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Harborview Medical Center

In research, Harborview Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#4,209 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,379 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Epidemiology — Epidemiology is 8.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,776
of 28,054 · #4,356 all time
Rank in United States
#1,924
of 4,192
Research works
3.6k
▼ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
154k
42.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Harborview 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 #4,209 of 10,443 11.2%190 #1088
Health SciencesDomain #5,379 of 11,982 11.5%215 #1146

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Harborview 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 Harborview Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Epidemiology takes 8.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EpidemiologySubfield · 31.2 works8.4×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.15× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.09× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.76× its world share, 190 worksMedicineNursing: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.44× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 11 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 Harborview Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Lucy Berliner, Ralph E. Cutler and Stephen K. Benirschke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Harborview Medical Center.

  1. 1 Lucy Berliner United States · #123,182 worldwide 142 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Ralph E. Cutler United States · #128,583 worldwide 136 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Stephen K. Benirschke United States · #178,837 worldwide 143 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Sean E. Nork United States · #204,512 worldwide 69 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Sigvard T. Hansen United States · #210,959 worldwide 107 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Milton L. Chip Routt United States · #215,812 worldwide 96 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Stephen C. Nicholls United States · #259,788 worldwide 150 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 David P. Barei United States · #334,920 worldwide 50 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 M. Bradford Henley United States · #342,628 worldwide 84 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Eric J. Stern United States · #449,916 worldwide 32 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Harborview Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Harborview Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Resuscitation, Rehabilitation, Mortality, Risk Factors, Sepsis, Pathophysiology and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology52▲ 5.0×72 topics
  2. Resuscitation22▲ 64×4 topics
  3. Rehabilitation21▲ 21×11 topics
  4. Risk Factors20▲ 6.9×21 topics
  5. Mortality20▲ 13×11 topics
  6. Sepsis16▲ 37×6 topics
  7. Pathophysiology16▲ 20×9 topics
  8. Complications13▲ 9.7×13 topics
  9. Quality Improvement12▲ 25×8 topics
  10. Antibiotic Resistance11▲ 11×5 topics
  11. Biomechanics11▲ 14×8 topics
  12. Psychological Impact11▲ 13×6 topics
  13. Public Health11▲ 2.8×20 topics
  14. Ethical Considerations10▲ 11×7 topics
  15. Burn Injury10▲ 225×1 topic
  16. Burn Wound Infections10▲ 225×1 topic
  17. Hemorrhage9▲ 51×3 topics
  18. Neuroprotection9▲ 9.9×6 topics
  19. Elderly Patients9▲ 20×4 topics
  20. Health Outcomes9▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Internal Fixation9▲ 49×2 topics
  22. Transportation9▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Critical Care8▲ 14×8 topics
  24. Injury Severity8▲ 39×2 topics
  25. Management8▲ 4.1×11 topics
  26. Prehospital Care8▲ 77×1 topic
  27. Trauma Center8▲ 77×1 topic
  28. Intensive Care Unit8▲ 25×4 topics
  29. Guidelines7▲ 6.0×10 topics
  30. Global Burden7▲ 5.0×9 topics
  31. Hypothermia7▲ 35×2 topics
  32. Trauma7▲ 13×6 topics
  33. Surgical Treatment7▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Clinical Outcomes6▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Neuroinflammation6▲ 8.7×4 topics
  36. Cardiac Arrest6▲ 41×1 topic
  37. Out-of-Hospital6▲ 41×1 topic
  38. Clinical Guidelines6▲ 7.3×7 topics
  39. Sedation6▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Functional Recovery5▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Harborview Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Burn Injury Management and Outcomes, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation and Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders.

Burn Injury Management and Outcomes: 10 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 8 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…6Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 6 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cogn…5Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 5 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 5 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 5 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…4Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 4 fractional worksPelvic and Acetabular Injuries: 4 fractional worksTrauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 4 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fix…4Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 4 fractional works
EpidemiologyEmergency MedicineCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineNeurology2 others

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

  1. 1 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 10 works
  2. 2 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 5 works
  6. 6 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 5 works
  7. 7 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  8. 8 Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries Surgery 4 works
  9. 9 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 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 available21.2%not open78.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Harborview Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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