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Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine

In research, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine stands highest in Medicine (#3,495 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,294 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#7,001 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 5.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,654
of 28,054 · #14,455 all time
Rank in United States
#1,737
of 4,192
Research works
978
▲ 132% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.7k
9.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine 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 #3,495 of 10,443 6.0%331 #4449
Health SciencesDomain #4,294 of 11,982 6.4%354 #5817
Life SciencesDomain #7,001 of 7,800 6.0%70 #9203
SurgerySubfield #1,637 of 1,816 4.4%63 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine 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#4,449 #3,495
  2. Health Sciences#5,817 #4,294
  3. Life Sciences#9,203 #7,001
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 Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 63.2 works5.7×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.68× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.26× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.52× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.66× its world share, 331 worksMedicineNursing: 1.44× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Complications, Treatment, Surgical Management, Risk Factors, Management and Medical Education.

▲ 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. Epidemiology75▲ 4.0×111 topics
  2. Treatment25▲ 4.3×41 topics
  3. Diagnosis24▲ 5.4×36 topics
  4. Inflammation19▲ 1.98×59 topics
  5. Complications19▲ 8.0×16 topics
  6. Risk Factors17▲ 3.3×28 topics
  7. Surgical Management16▲ 8.1×18 topics
  8. Management15▲ 4.0×26 topics
  9. Quality of Life13▲ 1.98×31 topics
  10. Public Health12▲ 1.80×26 topics
  11. Pathogenesis12▲ 5.1×20 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress12▲ 1.56×34 topics
  13. Immunotherapy11▲ 3.2×19 topics
  14. Medical Education10▲ 8.5×10 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations10▲ 4.9×21 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 3.7×12 topics
  17. Pathophysiology10▲ 6.7×11 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders9▲ 3.4×17 topics
  19. Depression9▲ 2.1×15 topics
  20. Clinical Trials8▲ 2.6×15 topics
  21. Prenatal Diagnosis8▲ 12×7 topics
  22. Prevention8▲ 4.1×12 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors8▲ 4.0×12 topics
  24. Surgery8▲ 4.7×11 topics
  25. Chronic Pain8▲ 7.4×5 topics
  26. Global Burden8▲ 3.0×11 topics
  27. Guidelines8▲ 3.4×12 topics
  28. Immune Response8▲ 2.8×16 topics
  29. Pain Management7▲ 6.5×8 topics
  30. Patient Satisfaction7▲ 4.7×8 topics
  31. Virulence Factors7▲ 9.8×7 topics
  32. Reflective Practice6▲ 7.3×3 topics
  33. Children6▲ 5.5×6 topics
  34. Surgical Treatment6▲ 6.6×6 topics
  35. Laparoscopic Surgery6▲ 10×4 topics
  36. Robotic Surgery5▲ 7.7×4 topics
  37. Immunohistochemistry5▲ 14×4 topics
  38. Review5▲ 8.2×2 topics
  39. Academic Medicine5▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Injury Prevention5▲ 8.0×4 topics

Which research topics does Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovations in Medical Education, Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, Streptococcal Infections and Treatments and Sports injuries and prevention.

Innovations in Medical E…4Innovations in Medical Education: 4 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorde…4Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 4 fractional worksStreptococcal Infections and Treatments: 3 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…3Sports injuries and prevention: 3 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …3Diversity and Career in Medicine: 3 fractional worksPeripheral Nerve Disorders: 3 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 3 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and …3Surgical Simulation and Training: 3 fractional worksEctopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSurgeryOrthopedics and Sports MedicineGender Studies2 others

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

  1. 1 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  2. 2 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  4. 4 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 3 works
  6. 6 Peripheral Nerve Disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  7. 7 Hernia repair and management Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 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 available65.2%not open34.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.8%domestic only91.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 132% 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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