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Columbia Orthopaedic Group

In research, Columbia Orthopaedic Group stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,039 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#11,256 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery, Medicine and Health Sciences (Surgery is 20.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#32,754
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,867
of 7,310
Research works
187
▲ 95% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.6k
24.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Columbia Orthopaedic Group

What is Columbia Orthopaedic Group 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 #10,039 of 16,688 14.2%168
MedicineField #11,256 of 14,558 14.0%160

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Columbia Orthopaedic Group 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 Columbia Orthopaedic Group work in?

In 2022-now, 91% of research at Columbia Orthopaedic Group is in Health Sciences, 6% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (89%), Engineering (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (1%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 58 fractional works · 90.9% of its workMedicine: 57 fractional works · 89.2% of its workSurgery: 31 fractional works · 48.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 8 fractional works · 13.3% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 6.6% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKColumbiaOrthopaedic Group64fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences91%Social Sciences1%

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 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5789.2%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Dentistry00.5%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    1. Engineering46.0%
    2. Materials Science00.3%
    3. Mathematics00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.2%
    2. Neuroscience00.8%
    1. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    2. Social Sciences00.2%
    3. Psychology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Columbia Orthopaedic Group specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 20.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 30.8 works21×
  2. MedicineField · 57.0 works4.6×
  3. Health SciencesDomain · 58.1 works4.0×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.64× its world share, 57 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.64×57 works
  2. Veterinary2.24×0 works
  3. Dentistry1.08×0 works
  4. Neuroscience0.48×0 works
  5. Engineering0.40×4 works
  6. Health Professions0.35×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×1 works
  8. Mathematics0.22×0 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.09×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.07×0 works
  11. Psychology0.06×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Columbia Orthopaedic Group?

Ranked on the quality score, Patrick A. Smith, Paul S. Shurnas and S. Craig Meyer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Columbia Orthopaedic Group.

  1. 1 Patrick A. Smith United States · #286,433 worldwide 3.5k citations · 148 works
  2. 2 Paul S. Shurnas United States · #1,466,353 worldwide 2.2k citations · 22 works
  3. 3 S. Craig Meyer United States · #1,751,982 worldwide 455 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Columbia Orthopaedic Group

What are the most cited papers from Columbia Orthopaedic Group?

The most cited paper from Columbia Orthopaedic Group is "The Load Sharing Classification of Spine Fractures" (Thomas M. McCormack, Eldin E. Karaiković, Robert W. Gaines, 1994), with 919 citations. Next come "An Expressed Fgf4 Retrogene Is Associated with Breed-Defining Chondrodysplasia in Domestic Dogs" (369) and "Eccentric Loading, Shock-Wave Treatment, or a Wait- and-See Policy for Tendinopathy of the Main Body of Tendo Achillis" (356).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Load Sharing Classification of Spine Fractures Thomas M. McCormack, Eldin E. Karaiković, Robert W. Gaines · Spine Aug 1994 919
2 An Expressed Fgf4 Retrogene Is Associated with Breed-Defining Chondrodysplasia in Domestic Dogs Heidi G. Parker, Bridgett M. vonHoldt, Pascale Quignon et al. · Science Open access 16 Jul 2009 369
3 Eccentric Loading, Shock-Wave Treatment, or a Wait- and-See Policy for Tendinopathy of the Main Body of Tendo Achillis Jan Dirk Rompe, Bernhard Nafe, John Patrick Furia et al. · The American Journal of Sports Medicine 23 Jan 2007 356
4 Intra-articular Autologous Conditioned Plasma Injections Provide Safe and Efficacious Treatment for Knee Osteoarthritis Patrick A. Smith · The American Journal of Sports Medicine Feb 2016 295
5 Characterization and Surgical Outcomes of Proximal Junctional Failure in Surgically Treated Patients With Adult Spinal Deformity Mitsuru Yagi, Mark D. Rahm, Robert W. Gaines et al. · Spine 13 Feb 2014 266
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Which keywords describe research at Columbia Orthopaedic Group?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Arthroplasty, Anterior Cruciate Ligament, Injury Risk, Biomechanics, Revision Surgery and Total Hip Replacement.

▲ 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. Epidemiology16▲ 6.3×11 topics
  2. Complications11▲ 35×6 topics
  3. Anterior Cruciate Ligament9▲ 338×1 topic
  4. Arthroplasty9▲ 143×2 topics
  5. Injury Risk9▲ 338×1 topic
  6. Biomechanics9▲ 44×5 topics
  7. Revision Surgery9▲ 106×2 topics
  8. Total Hip Replacement9▲ 106×2 topics
  9. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 41×2 topics
  10. Outcomes8▲ 151×1 topic
  11. Regeneration8▲ 62×3 topics
  12. Total Knee Replacement8▲ 183×1 topic
  13. Osteoarthritis5▲ 56×3 topics
  14. Rehabilitation5▲ 19×4 topics
  15. Inflammation4▲ 3.3×4 topics
  16. Mesenchymal Stem Cells4▲ 65×2 topics
  17. Hypertrophy4▲ 100×2 topics
  18. Matrix Metalloproteinases4▲ 48×2 topics
  19. Extracellular Matrix4▲ 36×5 topics
  20. Cartilage4▲ 131×1 topic
  21. Chondrocyte4▲ 131×1 topic
  22. Growth Factors4▲ 48×2 topics
  23. Platelet-Rich Plasma4▲ 90×2 topics
  24. Shoulder Function4▲ 72×2 topics
  25. Mechanical Loading4▲ 169×1 topic
  26. Tendon4▲ 169×1 topic
  27. Prevention3▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Rotator Cuff Tears3▲ 84×1 topic
  29. Shoulder Pathology3▲ 84×1 topic
  30. Risk Factors3▲ 4.7×3 topics
  31. Muscle Injuries3▲ 73×1 topic
  32. Sports Injury3▲ 73×1 topic
  33. Gait Analysis3▲ 45×3 topics
  34. Surgical Management3▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Kinematics2▲ 80×2 topics
  36. Distal Radius Fractures2▲ 70×1 topic
  37. Flexor Tendon Repair2▲ 70×1 topic
  38. Foot Strike Patterns2▲ 96×1 topic
  39. Running Injuries2▲ 96×1 topic
  40. Infection Prevention2▲ 39×3 topics

Which research topics does Columbia Orthopaedic Group publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms and Tendon Structure and Treatment.

Knee injuries and recons…9Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 9 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 8 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 4 fractional worksTendon Structure and Treatment: 4 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 3 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…3Sports injuries and prevention: 3 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 2 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional works
SurgeryRheumatologyOrthopedics and Sports MedicineBiomedical Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 9 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 8 works
  3. 3 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 4 works
  4. 4 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 2 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 available32.6%not open67.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.0%domestic only91.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Columbia Orthopaedic Group's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 95% 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 Columbia Orthopaedic Group as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00043% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Columbia Orthopaedic Group0.00018% in 202519801990200020102020

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