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Baptist Health System

In research, Baptist Health System stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,196 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#10,094 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#28,012
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,877
of 7,310
Research works
287
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.5k
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Baptist Health System

What is Baptist Health System 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 #11,196 of 16,688 6.2%213
MedicineField #10,094 of 14,558 6.6%172

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Baptist Health System 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 Baptist Health System work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Baptist Health System is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (75%), Health Professions (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 49 fractional works · 81.9% of its workMedicine: 44 fractional works · 74.6% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 12.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 6.9% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 6.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 9.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBaptist HealthSystem59fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences5%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4474.6%
    2. Health Professions46.2%
    3. Nursing11.0%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology12.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.6%
    4. Neuroscience00.5%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Psychology12.4%
    2. Decision Sciences11.1%
    3. Social Sciences10.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    1. Engineering12.1%
    2. Computer Science10.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    4. Mathematics00.2%
    5. Environmental Science00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.46× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.68× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.33× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.88× its world share, 44 worksMedicineNursing: 2.00× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 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.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.88×44 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.46×2 works
  3. Health Professions2.33×4 works
  4. Nursing2.00×1 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.68×0 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.13×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.05×3 works
  8. Psychology0.78×1 works
  9. Dentistry0.42×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.30×0 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.19×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  14. Engineering0.14×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.12×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.11×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.07×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Baptist Health System?

Ranked on the quality score, Tracy Moore, Michele J Patterson and Deb Motz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Baptist Health System.

  1. 1 Tracy Moore United States · #2,645,215 worldwide 288 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Michele J Patterson United States · #3,501,376 worldwide 46 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Deb Motz United States · #3,698,602 worldwide 75 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Baptist Health System

What are the most cited papers from Baptist Health System?

The most cited paper from Baptist Health System is "Hyperglycemic Crises in Adult Patients With Diabetes" (Abbas E. Kitabchi, Guillermo E. Umpierrez, Mary Beth Murphy et al., 2006), with 517 citations. Next come "ASPEN Safe Practices for Enteral Nutrition Therapy" (509) and "Association of Autologous Tumor Lysate-Loaded Dendritic Cell Vaccination With Extension of Survival Among Patients With Newly Diagnosed and Recurrent Glioblastoma" (451).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hyperglycemic Crises in Adult Patients With Diabetes Abbas E. Kitabchi, Guillermo E. Umpierrez, Mary Beth Murphy et al. · Diabetes Care Open access 27 Nov 2006 517
2 ASPEN Safe Practices for Enteral Nutrition Therapy Joseph I. Boullata, Amy Long Carrera, Lillian P. Harvey et al. · Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Open access 4 Nov 2016 509
3 Association of Autologous Tumor Lysate-Loaded Dendritic Cell Vaccination With Extension of Survival Among Patients With Newly Diagnosed and Recurrent Glioblastoma Linda M. Liau et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access 17 Nov 2022 451
4 Prevalence and outcomes of anemia in surgery: a systematic review of the literature Aryeh Shander, Kevin K. Knight, Robert L. Thurer et al. · The American Journal of Medicine Review Apr 2004 387
5 A.S.P.E.N. Parenteral Nutrition Safety Consensus Recommendations Phil Ayers, Stephen Adams, Joseph I. Boullata et al. · Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 26 Nov 2013 243
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Baptist Health System?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Factors, Neuroprotection, Heart Failure, Revascularization, Global Burden, Clinical Outcomes, Epidemiology and Prevention Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology5▲ 2.2×39 topics
  2. Risk Factors5▲ 8.1×16 topics
  3. Neuroprotection4▲ 18×7 topics
  4. Heart Failure4▲ 14×9 topics
  5. Global Burden3▲ 10×4 topics
  6. Revascularization3▲ 36×2 topics
  7. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 25×3 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 4.3×13 topics
  9. Inflammation3▲ 2.2×19 topics
  10. Endovascular Therapy3▲ 67×1 topic
  11. Ischemic Stroke3▲ 30×2 topics
  12. Prevention Guidelines3▲ 42×2 topics
  13. Thrombolysis3▲ 67×1 topic
  14. Diabetes2▲ 8.2×7 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 7.3×9 topics
  16. Diagnosis2▲ 4.1×10 topics
  17. Guidelines2▲ 8.0×8 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors2▲ 8.6×6 topics
  19. Functional Recovery2▲ 23×3 topics
  20. Glycemic Control2▲ 22×4 topics
  21. Insulin Therapy2▲ 28×3 topics
  22. Type 2 Diabetes2▲ 15×4 topics
  23. Surgical Management2▲ 8.3×11 topics
  24. Obesity2▲ 4.2×8 topics
  25. Motor Recovery2▲ 40×1 topic
  26. Neural Plasticity2▲ 17×1 topic
  27. Chemotherapy2▲ 4.0×8 topics
  28. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 9.7×6 topics
  29. Atherosclerosis2▲ 8.6×6 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Risk2▲ 8.0×5 topics
  31. Complications2▲ 5.2×9 topics
  32. Endovascular Treatment2▲ 44×2 topics
  33. Stroke Prevention2▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Radiotherapy1▲ 6.2×7 topics
  35. Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage1▲ 63×1 topic
  36. Cardiovascular Outcomes1▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Glucose Control1▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Intracranial Aneurysms1▲ 63×1 topic
  39. Magnetic Resonance Imaging1▲ 8.4×3 topics
  40. Health Outcomes1▲ 7.8×4 topics

Which research topics does Baptist Health System publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications and Diabetes Treatment and Management.

Acute Ischemic Stroke Ma…3Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 3 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 2 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: …1Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…1Diabetes Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 1 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksManagement of metastatic…1Management of metastatic bone disease: 1 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 1 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Research: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologyRehabilitationNeurologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism3 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 3 works
  2. 2 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 2 works
  3. 3 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 1 works
  4. 4 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  5. 5 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Management of metastatic bone disease Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 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 available29.6%not open70.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.2%domestic only86.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Baptist Health System's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Baptist Health System as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00017% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Baptist Health System0.00026% in 20251990200020102020

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

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