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Hektoen Institute

In research, Hektoen Institute stands highest in Medicine (#6,970 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#9,321 of 20,462 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#8,804 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#17,644
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,828
of 8,685
Research works
539
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
24.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Hektoen Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #6,970 of 17,978 23.2%364
Health SciencesDomain #9,321 of 20,462 23.2%374
Life SciencesDomain #8,804 of 14,347 14.4%132

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hektoen Institute 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.94× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.94× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.08× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.72× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.35× its world share, 3 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.83× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hektoen Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Maurice Lev, Steven O. Schwartz and Alvin Dubin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hektoen Institute.

  1. 1 Maurice Lev United States · #38,309 worldwide 382 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Steven O. Schwartz United States · #280,513 worldwide 118 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Alvin Dubin United States · #372,957 worldwide 52 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Michael W. Shaw United States · #746,751 worldwide 75 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Patrick Guinan United States · #1,063,263 worldwide 54 citations · 56 works
  6. 6 Marvin Rubenstein United States · #1,409,125 worldwide 19 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Hektoen Institute

Which keywords describe research at Hektoen Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Arrhythmias, Genetic Mutations, Inflammation, Immunotherapy, Prostate Cancer, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes and Congenital Heart Disease.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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▲ 2.4×89 topics
  2. Inflammation31▲ 2.5×59 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress21▲ 2.1×34 topics
  4. Immunotherapy20▲ 5.8×17 topics
  5. Cancer20▲ 2.7×32 topics
  6. Diagnosis19▲ 3.5×34 topics
  7. Genetic Mutations19▲ 6.8×16 topics
  8. Treatment19▲ 2.6×33 topics
  9. Arrhythmias18▲ 25×2 topics
  10. Prostate Cancer17▲ 21×6 topics
  11. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes16▲ 14×3 topics
  12. Congenital Heart Disease15▲ 31×3 topics
  13. Mortality Risk14▲ 13×5 topics
  14. Cardiac Surgery14▲ 33×2 topics
  15. Adult Congenital Heart Disease13▲ 43×1 topic
  16. Pulmonary Valve Replacement13▲ 43×1 topic
  17. Biomarkers13▲ 3.9×14 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome13▲ 2.8×17 topics
  19. Clinical Trials13▲ 3.8×10 topics
  20. Echocardiography13▲ 8.6×8 topics
  21. Gene Therapy13▲ 8.8×5 topics
  22. Cardiomyopathy12▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Catheter Ablation12▲ 18×2 topics
  24. Radiofrequency Ablation12▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Surgical Management12▲ 4.9×19 topics
  26. Ion Channels11▲ 9.6×3 topics
  27. Pulmonary Hypertension11▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Electroanatomic Mapping11▲ 35×1 topic
  29. Ventricular Tachycardia11▲ 35×1 topic
  30. Insulin Resistance11▲ 4.4×8 topics
  31. Innate Immunity11▲ 5.8×10 topics
  32. Sudden Cardiac Death10▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Androgen Receptor10▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Hormone Therapy10▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Genetic Variants10▲ 8.7×6 topics
  36. Genomic Profiling10▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Metastatic Prostate Cancer10▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Molecular Biology10▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Hepatocellular Carcinoma9▲ 8.1×3 topics
  40. Genetic Testing8▲ 9.0×3 topics

Which research topics does Hektoen Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV-related health complications and treatments, HIV Research and Treatment, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions and Gut microbiota and health.

HIV-related health compl…1HIV-related health complications and treatments: 1 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…0HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 0 fractional worksGut microbiota and health0Gut microbiota and health: 0 fractional worksSleep and related disord…0Sleep and related disorders: 0 fractional worksGenetic and Kidney Cyst …0Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases: 0 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glome…0Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 0 fractional worksChronic Kidney Disease a…0Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 0 fractional worksWaste Management and Rec…0Waste Management and Recycling: 0 fractional worksTryptophan and brain dis…0Tryptophan and brain disorders: 0 fractional works
Emergency MedicineVirologyInfectious DiseasesMolecular Biology5 others

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

  1. 1 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 0 works
  3. 3 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 0 works
  4. 4 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 0 works
  5. 5 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  6. 6 Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases Genetics 0 works
  7. 7 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 0 works
  8. 8 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 0 works
  9. 9 Waste Management and Recycling Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 0 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 available20.8%not open79.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.6%domestic only96.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hektoen Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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