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Hospital / health system · Hickory · United States

Catawba Valley Medical Center

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Research works
60
▼ 70% vs 2013–17
Citations
455
7.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
6%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Catawba Valley Medical Center is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.25× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 16.52× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.33× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.97× its world share, 1 worksMedicinePsychology: 1.90× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 16.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Catawba Valley Medical Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality Improvement, Primary Care, Chronic Disease Management, Continuity of Care, Patient Satisfaction, Nursing Education, Ethical Climate and Moral Distress.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Quality Improvement8▲ 60×6 topics
  2. Primary Care6▲ 24×7 topics
  3. Epidemiology4▲ 1.79×15 topics
  4. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 47×2 topics
  5. Continuity of Care4▲ 102×2 topics
  6. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 23×6 topics
  7. Nursing Education3▲ 48×2 topics
  8. Ethical Climate3▲ 120×1 topic
  9. Moral Distress3▲ 120×1 topic
  10. Quality of Life3▲ 3.6×7 topics
  11. Radiology Errors3▲ 222×1 topic
  12. Structured Reporting3▲ 222×1 topic
  13. Communication3▲ 16×3 topics
  14. Regulatory Challenges3▲ 57×2 topics
  15. Patient-Centered Medical Home3▲ 87×1 topic
  16. Pay for Performance3▲ 87×1 topic
  17. Organizational Culture2▲ 15×3 topics
  18. Complementary Medicine2▲ 143×1 topic
  19. Diagnostic Imaging2▲ 30×4 topics
  20. Herbal Medicine2▲ 17×1 topic
  21. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 22×1 topic
  22. Healthcare Professionals2▲ 136×1 topic
  23. Medical Education2▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Rehabilitation2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  25. Elderly2▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Healthcare2▲ 4.6×4 topics
  27. Intensive Care Unit2▲ 30×3 topics
  28. Stroke2▲ 18×4 topics
  29. COVID-192▲ 4.3×3 topics
  30. Collaborative Practice2▲ 59×2 topics
  31. Health Care Utilization2▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Medical Errors2▲ 70×2 topics
  33. Pain Management2▲ 11×5 topics
  34. Patient Safety2▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Telehealth2▲ 117×1 topic
  36. Telemedicine2▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Health Information Management1▲ 139×2 topics
  38. Health Care Spending1▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Health Policy1▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Patient Outcomes1▲ 36×3 topics

Which research topics does Catawba Valley Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital limb and hand anomalies, Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Urban Stormwater Management Solutions.

Congenital limb and hand anomalies: 0 fractional worksBone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments: 0 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional worksUrban Stormwater Management Solutions: 0 fractional worksChronic Disease Management Strategies: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 0 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 0 fractional worksOdor and Emission Control Technologies: 0 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring Technologies: 0 fractional works
Developmental BiologyRheumatologySurgeryEnvironmental Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital limb and hand anomalies Developmental Biology 0 works
  2. 2 Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments Rheumatology 0 works
  3. 3 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 0 works
  4. 4 Urban Stormwater Management Solutions Environmental Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 0 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 0 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 0 works
  9. 9 Odor and Emission Control Technologies Process Chemistry and Technology 0 works
  10. 10 Water Quality Monitoring Technologies Water Science and Technology 0 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 available5.7%not open94.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors1.8%domestic only98.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Catawba Valley Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 70% lower 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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