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Boston Medical Center

In research, Boston Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#282 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#269 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#943 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Emergency Medicine, Nephrology and Emergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine is 7.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#904
of 22,385 · #932 all time
Rank in United States
#204
of 3,332
Research works
9.7k
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
405k
41.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.13×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Boston Medical Center

What is Boston Medical Center 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 #282 of 9,902 12.2%1,221 #284
MedicineField #269 of 8,541 12.0%1,077 #262
Life SciencesDomain #943 of 6,403 10.2%161 #1021
Health ProfessionsField #282 of 1,895 13.2%125 #352
Social SciencesDomain #1,984 of 9,585 12.1%188 #1886
SurgerySubfield #321 of 1,532 9.8%139 #266
EpidemiologySubfield #195 of 927 14.9%112 #204
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #199 of 858 12.9%105 #299
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #740 of 2,964 11.8%92 #762
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #253 of 944 13.9%80 #339

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Boston 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#284 #282
  2. Medicine#262 #269
  3. Life Sciences#1,021 #943
  4. Health Professions#352 #282
  5. Social Sciences#1,886 #1,984
  6. Surgery#266 #321
  7. Epidemiology#204 #195
  8. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#299 #199
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#762 #740
  10. General Health Professions#339 #253
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Boston Medical Center work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research at Boston Medical Center is in Health Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Health Professions (7%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,445 fractional works · 75.7% of its workMedicine: 1,284 fractional works · 67.3% of its workSurgery: 168 fractional works · 8.8% of its workEpidemiology: 136 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 120 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 105 fractional works · 5.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 81 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOncology: 65 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNeurology: 49 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 48 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 45 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 39 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 37 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 36 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 34 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 33 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNephrology: 30 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 27 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHematology: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 139 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 88 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 219 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPsychology: 92 fractional works · 4.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 53 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 86 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 26 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 24 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 190 fractional works · 9.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 108 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 59 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 37 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 32 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMicrobiology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVirology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 55 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEngineering: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBoston MedicalCenter1,909fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences76%Social Sciences11%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences1,44575.7%
    1. Medicine1,28467.3%
    2. Health Professions1397.3%
    3. Nursing140.7%
    4. Dentistry50.3%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Psychology924.8%
    2. Social Sciences864.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance241.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities70.4%
    5. Decision Sciences50.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting40.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1085.6%
    2. Neuroscience372.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology321.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences60.3%
    1. Engineering231.2%
    2. Environmental Science120.6%
    3. Computer Science90.5%
    4. Mathematics60.3%
    5. Chemistry20.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    7. Materials Science10.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Boston Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Emergency Medicine takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 36.7 works7.9×
  2. NephrologySubfield · 29.9 works7.2×
  3. Emergency Medical ServicesSubfield · 20.5 works5.9×
  4. EpidemiologySubfield · 135.9 works5.0×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.06× its world share, 108 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.66× its world share, 32 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.20× its world share, 37 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.07× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.76× its world share, 139 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.50× its world share, 1,284 worksMedicineNursing: 1.49× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.59× its world share, 92 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 86 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.50×1,284 works
  2. Health Professions2.76×139 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.66×32 works
  4. Psychology1.59×92 works
  5. Nursing1.49×14 works
  6. Neuroscience1.20×37 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.07×7 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.06×108 works
  9. Veterinary0.93×2 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.60×24 works
  11. Dentistry0.58×5 works
  12. Social Sciences0.36×86 works
  13. Mathematics0.26×6 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.26×5 works
  15. Environmental Science0.13×12 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.13×7 works
  17. Engineering0.08×23 works
  18. Chemistry0.07×2 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×4 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×6 works
  21. Computer Science0.06×9 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.03×2 works
  23. Energy0.02×0 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.01×0 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works
  26. Materials Science0.01×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Boston Medical Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Thanh N. Nguyen, Alice K. Jacobs and Marc R. Larochelle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Boston Medical Center.

  1. 1 Thanh N. Nguyen United States · #16,175 worldwide 22k citations · 804 works
  2. 2 Alice K. Jacobs United States · #32,017 worldwide 117k citations · 688 works
  3. 3 Marc R. Larochelle United States · #47,732 worldwide 7.7k citations · 136 works
  4. 4 Asish Kumar Saha United States · #54,704 worldwide 18k citations · 129 works
  5. 5 Mohamad K. Abdalkader United States · #65,784 worldwide 5.6k citations · 386 works
  6. 6 Piers Klein United States · #66,307 worldwide 2.5k citations · 141 works
  7. 7 GARY J. BALADY United States · #71,864 worldwide 34k citations · 185 works
  8. 8 Daniel Deykin United States · #105,091 worldwide 15k citations · 186 works
  9. 9 Paul Tornetta United States · #118,585 worldwide 21k citations · 441 works
  10. 10 David R. Lichtenstein United States · #127,698 worldwide 12k citations · 172 works
All ranked researchers at Boston Medical Center

What are the most cited papers from Boston Medical Center?

