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American Association for Thoracic Surgery

In research, American Association for Thoracic Surgery stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,754 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,601 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,216
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,734
of 7,310
Research works
291
▼ 76% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.2k
31.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
American Association for Thoracic Surgery

What is American Association for Thoracic Surgery known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #3,754 of 16,688 13.9%180
MedicineField #3,601 of 14,558 14.2%167

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where American Association for Thoracic Surgery 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does American Association for Thoracic Surgery work in?

In all years, 62% of research at American Association for Thoracic Surgery is in Health Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (57%), Social Sciences (11%), Psychology (5%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 180 fractional works · 61.9% of its workMedicine: 167 fractional works · 57.3% of its workSurgery: 33 fractional works · 11.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 27 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 17 fractional works · 5.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 16 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEpidemiology: 14 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workTransplantation: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 75 fractional works · 25.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 11.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 4.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAmericanAssociation for…291fractional works, all years
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences62%Social Sciences26%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine16757.3%
    2. Health Professions113.8%
    3. Nursing20.8%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences3311.4%
    2. Psychology144.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities113.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting92.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance72.5%
    6. Decision Sciences10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology72.5%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics31.1%
    3. Neuroscience30.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.9%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.7%
    1. Engineering82.8%
    2. Computer Science20.7%
    3. Materials Science20.6%
    4. Environmental Science20.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    7. Mathematics10.4%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
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: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.19× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.19× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 6.04× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.04×2 works
  2. Medicine2.19×5 works
  3. Dentistry1.38×0 works
  4. Materials Science1.19×0 works
  5. Health Professions1.06×0 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.89×0 works
  7. Psychology0.79×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.76×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.75×1 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.68×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.68×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.55×0 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.54×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.52×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.43×0 works
  16. Engineering0.34×1 works

Who are the top researchers at American Association for Thoracic Surgery?

Ranked on the quality score, Richard K. Parker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Association for Thoracic Surgery.

  1. 1 Richard K. Parker United States · #4,389,662 worldwide 22 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at American Association for Thoracic Surgery

What are the most cited papers from American Association for Thoracic Surgery?

The most cited paper from American Association for Thoracic Surgery is "2011 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy" (Bernard John Gersh, Barry J. Maron, Robert O. Bonow et al., 2011), with 2,115 citations. Next come "2014 ACC/AHA/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS Focused Update of the Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease" (1,032) and "2018 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Executive Summary" (881).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 2011 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Bernard John Gersh, Barry J. Maron, Robert O. Bonow et al. · Circulation 9 Nov 2011 2,115
2 2014 ACC/AHA/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS Focused Update of the Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease Stephan D. Fihn, James C. Blankenship, Karen P. Alexander et al. · Circulation 29 Jul 2014 1,032
3 2018 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Executive Summary Karen Stout, Curt J. Daniels, Jamil Aboulhosn et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access 17 Aug 2018 881
4 2011 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Executive Summary Bernard John Gersh, Barry J. Maron, Robert O. Bonow et al. · Circulation 9 Nov 2011 826
5 2011 ACCF/AHA Guideline for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery L. David Hillis et al. · Circulation Open access 8 Nov 2011 786
All 57 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at American Association for Thoracic Surgery?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mortality, Guidelines, Medical Education, Cardiac Risk, Perioperative, Radiotherapy, Transplantation and Rejection.

▲ 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. Mortality27▲ 18×7 topics
  2. Guidelines22▲ 16×8 topics
  3. Medical Education20▲ 29×9 topics
  4. Cardiac Risk18▲ 71×1 topic
  5. Perioperative18▲ 71×1 topic
  6. Epidemiology16▲ 1.38×49 topics
  7. Radiotherapy15▲ 14×7 topics
  8. Transplantation14▲ 43×3 topics
  9. Rejection14▲ 101×2 topics
  10. Cancer Treatment13▲ 17×4 topics
  11. Health Economics13▲ 77×2 topics
  12. Global Access13▲ 79×2 topics
  13. Resource Planning13▲ 208×1 topic
  14. Workforce Analysis13▲ 208×1 topic
  15. Ethical Considerations8▲ 8.9×7 topics
  16. Immunosuppressive Therapy8▲ 14×2 topics
  17. Trauma8▲ 14×6 topics
  18. Heart Transplant8▲ 77×1 topic
  19. Lung Transplant8▲ 77×1 topic
  20. Clinical Outcomes7▲ 12×3 topics
  21. Immunosuppression7▲ 20×3 topics
  22. Cardiac Surgery6▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Face6▲ 165×1 topic
  24. Uterus6▲ 165×1 topic
  25. Mortality Risk6▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Congenital Heart Disease6▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes6▲ 9.9×2 topics
  28. Adult Congenital Heart Disease6▲ 35×1 topic
  29. Pulmonary Valve Replacement6▲ 35×1 topic
  30. Quality Improvement6▲ 9.4×3 topics
  31. Surgery6▲ 6.1×8 topics
  32. Injury Severity6▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Health Outcomes5▲ 8.0×3 topics
  34. Prehospital Care5▲ 45×1 topic
  35. Trauma Center5▲ 45×1 topic
  36. CT Imaging5▲ 35×2 topics
  37. Feminism5▲ 6.2×6 topics
  38. Sepsis5▲ 10×5 topics
  39. Mechanical Ventilation5▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Resuscitation5▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does American Association for Thoracic Surgery publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics, Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment, Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis and Scientific and Historical Analyses.

Gender, Labor, and Famil…1Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics: 1 fractional worksReligion, Gender, and En…1Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment: 1 fractional worksPhilosophical and Theoretical Analysis: 0 fractional worksScientific and Historical Analyses: 0 fractional worksMachine Learning in Bioinformatics: 0 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 0 fractional worksReligious Studies and Spiritual Practices: 0 fractional worksMachine Learning in Materials Science: 0 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 0 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works
Gender StudiesReligious studiesPhilosophyMolecular Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Gender Studies 1 works
  2. 2 Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment Religious studies 1 works
  3. 3 Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis Philosophy 0 works
  4. 4 Scientific and Historical Analyses Philosophy 0 works
  5. 5 Machine Learning in Bioinformatics Molecular Biology 0 works
  6. 6 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 0 works
  7. 7 Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices Philosophy 0 works
  8. 8 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 0 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 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 available29.7%not open70.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.6%domestic only73.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has American Association for Thoracic Surgery's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 76% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is American Association for Thoracic Surgery as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000037% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%American Association for Thoracic Surgery0.000016% in 202519801990200020102020

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