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Creighton University

In research, Creighton University stands highest in Medicine (#965 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,289 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,955 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 4.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,993
of 28,054 · #2,039 all time
Rank in United States
#560
of 4,192
Research works
14k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
311k
22.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Creighton University 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 #965 of 10,443 8.6%1,126 #638
Health SciencesDomain #1,289 of 11,982 9.1%1,242 #570
Social SciencesDomain #2,955 of 10,521 12.5%409 #1360
Life SciencesDomain #2,610 of 7,800 12.5%249 #1396
Social SciencesField #2,377 of 6,365 13.9%181 #1941
SurgerySubfield #760 of 1,816 9.6%190 #453
PsychologyField #1,517 of 2,181 15.0%64 #684
Physical SciencesDomain #9,093 of 12,888 13.2%138 #5864
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,866 of 2,578 15.0%73 #1384
NeuroscienceField #855 of 1,168 17.1%73 #1050

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Creighton University 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. Medicine#638 #965
  2. Health Sciences#570 #1,289
  3. Social Sciences#1,360 #2,955
  4. Life Sciences#1,396 #2,610
  5. Social Sciences#1,941 #2,377
  6. Surgery#453 #760
  7. Psychology#684 #1,517
  8. Physical Sciences#5,864 #9,093
  9. Sociology and Political Science#1,384 #1,866
  10. Neuroscience#1,050 #855
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.

What does Creighton University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 4.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 97.1 works4.5×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 190.3 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 132 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.09× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.22× its world share, 73 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.34× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 39 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.61× its world share, 16 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.53× its world share, 82 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.88× its world share, 1,126 worksMedicineNursing: 1.39× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.16× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.93× its world share, 55 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 46 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 19 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.02× its world share, 44 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.02× its world share, 64 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 181 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Creighton University?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert P. Heaney, Robert R. Recker and Henry T. Lynch lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Creighton University.

  1. 1 Robert P. Heaney United States · #377 worldwide 2k citations · 143 works
  2. 2 Robert R. Recker United States · #7,493 worldwide 770 citations · 84 works
  3. 3 Henry T. Lynch United States · #13,613 worldwide 1.3k citations · 182 works
  4. 4 S.J. Stohs United States · #40,999 worldwide 331 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 M. Cherney United States · #43,353 worldwide 626 citations · 55 works
  6. 6 Arun Kanmanthareddy United States · #64,528 worldwide 301 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Manashi Bagchi United States · #69,600 worldwide 320 citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Bruce J. Malina United States · #82,604 worldwide 86 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Anne J. Krush United States · #88,523 worldwide 210 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Debasis Bagchi United States · #101,173 worldwide 496 citations · 109 works
All ranked researchers at Creighton University

Which keywords describe research at Creighton University?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology211▲ 2.6×118 topics
  2. Treatment85▲ 3.5×46 topics
  3. Diagnosis78▲ 4.1×39 topics
  4. Inflammation67▲ 1.58×74 topics
  5. Chemotherapy67▲ 4.7×24 topics
  6. Quality of Life61▲ 2.1×49 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors56▲ 6.3×14 topics
  8. Risk Factors55▲ 2.5×33 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines51▲ 4.6×14 topics
  10. Complications45▲ 4.5×17 topics
  11. Immunotherapy45▲ 3.1×19 topics
  12. Management44▲ 2.8×29 topics
  13. Neurological Disorders43▲ 3.7×19 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease41▲ 1.79×32 topics
  15. Clinical Trials40▲ 2.9×18 topics
  16. Surgical Management39▲ 4.7×20 topics
  17. Guidelines37▲ 3.9×13 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations35▲ 4.0×21 topics
  19. Heart Failure34▲ 3.9×13 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome32▲ 1.95×22 topics
  21. Survival Analysis29▲ 5.3×7 topics
  22. Surgery29▲ 4.0×12 topics
  23. Echocardiography27▲ 4.9×7 topics
  24. Metastasis26▲ 3.8×10 topics
  25. Prognosis26▲ 4.0×9 topics
  26. Radiotherapy25▲ 3.2×13 topics
  27. Myocardial Infarction24▲ 5.1×7 topics
  28. Medical Education21▲ 4.0×11 topics
  29. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention21▲ 7.8×4 topics
  30. Reflective Practice20▲ 5.3×7 topics
  31. Cancer Incidence20▲ 7.1×4 topics
  32. Immunosuppressive Therapy19▲ 5.1×8 topics
  33. Cardiac Imaging18▲ 7.3×3 topics
  34. Assessment Methods18▲ 8.0×3 topics
  35. Genomic Characterization18▲ 6.6×3 topics
  36. Soft Tissue Sarcoma17▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Ewing's Sarcoma16▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Osteosarcoma16▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement16▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement16▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does Creighton University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Innovations in Medical Education and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes.

Sarcoma Diagnosis and Tr…16Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 16 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…16Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 16 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…15Innovations in Medical Education: 15 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…11Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 11 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 9 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 9 fractional worksPolitical Economy and Ma…9Political Economy and Marxism: 9 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 9 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 9 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and G…8Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 8 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 16 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 16 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 15 works
  4. 4 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 works
  5. 5 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 9 works
  6. 6 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 9 works
  7. 7 Political Economy and Marxism Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 9 works
  9. 9 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 9 works
  10. 10 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 8 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 available28.5%not open71.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Creighton University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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