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Eisenhower Medical Center

In research, Eisenhower Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#6,999 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,294 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 6.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,842
of 22,385 · #22,541 all time
Rank in United States
#2,614
of 3,332
Research works
1.3k
▲ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
15.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.77×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Eisenhower Medical Center

What is Eisenhower 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
MedicineField #6,999 of 8,541 4.2%184 #8967
Health SciencesDomain #8,294 of 9,902 4.4%201 #10490

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Eisenhower 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 fields of science does Eisenhower Medical Center work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Eisenhower Medical Center is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Health Professions (4%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 218 fractional works · 84.2% of its workMedicine: 200 fractional works · 77.3% of its workSurgery: 41 fractional works · 16.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 22 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEpidemiology: 17 fractional works · 6.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 17 fractional works · 6.4% of its workOncology: 14 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGastroenterology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 8.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEisenhowerMedical Center258fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences84%Social Sciences5%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine20077.3%
    2. Health Professions114.1%
    3. Dentistry41.5%
    4. Nursing20.9%
    5. Veterinary10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology103.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology41.7%
    3. Neuroscience31.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    1. Psychology41.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting31.2%
    3. Social Sciences31.1%
    4. Decision Sciences10.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Engineering31.2%
    2. Computer Science21.0%
    3. Chemistry10.3%
    4. Environmental Science00.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Eisenhower Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 41.3 works6.8×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.67× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.11× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.56× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.02× its world share, 200 worksMedicineNursing: 1.85× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.37× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.02×200 works
  2. Dentistry3.11×4 works
  3. Veterinary2.37×1 works
  4. Nursing1.85×2 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.67×4 works
  6. Health Professions1.56×11 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.49×1 works
  8. Neuroscience0.82×3 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.72×10 works
  10. Psychology0.54×4 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.45×1 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.38×3 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×3 works
  14. Chemistry0.16×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.12×2 works
  16. Social Sciences0.09×3 works
  17. Engineering0.08×3 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.08×1 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works
  21. Environmental Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Eisenhower Medical Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Justin M. Thomas, John G. DeVine and Luke P. Dreisbach lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Eisenhower Medical Center.

  1. 1 Justin M. Thomas United States · #428,195 worldwide 2.3k citations · 65 works
  2. 2 John G. DeVine United States · #962,986 worldwide 3.6k citations · 81 works
  3. 3 Luke P. Dreisbach United States · #1,299,667 worldwide 2k citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Chad A. Asplund United States · #1,597,470 worldwide 4.3k citations · 103 works
  5. 5 Robert D. Rice United States · #1,880,955 worldwide 1.2k citations · 70 works
  6. 6 Thomas E. Knuth United States · #1,937,252 worldwide 759 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Michael Del Rosario United States · #2,065,300 worldwide 1.4k citations · 47 works
  8. 8 León A. Feldman United States · #2,362,974 worldwide 907 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Byron J. Faler United States · #2,541,239 worldwide 1.1k citations · 33 works
  10. 10 David M. Hyams United States · #2,601,700 worldwide 2.7k citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Eisenhower Medical Center

What are the most cited papers from Eisenhower Medical Center?

The most cited paper from Eisenhower Medical Center is "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (Simon I Hay et al., 2025), with 762 citations. Next come "Dorsal root ganglion stimulation yielded higher treatment success rate for complex regional pain syndrome and causalgia at 3 and 12 months: a randomized comparative trial" (631) and "Electrocardiographic interpretation in athletes: the ‘Seattle Criteria’" (555).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
2 Dorsal root ganglion stimulation yielded higher treatment success rate for complex regional pain syndrome and causalgia at 3 and 12 months: a randomized comparative trial Timothy Ray Deer et al. · Pain Open access 23 Dec 2016 631
3 Electrocardiographic interpretation in athletes: the ‘Seattle Criteria’ Jonathan A. Drezner et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine 9 Jan 2013 555
4 Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Mohsen Naghavi et al. · The Lancet Open access2,463 authors Oct 2025 500
5 Physical Therapy Treatment Effectiveness for Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Randomized Comparison of Supervised Clinical Exercise and Manual Therapy Procedures Versus a Home Exercise Program Gail Dean Deyle, Stephen C Allison, Robert L. Matekel et al. · Physical Therapy Dec 2005 452
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Eisenhower Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications, Chemotherapy, Management, Surgical Management 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-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. Epidemiology34▲ 3.3×80 topics
  2. Diagnosis18▲ 7.5×30 topics
  3. Treatment17▲ 5.3×30 topics
  4. Complications11▲ 8.4×16 topics
  5. Chemotherapy11▲ 5.8×17 topics
  6. Inflammation10▲ 1.88×33 topics
  7. Management10▲ 4.8×20 topics
  8. Risk Factors9▲ 3.3×22 topics
  9. Quality of Life9▲ 2.5×28 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 5.5×11 topics
  11. Surgical Management8▲ 7.2×17 topics
  12. Guidelines8▲ 6.2×11 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 3.5×13 topics
  14. Immunotherapy6▲ 3.2×13 topics
  15. Echocardiography6▲ 7.7×6 topics
  16. Neurological Disorders6▲ 3.7×10 topics
  17. Pathogenesis6▲ 4.2×14 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors6▲ 4.9×12 topics
  19. Rehabilitation6▲ 5.3×10 topics
  20. Rituximab5▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Prevention5▲ 4.6×10 topics
  22. Survival Analysis5▲ 6.9×6 topics
  23. Cardiovascular Risk5▲ 5.8×5 topics
  24. Precision Medicine5▲ 3.8×6 topics
  25. Children5▲ 8.0×6 topics
  26. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 3.9×6 topics
  27. Weight Loss4▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Autoantibodies4▲ 7.1×6 topics
  29. Radiotherapy4▲ 4.1×9 topics
  30. PET Imaging4▲ 9.5×4 topics
  31. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Molecular Characterization4▲ 8.5×4 topics
  33. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 5.0×8 topics
  34. Gastric Cancer4▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Immunosuppressive Therapy4▲ 7.5×7 topics
  36. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 6.0×5 topics
  37. Mechanical Ventilation3▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis3▲ 52×1 topic
  39. Pulmonary Sclerosing Hemangioma3▲ 52×1 topic
  40. Prophylaxis3▲ 9.7×3 topics

Which research topics does Eisenhower Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Tracheal and airway disorders and Cardiac tumors and thrombi.

Medical Imaging and Path…3Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…3Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 3 fractional worksCardiac tumors and thrombi: 3 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…2Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 2 fractional worksMycobacterium research a…2Mycobacterium research and diagnosis: 2 fractional worksPituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  3. 3 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Cardiac tumors and thrombi Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 2 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 2 works
  8. 8 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  10. 10 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 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 available26.6%not open73.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.1%domestic only94.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Eisenhower Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher 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 Eisenhower Medical Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Eisenhower Medical Center0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Eisenhower 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Eisenhower Medical Center5.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.4% in 2000.

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