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Cleveland Clinic

In research, Cleveland Clinic stands highest in Health Sciences (#167 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#153 of 8,541 worldwide) and Surgery (#57 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transplantation, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Internal Medicine (Transplantation is 15.2× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#583
of 22,385 · #521 all time
Rank in United States
#148
of 3,332
Research works
67k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8M
27.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%

What is Cleveland Clinic known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #167 of 9,902 11.2%8,612 #128
MedicineField #153 of 8,541 11.2%8,254 #119
SurgerySubfield #57 of 1,532 12.5%1,653 #48
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #62 of 736 11.4%936 #43
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #89 of 1,037 11.4%850 #43
Life SciencesDomain #641 of 6,403 9.9%1,106 #624
EpidemiologySubfield #106 of 927 11.1%551 #86
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #647 of 2,964 9.4%722 #538
Social SciencesDomain #2,396 of 9,585 8.8%387 #2153
Health ProfessionsField #480 of 1,895 11.0%284 #358

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cleveland Clinic 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#128 #167
  2. Medicine#119 #153
  3. Surgery#48 #57
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#43 #62
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#43 #89
  6. Life Sciences#624 #641
  7. Epidemiology#86 #106
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#538 #647
  9. Social Sciences#2,153 #2,396
  10. Health Professions#358 #480
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Cleveland Clinic work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Cleveland Clinic is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (78%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (3%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 9,911 fractional works · 81.8% of its workMedicine: 9,505 fractional works · 78.4% of its workSurgery: 1,900 fractional works · 15.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1,099 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 981 fractional works · 8.1% of its workOncology: 650 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEpidemiology: 628 fractional works · 5.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 332 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNeurology: 310 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 292 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 259 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 251 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 240 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHematology: 219 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 213 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 167 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 160 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 126 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 125 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 124 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 124 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHepatology: 113 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 110 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 105 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 102 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 95 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 83 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransplantation: 82 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 78 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 74 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 66 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 82 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 320 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 163 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 79 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,308 fractional works · 10.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 851 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 389 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 232 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 121 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 221 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 71 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 186 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 149 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 462 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEngineering: 232 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 193 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 80 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 440 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 143 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 136 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 83 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 79 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCleveland Clinic12kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences4%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences9,91181.8%
    1. Medicine9,50578.4%
    2. Health Professions3202.6%
    3. Nursing580.5%
    4. Dentistry200.2%
    5. Veterinary70.1%
  2. Life Sciences1,30810.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8517.0%
    2. Neuroscience2211.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology1861.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences260.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics240.2%
    1. Engineering2321.9%
    2. Computer Science800.7%
    3. Environmental Science430.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy390.3%
    5. Mathematics230.2%
    6. Chemistry200.2%
    7. Materials Science190.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering40.0%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.0%
    10. Energy10.0%
    1. Social Sciences1431.2%
    2. Psychology1361.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance830.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities310.3%
    5. Decision Sciences270.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting210.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Cleveland Clinic specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transplantation takes 15.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 82.2 works15×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 1,098.9 works8.6×
  3. Internal MedicineSubfield · 58.0 works7.8×
  4. GastroenterologySubfield · 104.6 works7.3×
  5. SurgerySubfield · 1,900.0 works6.7×
  6. HematologySubfield · 219.2 works6.0×
  7. Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSubfield · 74.1 works5.6×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 26 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.32× its world share, 851 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.53× its world share, 186 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 221 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 24 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 80 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 232 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 42 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 19 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 24 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 39 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 20 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 320 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.08× its world share, 9,505 worksMedicineNursing: 0.98× its world share, 58 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 21 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 27 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 83 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 136 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 143 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.08×9,505 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.53×186 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.32×851 works
  4. Neuroscience1.12×221 works
  5. Health Professions1.00×320 works
  6. Nursing0.98×58 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.57×24 works
  8. Veterinary0.42×7 works
  9. Psychology0.37×136 works
  10. Dentistry0.34×20 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.32×83 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.23×27 works
  13. Mathematics0.16×24 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.15×39 works
  15. Engineering0.13×232 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.10×4 works
  17. Chemistry0.10×20 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.09×30 works
  19. Social Sciences0.09×143 works
  20. Computer Science0.08×80 works
  21. Environmental Science0.07×42 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×21 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×26 works
  24. Materials Science0.04×19 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×1 works
  26. Energy0.01×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Cleveland Clinic?

Ranked on the quality score, Zeneng Wang, Stanley L. Hazen and Bruce Whitney Lytle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cleveland Clinic.

