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Franciscan Health

In research, Franciscan Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,723 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#6,229 of 10,443 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,445 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Surgery is 9.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,123
of 28,054 · #23,826 all time
Rank in United States
#2,283
of 4,192
Research works
605
▲ 327% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.6k
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Franciscan Health 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 #6,723 of 11,982 8.0%246 #9812
MedicineField #6,229 of 10,443 8.0%233 #11087
SurgerySubfield #1,445 of 1,816 9.8%62 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Franciscan Health 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).

What does Franciscan Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 62.1 works9.3×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 27.5 works6.3×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.97× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.31× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.23× its world share, 233 worksMedicineNursing: 1.75× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Franciscan Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Ahamed Khalyfa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Franciscan Health.

  1. 1 Ahamed Khalyfa United States · #1,206,956 worldwide 16 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Franciscan Health

Which keywords describe research at Franciscan Health?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology48▲ 4.2×78 topics
  2. Diagnosis24▲ 9.1×27 topics
  3. Treatment24▲ 6.8×33 topics
  4. Complications17▲ 12×16 topics
  5. Chemotherapy13▲ 6.7×20 topics
  6. Management13▲ 5.7×19 topics
  7. Surgical Management11▲ 9.4×14 topics
  8. Quality of Life10▲ 2.5×21 topics
  9. Risk Factors10▲ 3.1×18 topics
  10. Immunotherapy10▲ 4.8×15 topics
  11. Children9▲ 14×4 topics
  12. Neoadjuvant Therapy9▲ 13×5 topics
  13. Guidelines8▲ 6.3×10 topics
  14. Imaging8▲ 11×4 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 4.8×10 topics
  16. Prevention7▲ 6.0×10 topics
  17. Surgical Treatment7▲ 13×6 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors7▲ 5.5×11 topics
  19. Surgery7▲ 6.7×7 topics
  20. Molecular Characterization7▲ 13×6 topics
  21. Mortality7▲ 4.1×9 topics
  22. Degenerative Disc Disease7▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Intussusception7▲ 66×1 topic
  24. Meckel's Diverticulum7▲ 66×1 topic
  25. Medical Education7▲ 8.9×10 topics
  26. Rehabilitation6▲ 5.8×6 topics
  27. Spinal Fusion6▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Echocardiography6▲ 7.4×7 topics
  29. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 6.3×7 topics
  30. Stroke5▲ 10×5 topics
  31. Biomechanics5▲ 5.9×5 topics
  32. Low Back Pain5▲ 10×3 topics
  33. Survival Analysis5▲ 6.6×5 topics
  34. Hepatocellular Carcinoma5▲ 7.8×3 topics
  35. Laparoscopic Surgery5▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Liver Transplantation5▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Pancreatic Cancer5▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Gemcitabine4▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Genomic Analyses4▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Surgical Complications4▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Franciscan Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Gastrointestinal disorde…7Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 7 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…4Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 4 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 4 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 3 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 3 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic My…3Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 3 fractional worksBiliary and Gastrointestinal Fistulas: 3 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 3 fractional worksGenetic factors in color…3Genetic factors in colorectal cancer: 3 fractional works
SurgeryOncologyPathology and Forensic MedicineEpidemiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 7 works
  2. 2 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 4 works
  3. 3 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  5. 5 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Biliary and Gastrointestinal Fistulas Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Genetic factors in colorectal cancer Pathology and Forensic Medicine 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 available34.1%not open65.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.6%domestic only89.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Franciscan Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 327% 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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