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Baystate Health

In research, Baystate Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,582 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,454 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 8.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,733
of 22,385 · #6,806 all time
Rank in United States
#1,040
of 3,332
Research works
733
▲ 72% vs 2018-21
Citations
8k
10.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Baystate Health

What is Baystate 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,582 of 9,902 10.5%210 #1904
MedicineField #1,454 of 8,541 10.2%192 #1810

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

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Baystate Health is in Health Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (73%), Health Professions (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 252 fractional works · 80.2% of its workMedicine: 229 fractional works · 73.0% of its workSurgery: 29 fractional works · 9.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 28 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 23 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEpidemiology: 18 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 5.2% of its workOncology: 13 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGastroenterology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 20 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 7.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKBaystate Health314fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences9%

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. Medicine22973.0%
    2. Health Professions206.3%
    3. Nursing20.5%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences113.6%
    2. Psychology93.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting30.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.8%
    5. Decision Sciences10.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology154.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology41.4%
    3. Neuroscience41.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering41.3%
    2. Computer Science30.9%
    3. Environmental Science20.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    7. Energy00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Baystate Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 8.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 27.6 works8.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.89× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.38× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.38× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.80× its world share, 229 worksMedicineNursing: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.80×229 works
  2. Health Professions2.38×20 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.38×4 works
  4. Nursing1.10×2 works
  5. Psychology0.97×9 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.89×15 works
  7. Neuroscience0.80×4 works
  8. Veterinary0.78×0 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.71×1 works
  10. Dentistry0.58×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.38×2 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.35×1 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.28×3 works
  14. Social Sciences0.28×11 works
  15. Environmental Science0.14×2 works
  16. Computer Science0.11×3 works
  17. Engineering0.08×4 works
  18. Mathematics0.07×0 works
  19. Energy0.06×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Baystate Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Peter D. Friedmann, Daniel T. Engelman and Donna Wilson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Baystate Health.

  1. 1 Peter D. Friedmann United States · #192,292 worldwide 14k citations · 322 works
  2. 2 Daniel T. Engelman United States · #244,842 worldwide 6.3k citations · 172 works
  3. 3 Donna Wilson United States · #555,844 worldwide 1.5k citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Cheryl Crisafi United States · #780,670 worldwide 654 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Prarthna V Bhardwaj United States · #898,969 worldwide 7.1k citations · 51 works
  6. 6 William E. Soares United States · #1,123,480 worldwide 1.2k citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Thomas J. Higgins United States · #1,337,754 worldwide 314 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Lauren M. Westafer United States · #1,501,871 worldwide 1.4k citations · 174 works
  9. 9 Amy S. Gottlieb United States · #1,860,440 worldwide 552 citations · 49 works
  10. 10 Barry D. Sarvet United States · #2,409,060 worldwide 1.5k citations · 75 works
All ranked researchers at Baystate Health

What are the most cited papers from Baystate Health?

The most cited paper from Baystate Health is "Characteristics and Outcomes of Children With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection Admitted to US and Canadian Pediatric Intensive Care Units" (Lara S. Shekerdemian, Nabihah Mahmood, Katie K. Wolfe et al., 2020), with 1,024 citations. Next come "Perioperative Beta-Blocker Therapy and Mortality after Major Noncardiac Surgery" (862) and "Public Reporting and Pay for Performance in Hospital Quality Improvement" (857).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Characteristics and Outcomes of Children With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection Admitted to US and Canadian Pediatric Intensive Care Units Lara S. Shekerdemian, Nabihah Mahmood, Katie K. Wolfe et al. · Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Open access 11 May 2020 1,024
2 Perioperative Beta-Blocker Therapy and Mortality after Major Noncardiac Surgery Peter K. Lindenauer, Penelope S. Pekow, Kaijun Wang et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 27 Jul 2005 862
3 Public Reporting and Pay for Performance in Hospital Quality Improvement Peter K. Lindenauer, Denise Remus, Sheila H. Roman et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 26 Jan 2007 857
4 Physicians’ Perceptions Of People With Disability And Their Health Care Lisa I. Iezzoni, Sowmya R. Rao, Julie Ressalam et al. · Health Affairs Open access Feb 2021 613
5 Prevalence of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome symptoms at different follow-up periods: a systematic review and meta-analysis Mohamad Salim Alkodaymi, Osama Ali Omrani, Nader Ashraf et al. · Clinical Microbiology and Infection ReviewOpen access 3 Feb 2022 556
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Baystate Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Treatment, Mortality, Heart Failure, Management and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology40▲ 3.2×83 topics
  2. Diagnosis17▲ 6.0×25 topics
  3. Treatment15▲ 4.0×29 topics
  4. Inflammation14▲ 2.0×44 topics
  5. Guidelines13▲ 8.9×12 topics
  6. Risk Factors13▲ 3.7×25 topics
  7. Management12▲ 4.6×20 topics
  8. Mortality11▲ 6.3×11 topics
  9. Chemotherapy11▲ 4.8×21 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 2.9×22 topics
  11. Heart Failure10▲ 7.3×12 topics
  12. Complications9▲ 6.0×13 topics
  13. Public Health9▲ 2.1×29 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 4.9×13 topics
  15. Quality of Life8▲ 1.85×29 topics
  16. Echocardiography8▲ 9.1×7 topics
  17. Depression7▲ 2.5×12 topics
  18. Primary Care7▲ 5.9×12 topics
  19. Medical Education7▲ 8.0×9 topics
  20. Myocardial Infarction7▲ 9.2×6 topics
  21. Catheter Ablation7▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Quality Improvement7▲ 11×8 topics
  23. Substance Use Disorders6▲ 28×2 topics
  24. Global Burden6▲ 3.7×11 topics
  25. Mortality Risk6▲ 8.0×5 topics
  26. Radiotherapy6▲ 4.5×9 topics
  27. Critical Care6▲ 7.1×8 topics
  28. Children5▲ 7.5×5 topics
  29. Surgery5▲ 4.9×8 topics
  30. Atrial Fibrillation5▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Resuscitation5▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention4▲ 10×4 topics
  33. Anticoagulant Therapy4▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Stroke Prevention4▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Risk Stratification4▲ 19×1 topic
  36. Thromboembolism4▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 6.8×5 topics
  38. Chronic Pain Management4▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Opioid Prescribing4▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Prophylaxis4▲ 9.7×4 topics

Which research topics does Baystate Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk.

Atrial Fibrillation Mana…4Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…4Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 4 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 3 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 3 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…3Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 3 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 3 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…3Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEmergency MedicineEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 3 works
  5. 5 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 3 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 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 available36.8%not open63.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.8%domestic only91.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Baystate Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 72% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Baystate Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00100% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Baystate Health0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Baystate 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Baystate Health9.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.6% in 2021.

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