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Geisinger Health System

In research, Geisinger Health System stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,287 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,172 of 8,541 worldwide) and Surgery (#438 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Nephrology (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 7.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,494
of 22,385 · #2,704 all time
Rank in United States
#528
of 3,332
Research works
8.2k
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
153k
18.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.67×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Geisinger Health System

What is Geisinger Health System 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,287 of 9,902 8.5%1,441 #1163
MedicineField #1,172 of 8,541 8.8%1,328 #1076
SurgerySubfield #438 of 1,532 10.5%267 #677
Life SciencesDomain #2,154 of 6,403 7.5%202 #2024
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #263 of 736 17.7%135 #379
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,306 of 2,964 8.4%121 #1439
Health ProfessionsField #1,026 of 1,895 4.7%94 #937
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #519 of 858 7.7%85 #849
EpidemiologySubfield #568 of 927 6.4%114 #795
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #659 of 1,037 7.2%104 #849

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Geisinger 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#1,163 #1,287
  2. Medicine#1,076 #1,172
  3. Surgery#677 #438
  4. Life Sciences#2,024 #2,154
  5. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#379 #263
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,439 #1,306
  7. Health Professions#937 #1,026
  8. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#849 #519
  9. Epidemiology#795 #568
  10. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#849 #659
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Geisinger Health System work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Geisinger Health System is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (72%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (5%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,617 fractional works · 78.4% of its workMedicine: 1,493 fractional works · 72.3% of its workSurgery: 293 fractional works · 14.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 157 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEpidemiology: 130 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 125 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 93 fractional works · 4.5% of its workOncology: 64 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNeurology: 63 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhysiology: 45 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 42 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 39 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 36 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 29 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 27 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 26 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNephrology: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 105 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 55 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 236 fractional works · 11.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 141 fractional works · 6.8% of its workGenetics: 64 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 47 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCancer Research: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 57 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 153 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 57 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 49 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 58 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEngineering: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGeisinger HealthSystem2,063fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences7%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences1,61778.4%
    1. Medicine1,49372.3%
    2. Health Professions1055.1%
    3. Nursing120.6%
    4. Dentistry50.2%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1416.8%
    2. Neuroscience572.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology190.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics120.6%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences70.3%
    1. Social Sciences572.8%
    2. Psychology492.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance231.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting100.5%
    5. Decision Sciences70.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities70.3%
    1. Engineering231.1%
    2. Computer Science160.8%
    3. Environmental Science70.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy30.1%
    5. Materials Science30.1%
    6. Mathematics20.1%
    7. Chemistry20.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Geisinger Health System specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 157.5 works7.3×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 293.2 works6.1×
  3. NephrologySubfield · 25.1 works5.6×
  4. NeurologySubfield · 62.8 works5.3×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.28× its world share, 141 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.94× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.71× its world share, 57 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.59× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.93× its world share, 105 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.76× its world share, 1,493 worksMedicineNursing: 1.22× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 23 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 49 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 57 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.76×1,493 works
  2. Health Professions1.93×105 works
  3. Neuroscience1.71×57 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.59×12 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.28×141 works
  6. Nursing1.22×12 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.94×20 works
  8. Psychology0.78×49 works
  9. Veterinary0.72×2 works
  10. Dentistry0.51×5 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.51×23 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.36×7 works
  13. Social Sciences0.22×57 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×10 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.11×7 works
  16. Computer Science0.10×16 works
  17. Mathematics0.10×2 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×7 works
  19. Engineering0.07×23 works
  20. Environmental Science0.07×7 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.06×3 works
  22. Chemistry0.05×2 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.04×3 works

Who are the top researchers at Geisinger Health System?

Ranked on the quality score, Joseph B. Leader, Christopher F. Chabris and Henry Lester Kirchner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Geisinger Health System.

  1. 1 Joseph B. Leader United States · #35,174 worldwide 8.7k citations · 91 works
  2. 2 Christopher F. Chabris United States · #58,386 worldwide 20k citations · 178 works
  3. 3 Henry Lester Kirchner United States · #63,097 worldwide 23k citations · 396 works
  4. 4 Alex R. Chang United States · #64,042 worldwide 81k citations · 443 works
  5. 5 Amy Curry Sturm United States · #96,951 worldwide 7.2k citations · 190 works
  6. 6 Michael F. Murray United States · #129,902 worldwide 11k citations · 139 works
  7. 7 Marc S. Williams United States · #141,964 worldwide 20k citations · 557 works
  8. 8 William Andrew Faucett United States · #160,333 worldwide 7.5k citations · 50 works
  9. 9 Michelle N. Meyer United States · #173,347 worldwide 7.1k citations · 109 works
  10. 10 Navya Shilpa Josyula United States · #215,576 worldwide 4.6k citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Geisinger Health System

What are the most cited papers from Geisinger Health System?

