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Duke Regional Hospital

In research, Duke Regional Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,424 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,308 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#26,905
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,627
of 7,310
Research works
199
▲ 59% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.7k
23.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Duke Regional Hospital

What is Duke Regional Hospital 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 #8,424 of 16,688 8.2%154
MedicineField #8,308 of 14,558 8.1%125

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Duke Regional Hospital 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 Duke Regional Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Duke Regional Hospital is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (64%), Health Professions (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 44 fractional works · 77.4% of its workMedicine: 36 fractional works · 63.7% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 13.8% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 10.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 10.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDuke RegionalHospital56fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences77%Social Sciences9%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3663.7%
    2. Health Professions610.4%
    3. Nursing23.2%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.6%
    2. Neuroscience11.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences24.2%
    2. Psychology11.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.0%
    5. Decision Sciences00.7%
    1. Engineering12.0%
    2. Computer Science00.6%
    3. Environmental Science00.2%
    4. Materials Science00.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.96× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.31× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 6.44× its world share, 2 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing6.44×2 works
  2. Health Professions3.96×6 works
  3. Medicine3.31×36 works
  4. Neuroscience1.15×1 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.14×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.04×3 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.77×0 works
  8. Psychology0.60×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.47×1 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.45×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.44×1 works
  12. Dentistry0.38×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.36×1 works
  14. Social Sciences0.33×2 works
  15. Engineering0.13×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.08×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.04×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.03×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Duke Regional Hospital?

The most cited paper from Duke Regional Hospital is "The Impact of Surgical-Site Infections in the 1990s: Attributable Mortality, Excess Length of Hospitalization, And Extra Costs" (Kathryn B Kirkland, Jane Briggs, Sharon L. Trivette et al., 1999), with 1,732 citations. Next come "Health Care–Associated Bloodstream Infections in Adults: A Reason To Change the Accepted Definition of Community-Acquired Infections" (1,684) and "First multispacecraft ion measurements in and near the Earth’s magnetosphere with the identical Cluster ion spectrometry (CIS) experiment" (1,213).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Impact of Surgical-Site Infections in the 1990s: Attributable Mortality, Excess Length of Hospitalization, And Extra Costs Kathryn B Kirkland, Jane Briggs, Sharon L. Trivette et al. · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Nov 1999 1,732
2 Health Care–Associated Bloodstream Infections in Adults: A Reason To Change the Accepted Definition of Community-Acquired Infections N. Deborah Friedman, Keith S. Kaye, Jason E. Stout et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine Open access 19 Nov 2002 1,684
3 First multispacecraft ion measurements in and near the Earth’s magnetosphere with the identical Cluster ion spectrometry (CIS) experiment Henri Rème et al. · Annales Geophysicae Open access 30 Sep 2001 1,213
4 Adverse Clinical and Economic Outcomes Attributable to Methicillin Resistance among Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Surgical Site Infection John J. Engemann, Yehuda Carmeli, Sara E. Cosgrove et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Mar 2003 939
5 Resin 90Y-microsphere brachytherapy for unresectable colorectal liver metastases: Modern USA experience Andrew S. Kennedy, Douglas M. Coldwell, Charles W. Nutting et al. · International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics 10 May 2006 375
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Which keywords describe research at Duke Regional Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Surgical Management, Management, Complications, Risk Factors and Anticoagulant Therapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 4.1×43 topics
  2. Treatment4▲ 5.5×16 topics
  3. Diagnosis3▲ 6.0×10 topics
  4. Management3▲ 5.9×11 topics
  5. Risk Factors3▲ 4.2×14 topics
  6. Surgical Management2▲ 11×8 topics
  7. Inflammation2▲ 1.93×21 topics
  8. Complications2▲ 8.0×11 topics
  9. Anticoagulant Therapy2▲ 25×2 topics
  10. Quality of Life2▲ 2.1×18 topics
  11. COVID-192▲ 2.2×8 topics
  12. Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks2▲ 56×2 topics
  13. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 12×3 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress2▲ 1.75×9 topics
  15. Public Health2▲ 1.96×8 topics
  16. Vaccine2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  17. Angiogenesis2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  18. Depression2▲ 3.0×9 topics
  19. Chronic Subdural Hematoma1▲ 166×1 topic
  20. Intracranial Hypotension1▲ 166×1 topic
  21. Job Satisfaction1▲ 5.8×5 topics
  22. Imaging1▲ 9.4×3 topics
  23. Obesity1▲ 2.9×8 topics
  24. Pathophysiology1▲ 8.0×4 topics
  25. Health1▲ 5.4×3 topics
  26. Healthcare-Associated Infections1▲ 16×5 topics
  27. Metabolic Syndrome1▲ 2.7×7 topics
  28. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 6.6×7 topics
  29. Review1▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Antimicrobial Resistance1▲ 9.3×3 topics
  31. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 1.67×14 topics
  32. Mental Health1▲ 1.36×8 topics
  33. Neuroinflammation1▲ 6.5×3 topics
  34. Uterine Fibroids1▲ 67×1 topic
  35. Uterine Leiomyoma1▲ 67×1 topic
  36. Clinical Management1▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Global Burden1▲ 3.3×5 topics
  38. Infection1▲ 7.2×6 topics
  39. Neuroprotection1▲ 5.3×4 topics
  40. Primary Care1▲ 4.9×5 topics

Which research topics does Duke Regional Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications, Uterine Myomas and Treatments, Thyroid Disorders and Treatments and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications: 1 fractional worksUterine Myomas and Treatments: 1 fractional worksThyroid Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 1 fractional worksMedical and Biological Ozone Research: 1 fractional worksDiverse Scientific Resea…1Diverse Scientific Research Studies: 1 fractional worksNursing education and management: 1 fractional worksAntimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus: 1 fractional worksIntestinal and Peritonea…1Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions: 1 fractional works
NeurologyObstetrics and GynecologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismInfectious Diseases4 others

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

  1. 1 Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications Neurology 1 works
  2. 2 Uterine Myomas and Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  3. 3 Thyroid Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  5. 5 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Medical and Biological Ozone Research Pharmacology 1 works
  7. 7 Diverse Scientific Research Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 1 works
  9. 9 Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions 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 available42.8%not open57.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.0%domestic only70.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Duke Regional Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 59% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Duke Regional Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00025% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Duke Regional Hospital0.00030% in 202519801990200020102020

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