosis, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Treatment.

▲ 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. Heart Failure23▲ 46×10 topics
  2. Guidelines12▲ 23×5 topics
  3. Epidemiology12▲ 2.6×26 topics
  4. Echocardiography11▲ 34×7 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 8.2×18 topics
  6. Myocardial Infarction10▲ 38×7 topics
  7. Diagnosis10▲ 9.1×14 topics
  8. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention10▲ 61×4 topics
  9. Treatment10▲ 6.6×14 topics
  10. Thrombosis7▲ 21×3 topics
  11. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation7▲ 74×2 topics
  12. Cardiogenic Shock7▲ 119×1 topic
  13. Left Ventricular Assist Device7▲ 119×1 topic
  14. Immunosuppressive Therapy6▲ 27×3 topics
  15. Obesity6▲ 6.5×8 topics
  16. Renal Function5▲ 46×3 topics
  17. Risk Factors5▲ 4.0×10 topics
  18. Sudden Cardiac Death5▲ 52×2 topics
  19. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide5▲ 87×1 topic
  20. Hospital Readmission5▲ 87×1 topic
  21. Transplantation5▲ 42×3 topics
  22. Rejection5▲ 101×2 topics
  23. Cardiovascular Risk5▲ 13×5 topics
  24. Dilated Cardiomyopathy5▲ 57×2 topics
  25. Heart Transplant4▲ 116×1 topic
  26. Lung Transplant4▲ 116×1 topic
  27. Surgical Repair4▲ 88×1 topic
  28. Ventricular Reconstruction4▲ 88×1 topic
  29. Atherosclerosis4▲ 12×7 topics
  30. Chamber Quantification4▲ 43×1 topic
  31. Diastolic Function4▲ 43×1 topic
  32. Remote Monitoring4▲ 30×2 topics
  33. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy4▲ 77×1 topic
  34. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator4▲ 77×1 topic
  35. Catheter Ablation4▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Resuscitation4▲ 23×3 topics
  37. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement4▲ 42×1 topic
  38. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement4▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Graft Survival3▲ 35×3 topics
  40. Survival Rates3▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does Alaska Heart and Vascular Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair.

Mechanical Circulatory S…7Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 7 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment …5Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 5 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods…4Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anoma…4Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…4Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 3 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 2 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 2 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryEmergency Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 7 works
  2. 2 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 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 available41.1%not open58.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.8%domestic only84.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Alaska Heart and Vascular Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 52% higher 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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