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Duke Medical Center

In research, Duke Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#148 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#132 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#308 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics, Surgery and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Genetics is 5.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#479
of 22,385 · #400 all time
Rank in United States
#124
of 3,332
Research works
39k
▼ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9M
48.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.20×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Duke Medical Center

What is Duke Medical Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #148 of 9,902 14.2%1,952 #126
MedicineField #132 of 8,541 14.3%1,850 #117
Life SciencesDomain #308 of 6,403 12.7%478 #238
SurgerySubfield #90 of 1,532 15.1%329 #100
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #240 of 2,964 11.9%302 #178
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #114 of 1,037 12.8%207 #93
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #84 of 736 17.4%144 #68
EpidemiologySubfield #115 of 927 15.2%119 #113
Molecular BiologySubfield #268 of 1,880 12.7%159 #184
Physical SciencesDomain #1,633 of 10,670 13.6%153 #1925

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Duke 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#126 #148
  2. Medicine#117 #132
  3. Life Sciences#238 #308
  4. Surgery#100 #90
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#178 #240
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#93 #114
  7. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#68 #84
  8. Epidemiology#113 #115
  9. Molecular Biology#184 #268
  10. Physical Sciences#1,925 #1,633
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Duke Medical Center work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Duke Medical Center is in Health Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (68%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%), Neuroscience (3%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 2,183 fractional works · 71.3% of its workMedicine: 2,072 fractional works · 67.7% of its workSurgery: 367 fractional works · 12.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 237 fractional works · 7.7% of its workOncology: 169 fractional works · 5.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 163 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEpidemiology: 136 fractional works · 4.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 117 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 94 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhysiology: 71 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 52 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 51 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 46 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 45 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 43 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 39 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 38 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 37 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 37 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransplantation: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 87 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 48 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 535 fractional works · 17.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 339 fractional works · 11.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 180 fractional works · 5.9% of its workCancer Research: 50 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 48 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCell Biology: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 95 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSensory Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 81 fractional works · 2.6% of its workImmunology: 61 fractional works · 2.0% of its workVirology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 172 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPsychology: 67 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 59 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 29 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 172 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEngineering: 83 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 73 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 23 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDuke MedicalCenter3,062fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences6%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences2,18371.3%
    1. Medicine2,07267.7%
    2. Health Professions872.9%
    3. Nursing160.5%
    4. Dentistry40.1%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology33911.1%
    2. Neuroscience953.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology812.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences130.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics80.3%
    1. Psychology672.2%
    2. Social Sciences591.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance301.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities80.3%
    5. Decision Sciences40.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting40.1%
    1. Engineering832.7%
    2. Computer Science240.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy230.8%
    4. Environmental Science170.6%
    5. Chemistry80.3%
    6. Mathematics80.3%
    7. Materials Science70.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.0%
    10. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Duke Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Genetics takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 45.8 works5.5×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 366.6 works5.1×
  3. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 162.6 works5.1×
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 237.1 works5.0×
  5. OncologySubfield · 169.3 works4.9×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.08× its world share, 339 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.61× its world share, 80 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.90× its world share, 95 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 83 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 23 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 88 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.52× its world share, 2,072 worksMedicineNursing: 1.10× its world share, 16 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 67 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 59 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.52×2,072 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.61×80 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.08×339 works
  4. Neuroscience1.90×95 works
  5. Nursing1.10×16 works
  6. Health Professions1.08×88 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.74×8 works
  8. Psychology0.72×67 works
  9. Veterinary0.54×2 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.45×30 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.34×23 works
  12. Dentistry0.30×4 works
  13. Mathematics0.22×8 works
  14. Engineering0.18×83 works
  15. Chemistry0.17×8 works
  16. Social Sciences0.15×59 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.14×4 works
  18. Environmental Science0.11×17 works
  19. Computer Science0.10×24 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×13 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.09×8 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.06×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.06×7 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×4 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works
  26. Energy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Duke Medical Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Robert J. Lefkowitz, Adrian C. Angold and Farshid Guilak lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Duke Medical Center.

