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Boston Scientific (United States)

In research, Boston Scientific (United States) stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,493 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,616 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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, 2022–2025
#8,853
of 28,054 · #11,161 all time
Rank in United States
#1,181
of 4,192
Research works
907
▲ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
18.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Boston Scientific (United States) 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 #2,493 of 11,982 15.9%164 #3447
MedicineField #3,616 of 10,443 15.0%155 #3207

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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 · 40.1 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.11× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.33× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.08× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.52× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.29× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.32× its world share, 155 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.20× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Keith D. Dawkins, Kenneth M. Steín and Louis Cannon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Boston Scientific (United States).

  1. 1 Keith D. Dawkins United States · #33,319 worldwide 339 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Kenneth M. Steín United States · #69,579 worldwide 232 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Louis Cannon United States · #114,616 worldwide 239 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Devi G. Nair United States · #292,212 worldwide 100 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Thomas Christen United States · #358,682 worldwide 97 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Dominic J. Allocco United States · #398,461 worldwide 77 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Brad Sutton United States · #1,049,805 worldwide 47 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Paul W. Jones United States · #1,148,752 worldwide 30 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Louis G. Jenis United States · #1,169,122 worldwide 3 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Matthew Rousseau United States · #1,208,086 worldwide 24 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Boston Scientific (United States)

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catheter Ablation, Guidelines, Risk Factors, Arrhythmias, Stroke Prevention, Management, Neuropathic Pain and Treatment.

▲ 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. Catheter Ablation22▲ 73×2 topics
  2. Epidemiology20▲ 2.0×33 topics
  3. Guidelines19▲ 17×11 topics
  4. Risk Factors17▲ 6.3×12 topics
  5. Treatment15▲ 5.0×13 topics
  6. Management13▲ 7.0×13 topics
  7. Arrhythmias13▲ 59×2 topics
  8. Stroke Prevention13▲ 45×2 topics
  9. Neuropathic Pain12▲ 74×2 topics
  10. Quality of Life12▲ 3.4×14 topics
  11. Atrial Fibrillation12▲ 49×2 topics
  12. Radiofrequency Ablation12▲ 45×2 topics
  13. Anticoagulant Therapy11▲ 38×1 topic
  14. Risk Stratification11▲ 66×1 topic
  15. Heart Failure11▲ 10×9 topics
  16. Sudden Cardiac Death10▲ 51×2 topics
  17. Atherosclerosis10▲ 15×6 topics
  18. Electroanatomic Mapping10▲ 84×1 topic
  19. Ventricular Tachycardia10▲ 84×1 topic
  20. Healthcare10▲ 3.5×8 topics
  21. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome9▲ 201×1 topic
  22. Echocardiography9▲ 14×7 topics
  23. Spinal Cord Stimulation9▲ 201×1 topic
  24. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 3.5×16 topics
  25. Clinical Trials9▲ 5.6×8 topics
  26. Diagnosis8▲ 3.7×15 topics
  27. Remote Monitoring7▲ 28×2 topics
  28. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy7▲ 73×1 topic
  29. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator7▲ 73×1 topic
  30. Cost-effectiveness Analysis7▲ 33×1 topic
  31. Health Utility Measures7▲ 33×1 topic
  32. Neural Plasticity7▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Urinary Incontinence6▲ 34×2 topics
  34. Functional Connectivity6▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Low Back Pain6▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Medical Therapy6▲ 61×2 topics
  37. Revascularization6▲ 16×3 topics
  38. Chronic Pain6▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation6▲ 88×1 topic
  40. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation6▲ 88×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Pain Management and Treatment and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies.

Atrial Fibrillation Mana…11Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 11 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …10Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 10 fractional worksPain Management and Trea…9Pain Management and Treatment: 9 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…7Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 7 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 7 fractional worksTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies: 6 fractional worksKidney Stones and Urolit…6Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments: 6 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 5 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 5 fractional worksBiomedical and Engineeri…5Biomedical and Engineering Education: 5 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 11 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  3. 3 Pain Management and Treatment Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 9 works
  4. 4 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  6. 6 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Neurology 6 works
  7. 7 Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 5 works
  9. 9 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 5 works
  10. 10 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 5 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 available34.0%not open66.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.2%domestic only72.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% 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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