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Hackensack Meridian Health

In research, Hackensack Meridian Health stands highest in Medicine (#2,536 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,365 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,078 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology — Neurology is 6.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,137
of 28,054 · #12,800 all time
Rank in United States
#949
of 4,192
Research works
1.1k
▲ 1666% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.7k
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Hackensack Meridian 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
MedicineField #2,536 of 10,443 9.5%389 #5642
Health SciencesDomain #3,365 of 11,982 9.6%423 #4937
Life SciencesDomain #4,078 of 7,800 14.9%84 #7848

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

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#5,642 #2,536
  2. Health Sciences#4,937 #3,365
  3. Life Sciences#7,848 #4,078
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 Hackensack Meridian Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 6.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 20.3 works6.1×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.67× its world share, 52 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.68× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.25× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.75× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.49× its world share, 389 worksMedicineNursing: 1.32× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.92× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.35× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hackensack Meridian Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Barry N. Kreiswirth, Véronique Dartois and Rena Feinman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hackensack Meridian Health.

  1. 1 Barry N. Kreiswirth United States · #30,518 worldwide 453 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Véronique Dartois United States · #239,900 worldwide 89 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Rena Feinman United States · #1,484,475 worldwide 13 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Hackensack Meridian Health

Which keywords describe research at Hackensack Meridian Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Immunotherapy, Risk Factors, Prognostic Factors, Antibiotic Resistance and Rituximab.

▲ 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. Epidemiology84▲ 3.7×119 topics
  2. Treatment38▲ 5.4×44 topics
  3. Diagnosis38▲ 7.0×37 topics
  4. Risk Factors24▲ 3.7×28 topics
  5. Inflammation22▲ 1.81×57 topics
  6. Quality of Life21▲ 2.5×43 topics
  7. Immunotherapy21▲ 5.0×18 topics
  8. Management17▲ 3.6×27 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors16▲ 6.3×14 topics
  10. Chemotherapy14▲ 3.5×23 topics
  11. Antibiotic Resistance14▲ 6.4×13 topics
  12. Complications13▲ 4.5×16 topics
  13. Depression13▲ 2.6×17 topics
  14. Guidelines13▲ 4.8×12 topics
  15. Immune Response13▲ 3.9×20 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 4.0×14 topics
  17. Lymphoma12▲ 13×3 topics
  18. Rituximab12▲ 14×4 topics
  19. Neuroprotection11▲ 5.4×8 topics
  20. Surgical Management11▲ 4.4×20 topics
  21. Clinical Outcomes10▲ 8.1×6 topics
  22. Global Burden10▲ 3.2×12 topics
  23. Heart Failure10▲ 4.0×10 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations10▲ 4.0×21 topics
  25. Radiotherapy10▲ 4.4×13 topics
  26. Surgery10▲ 4.7×10 topics
  27. Vaccine9▲ 3.9×10 topics
  28. Drug Resistance9▲ 5.5×7 topics
  29. Medical Education9▲ 6.1×9 topics
  30. Prognosis9▲ 4.8×9 topics
  31. Cancer Immunotherapy9▲ 9.8×3 topics
  32. Pathophysiology8▲ 4.9×11 topics
  33. Revascularization8▲ 8.5×3 topics
  34. PET Imaging7▲ 7.4×4 topics
  35. Tumor Regression7▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Leukemia7▲ 15×2 topics
  37. CAR T Cells7▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Chimeric Antigen Receptor7▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Anticoagulant Therapy7▲ 9.3×4 topics
  40. Prophylaxis7▲ 8.9×3 topics

Which research topics does Hackensack Meridian Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: CAR-T cell therapy research, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, Acute Ischemic Stroke Management and Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment.

CAR-T cell therapy resea…7CAR-T cell therapy research: 7 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…6Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 6 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 5 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksMycobacterium research and diagnosis: 5 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 4 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 4 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leuk…4Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 4 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 4 fractional works
OncologyInfectious DiseasesEpidemiologyPathology and Forensic Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 7 works
  2. 2 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 6 works
  3. 3 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 5 works
  4. 4 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 5 works
  6. 6 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 4 works
  8. 8 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 4 works
  9. 9 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available52.7%not open47.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.1%domestic only83.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hackensack Meridian Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1666% 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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