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Henry Ford Hospital

In research, Henry Ford Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#633 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#899 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#604 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hepatology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Dermatology — Hepatology is 9.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,174
of 28,054 · #1,777 all time
Rank in United States
#582
of 4,192
Research works
13k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
382k
29.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Henry Ford Hospital 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 #633 of 10,443 9.0%1,049 #315
Health SciencesDomain #899 of 11,982 8.9%1,095 #395
SurgerySubfield #604 of 1,816 9.9%200 #284
Life SciencesDomain #3,839 of 7,800 10.6%138 #1010
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #718 of 1,144 9.9%120 #309
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #538 of 738 7.8%128 #177
EpidemiologySubfield #823 of 976 7.6%76 #538
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,129 of 3,579 12.3%83 #1085
OncologySubfield #733 of 772 8.0%64 #679

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Henry Ford Hospital 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#315 #633
  2. Health Sciences#395 #899
  3. Surgery#284 #604
  4. Life Sciences#1,010 #3,839
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#309 #718
  6. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#177 #538
  7. Epidemiology#538 #823
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,085 #3,129
  9. Oncology#679 #733
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 Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hepatology takes 9.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HepatologySubfield · 24.3 works9.4×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 127.5 works9.1×
  3. DermatologySubfield · 22.7 works6.5×
  4. SurgerySubfield · 199.6 works6.4×
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 120.0 works5.8×
← 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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 83 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.95× its world share, 26 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 37 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.09× its world share, 1,050 worksMedicineNursing: 1.39× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Henry Ford Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Tom Mikkelsen, A. M. Parfitt and Henry W. Lim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Henry Ford Hospital.

  1. 1 Tom Mikkelsen United States · #3,032 worldwide 1.7k citations · 74 works
  2. 2 A. M. Parfitt United States · #9,148 worldwide 1.2k citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Henry W. Lim United States · #13,167 worldwide 451 citations · 76 works
  4. 4 Sidney Goldstein United States · #17,314 worldwide 466 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Michael Chopp United States · #19,165 worldwide 846 citations · 122 works
  6. 6 Thomas Roth United States · #22,281 worldwide 788 citations · 117 works
  7. 7 William W. O’Neill United States · #23,099 worldwide 1.1k citations · 158 works
  8. 8 Charles E. Jackson United States · #25,779 worldwide 499 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Paul D. Stein United States · #31,005 worldwide 417 citations · 82 works
  10. 10 Boy Frame United States · #48,630 worldwide 413 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Henry Ford Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Henry Ford Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Guidelines, Heart Failure, Risk Factors, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Echocardiography.

▲ 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. Epidemiology175▲ 3.3×115 topics
  2. Treatment81▲ 5.0×41 topics
  3. Diagnosis78▲ 6.3×39 topics
  4. Risk Factors62▲ 4.2×25 topics
  5. Guidelines59▲ 9.6×12 topics
  6. Heart Failure58▲ 10×13 topics
  7. Inflammation47▲ 1.70×69 topics
  8. Chemotherapy45▲ 4.8×23 topics
  9. Management44▲ 4.2×28 topics
  10. Immunotherapy43▲ 4.6×18 topics
  11. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention42▲ 24×4 topics
  12. Complications42▲ 6.3×16 topics
  13. Echocardiography38▲ 11×8 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress38▲ 1.74×39 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines38▲ 5.2×14 topics
  16. Myocardial Infarction37▲ 12×7 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease36▲ 2.5×31 topics
  18. Thrombosis32▲ 8.7×7 topics
  19. Mortality32▲ 4.2×13 topics
  20. Surgical Management31▲ 5.7×20 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors30▲ 5.2×14 topics
  22. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement29▲ 30×1 topic
  23. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement29▲ 30×1 topic
  24. Genetic Mutations27▲ 4.6×23 topics
  25. Diabetes26▲ 4.0×14 topics
  26. Graft Survival25▲ 23×3 topics
  27. Radiotherapy25▲ 4.8×13 topics
  28. Atherosclerosis24▲ 6.5×11 topics
  29. Surgery22▲ 4.7×11 topics
  30. Endovascular Repair22▲ 20×3 topics
  31. Genetic Susceptibility22▲ 17×6 topics
  32. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation21▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Cardiogenic Shock21▲ 33×1 topic
  34. Left Ventricular Assist Device21▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Prophylaxis21▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Liver Transplantation20▲ 12×5 topics
  37. Revascularization20▲ 9.5×4 topics
  38. Catheter Ablation19▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Immunosuppressive Therapy19▲ 7.6×7 topics
  40. Stroke Prevention18▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Henry Ford Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair.

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 29 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 21 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 15 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 14 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 12 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 12 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…11Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 11 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 11 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 10 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Diseas…10Peripheral Artery Disease Management: 10 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineBiomedical EngineeringSurgeryHepatology1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 29 works
  2. 2 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 21 works
  3. 3 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 15 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 14 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 12 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 12 works
  7. 7 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 11 works
  8. 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 works
  9. 9 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  10. 10 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 10 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 available25.7%not open74.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.0%domestic only93.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Henry Ford Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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