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Baystate Medical Center

In research, Baystate Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,990 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,081 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 11.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,743
of 28,054 · #7,646 all time
Rank in United States
#1,595
of 4,192
Research works
3.1k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
67k
21.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Baystate 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 #3,990 of 11,982 8.0%277 #1717
MedicineField #4,081 of 10,443 7.7%259 #1679

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Baystate 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).

What does Baystate Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 11.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 40.2 works11×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.90× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.77× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.04× its world share, 259 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.68× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Baystate Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Ronald T. Burkman, Penelope S. Pekow and Scott S. Reuben lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Baystate Medical Center.

  1. 1 Ronald T. Burkman United States · #36,303 worldwide 266 citations · 55 works
  2. 2 Penelope S. Pekow United States · #47,226 worldwide 154 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Scott S. Reuben United States · #76,558 worldwide 182 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Tara Lagu United States · #92,663 worldwide 173 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Edward O. Reiter United States · #116,693 worldwide 208 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Lewis M. Cohen United States · #122,920 worldwide 80 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Jay S. Steingrub United States · #123,273 worldwide 158 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Thomas L. Higgins United States · #156,493 worldwide 155 citations · 38 works
  9. 9 David J. Desilets United States · #177,283 worldwide 97 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Glenn Markenson United States · #183,315 worldwide 72 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Baystate Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Baystate Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Management, Treatment, Heart Failure, Myocardial Infarction and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology44▲ 3.4×94 topics
  2. Diagnosis21▲ 6.6×28 topics
  3. Guidelines18▲ 12×12 topics
  4. Treatment18▲ 4.3×30 topics
  5. Management15▲ 5.9×23 topics
  6. Inflammation13▲ 1.94×45 topics
  7. Heart Failure13▲ 8.9×13 topics
  8. Complications12▲ 7.0×13 topics
  9. Risk Factors12▲ 3.2×23 topics
  10. Myocardial Infarction12▲ 15×7 topics
  11. Mortality11▲ 5.8×12 topics
  12. Catheter Ablation11▲ 27×2 topics
  13. Surgery10▲ 8.2×9 topics
  14. Echocardiography10▲ 10×8 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 5.1×12 topics
  16. Atrial Fibrillation9▲ 27×2 topics
  17. Stroke Prevention9▲ 22×2 topics
  18. Anticoagulant Therapy9▲ 21×4 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 2.4×22 topics
  20. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention9▲ 19×4 topics
  21. Risk Stratification8▲ 34×1 topic
  22. Thromboembolism8▲ 34×1 topic
  23. Critical Care8▲ 10×8 topics
  24. Chronic Kidney Disease7▲ 8.9×8 topics
  25. Resuscitation7▲ 17×4 topics
  26. Stroke7▲ 12×7 topics
  27. Prophylaxis6▲ 15×4 topics
  28. Genetic Mutations6▲ 4.3×15 topics
  29. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement6▲ 25×1 topic
  30. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement6▲ 25×1 topic
  31. Atherosclerosis6▲ 6.2×5 topics
  32. Hypothermia6▲ 23×2 topics
  33. Children6▲ 7.2×6 topics
  34. Sepsis6▲ 9.8×4 topics
  35. Cardiac Arrest5▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Out-of-Hospital5▲ 28×1 topic
  37. Thrombosis5▲ 5.7×6 topics
  38. Cardiac Imaging5▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Antimicrobial Resistance5▲ 7.4×8 topics
  40. Septic Shock5▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Baystate Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics.

Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 8 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 6 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…5Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 5 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…4Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…3Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 3 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anoma…3Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 3 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEmergency MedicineSurgeryEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  6. 6 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  8. 8 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 3 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 3 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 available25.0%not open75.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.6%domestic only93.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Baystate Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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