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Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center

In research, Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,836 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,972 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,497
of 28,054 · #28,696 all time
Rank in United States
#3,987
of 4,192
Research works
231
▲ 139% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.2k
9.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center 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 #8,836 of 20,462 8.4%181
MedicineField #8,972 of 17,978 8.0%166

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

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: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.74× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.38× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.94× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× 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, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Treatment, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Biomarkers and Hepatic Steatosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 3.9×44 topics
  2. Diagnosis4▲ 7.7×17 topics
  3. Chemotherapy4▲ 9.4×12 topics
  4. Treatment3▲ 4.5×13 topics
  5. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 8.1×9 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress3▲ 2.8×13 topics
  7. Biomarkers2▲ 5.6×6 topics
  8. Inflammation2▲ 1.70×13 topics
  9. Management2▲ 4.3×10 topics
  10. Clinical Trials2▲ 5.1×7 topics
  11. Hepatocellular Carcinoma2▲ 16×2 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 4.0×6 topics
  13. Pathogenesis2▲ 5.8×6 topics
  14. Hepatic Steatosis2▲ 18×2 topics
  15. Insulin Resistance2▲ 6.3×4 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations2▲ 6.2×7 topics
  17. Risk Factors2▲ 2.4×11 topics
  18. Echocardiography2▲ 8.9×5 topics
  19. Kidney Transplantation2▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Metastasis2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  21. NAFLD2▲ 20×1 topic
  22. NASH2▲ 20×1 topic
  23. Gene Expression1▲ 3.9×6 topics
  24. Graft Survival1▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Immunosuppressive Therapy1▲ 12×6 topics
  26. Complications1▲ 4.3×5 topics
  27. Ovarian Cancer1▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Coagulopathy1▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Genomic Analysis1▲ 8.2×2 topics
  30. Surgical Management1▲ 4.8×5 topics
  31. Anticoagulant Therapy1▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Competency-Based Education1▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Cytoreductive Surgery1▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Genetic Variation1▲ 8.3×4 topics
  35. Mutation Analysis1▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Prophylaxis1▲ 15×4 topics
  37. Transplantation1▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Tumor Models1▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Prior Learning1▲ 59×1 topic
  40. Recognition1▲ 41×1 topic

Which research topics does Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment, Higher Education Learning Practices and Liver Disease and Transplantation.

Liver Disease Diagnosis …2Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis…1Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 1 fractional worksHigher Education Learnin…1Higher Education Learning Practices: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transp…1Liver Disease and Transplantation: 1 fractional worksStreptococcal Infections and Treatments: 1 fractional worksOrgan Donation and Transplantation: 1 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Di…1Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 1 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis D…1Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologyReproductive MedicineEducationHepatology4 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  2. 2 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 1 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 1 works
  5. 5 Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  6. 6 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 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 available30.2%not open69.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 139% 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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