The most cited paper from Boston Medical Center is "2015 American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Adult Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: The American Thyroid Association Guidelines Task Force on Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer" (Bryan R. Haugen, Erik Karl Alexander, Keith Christopher Bible et al., 2015), with 16,719 citations. Next come "A More Accurate Method To Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate from Serum Creatinine: A New Prediction Equation" (15,196) and "Vitamin D Deficiency" (13,754).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 2015 American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Adult Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: The American Thyroid Association Guidelines Task Force on Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Bryan R. Haugen, Erik Karl Alexander, Keith Christopher Bible et al. · Thyroid Open access 14 Oct 2015 16,719
2 A More Accurate Method To Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate from Serum Creatinine: A New Prediction Equation Andrew S. Levey, Juan P. Bosch, Julia Breyer Lewis et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine 16 Mar 1999 15,196
3 Vitamin D Deficiency Michael F. Holick · New England Journal of Medicine 18 Jul 2007 13,754
4 Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Marie Ng et al. · The Lancet Open access140 authors 28 May 2014 12,158
5 Revised American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroid Cancer David S. Cooper, Gerard M. Doherty, Bryan R. Haugen et al. · Thyroid Open access 27 Oct 2009 6,774
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Boston Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Treatment, Guidelines, Diagnosis, Cardiovascular Disease, Substance Use Disorders and Public Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology247▲ 3.2×121 topics
  2. Risk Factors109▲ 5.2×33 topics
  3. Treatment87▲ 3.8×48 topics
  4. Inflammation84▲ 2.1×72 topics
  5. Public Health82▲ 2.9×44 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease77▲ 3.5×37 topics
  7. Diagnosis74▲ 4.1×37 topics
  8. Mental Health65▲ 2.4×35 topics
  9. Quality of Life63▲ 2.3×49 topics
  10. Guidelines60▲ 6.7×12 topics
  11. Global Burden56▲ 5.4×12 topics
  12. Mortality54▲ 5.0×13 topics
  13. Substance Use Disorders53▲ 37×2 topics
  14. Diabetes45▲ 4.7×16 topics
  15. Management44▲ 2.9×30 topics
  16. Clinical Trials42▲ 3.3×18 topics
  17. Mortality Risk42▲ 9.1×6 topics
  18. Revascularization41▲ 14×4 topics
  19. Prognosis38▲ 5.9×9 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines38▲ 3.6×14 topics
  21. Primary Care37▲ 5.3×13 topics
  22. Clinical Outcomes37▲ 9.0×6 topics
  23. Neuroprotection37▲ 5.5×13 topics
  24. Health Disparities37▲ 7.4×9 topics
  25. Global Burden of Disease33▲ 7.1×4 topics
  26. Atherosclerosis33▲ 6.0×12 topics
  27. Quality Improvement31▲ 8.4×8 topics
  28. Psychiatric Disorders31▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Medical Education30▲ 5.8×12 topics
  30. Chronic Pain Management29▲ 46×1 topic
  31. Opioid Prescribing29▲ 46×1 topic
  32. Antiretroviral Therapy29▲ 9.4×6 topics
  33. Health Outcomes29▲ 5.6×7 topics
  34. Chronic Kidney Disease28▲ 5.9×8 topics
  35. Mortality Rates27▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Behavioral Interventions26▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Ischemic Stroke25▲ 8.7×4 topics
  38. Substance Abuse25▲ 19×2 topics
  39. HIV25▲ 16×4 topics
  40. Academic Medicine24▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Boston Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Acute Ischemic Stroke Management and Peripheral Artery Disease Management.

Opioid Use Disorder Trea…29Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 29 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…24Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 24 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 21 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 19 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 18 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 18 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 15 fractional worksAmyloidosis: Diagnosis, …14Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes: 14 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 14 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 13 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiologySurgeryGender Studies4 others

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

  1. 1 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 29 works
  2. 2 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 24 works
  3. 3 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 21 works
  4. 4 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 19 works
  5. 5 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 18 works
  6. 6 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 18 works
  7. 7 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 works
  8. 8 Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes Molecular Biology 14 works
  9. 9 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 14 works
  10. 10 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 13 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 available35.9%not open64.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Boston Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Boston Medical Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0071% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Boston Medical Center0.0082% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Boston Medical Center 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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Boston Medical Center10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.9% in 1990.

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