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Center for Innovation

In research, Center for Innovation stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,184 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,091 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,210 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,115
of 28,054 · #3,764 all time
Rank in United States
#446
of 4,192
Research works
2.5k
▲ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
69k
27.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Center for Innovation 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 #1,184 of 11,982 25.2%282 #1291
MedicineField #1,091 of 10,443 24.4%211 #1333
Social SciencesDomain #3,210 of 10,521 24.0%163 #3262
Physical SciencesDomain #3,951 of 12,888 20.5%174 #4412
Life SciencesDomain #3,870 of 7,800 20.3%67 #5211
Health ProfessionsField #1,154 of 1,928 26.5%61 #866
Social SciencesField #4,112 of 6,365 25.8%62 #4248
EngineeringField #4,650 of 6,636 19.2%73 #4081

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Center for Innovation 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#1,291 #1,184
  2. Medicine#1,333 #1,091
  3. Social Sciences#3,262 #3,210
  4. Physical Sciences#4,412 #3,951
  5. Life Sciences#5,211 #3,870
  6. Health Professions#866 #1,154
  7. Social Sciences#4,248 #4,112
  8. Engineering#4,081 #4,650
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.

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: 0.27× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.83× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.18× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.47× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.75× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.10× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.57× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.71× its world share, 73 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.82× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.36× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.39× its world share, 61 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.60× its world share, 211 worksMedicineNursing: 1.27× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.76× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.38× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.26× its world share, 47 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 62 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Center for Innovation?

Ranked on the composite score, Carmen Zahn, Gregory Pierce and Mette Præst Knudsen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Center for Innovation.

  1. 1 Carmen Zahn United States · #713,239 worldwide 22 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Gregory Pierce United States · #871,347 worldwide 42 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Mette Præst Knudsen United States · #1,260,902 worldwide 25 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Center for Innovation

Which keywords describe research at Center for Innovation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Primary Care, Chronic Disease Management, Quality Improvement, Public Health, Depression and Mortality Risk.

▲ 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. Epidemiology48▲ 1.75×94 topics
  2. Mental Health30▲ 3.0×32 topics
  3. Public Health25▲ 2.5×41 topics
  4. Depression21▲ 3.5×19 topics
  5. Inflammation21▲ 1.45×62 topics
  6. Quality of Life21▲ 2.1×37 topics
  7. Primary Care18▲ 6.8×10 topics
  8. COVID-1916▲ 1.71×19 topics
  9. Chronic Disease Management15▲ 12×6 topics
  10. Risk Factors15▲ 2.0×31 topics
  11. Healthcare15▲ 1.89×18 topics
  12. Quality Improvement14▲ 11×8 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 1.79×32 topics
  14. Nanoparticles14▲ 1.58×27 topics
  15. Mortality Risk13▲ 8.0×6 topics
  16. Anxiety13▲ 3.9×10 topics
  17. Social Support12▲ 3.2×12 topics
  18. Resilience12▲ 3.7×12 topics
  19. Mortality12▲ 3.0×12 topics
  20. Aging12▲ 3.2×10 topics
  21. Patient Satisfaction12▲ 5.6×9 topics
  22. Catalysis12▲ 2.6×19 topics
  23. Health Disparities11▲ 6.2×8 topics
  24. Substance Use Disorders9▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Health Care Utilization8▲ 10×3 topics
  26. Psychological Distress8▲ 4.7×5 topics
  27. Digital Divide8▲ 4.4×7 topics
  28. Continuity of Care7▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Patient Engagement7▲ 7.4×4 topics
  30. Psychiatric Disorders6▲ 7.2×4 topics
  31. Social Relationships6▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Health Care Costs6▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Telehealth6▲ 21×1 topic
  34. Telemedicine6▲ 6.8×2 topics
  35. Virtual Care6▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Health System Reform6▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Patient-Centered Medical Home6▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Pay for Performance6▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Psychometric Evaluation6▲ 9.2×2 topics
  40. Healthcare Quality6▲ 7.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Center for Innovation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation, Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research.

Telemedicine and Telehea…6Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 6 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health …6Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 6 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 5 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 4 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 4 fractional worksMetallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics: 4 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Dis…4Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 4 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 4 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsPsychiatry and Mental healthEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  2. 2 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 6 works
  3. 3 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  4. 4 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  6. 6 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 4 works
  7. 7 Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 4 works
  9. 9 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 4 works
  10. 10 Health disparities and outcomes Health 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 available52.7%not open47.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.8%domestic only66.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Center for Innovation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% 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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