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Hernia Center

In research, Hernia Center stands highest in Medicine (#9,595 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,018 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,238
of 28,054 · #19,573 all time
Rank in United States
#2,957
of 4,192
Research works
842
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Hernia Center 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 #9,595 of 10,443 11.6%60 #6737
Health SciencesDomain #11,018 of 11,982 10.4%71 #7987

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hernia Center 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).

What does Hernia Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 29.9 works8.4×
← 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: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.31× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.06× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 2.50× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.78× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.22× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Hernia Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Ira M. Rutkow, David C. Chen and C. A. Verrijn Stuart lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hernia Center.

  1. 1 Ira M. Rutkow United States · #150,929 worldwide 49 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 David C. Chen United States · #630,484 worldwide 53 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 C. A. Verrijn Stuart United States · #634,707 worldwide 9 citations · 62 works
All ranked researchers at Hernia Center

Which keywords describe research at Hernia Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Complications, Laparoscopic Repair, Chronic Pain, Hernia Repair, Mesh Techniques, Epidemiology, Surgical Treatment and Laparoscopic Surgery.

▲ 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. Complications16▲ 22×9 topics
  2. Laparoscopic Repair12▲ 203×2 topics
  3. Chronic Pain12▲ 37×4 topics
  4. Hernia Repair11▲ 269×1 topic
  5. Mesh Techniques11▲ 269×1 topic
  6. Epidemiology11▲ 1.81×41 topics
  7. Education6▲ 2.1×26 topics
  8. Public Health5▲ 2.1×14 topics
  9. Quality of Life5▲ 2.1×17 topics
  10. Gender4▲ 4.8×8 topics
  11. Laparoscopic Surgery4▲ 22×4 topics
  12. Surgical Treatment4▲ 13×4 topics
  13. Risk Factors4▲ 2.4×11 topics
  14. Surgical Management4▲ 6.1×6 topics
  15. Diagnosis4▲ 2.5×14 topics
  16. Identity4▲ 3.3×11 topics
  17. Qualitative Research4▲ 2.7×13 topics
  18. Mortality3▲ 3.9×5 topics
  19. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 15×3 topics
  20. Pathophysiology3▲ 7.1×5 topics
  21. E-Learning3▲ 1.99×8 topics
  22. Embolization3▲ 30×2 topics
  23. Meta-Analysis3▲ 3.4×7 topics
  24. Postoperative Complications3▲ 15×4 topics
  25. Acetabular Fractures3▲ 78×1 topic
  26. Pelvic Fractures3▲ 78×1 topic
  27. Cultural Identity3▲ 3.4×7 topics
  28. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation3▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Feminism3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  30. Peritoneal Adhesions3▲ 97×1 topic
  31. Small Bowel Obstruction3▲ 97×1 topic
  32. Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia2▲ 56×1 topic
  33. Fetal Surgery2▲ 30×1 topic
  34. Health Policy2▲ 10×6 topics
  35. Nationalism2▲ 3.5×8 topics
  36. Robotic Surgery2▲ 9.2×5 topics
  37. Cold War2▲ 18×3 topics
  38. Conservation Biology2▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Activism2▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Historiography2▲ 8.0×2 topics

Which research topics does Hernia Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hernia repair and management, Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries, Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions and Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies.

Hernia repair and manage…11Hernia repair and management: 11 fractional worksPelvic and Acetabular Injuries: 3 fractional worksIntestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions: 3 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 2 fractional worksEducational Methods and …2Educational Methods and Media Use: 2 fractional worksAbdominal Surgery and Complications: 2 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 1 fractional worksStoma care and complications: 1 fractional worksHistorical Gender and Feminism Studies: 1 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 1 fractional works
SurgeryInformation SystemsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGlobal and Planetary Change2 others

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

  1. 1 Hernia repair and management Surgery 11 works
  2. 2 Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 2 works
  6. 6 Abdominal Surgery and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  8. 8 Stoma care and complications Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Historical Gender and Feminism Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 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 available36.9%not open63.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.4%domestic only68.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hernia Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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