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Henry Ford Health System

In research, Henry Ford Health System stands highest in Medicine (#592 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#808 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,010 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dermatology, Hepatology and Surgery — Dermatology is 11.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,865
of 28,054 · #2,413 all time
Rank in United States
#415
of 4,192
Research works
7.2k
▲ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
188k
26.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Henry Ford Health System 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 #592 of 10,443 10.1%1,204 #653
Health SciencesDomain #808 of 11,982 10.3%1,278 #735
Life SciencesDomain #2,010 of 7,800 12.3%222 #1509
SurgerySubfield #733 of 1,816 8.9%208 #645
Social SciencesDomain #5,288 of 10,521 16.8%126 #3800
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #665 of 1,144 10.2%114 #460
Physical SciencesDomain #7,923 of 12,888 9.7%65 #6000
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,626 of 3,579 11.4%136 #2492
Health ProfessionsField #1,465 of 1,928 13.9%61 #685
PsychologyField #1,687 of 2,181 17.2%69 #1811

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Henry Ford Health System 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#653 #592
  2. Health Sciences#735 #808
  3. Life Sciences#1,509 #2,010
  4. Surgery#645 #733
  5. Social Sciences#3,800 #5,288
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#460 #665
  7. Physical Sciences#6,000 #7,923
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,492 #2,626
  9. Health Professions#685 #1,465
  10. Psychology#1,811 #1,687
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Henry Ford Health System specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dermatology takes 11.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DermatologySubfield · 50.9 works11×
  2. HepatologySubfield · 23.4 works7.2×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 208.5 works5.3×
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 92.1 works5.2×
  5. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 25.1 works5.2×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.50× its world share, 136 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.02× its world share, 34 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.51× its world share, 41 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.33× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.37× its world share, 61 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.70× its world share, 1,204 worksMedicineNursing: 0.98× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.34× its world share, 69 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Henry Ford Health System?

Ranked on the composite score, Houtan Noushmehr, Steven N. Kalkanis and Mei Lü lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Henry Ford Health System.

  1. 1 Houtan Noushmehr United States · #5,620 worldwide 1.9k citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Steven N. Kalkanis United States · #11,261 worldwide 1.4k citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Mei Lü United States · #14,132 worldwide 492 citations · 65 works
  4. 4 Naomi Breslau United States · #20,609 worldwide 574 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Edward L. Peterson United States · #35,792 worldwide 348 citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Tathiane M. Malta United States · #56,723 worldwide 1k citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Laila Poisson United States · #62,164 worldwide 324 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Thaís S. Sabedot United States · #85,565 worldwide 507 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Benjamin A. Rybicki United States · #96,448 worldwide 196 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 L. Keoki Williams United States · #96,586 worldwide 163 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Henry Ford Health System

Which keywords describe research at Henry Ford Health System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Immunotherapy, Diagnosis, Complications, Risk Factors and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology216▲ 3.2×118 topics
  2. Treatment81▲ 4.0×43 topics
  3. Inflammation77▲ 2.2×72 topics
  4. Chemotherapy74▲ 6.3×23 topics
  5. Diagnosis67▲ 4.3×36 topics
  6. Quality of Life65▲ 2.7×39 topics
  7. Immunotherapy62▲ 5.2×18 topics
  8. Risk Factors62▲ 3.3×31 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress59▲ 2.1×41 topics
  10. Cancer51▲ 2.2×43 topics
  11. Clinical Trials51▲ 4.5×18 topics
  12. Complications48▲ 5.7×16 topics
  13. Management48▲ 3.6×29 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome44▲ 3.2×21 topics
  15. Biomarkers42▲ 3.6×16 topics
  16. Radiotherapy42▲ 6.5×13 topics
  17. Heart Failure41▲ 5.6×13 topics
  18. Guidelines41▲ 5.2×12 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease40▲ 2.1×33 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors38▲ 5.1×14 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations36▲ 5.0×23 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines36▲ 3.9×14 topics
  23. Mortality34▲ 3.5×13 topics
  24. Meta-Analysis33▲ 3.3×14 topics
  25. Surgical Management30▲ 4.3×20 topics
  26. Circadian Rhythms29▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Metastasis28▲ 5.0×11 topics
  28. Echocardiography26▲ 5.6×8 topics
  29. Patient Satisfaction26▲ 4.8×9 topics
  30. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy25▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Survival Analysis25▲ 5.5×6 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines25▲ 5.0×9 topics
  33. Targeted Therapy23▲ 6.2×5 topics
  34. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement22▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement22▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Endoscopic Surgery22▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Psychometric Evaluation22▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Insomnia21▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Sleep Duration21▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Sleep Quality21▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Henry Ford Health System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Sleep and related disorders, Skin Protection and Aging and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 22 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 21 fractional worksSkin Protection and Aging: 11 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 11 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 10 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 10 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transp…9Liver Disease and Transplantation: 9 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 9 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …9Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 9 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyDermatologySurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 22 works
  2. 2 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 21 works
  3. 3 Skin Protection and Aging Dermatology 11 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 11 works
  5. 5 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 10 works
  6. 6 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 10 works
  7. 7 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 9 works
  8. 8 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 9 works
  9. 9 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 9 works
  10. 10 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 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 available37.9%not open62.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Henry Ford Health System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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