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Baptist Memorial Hospital

In research, Baptist Memorial Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,859 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#5,250 of 17,978 worldwide) and Surgery (#2,400 of 4,227 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,204
of 28,054 · #16,584 all time
Rank in United States
#4,093
of 4,192
Research works
896
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
28.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

What is Baptist Memorial Hospital 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 #5,859 of 20,462 18.0%705
MedicineField #5,250 of 17,978 18.3%649
SurgerySubfield #2,400 of 4,227 20.5%122

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Baptist Memorial Hospital 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.46× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.18× its world share, 49 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Baptist Memorial Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, William M. Murphy, E. E. Muirhead and Rodger C. Haggitt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Baptist Memorial Hospital.

  1. 1 William M. Murphy United States · #101,688 worldwide 181 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 E. E. Muirhead United States · #206,272 worldwide 137 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Rodger C. Haggitt United States · #239,244 worldwide 191 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Alvan G. Foraker United States · #278,001 worldwide 85 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 James A. Pitcock United States · #352,205 worldwide 57 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Grover C. Bowles United States · #1,199,791 worldwide 2 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 JOHN F. ROCKETT United States · #1,568,856 worldwide 11 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Baptist Memorial Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Baptist Memorial Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Diagnosis, Heart Failure, Treatment, Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Management, Chemotherapy and 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology7▲ 2.8×35 topics
  2. Diagnosis6▲ 10×18 topics
  3. Treatment5▲ 6.6×18 topics
  4. Heart Failure5▲ 18×9 topics
  5. Risk Factors4▲ 5.8×9 topics
  6. Management3▲ 6.8×13 topics
  7. Chemotherapy3▲ 7.1×11 topics
  8. Guidelines3▲ 9.9×7 topics
  9. Quality of Life3▲ 3.2×16 topics
  10. Inflammation3▲ 2.1×18 topics
  11. Thrombosis2▲ 15×7 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 6.5×7 topics
  13. Prophylaxis2▲ 26×4 topics
  14. Echocardiography2▲ 11×4 topics
  15. Radiotherapy2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  16. Surgical Management2▲ 7.2×9 topics
  17. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 22×2 topics
  18. Deep Vein Thrombosis2▲ 36×2 topics
  19. Neuroprotection2▲ 8.0×5 topics
  20. CT Screening2▲ 38×1 topic
  21. Lung Cancer2▲ 15×1 topic
  22. Sudden Cardiac Death2▲ 32×2 topics
  23. Tumor Staging2▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Clinical Management2▲ 14×5 topics
  25. Pathogenesis2▲ 5.0×6 topics
  26. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation1▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention1▲ 17×3 topics
  28. Stroke1▲ 13×6 topics
  29. Virulence Factors1▲ 16×4 topics
  30. Antithrombotic Therapy1▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy1▲ 53×1 topic
  32. Cardiovascular Risk1▲ 6.7×4 topics
  33. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator1▲ 53×1 topic
  34. Renal Function1▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Bacteremia1▲ 26×2 topics
  36. Imaging1▲ 7.9×2 topics
  37. Ischemic Stroke1▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Pulmonary Embolism1▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Revascularization1▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Venous Thromboembolism1▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Baptist Memorial Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging.

Lung Cancer Diagnosis an…2Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…1Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 1 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…1Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…1Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 1 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 1 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…1Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 1 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anoma…1Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineInternal MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging4 others

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

  1. 1 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  5. 5 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 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 available20.5%not open79.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.9%domestic only92.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Baptist Memorial Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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