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Barzilai Medical Center

In research, Barzilai Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,884 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,727 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,171
of 28,054 · #17,069 all time
Rank in Israel
#71
of 106
Research works
1k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
16.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Barzilai Medical Center 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
Health SciencesDomain #9,884 of 11,982 10.3%97 #9232
MedicineField #8,727 of 10,443 9.7%87 #7742

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Barzilai Medical 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: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.14× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.51× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.33× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 4.96× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.91× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.81× its world share, 87 worksMedicineNursing: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Barzilai Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Esther Kahana, Shevach Friedler and Avner Reshef lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Barzilai Medical Center.

  1. 1 Esther Kahana Israel · #250,004 worldwide 81 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Shevach Friedler Israel · #277,423 worldwide 86 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Avner Reshef Israel · #376,439 worldwide 56 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Yoram Yagil Israel · #447,418 worldwide 91 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Ron Milo Israel · #516,084 worldwide 69 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Ofer Gemer Israel · #594,791 worldwide 32 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Oded Nahlieli Israel · #610,429 worldwide 37 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Inbar Ben Shachar Israel · #798,739 worldwide 7 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Igor Kaiserman Israel · #834,059 worldwide 34 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Nelly Zilber Israel · #922,977 worldwide 46 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Barzilai Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Barzilai Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Quality of Life, SARS-CoV-2, Treatment, Complications, ACE2 Receptor and Thrombosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 3.7×63 topics
  2. Quality of Life6▲ 3.8×25 topics
  3. Treatment6▲ 4.0×25 topics
  4. Pandemic5▲ 4.2×4 topics
  5. Mortality5▲ 7.3×9 topics
  6. Risk Factors5▲ 3.7×19 topics
  7. Public Health5▲ 2.7×17 topics
  8. SARS-CoV-24▲ 12×5 topics
  9. Complications4▲ 7.4×12 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.2×20 topics
  11. Diagnosis4▲ 3.8×19 topics
  12. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 14×3 topics
  13. Thrombosis4▲ 12×6 topics
  14. Rehabilitation4▲ 8.5×11 topics
  15. Inflammation4▲ 1.57×29 topics
  16. Management4▲ 3.7×16 topics
  17. Clinical Trials3▲ 4.1×13 topics
  18. Immune Response3▲ 4.7×10 topics
  19. Diagnostic Criteria3▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Pathophysiology3▲ 8.5×6 topics
  21. Immunity3▲ 5.9×6 topics
  22. Psychological Factors3▲ 10×5 topics
  23. Surgery3▲ 6.2×5 topics
  24. Guidelines2▲ 4.3×9 topics
  25. Surgical Management2▲ 4.9×12 topics
  26. Prognostic Factors2▲ 4.4×10 topics
  27. Clinical Characteristics2▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Vaccine2▲ 4.6×6 topics
  29. Wound Healing2▲ 7.2×5 topics
  30. Antiviral Treatment2▲ 16×1 topic
  31. Coronavirus2▲ 7.8×2 topics
  32. Cytokine Storm2▲ 16×1 topic
  33. Infectious Diseases2▲ 5.2×7 topics
  34. Mutation2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  35. Robotic Surgery2▲ 11×5 topics
  36. Fibrosis2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  37. Viral Transmission2▲ 11×2 topics
  38. antibody2▲ 15×1 topic
  39. spike protein2▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Intraocular Pressure2▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Barzilai Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics and Corneal Surgery and Treatments.

COVID-19 Clinical Resear…2COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …2SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofa…2Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 2 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Trea…2Corneal Surgery and Treatments: 2 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 1 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …1COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 1 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 1 fractional worksCoagulation, Bradykinin,…1Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesOrthodonticsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  2. 2 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  3. 3 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 2 works
  4. 4 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  5. 5 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 1 works
  8. 8 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  9. 9 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  10. 10 Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema Genetics 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 available28.9%not open71.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Barzilai Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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