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Carilion Clinic

In research, Carilion Clinic stands highest in Medicine (#2,782 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,515 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,197 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology — Neurology is 6.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,678
of 28,054 · #7,633 all time
Rank in United States
#1,017
of 4,192
Research works
1.9k
▲ 48% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
13.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Carilion Clinic 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 #2,782 of 10,443 8.6%420 #3616
Health SciencesDomain #3,515 of 11,982 9.0%456 #3985
Life SciencesDomain #4,197 of 7,800 11.6%77 #5426
SurgerySubfield #1,411 of 1,816 9.8%76 #2663

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Carilion Clinic 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#3,616 #2,782
  2. Health Sciences#3,985 #3,515
  3. Life Sciences#5,426 #4,197
  4. Surgery#2,663 #1,411
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 Carilion Clinic specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 21.8 works6.2×
← 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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 38 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.07× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.32× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.87× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.55× its world share, 420 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.85× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.47× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 19 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.

Who are the top researchers at Carilion Clinic?

Ranked on the composite score, John W. Epling, Bryan R. Collier and Sarah Parker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Carilion Clinic.

  1. 1 John W. Epling United States · #18,322 worldwide 742 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Bryan R. Collier United States · #250,235 worldwide 135 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Sarah Parker United States · #628,856 worldwide 62 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Patricia P. Kelly United States · #854,528 worldwide 5 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Praveen K. Roy United States · #906,554 worldwide 16 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 J.D. de Jong United States · #1,031,875 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 David Musick United States · #1,073,460 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Nicholas L. Rider United States · #1,105,267 worldwide 24 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Paul Yeaton United States · #1,109,263 worldwide 16 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Joseph M. Ferrara United States · #1,128,767 worldwide 30 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Carilion Clinic

Which keywords describe research at Carilion Clinic?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications, Risk Factors, Management, Surgery and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology80▲ 3.3×109 topics
  2. Treatment29▲ 3.9×41 topics
  3. Diagnosis28▲ 4.9×37 topics
  4. Inflammation24▲ 1.89×57 topics
  5. Risk Factors21▲ 3.1×31 topics
  6. Quality of Life20▲ 2.3×41 topics
  7. Complications20▲ 6.6×16 topics
  8. Management18▲ 3.7×26 topics
  9. Public Health15▲ 1.63×32 topics
  10. Surgical Management14▲ 5.5×17 topics
  11. Genetic Mutations14▲ 5.1×21 topics
  12. Surgery13▲ 6.2×10 topics
  13. Genetics13▲ 3.0×18 topics
  14. Depression13▲ 2.4×16 topics
  15. Immunotherapy13▲ 2.9×19 topics
  16. Clinical Trials12▲ 2.9×16 topics
  17. Rehabilitation12▲ 5.0×11 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders12▲ 3.4×18 topics
  19. Mortality11▲ 3.2×12 topics
  20. Chemotherapy11▲ 2.6×20 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines11▲ 3.3×13 topics
  22. Prognostic Factors10▲ 3.9×14 topics
  23. Guidelines10▲ 3.5×12 topics
  24. Biomechanics9▲ 5.0×9 topics
  25. Medical Education9▲ 5.9×10 topics
  26. Neurobiology9▲ 5.7×9 topics
  27. Neuroprotection9▲ 4.1×12 topics
  28. Radiotherapy9▲ 3.7×12 topics
  29. Prognosis9▲ 4.2×9 topics
  30. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 4.3×9 topics
  31. Neuroimaging8▲ 4.7×11 topics
  32. Pain Management8▲ 5.5×7 topics
  33. Prophylaxis8▲ 9.7×3 topics
  34. Reflective Practice8▲ 6.5×3 topics
  35. Clinical Management7▲ 6.8×7 topics
  36. Assessment Methods7▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Faculty Development7▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Arthroplasty6▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Competency-Based Education6▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Professional Identity Formation6▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does Carilion Clinic publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovations in Medical Education, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment and Esophageal and GI Pathology.

Innovations in Medical E…6Innovations in Medical Education: 6 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…4Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 4 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 3 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 3 fractional worksEpilepsy research and tr…3Epilepsy research and treatment: 3 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 3 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery: 3 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSurgeryGeneticsEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  2. 2 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 4 works
  4. 4 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 3 works
  6. 6 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  9. 9 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 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 available46.0%not open54.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.1%domestic only91.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Carilion Clinic's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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