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Charleston Area Medical Center

In research, Charleston Area Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#4,550 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,357 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 9.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,019
of 28,054 · #17,667 all time
Rank in United States
#2,427
of 4,192
Research works
1.2k
▲ 73% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
11.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Charleston Area 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
MedicineField #4,550 of 10,443 6.7%248 #3899
Health SciencesDomain #5,357 of 11,982 6.9%260 #5186

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

What does Charleston Area Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 9.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 29.8 works9.4×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 45.3 works6.4×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.18× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.51× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.21× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.29× its world share, 248 worksMedicineNursing: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Charleston Area Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Mark C. Bates, D Mihailidis and Patrick Robinson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Charleston Area Medical Center.

  1. 1 Mark C. Bates United States · #155,339 worldwide 104 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 D Mihailidis United States · #190,062 worldwide 169 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Patrick Robinson United States · #518,974 worldwide 76 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Frank J. Ayd United States · #568,173 worldwide 70 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Jennifer Collins United States · #802,215 worldwide 13 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Roger Taylor United States · #1,024,130 worldwide 39 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Mike Broce United States · #1,146,846 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Aravinda Nanjundappa United States · #1,242,764 worldwide 23 citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Amir Kamran United States · #1,357,586 worldwide 26 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Ebubekir Daglilar United States · #1,490,527 worldwide 3 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Charleston Area Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Charleston Area Medical Center?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology39▲ 3.2×82 topics
  2. Treatment18▲ 5.0×29 topics
  3. Risk Factors18▲ 5.3×22 topics
  4. Diagnosis16▲ 5.7×29 topics
  5. Guidelines15▲ 11×10 topics
  6. Heart Failure14▲ 11×10 topics
  7. Inflammation13▲ 2.1×39 topics
  8. Chemotherapy13▲ 6.0×19 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 6.2×12 topics
  10. Management10▲ 4.1×21 topics
  11. Immunotherapy10▲ 4.5×16 topics
  12. Echocardiography9▲ 11×7 topics
  13. Stroke Prevention9▲ 26×2 topics
  14. Revascularization9▲ 20×3 topics
  15. Magnetic Resonance Imaging8▲ 11×4 topics
  16. Atherosclerosis8▲ 9.6×6 topics
  17. Complications8▲ 5.3×13 topics
  18. Clinical Trials8▲ 3.9×12 topics
  19. Neuroprotection8▲ 7.4×9 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations8▲ 5.8×11 topics
  21. Diabetes7▲ 4.8×8 topics
  22. Clinical Guidelines7▲ 8.2×8 topics
  23. Prophylaxis7▲ 18×4 topics
  24. Radiotherapy7▲ 5.9×9 topics
  25. Prognosis6▲ 6.6×8 topics
  26. Stroke6▲ 11×7 topics
  27. Surgery6▲ 5.8×9 topics
  28. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 8.6×6 topics
  29. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention6▲ 15×4 topics
  30. Cerebrovascular Events6▲ 36×2 topics
  31. Catheter Ablation6▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Carotid Artery Stenosis6▲ 39×1 topic
  33. Endarterectomy6▲ 39×1 topic
  34. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 7.9×5 topics
  35. Anticoagulant Therapy6▲ 15×4 topics
  36. Type 2 Diabetes5▲ 8.1×4 topics
  37. Prevention Guidelines5▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Critical Care5▲ 7.5×8 topics
  39. Glycemic Control5▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Insulin Therapy5▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Charleston Area Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases, Diabetes Treatment and Management, Peripheral Artery Disease Management and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Cerebrovascular and Caro…6Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 6 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…4Diabetes Treatment and Management: 4 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Diseas…4Peripheral Artery Disease Management: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…4Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 4 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…3Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 3 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…3Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 3 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  3. 3 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 4 works
  6. 6 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 3 works
  9. 9 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 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 available29.6%not open70.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.7%domestic only92.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Charleston Area Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 73% 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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