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Boston Scientific (United States)

In research, Boston Scientific (United States) stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,758 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,732 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 15.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,468
of 22,385 · #5,757 all time
Rank in United States
#1,140
of 3,332
Research works
1.1k
▲ 61% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Boston Scientific (United States)

What is Boston Scientific (United States) 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 #2,758 of 9,902 14.8%190 #2566
MedicineField #2,732 of 8,541 14.9%180 #2506

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Boston Scientific (United States) 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 Boston Scientific (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Boston Scientific (United States) is in Health Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (62%), Engineering (8%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (5%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 208 fractional works · 65.5% of its workMedicine: 197 fractional works · 62.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 53 fractional works · 16.6% of its workSurgery: 31 fractional works · 9.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 19 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 12 fractional works · 3.8% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workUrology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 43 fractional works · 13.7% of its workEngineering: 25 fractional works · 7.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 4.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 34 fractional works · 10.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 4.0% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 10.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 15 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKBoston Scientific(United States)317fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences65%Social Sciences10%

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. Medicine19762.2%
    2. Health Professions103.0%
    3. Veterinary10.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Nursing00.0%
    1. Engineering257.8%
    2. Materials Science41.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy41.2%
    4. Computer Science41.2%
    5. Environmental Science31.1%
    6. Chemistry10.4%
    7. Energy10.4%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology134.0%
    2. Neuroscience134.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology41.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.6%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance165.0%
    2. Psychology62.0%
    3. Social Sciences41.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting41.1%
    5. Decision Sciences20.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Boston Scientific (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 15.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 52.8 works16×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.18× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.47× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.74× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.52× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.23× its world share, 197 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.32× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.23×197 works
  2. Neuroscience2.47×13 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.32×16 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.74×2 works
  5. Veterinary1.29×1 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.18×4 works
  7. Health Professions1.14×10 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.76×13 works
  9. Psychology0.66×6 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.56×4 works
  11. Engineering0.52×25 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.50×2 works
  13. Energy0.39×1 works
  14. Materials Science0.37×4 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.34×4 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.30×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.25×1 works
  18. Environmental Science0.22×4 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×2 works
  20. Computer Science0.16×4 works
  21. Dentistry0.16×0 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.14×1 works
  23. Mathematics0.12×0 works
  24. Nursing0.10×0 works
  25. Social Sciences0.10×4 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Boston Scientific (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Keith D. Dawkins, Devi G. Nair and Christopher W. Schneider lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Boston Scientific (United States).

  1. 1 Keith D. Dawkins United States · #121,361 worldwide 26k citations · 278 works
  2. 2 Devi G. Nair United States · #141,167 worldwide 2.6k citations · 204 works
  3. 3 Christopher W. Schneider United States · #181,050 worldwide 2.4k citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Dominic J. Allocco United States · #281,732 worldwide 5.2k citations · 205 works
  5. 5 Stanislav Weiner United States · #282,673 worldwide 3.3k citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Samir Bhattacharyya United States · #297,858 worldwide 3.2k citations · 84 works
  7. 7 Nicole T. Gordon United States · #319,376 worldwide 4.2k citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Joyce A. Peetermans United States · #397,420 worldwide 2.5k citations · 82 works
  9. 9 Juan Diaz‐Cartelle United States · #425,145 worldwide 1.5k citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Kirk D. Fowers United States · #457,125 worldwide 2k citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Boston Scientific (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Boston Scientific (United States)?

