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Carolinas Medical Center

In research, Carolinas Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,465 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,329 of 10,443 worldwide) and Surgery (#676 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 11.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,172
of 28,054 · #5,730 all time
Rank in United States
#1,362
of 4,192
Research works
4.2k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
114k
26.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is Carolinas Medical Center 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,465 of 11,982 11.9%391 #1176
MedicineField #2,329 of 10,443 11.9%364 #1112
SurgerySubfield #676 of 1,816 16.5%118 #476

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Carolinas Medical Center 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. Health Sciences#1,176 #2,465
  2. Medicine#1,112 #2,329
  3. Surgery#476 #676
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 Carolinas Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 11.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 118.3 works11×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.44× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.55× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.67× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.23× its world share, 364 worksMedicineNursing: 1.66× its world share, 4 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Carolinas Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter B. Lockhart, H. James Norton and B. Todd Heniford lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Carolinas Medical Center.

  1. 1 Peter B. Lockhart United States · #49,251 worldwide 598 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 H. James Norton United States · #74,184 worldwide 353 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 B. Todd Heniford United States · #77,131 worldwide 161 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 James F. Kellam United States · #97,020 worldwide 122 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Caroline E. Reinke United States · #115,729 worldwide 448 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Michael T. Brennan United States · #127,464 worldwide 161 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Mark W. Russo United States · #141,697 worldwide 132 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Edward N. Hanley United States · #168,092 worldwide 106 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Imran Siddiqui United States · #170,432 worldwide 89 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Jeffrey A. Kline United States · #189,860 worldwide 115 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Carolinas Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Carolinas Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Complications, Epidemiology, Laparoscopic Repair, Chronic Pain, Hernia Repair, Mesh Techniques, Diagnosis and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology62▲ 3.5×94 topics
  2. Complications46▲ 21×15 topics
  3. Laparoscopic Repair26▲ 146×2 topics
  4. Chronic Pain26▲ 26×5 topics
  5. Diagnosis24▲ 5.9×26 topics
  6. Hernia Repair23▲ 186×1 topic
  7. Mesh Techniques23▲ 186×1 topic
  8. Treatment23▲ 4.2×31 topics
  9. Guidelines21▲ 9.9×12 topics
  10. Management21▲ 5.8×19 topics
  11. Mortality21▲ 8.0×12 topics
  12. Quality of Life20▲ 3.1×26 topics
  13. Inflammation20▲ 2.1×37 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines18▲ 7.5×14 topics
  15. Risk Factors18▲ 3.7×28 topics
  16. Surgical Management17▲ 9.2×18 topics
  17. Chemotherapy16▲ 5.2×22 topics
  18. Surgery12▲ 7.9×9 topics
  19. Patient Satisfaction12▲ 8.7×9 topics
  20. Rehabilitation12▲ 6.5×11 topics
  21. Neoadjuvant Therapy11▲ 10×5 topics
  22. Medical Education10▲ 8.8×10 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors10▲ 5.0×13 topics
  24. Health Outcomes9▲ 7.6×5 topics
  25. Laparoscopic Surgery9▲ 17×4 topics
  26. Surgical Treatment9▲ 10×6 topics
  27. Postoperative Complications9▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Hepatocellular Carcinoma8▲ 9.1×3 topics
  29. Quality Improvement8▲ 9.7×7 topics
  30. Critical Care8▲ 7.8×8 topics
  31. Prognosis8▲ 5.5×8 topics
  32. Liver Transplantation8▲ 15×5 topics
  33. Hemorrhage8▲ 26×3 topics
  34. Cholangiocarcinoma8▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Resuscitation7▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Robotic Surgery7▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Radiofrequency Ablation7▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Survival7▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Prenatal Diagnosis7▲ 10×7 topics
  40. Internal Fixation7▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Carolinas Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hernia repair and management, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies.

Hernia repair and manage…23Hernia repair and management: 23 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 5 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 5 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 5 fractional worksPelvic and Acetabular Injuries: 5 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksAbdominal Surgery and Complications: 4 fractional worksIntestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions: 4 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional works
SurgeryHepatologyOncologyEmergency Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Hernia repair and management Surgery 23 works
  2. 2 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 5 works
  3. 3 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 5 works
  4. 4 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries Surgery 5 works
  6. 6 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 5 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Abdominal Surgery and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions Surgery 4 works
  10. 10 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 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 available21.8%not open78.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.0%domestic only94.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Carolinas Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower 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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