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Gundersen Health System

In research, Gundersen Health System stands highest in Medicine (#7,955 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,442 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,406
of 28,054 · #23,186 all time
Rank in United States
#3,664
of 4,192
Research works
1k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
18.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

What is Gundersen Health System 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 #7,955 of 10,443 8.9%92 #6411
Health SciencesDomain #9,442 of 11,982 9.4%100 #7175

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

What does Gundersen Health System specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 20.7 works7.0×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.67× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.79× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.78× its world share, 92 worksMedicineNursing: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.93× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 4 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.

Who are the top researchers at Gundersen Health System?

Ranked on the composite score, C. Norman Shealy, Jeffrey Landercasper and Steven M. Callister lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gundersen Health System.

  1. 1 C. Norman Shealy United States · #143,949 worldwide 125 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Jeffrey Landercasper United States · #291,924 worldwide 85 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Steven M. Callister United States · #309,209 worldwide 105 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Linda Briggs United States · #359,002 worldwide 83 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Benjamin M. Parsons United States · #551,437 worldwide 42 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Robert H. Caplan United States · #630,093 worldwide 42 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Andrew J. Borgert United States · #656,005 worldwide 16 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 William A. Agger United States · #695,102 worldwide 62 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Thompson Je United States · #764,862 worldwide 21 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Thomas S. Roukis United States · #801,568 worldwide 21 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Gundersen Health System

Which keywords describe research at Gundersen Health System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Complications, Biomechanics, Chemotherapy, Risk Factors and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology22▲ 4.3×46 topics
  2. Treatment8▲ 5.5×13 topics
  3. Diagnosis7▲ 6.1×14 topics
  4. Inflammation7▲ 2.6×19 topics
  5. Complications6▲ 9.7×10 topics
  6. Chemotherapy6▲ 6.7×11 topics
  7. Risk Factors6▲ 4.2×11 topics
  8. Biomechanics6▲ 15×4 topics
  9. Quality of Life5▲ 2.5×15 topics
  10. Guidelines4▲ 6.7×9 topics
  11. Management4▲ 4.0×12 topics
  12. Children4▲ 13×4 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 5.6×9 topics
  14. Regeneration4▲ 15×3 topics
  15. Rehabilitation4▲ 7.5×7 topics
  16. Mortality4▲ 5.0×5 topics
  17. Surgery4▲ 7.8×3 topics
  18. Arthroplasty3▲ 28×2 topics
  19. Clinical Trials3▲ 3.8×8 topics
  20. Imaging3▲ 10×4 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors3▲ 5.7×6 topics
  22. Targeted Therapy3▲ 11×4 topics
  23. Growth Factors3▲ 20×2 topics
  24. Precision Medicine3▲ 4.9×4 topics
  25. Diabetes3▲ 4.4×5 topics
  26. Extracellular Matrix3▲ 13×1 topic
  27. Tendon3▲ 70×1 topic
  28. Ankle Injuries3▲ 72×1 topic
  29. Sprains3▲ 72×1 topic
  30. Gait Analysis2▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Adults2▲ 31×2 topics
  32. Breast Cancer2▲ 7.9×7 topics
  33. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 6.0×6 topics
  34. Intussusception2▲ 53×1 topic
  35. Meckel's Diverticulum2▲ 53×1 topic
  36. Weight Loss2▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Foot Strike Patterns2▲ 49×1 topic
  38. Running Injuries2▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Injury Prevention2▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Gundersen Health System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Tendon Structure and Treatment, Foot and Ankle Surgery, Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments and Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies.

Tendon Structure and Tre…3Tendon Structure and Treatment: 3 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery3Foot and Ankle Surgery: 3 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomecha…2Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…2Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksDiverticular Disease and Complications: 2 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…2Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksMicroscopic Colitis: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSurgeryBiomedical EngineeringCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Diverticular Disease and Complications Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Microscopic Colitis Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 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 available19.2%not open80.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.9%domestic only96.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Gundersen Health System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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