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Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates

In research, Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,921 of 16,688 worldwide), Surgery (#1,055 of 3,248 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,260 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine and Health Sciences (Medicine is 4.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#20,937
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,338
of 7,310
Research works
421
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
41.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates

What is Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #4,921 of 16,688 18.6%374
SurgerySubfield #1,055 of 3,248 22.3%156
MedicineField #5,260 of 14,558 18.9%362

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates 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 fields of science does Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates is in Health Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (78%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (3%), Health Professions (3%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 34 fractional works · 81.5% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 77.7% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 31.2% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 18.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKColon and RectalSurgery…42fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences9%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3277.7%
    2. Health Professions13.0%
    3. Nursing00.7%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Social Sciences12.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities11.8%
    4. Decision Sciences01.1%
    5. Psychology01.0%
    1. Environmental Science11.9%
    2. Engineering11.7%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.8%
    4. Computer Science00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.1%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 32.3 works4.0×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 33.9 works3.5×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.73× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.04× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 1.46× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.04×32 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.73×0 works
  3. Veterinary1.48×0 works
  4. Nursing1.46×0 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.20×1 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.18×0 works
  7. Health Professions1.12×1 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.63×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.58×1 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.51×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.38×1 works
  12. Psychology0.34×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.23×1 works
  14. Engineering0.12×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.07×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates?

Ranked on the quality score, Linda L. Jensen, David N. Armstrong and Wayne L. Ambroze lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates.

  1. 1 Linda L. Jensen United States · #912,684 worldwide 1.6k citations · 31 works
  2. 2 David N. Armstrong United States · #1,809,115 worldwide 1.4k citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Wayne L. Ambroze United States · #1,971,290 worldwide 1.2k citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Kenneth W. Smith United States · #2,154,229 worldwide 1.2k citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Sanjiv K. Patankar United States · #2,497,024 worldwide 388 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Rene F. Hartmann United States · #2,548,053 worldwide 662 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates

What are the most cited papers from Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates?

The most cited paper from Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates is "Guidelines 2000 for Colon and Rectal Cancer Surgery" (H. Nelson, Nicholas James Petrelli, Arthur M. Carlin et al., 2001), with 1,300 citations. Next come "Fecal incontinence quality of life scale" (1,252) and "Patient and surgeon ranking of the severity of symptoms associated with fecal incontinence" (815).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guidelines 2000 for Colon and Rectal Cancer Surgery H. Nelson, Nicholas James Petrelli, Arthur M. Carlin et al. · JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute Open access 18 Apr 2001 1,300
2 Fecal incontinence quality of life scale Todd H. Rockwood, James M. Church, James W. Fleshman et al. · Diseases of the Colon & Rectum 2000 1,252
3 Patient and surgeon ranking of the severity of symptoms associated with fecal incontinence Todd H. Rockwood, James M. Church, James W. Fleshman et al. · Diseases of the Colon & Rectum Dec 1999 815
4 Vascular Complications of Inflammatory Bowel Disease R. W. Talbot, Jacques P. Heppell, Roger R. Dozois et al. · Mayo Clinic Proceedings Feb 1986 646
5 Meckel Diverticulum John Park, Bruce G. Wolff, Matthew K. Tollefson et al. · Annals of Surgery Open access 15 Feb 2005 631
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Which keywords describe research at Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Laparoscopic Surgery, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Adjuvant Chemotherapy, Chemotherapy, Neoadjuvant Therapy and Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 4.2×18 topics
  2. Laparoscopic Surgery6▲ 113×4 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 24×6 topics
  4. Quality of Life5▲ 8.8×9 topics
  5. Adjuvant Chemotherapy5▲ 168×2 topics
  6. Chemotherapy5▲ 16×8 topics
  7. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 47×3 topics
  8. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy4▲ 136×2 topics
  9. Tumor Markers4▲ 131×2 topics
  10. Rectal Cancer4▲ 271×1 topic
  11. Total Mesorectal Excision4▲ 271×1 topic
  12. Treatment3▲ 6.4×7 topics
  13. Guidelines3▲ 16×4 topics
  14. Chemoradiation3▲ 107×2 topics
  15. Mortality3▲ 12×6 topics
  16. Complications3▲ 14×4 topics
  17. Anal Cancer3▲ 278×1 topic
  18. Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy3▲ 278×1 topic
  19. Fistulas2▲ 175×1 topic
  20. Hemorrhoids2▲ 328×1 topic
  21. Diagnosis2▲ 5.8×7 topics
  22. Risk Factors2▲ 5.1×6 topics
  23. Colonic Diverticulitis2▲ 268×1 topic
  24. Diverticulitis2▲ 268×1 topic
  25. Surgical Treatment2▲ 26×4 topics
  26. Children2▲ 21×3 topics
  27. Colorectal Cancer2▲ 47×2 topics
  28. Medical Education2▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Surgical Management2▲ 8.6×5 topics
  30. Colonoscopy1▲ 77×1 topic
  31. Genetics1▲ 4.9×4 topics
  32. Meta-Analysis1▲ 5.8×3 topics
  33. Pelvic Floor Dysfunction1▲ 71×1 topic
  34. Polyps1▲ 77×1 topic
  35. Robotic Surgery1▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Screening1▲ 36×2 topics
  37. Surgery1▲ 10×4 topics
  38. Urinary Incontinence1▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Prognostic Factors1▲ 7.0×4 topics
  40. Antibiotic Therapy1▲ 44×1 topic

Which research topics does Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments, Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas, Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes and Diverticular Disease and Complications.

Colorectal Cancer Surgic…4Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 4 fractional worksColorectal and Anal Carcinomas: 3 fractional worksAnorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksDiverticular Disease and Complications: 2 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…1Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 1 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 1 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 1 fractional works
OncologySurgeryRheumatologyEmergency Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 4 works
  2. 2 Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Diverticular Disease and Complications Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 1 works
  6. 6 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 1 works
  7. 7 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 1 works
  10. 10 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 1 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 available17.7%not open82.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates0.00019% in 202519801990200020102020

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