The most cited paper from Boston Scientific (United States) is "Percutaneous Coronary Intervention versus Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting for Severe Coronary Artery Disease" (Patrick W.J.C. Serruys, Marie‐Claude Morice, A. Pieter Kappetein et al., 2009), with 4,377 citations. Next come "A Polymer-Based, Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease" (2,753) and "Coronary artery bypass graft surgery versus percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with three-vessel disease and left main coronary disease: 5-year follow-up of the randomised, clinical SYNTAX trial" (1,807).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention versus Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting for Severe Coronary Artery Disease Patrick W.J.C. Serruys, Marie‐Claude Morice, A. Pieter Kappetein et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 18 Feb 2009 4,377
2 A Polymer-Based, Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Gregg W. Stone, Stephen G. Ellis, David Alan Cox et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 14 Jan 2004 2,753
3 Coronary artery bypass graft surgery versus percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with three-vessel disease and left main coronary disease: 5-year follow-up of the randomised, clinical SYNTAX trial Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr, Marie-Claude Morice, A. Pieter Kappetein et al. · The Lancet Feb 2013 1,807
4 5-Year Outcomes After Left Atrial Appendage Closure Vivek Yerrapu Reddy, Shephal K. Doshi, Saibal Kar et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access 4 Nov 2017 1,028
5 Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure vs Warfarin for Atrial Fibrillation Vivek Yerrapu Reddy, Horst Sievert, Jonathan L. Halperin et al. · JAMA 16 Nov 2014 1,012
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Boston Scientific (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catheter Ablation, Guidelines, Arrhythmias, Stroke Prevention, Heart Failure, Radiofrequency Ablation, Risk Factors and Neuropathic Pain.

▲ 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. Catheter Ablation28▲ 71×2 topics
  2. Epidemiology23▲ 1.85×39 topics
  3. Guidelines23▲ 15×11 topics
  4. Risk Factors18▲ 5.2×12 topics
  5. Arrhythmias17▲ 58×2 topics
  6. Treatment17▲ 4.4×16 topics
  7. Stroke Prevention16▲ 41×2 topics
  8. Heart Failure16▲ 11×9 topics
  9. Radiofrequency Ablation15▲ 45×2 topics
  10. Management15▲ 6.0×13 topics
  11. Quality of Life15▲ 3.3×16 topics
  12. Neuropathic Pain15▲ 66×2 topics
  13. Atrial Fibrillation14▲ 46×2 topics
  14. Anticoagulant Therapy14▲ 36×1 topic
  15. Risk Stratification14▲ 61×1 topic
  16. Sudden Cardiac Death14▲ 53×2 topics
  17. Echocardiography14▲ 15×7 topics
  18. Electroanatomic Mapping13▲ 84×1 topic
  19. Ventricular Tachycardia13▲ 84×1 topic
  20. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 3.4×17 topics
  21. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome12▲ 177×1 topic
  22. Spinal Cord Stimulation12▲ 177×1 topic
  23. Atherosclerosis11▲ 13×6 topics
  24. Clinical Trials10▲ 4.9×13 topics
  25. Remote Monitoring10▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy10▲ 79×1 topic
  27. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator10▲ 79×1 topic
  28. Diagnosis10▲ 3.3×15 topics
  29. Cost-effectiveness Analysis8▲ 33×1 topic
  30. Health Utility Measures8▲ 33×1 topic
  31. Urinary Incontinence8▲ 33×2 topics
  32. Neural Plasticity8▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Functional Connectivity7▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Endothelial Function7▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation7▲ 72×1 topic
  36. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation7▲ 72×1 topic
  37. Chronic Pain7▲ 9.6×3 topics
  38. Low Back Pain7▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Medical Therapy7▲ 49×2 topics
  40. Revascularization7▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Boston Scientific (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Pain Management and Treatment and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies.

Atrial Fibrillation Mana…14Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 14 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …13Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 13 fractional worksPain Management and Trea…12Pain Management and Treatment: 12 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…10Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 10 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 8 fractional worksTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies: 7 fractional worksKidney Stones and Urolit…6Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments: 6 fractional worksSexual function and dysfunction studies: 6 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 6 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 6 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineAnesthesiology and Pain MedicineEconomics and EconometricsNeurology4 others

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 14 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 13 works
  3. 3 Pain Management and Treatment Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 12 works
  4. 4 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  6. 6 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Neurology 7 works
  7. 7 Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Sexual function and dysfunction studies Psychiatry and Mental health 6 works
  9. 9 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 6 works
  10. 10 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 6 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 available34.6%not open65.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.3%domestic only66.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Boston Scientific (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 61% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Boston Scientific (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Boston Scientific (United States)0.0014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Boston Scientific (United States) 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%Boston Scientific (United States)11.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.3% in 2015.

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