  1. 1 Zeneng Wang United States · #3,566 worldwide 37k citations · 239 works
  2. 2 Stanley L. Hazen United States · #3,623 worldwide 94k citations · 761 works
  3. 3 Bruce Whitney Lytle United States · #4,042 worldwide 75k citations · 418 works
  4. 4 SERPIL CEM ERZURUM United States · #8,530 worldwide 50k citations · 606 works
  5. 5 Eugene H. Blackstone United States · #9,366 worldwide 86k citations · 924 works
  6. 6 SUZY A. A. COMHAIR United States · #9,522 worldwide 22k citations · 258 works
  7. 7 George Robert Stark United States · #10,184 worldwide 66k citations · 473 works
  8. 8 Joseph A. DiDonato United States · #11,360 worldwide 36k citations · 156 works
  9. 9 Nathan A. Pennell United States · #12,240 worldwide 59k citations · 424 works
  10. 10 Dennis Bruemmer United States · #12,534 worldwide 15k citations · 61 works
All ranked researchers at Cleveland Clinic

What are the most cited papers from Cleveland Clinic?

The most cited paper from Cleveland Clinic is "A More Accurate Method To Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate from Serum Creatinine: A New Prediction Equation" (Andrew S. Levey, Juan P. Bosch, Julia Breyer Lewis et al., 1999), with 15,196 citations. Next come "Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome" (12,195) and "Recommendations for Chamber Quantification: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography’s Guidelines and Standards Committee and the Chamber Quantification Writing Group, Developed in Conjunction with the European Association of Echocardiography, a Branch of the European Society of Cardiology" (11,395).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A More Accurate Method To Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate from Serum Creatinine: A New Prediction Equation Andrew S. Levey, Juan P. Bosch, Julia Breyer Lewis et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine 16 Mar 1999 15,196
2 Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome Curtis Huttenhower et al. · Nature Open access248 authors Jun 2012 12,195
3 Recommendations for Chamber Quantification: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography’s Guidelines and Standards Committee and the Chamber Quantification Writing Group, Developed in Conjunction with the European Association of Echocardiography, a Branch of the European Society of Cardiology Roberto Miguel Lang, Michelle Bierig, Richard B. Devereux et al. · Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography Dec 2005 11,395
4 Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2010 Revisions to the McDonald criteria Chris H. Polman, Stephen C. Reingold, Brenda Banwell et al. · Annals of Neurology Open access 11 Jan 2011 9,914
5 Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis: 2017 revisions of the McDonald criteria Alan J. Thompson et al. · The Lancet Neurology Open access 21 Dec 2017 8,265
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cleveland Clinic?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications, Heart Failure, Guidelines, Echocardiography and Chemotherapy.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology1,431▲ 3.0×130 topics
  2. Treatment668▲ 4.5×51 topics
  3. Diagnosis660▲ 5.8×40 topics
  4. Inflammation544▲ 2.1×80 topics
  5. Chemotherapy465▲ 5.4×25 topics
  6. Quality of Life464▲ 2.6×50 topics
  7. Complications462▲ 7.7×17 topics
  8. Heart Failure450▲ 8.3×13 topics
  9. Guidelines440▲ 7.7×13 topics
  10. Echocardiography424▲ 13×8 topics
  11. Risk Factors418▲ 3.1×35 topics
  12. Management412▲ 4.3×31 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines402▲ 6.0×14 topics
  14. Immunotherapy386▲ 4.4×19 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors349▲ 6.6×14 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease324▲ 2.3×38 topics
  17. Mortality277▲ 4.0×13 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations274▲ 5.2×23 topics
  19. Obesity269▲ 2.9×25 topics
  20. Surgery269▲ 6.4×12 topics
  21. Surgical Management256▲ 5.2×20 topics
  22. Neoadjuvant Therapy245▲ 8.5×5 topics
  23. Radiotherapy236▲ 4.9×13 topics
  24. Myocardial Infarction235▲ 8.2×7 topics
  25. Prognosis227▲ 5.6×9 topics
  26. Cardiovascular Risk216▲ 5.7×9 topics
  27. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement189▲ 22×1 topic
  28. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement189▲ 22×1 topic
  29. Survival Analysis184▲ 5.5×7 topics
  30. Molecular Characterization179▲ 8.4×6 topics
  31. Immunosuppressive Therapy178▲ 7.7×8 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines176▲ 4.9×9 topics
  33. Thrombosis173▲ 5.2×7 topics
  34. Cardiac Imaging172▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Chronic Kidney Disease166▲ 5.5×9 topics
  36. Laparoscopic Surgery160▲ 11×5 topics
  37. Prophylaxis156▲ 10×4 topics
  38. Catheter Ablation151▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention150▲ 9.1×4 topics
  40. Transplantation145▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does Cleveland Clinic publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices.

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 189 works
  2. 2 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 116 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 94 works
  4. 4 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 94 works
  5. 5 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 94 works
  6. 6 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 89 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 86 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 85 works
  9. 9 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 83 works
  10. 10 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 83 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 available27.6%not open72.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.4%domestic only89.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cleveland Clinic's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Cleveland Clinic as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.048% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Cleveland Clinic0.049% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cleveland Clinic over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Cleveland Clinic9.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.6% in 2009.

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