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Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital

In research, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,010 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,168 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,847
of 28,054 · #22,058 all time
Rank in United States
#2,742
of 4,192
Research works
296
▲ 75% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.8k
16.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Carilion Roanoke Memorial 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 #10,010 of 20,462 11.2%224
MedicineField #9,168 of 17,978 11.0%192

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Carilion Roanoke Memorial 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.87× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.24× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.34× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.89× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.59× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 1.59× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Rehabilitation, Elderly, Sedation, Channel Regulation and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 3.2×39 topics
  2. Diagnosis4▲ 6.7×18 topics
  3. Treatment4▲ 5.1×15 topics
  4. Inflammation3▲ 2.2×22 topics
  5. Rehabilitation2▲ 9.2×5 topics
  6. Elderly2▲ 14×2 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress2▲ 2.1×15 topics
  8. Channel Regulation2▲ 90×2 topics
  9. Heart Failure2▲ 7.2×9 topics
  10. Sedation2▲ 35×2 topics
  11. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 15×3 topics
  12. Intensive Care Unit2▲ 24×3 topics
  13. Management2▲ 3.7×14 topics
  14. Echocardiography2▲ 10×6 topics
  15. Inappropriate Medication Use2▲ 63×1 topic
  16. Polypharmacy2▲ 63×1 topic
  17. Surgery2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  18. Astrocyte Function2▲ 43×2 topics
  19. Complications2▲ 5.2×7 topics
  20. Immunotherapy2▲ 3.7×9 topics
  21. Prophylaxis2▲ 20×3 topics
  22. Prognosis2▲ 7.3×6 topics
  23. Resuscitation2▲ 19×3 topics
  24. Delirium1▲ 43×1 topic
  25. Mechanically Ventilated Patients1▲ 43×1 topic
  26. Mortality1▲ 3.9×7 topics
  27. Connexins1▲ 208×1 topic
  28. Gap Junctions1▲ 208×1 topic
  29. Ion Channels1▲ 19×3 topics
  30. Myocardial Infarction1▲ 9.1×5 topics
  31. Bacteremia1▲ 26×3 topics
  32. Clinical Characteristics1▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Autoantibodies1▲ 7.9×6 topics
  34. Cancer Incidence1▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Cardiac Imaging1▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Population-Based Study1▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Fibrosis1▲ 8.9×4 topics
  38. Multiple Primary Cancers1▲ 81×1 topic
  39. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 5.3×3 topics
  40. Second Primary Neoplasms1▲ 81×1 topic

Which research topics does Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders, Connexins and lens biology and Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers.

Pharmaceutical Practices…2Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 2 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cogn…1Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 1 fractional worksConnexins and lens biology1Connexins and lens biology: 1 fractional worksMultiple and Secondary P…1Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers: 1 fractional worksCardiac tumors and thrombi: 1 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksEthics in medical practice1Ethics in medical practice: 1 fractional worksTrauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 1 fractional worksUrinary Tract Infections Management: 1 fractional worksAntibiotics Pharmacokine…1Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy: 1 fractional works
Geriatrics and GerontologyCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineMolecular BiologyEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  2. 2 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Connexins and lens biology Molecular Biology 1 works
  4. 4 Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiac tumors and thrombi Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Ethics in medical practice General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Urinary Tract Infections Management Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy Pharmacology 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 available31.5%not open68.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.9%domestic only93.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 75% 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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