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Duke University Health System

In research, Duke University Health System stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,708 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,977 of 10,443 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,439 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,179
of 28,054 · #8,123 all time
Rank in United States
#953
of 4,192
Research works
1.5k
▲ 126% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
18.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Duke University Health System 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,708 of 11,982 15.5%372 #1854
MedicineField #2,977 of 10,443 14.0%319 #2542
SurgerySubfield #1,439 of 1,816 11.5%60 #2306

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Duke University Health System 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. Health Sciences#1,854 #1,708
  2. Medicine#2,542 #2,977
  3. Surgery#2,306 #1,439
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.

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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.94× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.23× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.67× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.62× its world share, 46 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.43× its world share, 319 worksMedicineNursing: 2.48× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.89× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.49× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Duke University Health System?

Ranked on the composite score, J. Bryan Sexton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Duke University Health System.

  1. 1 J. Bryan Sexton United States · #569,312 worldwide 60 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Duke University Health System

Which keywords describe research at Duke University Health System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Primary Care, Medical Education, Patient Satisfaction, Treatment, Guidelines and Quality Improvement.

▲ 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. Epidemiology53▲ 2.8×105 topics
  2. Quality of Life22▲ 3.2×35 topics
  3. Inflammation18▲ 1.75×49 topics
  4. Treatment17▲ 2.9×34 topics
  5. Mental Health15▲ 2.2×26 topics
  6. Primary Care15▲ 8.1×12 topics
  7. Risk Factors14▲ 2.6×25 topics
  8. Depression13▲ 3.1×20 topics
  9. Medical Education13▲ 10×10 topics
  10. Public Health13▲ 1.79×29 topics
  11. Healthcare12▲ 2.3×12 topics
  12. Guidelines12▲ 5.4×11 topics
  13. Diagnosis12▲ 2.7×26 topics
  14. Management12▲ 3.2×19 topics
  15. Patient Satisfaction11▲ 7.5×8 topics
  16. Complications11▲ 4.5×16 topics
  17. Clinical Trials10▲ 3.1×16 topics
  18. Precision Medicine10▲ 4.5×7 topics
  19. Heart Failure10▲ 4.7×10 topics
  20. Anxiety9▲ 4.1×7 topics
  21. Chemotherapy9▲ 2.8×19 topics
  22. Rehabilitation9▲ 4.9×9 topics
  23. Ethical Considerations9▲ 5.5×9 topics
  24. Mortality9▲ 3.1×11 topics
  25. Quality Improvement9▲ 9.2×7 topics
  26. Critical Care8▲ 7.6×8 topics
  27. Health-related Quality of Life8▲ 7.2×5 topics
  28. Clinical Guidelines8▲ 5.7×9 topics
  29. Cancer Risk8▲ 7.4×9 topics
  30. Echocardiography8▲ 6.0×6 topics
  31. Clinical Outcomes8▲ 7.5×6 topics
  32. Health Equity8▲ 5.8×4 topics
  33. Surgical Treatment7▲ 7.6×6 topics
  34. Health Outcomes7▲ 5.2×6 topics
  35. Diagnostic Imaging7▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Chronic Pain6▲ 5.9×5 topics
  37. Low Back Pain6▲ 7.5×3 topics
  38. Patient-Centered Care6▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Physician Burnout6▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Radiation Exposure6▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Duke University Health System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Radiation Dose and Imaging, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging.

Radiation Dose and Imaging5Radiation Dose and Imaging: 5 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …4Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 4 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 4 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray and CT Im…4Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging: 4 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…4Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 3 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …3Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 3 fractional worksElectronic Health Records Systems: 3 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingHealth InformaticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthBiomedical Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  2. 2 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 4 works
  3. 3 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  4. 4 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 3 works
  10. 10 Electronic Health Records Systems Health Information Management 3 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 available41.7%not open58.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Duke University Health System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 126% 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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