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Brigham and Women's Hospital

In research, Brigham and Women's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#6 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#27 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Family Practice, Internal Medicine and Transplantation — Family Practice is 8.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#104
of 28,054 · #76 all time
Rank in United States
#29
of 4,192
Research works
60k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.5M
59.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Brigham and Women's Hospital 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
MedicineField #4 of 10,443 22.0%5,747 #3
Health SciencesDomain #6 of 11,982 22.4%6,234 #3
Life SciencesDomain #27 of 7,800 27.7%1,513 #26
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #3 of 738 22.1%533 #2
SurgerySubfield #11 of 1,816 21.3%698 #5
PhysiologySubfield #6 of 548 23.4%301 #3
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield #3 of 261 27.0%199 #2
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #47 of 3,579 28.7%860 #39
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #11 of 828 25.0%337 #4
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #19 of 1,144 18.6%551 #9

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#3 #4
  2. Health Sciences#3 #6
  3. Life Sciences#26 #27
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#2 #3
  5. Surgery#5 #11
  6. Physiology#3 #6
  7. Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism#2 #3
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#39 #47
  9. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#4 #11
  10. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#9 #19
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Brigham and Women's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Family Practice takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Family PracticeSubfield · 34.3 works8.0×
  2. Internal MedicineSubfield · 36.8 works6.7×
  3. TransplantationSubfield · 26.8 works6.7×
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 533.1 works5.6×
  5. Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSubfield · 46.4 works4.7×
  6. DermatologySubfield · 108.1 works4.6×
  7. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 100.4 works4.6×
  8. Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsSubfield · 34.7 works4.5×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 31 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.79× its world share, 860 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.36× its world share, 304 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.89× its world share, 277 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.31× its world share, 42 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 98 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 212 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 112 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 37 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 39 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 25 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 20 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.65× its world share, 392 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.32× its world share, 5,747 worksMedicineNursing: 1.56× its world share, 69 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 25 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 25 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 27 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.00× its world share, 192 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 246 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 187 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Muthiah Vaduganathan, Elliott M. Antman and Paul M. Ridker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Brigham and Women's Hospital.

  1. 1 Muthiah Vaduganathan United States · #183 worldwide 4k citations · 158 works
  2. 2 Elliott M. Antman United States · #332 worldwide 3.2k citations · 125 works
  3. 3 Paul M. Ridker United States · #502 worldwide 3.4k citations · 191 works
  4. 4 Peter Libby United States · #894 worldwide 2.9k citations · 193 works
  5. 5 Lynne W. Stevenson United States · #1,015 worldwide 2.1k citations · 122 works
  6. 6 Daniel I. Chasman United States · #1,090 worldwide 2.6k citations · 102 works
  7. 7 Ross S. Berkowitz United States · #1,364 worldwide 1.7k citations · 122 works
  8. 8 Peter A. Banks United States · #1,387 worldwide 1.1k citations · 111 works
  9. 9 Patrick T. O’Gara United States · #1,405 worldwide 3.6k citations · 83 works
  10. 10 Dennis J. Selkoe United States · #1,563 worldwide 2.4k citations · 103 works
All ranked researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment, Diagnosis, Heart Failure, Guidelines and Metabolic Syndrome.

▲ 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. Epidemiology943▲ 2.6×133 topics
  2. Inflammation652▲ 3.5×82 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease429▲ 4.3×38 topics
  4. Treatment363▲ 3.3×51 topics
  5. Quality of Life330▲ 2.5×51 topics
  6. Diagnosis328▲ 3.9×41 topics
  7. Risk Factors297▲ 3.0×37 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress291▲ 1.98×61 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome279▲ 3.8×24 topics
  10. Cancer277▲ 2.3×54 topics
  11. Public Health258▲ 1.97×57 topics
  12. Immunotherapy243▲ 3.8×19 topics
  13. Heart Failure242▲ 6.2×13 topics
  14. Guidelines233▲ 5.6×13 topics
  15. Obesity232▲ 3.4×25 topics
  16. Clinical Trials231▲ 3.8×19 topics
  17. Mortality226▲ 4.3×13 topics
  18. Management223▲ 3.1×32 topics
  19. Biomarkers214▲ 3.5×18 topics
  20. Chemotherapy213▲ 3.4×24 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines173▲ 3.5×14 topics
  22. Global Burden164▲ 3.4×12 topics
  23. Radiotherapy160▲ 4.6×13 topics
  24. Cardiovascular Risk158▲ 5.7×9 topics
  25. Complications157▲ 3.5×17 topics
  26. Neurological Disorders150▲ 2.9×20 topics
  27. Echocardiography146▲ 6.0×8 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors146▲ 3.7×14 topics
  29. Precision Medicine145▲ 3.5×8 topics
  30. Genetic Mutations145▲ 3.7×23 topics
  31. Aging141▲ 2.9×17 topics
  32. Hypertension141▲ 5.4×15 topics
  33. Clinical Guidelines139▲ 5.3×9 topics
  34. Diabetes137▲ 3.1×21 topics
  35. Primary Care132▲ 3.9×14 topics
  36. Atherosclerosis128▲ 5.0×12 topics
  37. Autoantibodies115▲ 5.5×8 topics
  38. Myocardial Infarction114▲ 5.5×7 topics
  39. Type 2 Diabetes105▲ 5.3×6 topics
  40. Quality Improvement100▲ 5.8×8 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Health Systems, Economic…66Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 66 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …55Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 55 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 53 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 51 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 48 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 48 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 47 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…45Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 45 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 45 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 45 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncology2 others

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

  1. 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 66 works
  2. 2 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 55 works
  3. 3 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 53 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 51 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 48 works
  6. 6 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 48 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 47 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 45 works
  9. 9 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 45 works
  10. 10 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 45 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 available41.0%not open59.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.6%domestic only80.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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