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Altru Health System

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Research works
78
▲ 64% vs 2018-21
Citations
912
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Altru Health System

Not ranked overall: Altru Health System is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Altru Health System work in?

In all years, 75% of research at Altru Health System is in Health Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Health Professions (11%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 59 fractional works · 75.3% of its workMedicine: 48 fractional works · 61.5% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 7.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 11.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 14.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.8% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 9.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAltru HealthSystem78fractional works, all years
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences1%Health Sciences75%Social Sciences15%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4861.5%
    2. Health Professions911.0%
    3. Nursing11.7%
    4. Dentistry00.6%
    5. Veterinary00.5%
    1. Social Sciences56.8%
    2. Psychology45.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology44.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology22.1%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    5. Neuroscience00.4%
    1. Environmental Science00.3%
    2. Mathematics00.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    4. Engineering00.1%
    5. Computer Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.85× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 2.35× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.56× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.58× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 10.74× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.96× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 10.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary10.74×0 works
  2. Medicine3.58×12 works
  3. Health Professions3.56×2 works
  4. Dentistry2.35×0 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.96×1 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.85×0 works
  7. Psychology1.34×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.26×1 works
  9. Nursing0.54×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.40×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.06×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.05×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Altru Health System?

Ranked on the quality score, Shannon Hansen, Julie Ferry and Virginia Bren lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Altru Health System.

  1. 1 Shannon Hansen United States · #2,592,250 worldwide 185 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Julie Ferry United States · #3,268,893 worldwide 197 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Virginia Bren United States · #3,416,994 worldwide 217 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Miltiadis Douvoyiannis United States · #4,094,746 worldwide 369 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Altru Health System

What are the most cited papers from Altru Health System?

The most cited paper from Altru Health System is "Long-Term, Low-Intensity Warfarin Therapy for the Prevention of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism" (Paul M. Ridker, Samuel Zachary Goldhaber, Ellie Danielson et al., 2003), with 811 citations. Next come "Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy in the Management of Peritoneal Surface Malignancies of Colonic Origin: A Consensus Statement" (433) and "Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders" (315).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Long-Term, Low-Intensity Warfarin Therapy for the Prevention of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism Paul M. Ridker, Samuel Zachary Goldhaber, Ellie Danielson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 9 Apr 2003 811
2 Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy in the Management of Peritoneal Surface Malignancies of Colonic Origin: A Consensus Statement Jesús Esquivel et al. · Annals of Surgical Oncology 27 Oct 2006 433
3 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders Svetlana Popova, Michael E. Charness, Larry Burd et al. · Nature Reviews Disease Primers Review 23 Feb 2023 315
4 Comparison of Enoxaparin and Warfarin for the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolic Disease After Total Hip Arthroplasty. Evaluation During Hospitalization and Three Months After Discharge* Clifford W. Colwell, Dennis K. Collis, Rolf R. Paulson et al. · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Jul 1999 301
5 Wisconsin Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) to Improve Cancer-Related Fatigue: A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial, N07C2 D. L. Barton, H. Liu, S. R. Dakhil et al. · JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute Open access 13 Jul 2013 298
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Altru Health System?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Healthcare Workers, Ethical Considerations, Infectious Diseases, Disaster Response, Triage and Quality of Life.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology11▲ 3.6×48 topics
  2. Public Health7▲ 6.6×14 topics
  3. Healthcare Workers4▲ 39×4 topics
  4. Quality of Life4▲ 3.7×16 topics
  5. Ethical Considerations4▲ 14×5 topics
  6. Mental Health4▲ 4.0×10 topics
  7. Treatment3▲ 3.2×17 topics
  8. Infectious Diseases3▲ 17×5 topics
  9. Depression3▲ 4.7×8 topics
  10. Diabetes3▲ 7.0×6 topics
  11. Disaster Response3▲ 46×1 topic
  12. Triage3▲ 90×1 topic
  13. Management3▲ 4.5×13 topics
  14. Pathogenesis3▲ 6.2×8 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 6.0×10 topics
  16. Prevention3▲ 8.4×8 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors3▲ 7.4×7 topics
  18. Complications2▲ 6.3×7 topics
  19. Risk Factors2▲ 3.1×12 topics
  20. Diagnosis2▲ 2.9×15 topics
  21. Immunotherapy2▲ 4.5×8 topics
  22. Chemotherapy2▲ 4.1×14 topics
  23. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 3.2×6 topics
  24. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 9.6×6 topics
  25. Glycemic Control2▲ 17×4 topics
  26. Guidelines2▲ 5.1×4 topics
  27. Immunity2▲ 6.9×5 topics
  28. Radiotherapy2▲ 6.1×8 topics
  29. Surgery2▲ 7.2×7 topics
  30. Metastasis2▲ 6.3×5 topics
  31. Pandemic2▲ 4.9×6 topics
  32. Children2▲ 7.9×3 topics
  33. Clinical Management2▲ 10×6 topics
  34. Insulin Therapy2▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Nursing2▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Elderly1▲ 7.5×2 topics
  37. Global Access1▲ 32×2 topics
  38. Health Policy1▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Patient Safety1▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Squamous Cell Carcinoma1▲ 21×3 topics

Which research topics does Altru Health System publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies, Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections and Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments.

Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies: 1 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 1 fractional worksPneumonia and Respirator…0Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 0 fractional worksCraniofacial Disorders a…0Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments: 0 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 0 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices…0Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 0 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksComplementary and Alternative Medicine Studies: 0 fractional worksBody Image and Dysmorphia Studies: 0 fractional works
EpidemiologyOncologyGeneticsEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  2. 2 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 1 works
  3. 3 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 0 works
  4. 4 Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments Genetics 0 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  6. 6 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 0 works
  7. 7 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 0 works
  8. 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies Clinical Psychology 0 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 available34.3%not open65.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.7%domestic only91.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Altru Health System's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 64% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Altru Health System as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Altru Health System0.000052% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Altru Health System over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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