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Avera Health

In research, Avera Health stands highest in Medicine (#7,228 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,975 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,129
of 28,054 · #27,136 all time
Rank in United States
#2,780
of 4,192
Research works
403
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.6k
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Avera Health 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 #7,228 of 10,443 7.9%73 #11787
Health SciencesDomain #8,975 of 11,982 7.8%78 #14634

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Avera Health 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).

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: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.55× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.42× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.17× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.42× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.28× its world share, 73 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.81× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.07× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Avera Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Brian Leyland‐Jones, Nandini Dey and Pradip De lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Avera Health.

  1. 1 Brian Leyland‐Jones United States · #61,387 worldwide 319 citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Nandini Dey United States · #284,235 worldwide 41 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Pradip De United States · #304,215 worldwide 53 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Amy Elliott United States · #424,085 worldwide 51 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Erik A. Ehli United States · #837,437 worldwide 52 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 David Starks United States · #838,588 worldwide 2 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Tobias Meißner United States · #905,939 worldwide 73 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 B Leyland-Jones United States · #1,298,146 worldwide 18 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Xiaoqian Lin United States · #1,528,557 worldwide 13 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Casey Williams United States · #1,532,261 worldwide 2 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Avera Health

Which keywords describe research at Avera Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Epidemiology, Targeted Therapy, Breast Cancer, Metastatic Breast Cancer, Immunotherapy, Clinical Trials 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 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. Epidemiology10▲ 2.1×53 topics
  2. Chemotherapy10▲ 12×20 topics
  3. Quality of Life6▲ 3.3×20 topics
  4. Targeted Therapy5▲ 20×5 topics
  5. Breast Cancer5▲ 18×8 topics
  6. Inflammation5▲ 2.0×23 topics
  7. Immunotherapy5▲ 5.7×13 topics
  8. Clinical Trials4▲ 5.7×8 topics
  9. Metastatic Breast Cancer4▲ 68×2 topics
  10. Biomarkers4▲ 5.4×9 topics
  11. Treatment4▲ 3.1×22 topics
  12. Cancer4▲ 2.7×17 topics
  13. Cancer Therapy4▲ 6.0×9 topics
  14. Precision Medicine4▲ 7.0×5 topics
  15. Genomic Instability4▲ 27×3 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 3.7×11 topics
  17. Metastasis4▲ 8.9×6 topics
  18. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 5.2×9 topics
  20. Depression3▲ 3.2×14 topics
  21. Cell-Free DNA3▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Genetics3▲ 3.9×9 topics
  23. Cancer Genomics3▲ 37×1 topic
  24. Mutational Signatures3▲ 37×1 topic
  25. Prognostic Factors3▲ 6.2×12 topics
  26. Radiation Therapy3▲ 18×5 topics
  27. CDK4/6 Inhibitors3▲ 93×1 topic
  28. Palbociclib3▲ 93×1 topic
  29. Radiotherapy3▲ 5.9×11 topics
  30. Photodynamic Therapy2▲ 9.6×5 topics
  31. Cell Death2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  32. Genomic Analysis2▲ 8.5×4 topics
  33. Neurotoxicity2▲ 16×4 topics
  34. Ovarian Cancer2▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Synthetic Lethality2▲ 61×2 topics
  36. Cost of Care2▲ 63×1 topic
  37. Drug Resistance2▲ 6.7×4 topics
  38. Financial Toxicity2▲ 63×1 topic
  39. Homologous Recombination2▲ 43×2 topics
  40. Quantitative Analysis2▲ 9.1×2 topics

Which research topics does Avera Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies, Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer and PARP inhibition in cancer therapy.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…3Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Breast Cancer T…3Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies: 3 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 2 fractional worksPARP inhibition in cancer therapy: 2 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 2 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional worksCancer Treatment and Pharmacology: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…2Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 2 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 1 fractional works
Cancer ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEconomics and EconometricsOncology4 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 3 works
  2. 2 Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  4. 4 PARP inhibition in cancer therapy Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  7. 7 Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  10. 10 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 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 available31.9%not open68.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.7%domestic only86.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Avera Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% 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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