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Dignity Health

In research, Dignity Health stands highest in Medicine (#7,548 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,865 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,709
of 28,054 · #19,345 all time
Rank in United States
#2,721
of 4,192
Research works
558
▲ 102% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.9k
10.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Dignity Health 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 #7,548 of 10,443 9.4%102 #5952
Health SciencesDomain #8,865 of 11,982 10.0%112 #5751

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

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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.55× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.16× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.84× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.98× its world share, 102 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.60× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.94× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.34× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Dignity Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Evelin Gerda Lindner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dignity Health.

  1. 1 Evelin Gerda Lindner United States · #1,439,786 worldwide 23 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Dignity Health

Which keywords describe research at Dignity Health?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 2.4×67 topics
  2. Diagnosis8▲ 4.8×26 topics
  3. Treatment6▲ 2.8×27 topics
  4. Management6▲ 4.2×21 topics
  5. Complications6▲ 6.1×12 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 5.3×9 topics
  7. Inflammation5▲ 1.39×24 topics
  8. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.8×15 topics
  9. Risk Factors5▲ 2.4×16 topics
  10. Biomarkers5▲ 3.9×11 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 2.3×18 topics
  12. Surgery5▲ 7.4×10 topics
  13. Mortality4▲ 4.3×10 topics
  14. Guidelines4▲ 5.1×10 topics
  15. Quality of Life4▲ 1.64×20 topics
  16. Clinical Trials4▲ 3.4×12 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors4▲ 5.2×12 topics
  18. Immunotherapy4▲ 2.8×14 topics
  19. Surgical Management3▲ 4.7×13 topics
  20. Human Rights3▲ 1.82×10 topics
  21. Neuroprotection3▲ 4.8×9 topics
  22. Radiotherapy3▲ 4.1×9 topics
  23. Catheter Ablation3▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Chronic Pain3▲ 6.6×5 topics
  25. Echocardiography2▲ 4.8×7 topics
  26. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 4.0×7 topics
  27. Prophylaxis2▲ 9.6×4 topics
  28. Pain Management2▲ 5.1×6 topics
  29. Antifungal Therapy2▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Targeted Therapy2▲ 5.1×4 topics
  31. Academic Medicine2▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Radiation Therapy2▲ 8.2×5 topics
  33. Revascularization2▲ 7.0×3 topics
  34. Molecular Profiling2▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Palliative Treatment2▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Robotic Surgery2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  37. Anticoagulant Therapy2▲ 7.6×3 topics
  38. Rituximab2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  39. Immunosuppression2▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Stroke Prevention2▲ 7.5×2 topics

Which research topics does Dignity Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment and Innovations in Medical Education.

Atrial Fibrillation Mana…2Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods…1Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 1 fractional worksHungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies: 1 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 1 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …1Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 1 fractional worksPolyomavirus and related diseases: 1 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  5. 5 Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  6. 6 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 1 works
  7. 7 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Polyomavirus and related diseases Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Esophageal and GI Pathology 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 available41.1%not open58.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.8%domestic only81.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Dignity Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 102% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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