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Healthwise

In research, Healthwise stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,032 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,100 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,097
of 22,385 · #17,106 all time
Rank in United States
#2,489
of 3,332
Research works
381
▲ 43% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.9k
10.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Healthwise

What is Healthwise known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #8,032 of 9,902 7.5%78 #10971
MedicineField #7,100 of 8,541 5.9%68 #10180

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Healthwise 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Healthwise work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Healthwise is in Health Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (53%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Health Professions (7%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 94 fractional works · 61.1% of its workMedicine: 81 fractional works · 52.8% of its workEpidemiology: 17 fractional works · 11.1% of its workSurgery: 12 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 14.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 14.0% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKHealthwise154fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences61%Social Sciences14%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine8152.8%
    2. Health Professions117.4%
    3. Nursing10.7%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology138.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology32.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.0%
    4. Neuroscience21.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Psychology84.9%
    2. Social Sciences74.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities21.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting21.0%
    6. Decision Sciences10.7%
    1. Engineering63.7%
    2. Computer Science42.8%
    3. Environmental Science32.1%
    4. Chemistry21.2%
    5. Materials Science10.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.57× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.22× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.79× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.75× its world share, 81 worksMedicineNursing: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.46× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.60× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions2.79×11 works
  2. Medicine2.75×81 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.22×3 works
  4. Psychology1.60×8 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.57×13 works
  6. Veterinary1.46×0 works
  7. Nursing1.38×1 works
  8. Neuroscience0.90×2 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.89×0 works
  10. Chemistry0.75×2 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.75×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.56×2 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.53×2 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.43×3 works
  15. Environmental Science0.42×3 works
  16. Social Sciences0.37×7 works
  17. Computer Science0.36×4 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.30×2 works
  19. Engineering0.24×6 works
  20. Materials Science0.16×1 works
  21. Dentistry0.14×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  23. Mathematics0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Healthwise?

Ranked on the quality score, Lora Nordstrom, Megan McElhinny and Derek O Murray lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Healthwise.

  1. 1 Lora Nordstrom United States · #183,631 worldwide 1.7k citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Megan McElhinny United States · #2,399,607 worldwide 89 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Derek O Murray United States · #2,948,247 worldwide 156 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Claudia Islas United States · #2,997,313 worldwide 36 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Leigh Coney United States · #3,329,027 worldwide 66 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Tiffany Hockenberry United States · #3,444,982 worldwide 3 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Andria Martínez United States · #3,524,135 worldwide 151 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Stacey Richerbach United States · #3,581,056 worldwide 3 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Lynn Weekes United States · #3,855,031 worldwide 963 citations · 68 works
  10. 10 Philomene Spadafore United States · #4,181,244 worldwide 29 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Healthwise

What are the most cited papers from Healthwise?

The most cited paper from Healthwise is "Suicide and Suicide Risk in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations: Review and Recommendations" (Ann Pollinger Haas et al., 2010), with 1,236 citations. Next come "Evidence‐based treatments for children and adolescents: An updated review of indicators of efficacy and effectiveness." (396) and "CTLA-4 in Regulatory T Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy" (275).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Suicide and Suicide Risk in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations: Review and Recommendations Ann Pollinger Haas et al. · Journal of Homosexuality Open access 30 Dec 2010 1,236
2 Evidence‐based treatments for children and adolescents: An updated review of indicators of efficacy and effectiveness. Bruce F. Chorpita, Eric L. Daleiden, Chad K. Ebesutani et al. · Clinical Psychology Science and Practice Jun 2011 396
3 CTLA-4 in Regulatory T Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy Navid Sobhani, Dana Rae Tardiel-Cyril, Aram Davtyan et al. · Cancers Open access 22 Mar 2021 275
4 Most Ligand-Based Classification Benchmarks Reward Memorization Rather than Generalization Izhar Wallach, Abraham Heifets · Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling Open access 26 Apr 2018 258
5 Artificial Intelligence for COVID-19 Drug Discovery and Vaccine Development Arash Keshavarzi Arshadi, Julia Webb, Milad Salem et al. · Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence Open access 18 Aug 2020 246
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Healthwise?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Rehabilitation, Psychological Impact, Antibiotic Resistance, Pathophysiology, Resuscitation and Sepsis.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology28▲ 4.6×72 topics
  2. Risk Factors15▲ 8.8×16 topics
  3. Rehabilitation14▲ 23×8 topics
  4. Psychological Impact14▲ 28×4 topics
  5. Antibiotic Resistance13▲ 22×6 topics
  6. Pathophysiology13▲ 29×7 topics
  7. Resuscitation13▲ 63×3 topics
  8. Sepsis12▲ 45×3 topics
  9. Burn Injury12▲ 467×1 topic
  10. Burn Wound Infections12▲ 467×1 topic
  11. Inflammation9▲ 2.9×30 topics
  12. Public Health7▲ 3.0×21 topics
  13. Mental Health5▲ 2.3×19 topics
  14. COVID-195▲ 2.5×10 topics
  15. Diagnosis5▲ 3.3×23 topics
  16. Angiogenesis5▲ 9.2×6 topics
  17. Diabetes5▲ 6.1×8 topics
  18. Treatment5▲ 2.5×22 topics
  19. Wound Healing4▲ 11×4 topics
  20. Macrophages4▲ 13×3 topics
  21. Growth Factors4▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Regeneration4▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Chronic Wounds4▲ 40×1 topic
  24. Fibroblasts4▲ 40×1 topic
  25. Infectious Diseases4▲ 7.0×5 topics
  26. Primary Care4▲ 6.4×10 topics
  27. Healthcare Workers4▲ 9.7×4 topics
  28. Mortality4▲ 4.0×8 topics
  29. Stroke3▲ 12×5 topics
  30. Pathogenesis3▲ 4.0×16 topics
  31. Heart Failure3▲ 4.4×10 topics
  32. Quality Improvement3▲ 10×7 topics
  33. Ethical Considerations3▲ 5.5×4 topics
  34. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 6.0×6 topics
  35. Thermoregulation3▲ 26×3 topics
  36. Critical Care3▲ 7.4×5 topics
  37. Surgical Management3▲ 4.4×12 topics
  38. Adolescents3▲ 4.6×5 topics
  39. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 8.2×5 topics
  40. Hypothermia2▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Healthwise publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Burn Injury Management and Outcomes, Wound Healing and Treatments, Disaster Response and Management and Thermal Regulation in Medicine.

Burn Injury Management a…12Burn Injury Management and Outcomes: 12 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 4 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 2 fractional worksThermal Regulation in Medicine: 2 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 1 fractional worksInfection Control and Ventilation: 1 fractional worksMuscle Physiology and Disorders: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 1 fractional worksCardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologyRehabilitationEmergency Medical ServicesCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 12 works
  2. 2 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 4 works
  3. 3 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  4. 4 Thermal Regulation in Medicine Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Infection Control and Ventilation Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Muscle Physiology and Disorders Molecular Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 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 available47.4%not open52.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.8%domestic only81.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Healthwise's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 43% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Healthwise as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00059% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Healthwise0.00049% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Healthwise over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Healthwise9.2% in 2025

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.6% in 2020.

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