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Erie County Medical Center

In research, Erie County Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,840 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,911 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,490
of 28,054 · #17,656 all time
Rank in United States
#2,683
of 4,192
Research works
650
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
20.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

What is Erie County Medical Center 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 #5,840 of 20,462 14.6%479
MedicineField #5,911 of 17,978 13.6%419

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Erie County 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.69× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.78× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.00× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 1.48× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.21× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.53× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Erie County Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Liise K. Kayler and Raphael J. Leo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Erie County Medical Center.

  1. 1 Liise K. Kayler United States · #722,923 worldwide 32 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Raphael J. Leo United States · #1,422,681 worldwide 14 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Erie County Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Erie County Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Kidney Transplantation, Graft Survival, Primary Care, Ethical Considerations, Immunosuppressive Drugs, Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Renal Allograft and Epidemiology.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6▲ 2.5×38 topics
  2. Kidney Transplantation5▲ 145×2 topics
  3. Graft Survival5▲ 100×2 topics
  4. Primary Care4▲ 16×4 topics
  5. Quality of Life4▲ 4.4×13 topics
  6. Ethical Considerations4▲ 17×7 topics
  7. Immunosuppressive Drugs4▲ 96×2 topics
  8. Antibody-Mediated Rejection3▲ 155×1 topic
  9. Inflammation3▲ 2.6×17 topics
  10. Renal Allograft3▲ 155×1 topic
  11. Quality Improvement3▲ 27×3 topics
  12. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 26×4 topics
  13. Patient Engagement3▲ 36×4 topics
  14. Transplantation2▲ 39×2 topics
  15. Treatment2▲ 3.0×15 topics
  16. Liver Transplantation2▲ 30×3 topics
  17. Living Kidney Donors2▲ 130×1 topic
  18. Organ Donation2▲ 130×1 topic
  19. Continuity of Care2▲ 64×2 topics
  20. Health Care Costs2▲ 35×2 topics
  21. Patient-Centered Medical Home2▲ 82×1 topic
  22. Pay for Performance2▲ 82×1 topic
  23. Health Care Spending2▲ 65×1 topic
  24. Health Care Utilization2▲ 24×2 topics
  25. Insurance Markets2▲ 65×1 topic
  26. Donor Risk Index2▲ 64×1 topic
  27. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury2▲ 41×1 topic
  28. Prognosis2▲ 7.7×5 topics
  29. Behavior Change1▲ 16×3 topics
  30. End-of-Life1▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Palliative Care1▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Radiotherapy1▲ 5.8×4 topics
  33. Adolescents1▲ 5.8×2 topics
  34. Choosing Wisely1▲ 98×1 topic
  35. Emotion Regulation1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  36. Low-Value Care1▲ 98×1 topic
  37. Chronic Kidney Disease1▲ 8.0×6 topics
  38. Income Inequality1▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Human Papillomavirus1▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Squamous Cell Carcinoma1▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Erie County Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments, Organ Donation and Transplantation, Primary Care and Health Outcomes and Healthcare Policy and Management.

Renal Transplantation Ou…3Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 3 fractional worksOrgan Donation and Transplantation: 2 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health …2Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Ma…2Healthcare Policy and Management: 2 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksHealthcare cost, quality, practices: 1 fractional worksPatient Dignity and Priv…1Patient Dignity and Privacy: 1 fractional worksMolecular Biology Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 1 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 1 fractional works
TransplantationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 3 works
  2. 2 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  3. 3 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 2 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  5. 5 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Healthcare cost, quality, practices General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Patient Dignity and Privacy Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 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 available20.4%not open79.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.2%domestic only94.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Erie County Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower 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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