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Carle Foundation Hospital

In research, Carle Foundation Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,245 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,569 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 11.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,172
of 28,054 · #15,138 all time
Rank in United States
#2,146
of 4,192
Research works
844
▲ 130% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
17.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Carle Foundation 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 #5,245 of 10,443 8.2%205 #5626
Health SciencesDomain #6,569 of 11,982 8.4%216 #6086

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Carle Foundation 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).

What does Carle Foundation Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 11.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 34.2 works12×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 37.6 works5.7×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 23.2 works5.4×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.42× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.38× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.06× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.81× its world share, 205 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Carle Foundation Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Ralph Nelson, Saad Ur Rahman and Mounica Vorla lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Carle Foundation Hospital.

  1. 1 Ralph Nelson United States · #124,706 worldwide 159 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Saad Ur Rahman United States · #1,610,461 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Mounica Vorla United States · #1,623,832 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Carle Foundation Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Carle Foundation Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Echocardiography, Guidelines, Heart Failure, Treatment, Risk Factors and Genetic Mutations.

▲ 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. Epidemiology36▲ 3.2×84 topics
  2. Diagnosis16▲ 6.2×27 topics
  3. Treatment14▲ 4.1×31 topics
  4. Risk Factors13▲ 4.2×21 topics
  5. Echocardiography12▲ 16×8 topics
  6. Guidelines11▲ 8.6×11 topics
  7. Heart Failure11▲ 9.0×11 topics
  8. Inflammation9▲ 1.49×35 topics
  9. Complications8▲ 5.9×14 topics
  10. Genetic Mutations8▲ 6.8×16 topics
  11. Management8▲ 3.5×20 topics
  12. Stroke Prevention7▲ 22×2 topics
  13. Magnetic Resonance Imaging7▲ 10×6 topics
  14. Surgery7▲ 7.3×10 topics
  15. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement7▲ 35×1 topic
  16. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement7▲ 35×1 topic
  17. Catheter Ablation7▲ 20×2 topics
  18. Cardiac Imaging6▲ 19×3 topics
  19. Prophylaxis6▲ 18×4 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors6▲ 5.0×13 topics
  21. Diabetes6▲ 4.3×11 topics
  22. Global Burden6▲ 3.9×10 topics
  23. Mortality6▲ 3.6×13 topics
  24. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 8.9×5 topics
  25. Atherosclerosis6▲ 7.2×4 topics
  26. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention6▲ 15×4 topics
  27. Surgical Management6▲ 4.7×17 topics
  28. Atrial Fibrillation5▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Clinical Outcomes5▲ 8.9×5 topics
  30. Anticoagulant Therapy5▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Risk Stratification4▲ 22×1 topic
  32. Thromboembolism4▲ 22×1 topic
  33. Revascularization4▲ 9.8×3 topics
  34. Bacteremia4▲ 20×3 topics
  35. Sudden Cardiac Death4▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Remote Monitoring4▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Surgical Treatment4▲ 7.0×4 topics
  38. Endocarditis Guidelines4▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Infective Endocarditis4▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Rituximab4▲ 9.0×4 topics

Which research topics does Carle Foundation Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…7Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 7 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 3 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 3 fractional worksCardiac tumors and thrombi3Cardiac tumors and thrombi: 3 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…3Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…2Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…2Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEpidemiologySurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 4 works
  4. 4 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Cardiac tumors and thrombi Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  9. 9 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 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 available38.1%not open61.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.3%domestic only85.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Carle Foundation Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 130% 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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