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Georgetown University Medical Center

In research, Georgetown University Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#1,844 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,516 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,771 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Oncology and Cognitive Neuroscience — Cancer Research is 8.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,950
of 28,054 · #1,977 all time
Rank in United States
#553
of 4,192
Research works
7k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
304k
43.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Georgetown University Medical Center 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
MedicineField #1,844 of 10,443 19.6%316 #857
Health SciencesDomain #2,516 of 11,982 19.5%348 #1000
Life SciencesDomain #1,771 of 7,800 21.9%199 #879
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,904 of 3,579 22.0%125 #933
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,285 of 2,175 23.7%74 #700
Social SciencesDomain #7,751 of 10,521 20.2%68 #3212

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#857 #1,844
  2. Health Sciences#1,000 #2,516
  3. Life Sciences#879 #1,771
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#933 #1,904
  5. Molecular Biology#700 #1,285
  6. Social Sciences#3,212 #7,751
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Georgetown University Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 22.7 works8.0×
  2. OncologySubfield · 56.0 works7.6×
  3. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 21.8 works4.6×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.59× its world share, 125 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.16× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.38× its world share, 46 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.49× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.52× its world share, 316 worksMedicineNursing: 1.51× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.35× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Benjamin A. Weinberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Georgetown University Medical Center.

  1. 1 Benjamin A. Weinberg United States · #1,447,254 worldwide 10 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Georgetown University Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Chemotherapy, Inflammation, Tumor Microenvironment, Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress, Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology43▲ 1.65×100 topics
  2. Inflammation39▲ 2.9×75 topics
  3. Cancer38▲ 4.3×45 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress30▲ 2.8×53 topics
  5. Chemotherapy28▲ 6.1×23 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment22▲ 7.8×8 topics
  7. Immunotherapy21▲ 4.6×18 topics
  8. Quality of Life18▲ 1.92×38 topics
  9. Targeted Therapy17▲ 12×5 topics
  10. Clinical Trials17▲ 3.9×17 topics
  11. Cancer Therapy17▲ 4.5×17 topics
  12. Breast Cancer16▲ 11×10 topics
  13. Genomic Instability16▲ 22×3 topics
  14. Biomarkers16▲ 3.6×16 topics
  15. Public Health16▲ 1.67×36 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease15▲ 2.1×36 topics
  17. Gene Expression15▲ 3.7×16 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome15▲ 2.8×21 topics
  19. Precision Medicine15▲ 4.8×8 topics
  20. Radiotherapy15▲ 5.8×12 topics
  21. Depression14▲ 2.5×19 topics
  22. Cancer Risk14▲ 9.6×8 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors13▲ 4.6×14 topics
  24. Neurological Disorders13▲ 3.5×18 topics
  25. Apoptosis12▲ 5.9×16 topics
  26. Immune Response11▲ 3.1×20 topics
  27. Aging11▲ 3.1×15 topics
  28. Angiogenesis10▲ 4.9×14 topics
  29. Antiretroviral Therapy10▲ 9.6×6 topics
  30. Health-related Quality of Life9▲ 5.8×5 topics
  31. Fibrosis9▲ 7.2×8 topics
  32. Cell-Free DNA8▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Genomic Profiling8▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Cancer Genomics8▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Mutational Signatures8▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Psychiatric Disorders8▲ 9.2×4 topics
  37. Transcriptional Regulation8▲ 7.3×9 topics
  38. Mortality Rates8▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Immune Checkpoint Blockade7▲ 10×1 topic
  40. PD-1 and PD-L17▲ 10×1 topic

Which research topics does Georgetown University Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations and Smoking Behavior and Cessation.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…8Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 8 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…7Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 7 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…6Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 6 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Ces…6Smoking Behavior and Cessation: 6 fractional worksEffects of Radiation Exposure: 6 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 5 fractional worksCancer Cells and Metasta…5Cancer Cells and Metastasis: 5 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 4 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 4 fractional worksGlycosylation and Glycop…4Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research: 4 fractional works
Cancer ResearchOncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 8 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 7 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 6 works
  5. 5 Effects of Radiation Exposure Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  6. 6 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 5 works
  7. 7 Cancer Cells and Metastasis Oncology 5 works
  8. 8 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 4 works
  9. 9 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 4 works
  10. 10 Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research Molecular Biology 4 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 available38.2%not open61.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.8%domestic only85.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Georgetown University Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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