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Avera Health

In research, Avera Health stands highest in Medicine (#6,546 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,784 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,120
of 22,385 · #20,779 all time
Rank in United States
#2,823
of 3,332
Research works
403
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.6k
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Avera Health

What is Avera Health known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #6,546 of 8,541 7.5%73 #7957
Health SciencesDomain #7,784 of 9,902 7.3%78 #9019

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Avera Health work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Avera Health is in Health Sciences, 19% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (64%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%), Health Professions (4%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 86 fractional works · 67.8% of its workMedicine: 80 fractional works · 63.6% of its workOncology: 15 fractional works · 12.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 18.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 13.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 6.7% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAvera Health126fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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. Medicine8063.6%
    2. Health Professions53.6%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1713.5%
    2. Neuroscience32.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.8%
    1. Psychology43.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.1%
    3. Social Sciences21.9%
    4. Decision Sciences10.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Environmental Science21.7%
    2. Engineering21.5%
    3. Computer Science10.7%
    4. Materials Science10.5%
    5. Chemistry10.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.53× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.47× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.23× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.38× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.31× its world share, 80 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.65× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.13× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× 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, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.31×80 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.53×17 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.23×1 works
  4. Veterinary1.65×0 works
  5. Neuroscience1.47×3 works
  6. Health Professions1.38×5 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.21×2 works
  8. Psychology1.13×4 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.98×3 works
  10. Nursing0.57×0 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.54×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.34×2 works
  13. Chemistry0.28×1 works
  14. Dentistry0.22×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×1 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.19×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.15×2 works
  18. Materials Science0.14×1 works
  19. Engineering0.10×2 works
  20. Computer Science0.09×1 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.06×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Avera Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Brian R Leyland-Jones, Gareth E. Davies and Pradip K. De lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Avera Health.

  1. 1 Brian R Leyland-Jones United States · #150,963 worldwide 32k citations · 431 works
  2. 2 Gareth E. Davies United States · #167,765 worldwide 16k citations · 225 works
  3. 3 Pradip K. De United States · #396,720 worldwide 2.8k citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Erik A. Ehli United States · #462,368 worldwide 5.1k citations · 196 works
  5. 5 Christine W. Hockett United States · #526,643 worldwide 1.2k citations · 89 works
  6. 6 Amy K. Krie United States · #814,630 worldwide 3.1k citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Julie M. Kittelsrud United States · #858,500 worldwide 1.3k citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Casey B. Williams United States · #950,046 worldwide 2.6k citations · 167 works
  9. 9 Scooter Willis United States · #1,080,236 worldwide 1.9k citations · 63 works
  10. 10 Kirstin Anne Williams United States · #1,419,668 worldwide 521 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Avera Health

What are the most cited papers from Avera Health?

The most cited paper from Avera Health is "Association studies of up to 1.2 million individuals yield new insights into the genetic etiology of tobacco and alcohol use" (Mengzhen Liu et al., 2019), with 2,179 citations. Next come "Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain" (2,056) and "Sensitive and specific multi-cancer detection and localization using methylation signatures in cell-free DNA" (1,567).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Association studies of up to 1.2 million individuals yield new insights into the genetic etiology of tobacco and alcohol use Mengzhen Liu et al. · Nature Genetics Open access124 authors 7 Jan 2019 2,179
2 Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain Verneri Anttila et al. · Science Open access577 authors 21 Jun 2018 2,056
3 Sensitive and specific multi-cancer detection and localization using methylation signatures in cell-free DNA M.C. Liu et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access159 authors 30 Mar 2020 1,567
4 11 years' follow-up of trastuzumab after adjuvant chemotherapy in HER2-positive early breast cancer: final analysis of the HERceptin Adjuvant (HERA) trial David Cameron, Martine J Piccart, Richard D. Gelber et al. · The Lancet Open access 16 Feb 2017 1,052
5 Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures The Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative et al. · Nature Open access291 authors 20 Jan 2015 934
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Avera Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Epidemiology, Targeted Therapy, Breast Cancer, Metastatic Breast Cancer, Immunotherapy, Clinical Trials and Genomic Instability.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology12▲ 2.3×57 topics
  2. Chemotherapy10▲ 12×21 topics
  3. Quality of Life6▲ 3.3×20 topics
  4. Targeted Therapy6▲ 21×5 topics
  5. Breast Cancer6▲ 17×8 topics
  6. Immunotherapy5▲ 6.0×13 topics
  7. Inflammation5▲ 1.91×23 topics
  8. Metastatic Breast Cancer5▲ 65×2 topics
  9. Clinical Trials5▲ 5.7×10 topics
  10. Biomarkers4▲ 5.1×9 topics
  11. Treatment4▲ 2.9×24 topics
  12. Cancer4▲ 2.5×17 topics
  13. Cancer Therapy4▲ 5.8×9 topics
  14. Genomic Instability4▲ 29×3 topics
  15. Precision Medicine4▲ 6.2×5 topics
  16. Cell-Free DNA4▲ 31×2 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 5.5×10 topics
  18. Cancer Genomics4▲ 41×1 topic
  19. Depression4▲ 3.3×14 topics
  20. Mutational Signatures4▲ 41×1 topic
  21. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 3.5×11 topics
  22. Metastasis4▲ 8.3×6 topics
  23. Tumor Microenvironment4▲ 6.1×6 topics
  24. Radiotherapy3▲ 6.8×12 topics
  25. Genetics3▲ 3.6×9 topics
  26. Prognostic Factors3▲ 5.9×13 topics
  27. CDK4/6 Inhibitors3▲ 85×1 topic
  28. Palbociclib3▲ 85×1 topic
  29. Radiation Therapy3▲ 17×5 topics
  30. Cell Death2▲ 8.1×5 topics
  31. Ethical Considerations2▲ 5.7×4 topics
  32. Genomic Analysis2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  33. Photodynamic Therapy2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  34. Homologous Recombination2▲ 37×2 topics
  35. Molecular Classification2▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Neurotoxicity2▲ 15×4 topics
  37. Ovarian Cancer2▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Synthetic Lethality2▲ 51×2 topics
  39. Cost of Care2▲ 57×1 topic
  40. Financial Toxicity2▲ 57×1 topic

Which research topics does Avera Health publish most on?

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

Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksAdvanced 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 worksCancer Treatment and Pharmacology: 2 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…2Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 2 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices…1Pharmaceutical 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 4 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 Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Avera Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Avera Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00051% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Avera Health0.00043% in 20251990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Avera Health9.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.9% in 2017.

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