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Detroit Medical Center

In research, Detroit Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#3,787 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,593 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,405 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 11.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,131
of 28,054 · #10,638 all time
Rank in United States
#1,513
of 4,192
Research works
2.2k
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
36k
16.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Detroit 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 #3,787 of 10,443 6.0%398 #3110
Health SciencesDomain #4,593 of 11,982 6.1%415 #3692
SurgerySubfield #1,405 of 1,816 6.8%82 #1785

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

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#3,110 #3,787
  2. Health Sciences#3,692 #4,593
  3. Surgery#1,785 #1,405
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 Detroit Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 11.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 58.1 works11×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 81.8 works7.0×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.86× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.07× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.17× its world share, 398 worksMedicineNursing: 1.28× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Detroit Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Anuj Shah, M. Chadi Alraies and Mouhanad M. El‐Othmani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Detroit Medical Center.

  1. 1 Anuj Shah United States · #884,582 worldwide 38 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 M. Chadi Alraies United States · #1,025,410 worldwide 66 citations · 156 works
  3. 3 Mouhanad M. El‐Othmani United States · #1,119,801 worldwide 18 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Theodore Schreiber United States · #1,230,922 worldwide 34 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Yasar Sattar United States · #1,357,381 worldwide 8 citations · 71 works
  6. 6 Nomesh Kumar United States · #1,376,688 worldwide 1 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 M Chadi Alraies United States · #1,432,350 worldwide 1 citations · 59 works
  8. 8 Tomo Ando United States · #1,433,510 worldwide 19 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Mohammad Hamza United States · #1,473,488 worldwide 0 citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Mohamed Zghouzi United States · #1,565,016 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Detroit Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Detroit Medical Center?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology70▲ 3.6×97 topics
  2. Guidelines30▲ 13×13 topics
  3. Diagnosis29▲ 6.2×35 topics
  4. Inflammation27▲ 2.6×57 topics
  5. Treatment26▲ 4.3×41 topics
  6. Risk Factors25▲ 4.6×22 topics
  7. Complications20▲ 8.2×16 topics
  8. Mortality19▲ 6.5×13 topics
  9. Surgery18▲ 10×10 topics
  10. Heart Failure18▲ 8.2×12 topics
  11. Management16▲ 4.1×26 topics
  12. Quality of Life15▲ 2.1×34 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease15▲ 2.6×29 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress15▲ 1.79×33 topics
  15. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention15▲ 22×4 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 5.0×14 topics
  17. Atherosclerosis13▲ 9.5×6 topics
  18. Echocardiography13▲ 9.6×8 topics
  19. Surgical Management12▲ 6.1×20 topics
  20. Chemotherapy12▲ 3.5×19 topics
  21. Myocardial Infarction12▲ 10×6 topics
  22. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement10▲ 29×1 topic
  23. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement10▲ 29×1 topic
  24. Rehabilitation10▲ 5.0×10 topics
  25. Catheter Ablation9▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations9▲ 4.2×18 topics
  27. Drug Resistance9▲ 6.4×5 topics
  28. Revision Surgery9▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Total Hip Replacement9▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Antiepileptic Drugs8▲ 22×2 topics
  31. Prophylaxis8▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Seizures8▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Surgical Treatment8▲ 8.1×6 topics
  34. Postoperative Complications8▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Revascularization8▲ 9.8×3 topics
  36. Epilepsy7▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Anticoagulant Therapy7▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Status Epilepticus7▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Cardiac Risk7▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Perioperative7▲ 17×1 topic

Which research topics does Detroit Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Epilepsy research and treatment, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…10Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 10 fractional worksEpilepsy research and tr…7Epilepsy research and treatment: 7 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …7Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 7 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…6Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 5 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis D…5Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 5 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 5 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…4Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 4 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePsychiatry and Mental healthSurgeryEpidemiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  2. 2 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 7 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  4. 4 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 6 works
  5. 5 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  6. 6 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 5 works
  7. 7 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 5 works
  8. 8 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 5 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  10. 10 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 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 available39.7%not open60.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.6%domestic only88.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Detroit Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% 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.

Other research institutions in Detroit

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.