  1. 1 Robert J. Lefkowitz United States · #154 worldwide 148k citations · 857 works
  2. 2 Adrian C. Angold United States · #6,705 worldwide 53k citations · 239 works
  3. 3 Farshid Guilak United States · #6,978 worldwide 54k citations · 667 works
  4. 4 Roger E. McLendon United States · #7,108 worldwide 108k citations · 726 works
  5. 5 Charles Tanford United States · #7,770 worldwide 43k citations · 313 works
  6. 6 Jonathan S. Stamler United States · #7,892 worldwide 67k citations · 422 works
  7. 7 Marc G. Caron United States · #9,036 worldwide 101k citations · 811 works
  8. 8 Joseph Heitman United States · #9,475 worldwide 62k citations · 1,088 works
  9. 9 Joseph R. Nevins United States · #9,517 worldwide 51k citations · 457 works
  10. 10 Irwin Fridovich United States · #11,867 worldwide 107k citations · 483 works
All ranked researchers at Duke Medical Center

What are the most cited papers from Duke Medical Center?

The most cited paper from Duke Medical Center is "PHENIX : a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution" (Paul D. Adams, Pavel V. Afonine, G. Bunkóczi et al., 2010), with 24,924 citations. Next come "An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome" (19,751) and "Superoxide dismutase: Improved assays and an assay applicable to acrylamide gels" (12,959).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 PHENIX : a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution Paul D. Adams, Pavel V. Afonine, G. Bunkóczi et al. · Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography Open access 21 Jan 2010 24,924
2 An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome Ian Dunham et al. · Nature Open access442 authors Sep 2012 19,751
3 Superoxide dismutase: Improved assays and an assay applicable to acrylamide gels Charles Beauchamp, Irwin Fridovich · Analytical Biochemistry Nov 1971 12,959
4 Superoxide Dismutase Joe M. McCord, Irwin Fridovich · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access Nov 1969 12,906
5 Development of a new resilience scale: The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) Kathryn M. Connor, Jonathan R. T. Davidson · Depression and Anxiety Sep 2003 11,835
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Duke Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Heart Failure, Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, Inflammation, Guidelines and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology310▲ 2.5×128 topics
  2. Inflammation141▲ 2.2×82 topics
  3. Immunotherapy138▲ 6.2×19 topics
  4. Chemotherapy105▲ 4.8×25 topics
  5. Treatment103▲ 2.8×48 topics
  6. Quality of Life102▲ 2.3×50 topics
  7. Heart Failure95▲ 6.9×13 topics
  8. Diagnosis94▲ 3.3×40 topics
  9. Risk Factors92▲ 2.7×36 topics
  10. Cancer86▲ 2.1×49 topics
  11. Radiotherapy82▲ 6.8×13 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress79▲ 1.57×56 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease78▲ 2.2×34 topics
  14. Complications78▲ 5.1×17 topics
  15. Clinical Trials78▲ 3.8×18 topics
  16. Guidelines77▲ 5.3×13 topics
  17. Biomarkers74▲ 3.5×18 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines72▲ 4.3×14 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations70▲ 5.2×23 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors69▲ 5.2×14 topics
  21. Management68▲ 2.8×30 topics
  22. Echocardiography56▲ 6.5×8 topics
  23. Surgical Management55▲ 4.4×19 topics
  24. Tumor Microenvironment53▲ 3.9×8 topics
  25. Rehabilitation50▲ 4.1×13 topics
  26. Health-related Quality of Life50▲ 6.8×5 topics
  27. Targeted Therapy50▲ 7.3×5 topics
  28. Breast Cancer47▲ 6.1×11 topics
  29. Immunosuppressive Therapy45▲ 7.6×8 topics
  30. Thrombosis44▲ 5.3×7 topics
  31. Patient Satisfaction44▲ 4.6×9 topics
  32. Transplantation43▲ 14×4 topics
  33. Survival Analysis42▲ 5.0×7 topics
  34. Neoadjuvant Therapy42▲ 5.8×5 topics
  35. Graft Survival38▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Revision Surgery37▲ 9.6×2 topics
  37. Total Hip Replacement37▲ 9.6×2 topics
  38. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention37▲ 8.8×4 topics
  39. Rejection35▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Arthroplasty33▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Duke Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Transplantation: Methods…32Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 32 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…25Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 25 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 22 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 22 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 20 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 19 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 18 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatmen…17Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 17 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 17 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 17 fractional works
SurgeryBiomedical EngineeringOncologyGenetics4 others

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

  1. 1 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 32 works
  2. 2 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 25 works
  3. 3 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 22 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 22 works
  5. 5 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 20 works
  6. 6 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 19 works
  7. 7 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 18 works
  8. 8 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 17 works
  9. 9 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 17 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 17 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 available31.1%not open68.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.5%domestic only88.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Duke Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Duke Medical Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.011% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Duke Medical Center0.011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Duke Medical Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Duke Medical Center13.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.3% in 1992.

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