Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
In research, Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#7,425 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,553 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 16.9× its share of world research.
- World rank, 2022–2025
- #22,894 of 28,054 · #29,546 all time
- Rank in United States
- #3,418 of 4,192
- Research works
- 374 ▲ 81% vs 2013–17
- Citations
- 4.2k 11.2 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 8.9% record average 16.5%
- Open access
- 33% world 28%
What is Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MedicineField | #7,425 of 10,443 | 8.8% | 115 | #8063 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #8,553 of 11,982 | 8.8% | 122 | #9842 |
Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Geisinger Wyoming Valley 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).
What does Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 16.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 24.7 works17×
- SurgerySubfield · 21.0 works6.4×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Medicine 4.3×
- Health Professions 1.5×
- Dentistry 0.8×
- Neuroscience 0.7×
- Nursing 0.7×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.7×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.7×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.6×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.3×
- Psychology 0.3×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.3×
- Social Sciences 0.2×
- Engineering 0.1×
- Arts and Humanities 0.1×
- Computer Science 0.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.0×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center?
Ranked on the composite score, Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, Faiz A. Subzposh and Jeffrey J. Sands lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center.
- 1 Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman United States · #140,883 worldwide 256 citations · 62 works
- 2 Faiz A. Subzposh United States · #661,513 worldwide 36 citations · 16 works
- 3 Jeffrey J. Sands United States · #753,913 worldwide 30 citations · 16 works
- 4 Umar Hayat United States · #1,314,830 worldwide 10 citations · 19 works
- 5 Sreelatha Naik United States · #1,608,575 worldwide 3 citations · 19 works
Which keywords describe research at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Echocardiography, Heart Failure, Sudden Cardiac Death, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Catheter Ablation, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator.
- Antithrombotic Therapy
- Health Outcomes
- Prophylaxis
- Cardiac Imaging
- Stroke Prevention
- Prognostic Factors
- Thrombosis
- Prognosis
- Survival Analysis
- Management
- Chemotherapy
- Myocardial Infarction
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Cardiomyopathy
- Treatment
- Risk Factors
- Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator
- Catheter Ablation
- Sudden Cardiac Death
- Echocardiography
- Epidemiology
- Heart Failure
- Diagnosis
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Arrhythmias
- Guidelines
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Mortality
- Complications
- Diabetes
- Genetic Mutations
- Surgical Management
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Clinical Outcomes
- Anticoagulant Therapy
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy
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
- Epidemiology14▲ 2.6×51 topics
- Echocardiography11▲ 28×7 topics
- Heart Failure10▲ 17×9 topics
- Sudden Cardiac Death9▲ 75×2 topics
- Diagnosis8▲ 6.3×22 topics
- Catheter Ablation7▲ 43×2 topics
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy7▲ 124×1 topic
- Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator7▲ 124×1 topic
- Arrhythmias7▲ 53×2 topics
- Risk Factors7▲ 4.5×14 topics
- Guidelines6▲ 9.9×10 topics
- Treatment6▲ 3.3×16 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 7.2×8 topics
- Cardiomyopathy5▲ 42×2 topics
- Radiofrequency Ablation5▲ 36×1 topic
- Ventricular Tachycardia5▲ 75×1 topic
- Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 2.9×15 topics
- Myocardial Infarction4▲ 14×6 topics
- Mortality4▲ 5.4×10 topics
- Chemotherapy4▲ 4.2×12 topics
- Complications4▲ 5.9×12 topics
- Management4▲ 3.4×18 topics
- Diabetes4▲ 5.2×8 topics
- Survival Analysis4▲ 9.5×5 topics
- Genetic Mutations4▲ 5.9×7 topics
- Prognosis4▲ 7.7×7 topics
- Surgical Management4▲ 6.1×10 topics
- Thrombosis4▲ 9.0×5 topics
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging3▲ 9.5×4 topics
- Prognostic Factors3▲ 5.0×13 topics
- Clinical Outcomes3▲ 10.0×6 topics
- Stroke Prevention3▲ 18×2 topics
- Anticoagulant Therapy3▲ 15×3 topics
- Cardiac Imaging3▲ 16×3 topics
- Deep Vein Thrombosis3▲ 25×2 topics
- Prophylaxis3▲ 15×3 topics
- Atrial Fibrillation3▲ 19×2 topics
- Health Outcomes3▲ 6.8×5 topics
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy2▲ 26×2 topics
- Antithrombotic Therapy2▲ 22×2 topics
Which research topics does Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center publish most on?
By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
- 2 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
- 3 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 2 works
- 4 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
- 5 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 2 works
- 6 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
- 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
- 8 Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances Epidemiology 2 works
- 9 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
- 10 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
World: 19% is written across borders.
How has Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center's research output changed?
Output in 2018–2022 was 81% higher than in 2013–2017.
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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.