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Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

In research, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,647 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#7,220 of 10,443 worldwide) and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (#717 of 738 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 31.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,550
of 28,054 · #13,070 all time
Rank in United States
#3,026
of 4,192
Research works
1.4k
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
17.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,647 of 11,982 3.9%196 #3086
MedicineField #7,220 of 10,443 3.5%186 #2691
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #717 of 738 2.3%75 #1202

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#3,086 #7,647
  2. Medicine#2,691 #7,220
  3. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#1,202 #717
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 31.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 75.3 works32×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 29.1 works5.5×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.30× its world share, 186 worksMedicineNursing: 1.70× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× 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, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Bijoy K. Khandheria, Masood Akhtar and Gerald Dorros lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center.

  1. 1 Bijoy K. Khandheria United States · #57,182 worldwide 216 citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Masood Akhtar United States · #109,436 worldwide 182 citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Gerald Dorros United States · #180,665 worldwide 141 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Marc F. Catalano United States · #189,429 worldwide 117 citations · 59 works
  5. 5 Pedro Salinas United States · #251,693 worldwide 13 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Melanie B. Fukui United States · #337,972 worldwide 80 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Mark W. Mewissen United States · #419,221 worldwide 62 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Jasbír Sra United States · #656,778 worldwide 49 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Anwer Dhala United States · #665,849 worldwide 64 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Daniel O’Hair United States · #683,220 worldwide 53 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Echocardiography, Cardiac Imaging, Myocardial Infarction, Guidelines, Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement and Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement.

▲ 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 Failure27▲ 27×10 topics
  2. Echocardiography26▲ 43×8 topics
  3. Cardiac Imaging21▲ 78×3 topics
  4. Epidemiology20▲ 2.2×45 topics
  5. Myocardial Infarction18▲ 34×6 topics
  6. Guidelines16▲ 16×9 topics
  7. Dilated Cardiomyopathy15▲ 97×2 topics
  8. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement14▲ 86×1 topic
  9. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement14▲ 86×1 topic
  10. Risk Factors14▲ 5.5×16 topics
  11. Genetic Mutations12▲ 13×9 topics
  12. Sudden Cardiac Death12▲ 66×2 topics
  13. Treatment12▲ 4.4×18 topics
  14. Diagnosis12▲ 5.6×19 topics
  15. Catheter Ablation11▲ 40×2 topics
  16. Coronary Artery Disease10▲ 39×3 topics
  17. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy10▲ 110×1 topic
  18. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator10▲ 110×1 topic
  19. Magnetic Resonance Imaging10▲ 17×3 topics
  20. Obesity9▲ 5.4×10 topics
  21. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention9▲ 29×4 topics
  22. Cardiomyopathies8▲ 129×1 topic
  23. Myosin8▲ 129×1 topic
  24. Radiation Exposure8▲ 38×2 topics
  25. Computed Tomography Angiography8▲ 54×1 topic
  26. Myocardial Perfusion8▲ 54×1 topic
  27. Arrhythmias8▲ 38×2 topics
  28. Cardiovascular Risk8▲ 11×6 topics
  29. Congenital Heart Disease7▲ 38×3 topics
  30. Mortality7▲ 5.5×9 topics
  31. Surgical Repair7▲ 74×1 topic
  32. Ventricular Reconstruction7▲ 74×1 topic
  33. Atherosclerosis7▲ 11×6 topics
  34. Atrial Fibrillation7▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Thrombosis7▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Prophylaxis7▲ 23×3 topics
  37. Stroke Prevention6▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Cardiomyopathy6▲ 30×3 topics
  39. Chamber Quantification6▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Diastolic Function6▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics.

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 14 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 10 fractional worksCardiomyopathy and Myosi…8Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies: 8 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…8Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 8 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 7 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 6 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…6Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 6 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …6Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 6 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…5Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…5Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 5 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgeryBiomedical Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 14 works
  2. 2 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  3. 3 Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 7 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  7. 7 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  10. 10 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 5 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 available28.5%not open71.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.7%domestic only93.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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