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HCA Healthcare

In research, HCA Healthcare stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,601 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,573 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,298
of 28,054 · #10,336 all time
Rank in United States
#1,996
of 4,192
Research works
601
▲ 156% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
21.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is HCA Healthcare 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 #5,601 of 11,982 6.0%153 #3547
MedicineField #8,573 of 10,443 5.1%141 #6194

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where HCA Healthcare 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.16× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.94× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.01× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.96× its world share, 141 worksMedicineNursing: 1.89× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at HCA Healthcare?

Ranked on the composite score, Edward Septimus, Jonathan B. Perlin and Michael L. Brodie lead among researchers whose main affiliation is HCA Healthcare.

  1. 1 Edward Septimus United States · #52,949 worldwide 316 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Jonathan B. Perlin United States · #107,918 worldwide 264 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Michael L. Brodie United States · #253,489 worldwide 95 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at HCA Healthcare

Which keywords describe research at HCA Healthcare?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Risk Factors, Management, Surgical Management, Complications and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology30▲ 4.1×69 topics
  2. Diagnosis15▲ 8.7×28 topics
  3. Treatment13▲ 5.8×28 topics
  4. Risk Factors12▲ 6.0×23 topics
  5. Management10▲ 6.7×21 topics
  6. Surgical Management9▲ 11×16 topics
  7. Complications8▲ 9.1×12 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 8.0×12 topics
  9. Chemotherapy6▲ 5.0×19 topics
  10. Genetic Mutations6▲ 8.0×16 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors6▲ 7.6×12 topics
  12. Quality of Life6▲ 2.3×25 topics
  13. Guidelines6▲ 6.9×10 topics
  14. Mortality6▲ 5.4×10 topics
  15. Children5▲ 11×4 topics
  16. Surgery5▲ 7.5×9 topics
  17. Healthcare-Associated Infections5▲ 21×5 topics
  18. Global Burden5▲ 4.6×9 topics
  19. Pathophysiology4▲ 7.5×7 topics
  20. Prevention Guidelines4▲ 21×2 topics
  21. Neuroprotection4▲ 6.1×6 topics
  22. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 5.0×9 topics
  23. Revascularization3▲ 12×3 topics
  24. Autoantibodies3▲ 7.7×6 topics
  25. Clinical Management3▲ 10×7 topics
  26. Thrombosis3▲ 6.3×5 topics
  27. Virulence Factors3▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Health Outcomes3▲ 6.3×5 topics
  29. Imaging3▲ 6.8×5 topics
  30. Imatinib Mesylate3▲ 34×2 topics
  31. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 7.8×5 topics
  32. Adults3▲ 27×2 topics
  33. PET Imaging3▲ 9.5×3 topics
  34. Quality Improvement3▲ 8.6×6 topics
  35. Echocardiography3▲ 5.9×8 topics
  36. Prophylaxis3▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Review3▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Diagnostic Imaging3▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Bacteremia3▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Immunosuppressive Therapy3▲ 7.5×7 topics

Which research topics does HCA Healthcare publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies.

Gastrointestinal disorde…2Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…2Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 2 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksNosocomial Infections in ICU: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksClostridium difficile an…2Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research: 2 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 2 fractional works
SurgeryEpidemiologyGastroenterologyEmergency Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 works
  3. 3 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 2 works
  4. 4 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Nosocomial Infections in ICU Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  8. 8 Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  9. 9 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 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 available43.0%not open57.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.1%domestic only87.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has HCA Healthcare's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 156% 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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