The most cited paper from Geisinger Health System is "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" (Daniel J. Klionsky et al., 2016), with 6,023 citations. Next come "Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals" (2,896) and "Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: 2014 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America" (2,793).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
2 Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals James J. Lee et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 20 Jul 2018 2,896
3 Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: 2014 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America Dennis Leroy Stevens, Alan L. Bisno, Henry F. “Chip” Chambers et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases 19 Jun 2014 2,793
4 Effect of Tumor-Treating Fields Plus Maintenance Temozolomide vs Maintenance Temozolomide Alone on Survival in Patients With Glioblastoma Roger Stupp et al. · JAMA Open access 19 Dec 2017 2,699
5 ACMG recommendations for reporting of incidental findings in clinical exome and genome sequencing Robert C. Green, Jonathan S. Berg, Wayne W. Grody et al. · Genetics in Medicine Open access 20 Jun 2013 2,580
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Geisinger Health System?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Guidelines, Treatment, Complications, Surgical Management and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Epidemiology259▲ 3.1×115 topics
  2. Risk Factors91▲ 4.0×28 topics
  3. Diagnosis88▲ 4.6×37 topics
  4. Treatment85▲ 3.4×44 topics
  5. Inflammation84▲ 1.91×69 topics
  6. Quality of Life74▲ 2.5×46 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease72▲ 3.0×35 topics
  8. Guidelines64▲ 6.5×12 topics
  9. Complications61▲ 6.0×17 topics
  10. Public Health58▲ 1.93×38 topics
  11. Management55▲ 3.4×28 topics
  12. Chemotherapy55▲ 3.8×23 topics
  13. Surgical Management54▲ 6.4×19 topics
  14. Heart Failure53▲ 5.8×12 topics
  15. Mortality52▲ 4.5×12 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome51▲ 3.1×22 topics
  17. Obesity46▲ 2.9×21 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines45▲ 4.0×13 topics
  19. Echocardiography45▲ 7.8×8 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders44▲ 3.7×20 topics
  21. Diabetes42▲ 4.0×17 topics
  22. Clinical Trials42▲ 3.0×17 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations40▲ 4.4×23 topics
  24. Prognostic Factors40▲ 4.4×14 topics
  25. Global Burden40▲ 3.5×10 topics
  26. Rehabilitation36▲ 4.4×13 topics
  27. Prognosis36▲ 5.3×9 topics
  28. Primary Care34▲ 4.5×12 topics
  29. Patient Satisfaction33▲ 5.2×9 topics
  30. Clinical Outcomes33▲ 7.4×6 topics
  31. Neuroprotection32▲ 4.4×14 topics
  32. Health Outcomes31▲ 5.6×8 topics
  33. Catheter Ablation31▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Genetic Variants30▲ 8.2×7 topics
  35. Sudden Cardiac Death30▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Type 2 Diabetes29▲ 6.1×5 topics
  37. Genetic Testing28▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Arrhythmias27▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Stroke Prevention27▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Anticoagulant Therapy25▲ 9.6×4 topics

Which research topics does Geisinger Health System publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, Innovations in Medical Education, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation.

Cardiac pacing and defib…19Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 19 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…17Innovations in Medical Education: 17 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 16 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 16 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 15 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 14 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 14 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiov…14Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 14 fractional worksSleep and Wakefulness Research: 14 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 13 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSurgeryEpidemiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 19 works
  2. 2 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 17 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 16 works
  4. 4 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 16 works
  5. 5 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 15 works
  6. 6 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 14 works
  7. 7 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 14 works
  8. 8 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 14 works
  9. 9 Sleep and Wakefulness Research Cognitive Neuroscience 14 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 13 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 available34.7%not open65.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.3%domestic only91.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Geisinger Health System's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% 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 Geisinger Health System as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0076% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Geisinger Health System0.0078% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Geisinger Health System 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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Geisinger Health System8.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.6% in 1992.

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