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Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

In research, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,444 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,437 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,662
of 28,054 · #3,854 all time
Rank in United States
#888
of 4,192
Research works
1.4k
▲ 63% vs 2013–17
Citations
67k
47.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Harvard Pilgrim Health Care 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,444 of 11,982 28.7%171 #814
MedicineField #2,437 of 10,443 26.4%142 #806

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Harvard Pilgrim Health Care 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).

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: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.32× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.61× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.79× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.61× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 3.54× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.13× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.46× its world share, 142 worksMedicineNursing: 2.45× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.58× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.48× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care?

Ranked on the composite score, Matthew W. Gillman, Sheryl L. Rifas‐Shiman and Michael Klompas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.

  1. 1 Matthew W. Gillman United States · #11,735 worldwide 703 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Sheryl L. Rifas‐Shiman United States · #23,881 worldwide 516 citations · 77 works
  3. 3 Michael Klompas United States · #91,494 worldwide 267 citations · 53 works
  4. 4 Dennis Ross‐Degnan United States · #188,152 worldwide 157 citations · 59 works
  5. 5 Jason P. Block United States · #235,797 worldwide 92 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Chanu Rhee United States · #256,768 worldwide 152 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Jeffrey S. Brown United States · #340,251 worldwide 101 citations · 51 works
  8. 8 Christine Y. Lu United States · #544,128 worldwide 121 citations · 55 works
  9. 9 J. Frank Wharam United States · #661,526 worldwide 44 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Anita K. Wagner United States · #766,974 worldwide 31 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Which keywords describe research at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Health Effects, Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, Biomarkers and Physical Activity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology48▲ 4.0×68 topics
  2. Public Health32▲ 7.2×28 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 5.3×27 topics
  4. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 6.3×19 topics
  5. Health Effects15▲ 8.5×14 topics
  6. Obesity14▲ 6.0×16 topics
  7. Inflammation13▲ 2.0×45 topics
  8. Biomarkers13▲ 6.2×13 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress12▲ 2.5×27 topics
  10. Quality of Life12▲ 2.8×24 topics
  11. Physical Activity11▲ 7.5×7 topics
  12. Mental Health10▲ 2.4×20 topics
  13. Mortality10▲ 6.0×8 topics
  14. Infectious Diseases9▲ 9.3×7 topics
  15. Treatment9▲ 2.5×23 topics
  16. Genetics9▲ 4.2×14 topics
  17. Chronic Disease9▲ 17×4 topics
  18. Pandemic9▲ 2.7×7 topics
  19. SARS-CoV-28▲ 8.5×6 topics
  20. Clinical Trials8▲ 4.1×12 topics
  21. Management8▲ 3.5×9 topics
  22. Primary Care8▲ 7.1×11 topics
  23. Adolescents8▲ 7.0×7 topics
  24. Global Burden of Disease7▲ 9.9×4 topics
  25. Prevalence7▲ 5.9×9 topics
  26. Health Disparities7▲ 8.4×8 topics
  27. Community Health6▲ 13×4 topics
  28. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 8.3×3 topics
  29. Critical Care6▲ 8.6×5 topics
  30. Health Outcomes6▲ 7.3×6 topics
  31. Infection6▲ 7.8×4 topics
  32. Sepsis6▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Type 2 Diabetes6▲ 8.7×5 topics
  34. Antimicrobial Therapy6▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Prognostic Models6▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Septic Shock6▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Early-Life Conditions5▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Fetal Programming5▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Cost-effectiveness Analysis5▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Health Care Utilization5▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Harvard Pilgrim Health Care publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, Birth, Development, and Health, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet.

Sepsis Diagnosis and Tre…6Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksBirth, Development, and …5Birth, Development, and Health: 5 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 5 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Causal Inference Techniques: 4 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 4 fractional worksUrban Green Space and Health: 4 fractional worksGestational Diabetes Res…4Gestational Diabetes Research and Management: 4 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 4 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 3 fractional works
EpidemiologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEconomics and EconometricsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 6 works
  2. 2 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 5 works
  3. 3 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  4. 4 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  5. 5 Advanced Causal Inference Techniques Statistics and Probability 4 works
  6. 6 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  7. 7 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  8. 8 Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  9. 9 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 4 works
  10. 10 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 3 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 available58.6%not open41.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.0%domestic only79.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Harvard Pilgrim Health Care's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 63% higher than in 2013–2017.

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