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Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

In research, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,327 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,357 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,587
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,240
of 8,685
Research works
441
▼ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
28.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #6,327 of 20,462 19.1%341
MedicineField #6,357 of 17,978 18.6%302

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital 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).

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.54× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.04× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 3.34× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.60× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.74× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul Rizzoli and Michel Reinders lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital.

  1. 1 Paul Rizzoli United States · #1,158,778 worldwide 15 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Michel Reinders United States · #1,625,954 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Patient Satisfaction, Mortality, Primary Care, Quality Improvement, Healthcare Quality, Clinical Outcomes, Medical Errors and Neurological Disorders.

▲ 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. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 34×4 topics
  2. Mortality5▲ 18×7 topics
  3. Epidemiology4▲ 2.0×27 topics
  4. Primary Care3▲ 17×6 topics
  5. Quality Improvement3▲ 31×6 topics
  6. Healthcare Quality3▲ 54×3 topics
  7. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 25×3 topics
  8. Medical Errors3▲ 139×2 topics
  9. Neurological Disorders2▲ 8.5×9 topics
  10. Guidelines2▲ 9.9×4 topics
  11. Health Workforce2▲ 109×2 topics
  12. Health Care Utilization2▲ 38×3 topics
  13. Advanced Practice Nursing2▲ 307×1 topic
  14. Ethical Considerations2▲ 12×6 topics
  15. Nurse Practitioners2▲ 307×1 topic
  16. Postoperative Complications2▲ 32×2 topics
  17. Cardiac Risk2▲ 49×1 topic
  18. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.6×7 topics
  19. Perioperative2▲ 49×1 topic
  20. Health Policy2▲ 24×2 topics
  21. Communication2▲ 11×2 topics
  22. Medication Errors2▲ 71×2 topics
  23. Migraine2▲ 83×2 topics
  24. Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide2▲ 74×1 topic
  25. Emergency Department Crowding2▲ 106×1 topic
  26. Headache Disorders2▲ 128×1 topic
  27. Informed Consent2▲ 41×1 topic
  28. Patient Safety2▲ 22×4 topics
  29. Psychiatric Treatment2▲ 127×1 topic
  30. Triage Systems2▲ 106×1 topic
  31. Anxiety2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  32. Continuity of Care1▲ 57×2 topics
  33. Hospital Handoffs1▲ 209×1 topic
  34. Injury Severity1▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Patient Safety Culture1▲ 113×1 topic
  36. Quality of Care1▲ 33×2 topics
  37. Resident Duty Hours1▲ 209×1 topic
  38. Surgical Safety Checklist1▲ 113×1 topic
  39. Trauma Center1▲ 66×1 topic
  40. Hypertension1▲ 8.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nursing Roles and Practices, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints and Migraine and Headache Studies.

Nursing Roles and Practi…2Nursing Roles and Practices: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …2Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Decision-Making and Restraints: 2 fractional worksMigraine and Headache St…2Migraine and Headache Studies: 2 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…2Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 2 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 1 fractional worksHospital Admissions and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksPatient Safety and Medic…1Patient Safety and Medication Errors: 1 fractional worksPatient Satisfaction in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineClinical PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental health3 others

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

  1. 1 Nursing Roles and Practices General Health Professions 2 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints Clinical Psychology 2 works
  4. 4 Migraine and Headache Studies Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  5. 5 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Hospital Admissions and Outcomes Emergency Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Patient Safety and Medication Errors Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  9. 9 Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 1 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 available22.2%not open77.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% lower 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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