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Highland Hospital

In research, Highland Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,425 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,267 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#10,373
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,145
of 7,310
Research works
488
▼ 40% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
24.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Highland Hospital

What is Highland Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,425 of 16,688 11.8%391
MedicineField #2,267 of 14,558 12.4%350

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

Which fields of science does Highland Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Highland Hospital is in Health Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (75%), Health Professions (7%), Psychology (4%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 43 fractional works · 82.9% of its workMedicine: 39 fractional works · 75.3% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 15.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 7.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.7% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKHighland Hospital52fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences83%Social Sciences10%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3975.3%
    2. Health Professions47.0%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Nursing00.2%
    1. Psychology23.9%
    2. Social Sciences23.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities01.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Neuroscience12.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering11.2%
    2. Environmental Science00.5%
    3. Computer Science00.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.64× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.91× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.28× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.91×39 works
  2. Health Professions2.64×4 works
  3. Neuroscience1.47×1 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.38×1 works
  5. Psychology1.28×2 works
  6. Veterinary1.27×0 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.68×1 works
  8. Dentistry0.66×0 works
  9. Nursing0.33×0 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.33×0 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.30×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.23×2 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×1 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.17×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.11×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.11×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×0 works
  18. Engineering0.08×1 works
  19. Computer Science0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Highland Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, A. Herbert Alexander, R. Maurice Hood and Sarah K. Pfeil lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Highland Hospital.

  1. 1 A. Herbert Alexander United States · #537,654 worldwide 2.6k citations · 46 works
  2. 2 R. Maurice Hood United States · #1,397,813 worldwide 693 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Sarah K. Pfeil United States · #2,115,669 worldwide 264 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Joseph C. Zinker United States · #3,865,988 worldwide 345 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Franklin J. Day United States · #4,398,461 worldwide 44 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Margarethe Cammermeyer United States · #4,471,983 worldwide 146 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Jessica Zitter United States · #4,611,566 worldwide 135 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Highland Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Highland Hospital?

The most cited paper from Highland Hospital is "Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Is the Second Leading Etiology of Liver Disease Among Adults Awaiting Liver Transplantation in the United States" (Robert J. Wong, María Emilia Fernández Aguilar, Ramsey C Cheung et al., 2014), with 1,848 citations. Next come "Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in the United States, 2003-2012" (1,289) and "Trends in the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in the United States, 2011-2016" (958).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Is the Second Leading Etiology of Liver Disease Among Adults Awaiting Liver Transplantation in the United States Robert J. Wong, María Emilia Fernández Aguilar, Ramsey C Cheung et al. · Gastroenterology Open access 24 Nov 2014 1,848
2 Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in the United States, 2003-2012 María Emilia Fernández Aguilar, Taft P. Bhuket, Sharon Torres et al. · JAMA 19 May 2015 1,289
3 Trends in the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in the United States, 2011-2016 Grishma Hirode, Robert J. Wong · JAMA Open access 23 Jun 2020 958
4 AUTOTRANSPLANT OF OMENTUM TO A LARGE SCALP DEFECT, WITH MICROSURGICAL REVASCULARIZATION Donald H. McLean, Harry J. Buncke · Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Mar 1972 422
5 The global burden of skin cancer: A longitudinal analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study, 1990–2017 Katelyn Urban, Sino Mehrmal, Prabhdeep Uppal et al. · JAAD International Open access 10 Jan 2021 356
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Which keywords describe research at Highland Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pain Management, Epidemiology, Chronic Pain, Postoperative Pain, Medical Education, Pain Assessment Tools, Analgesia and Regional Anesthesia.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 3.4×41 topics
  2. Pain Management5▲ 43×5 topics
  3. Chronic Pain4▲ 31×3 topics
  4. Postoperative Pain3▲ 70×3 topics
  5. Medical Education3▲ 21×6 topics
  6. Pain Assessment Tools2▲ 78×2 topics
  7. Analgesia2▲ 63×2 topics
  8. Quality of Life2▲ 2.7×6 topics
  9. Regional Anesthesia2▲ 73×1 topic
  10. Surgical Outcome2▲ 73×1 topic
  11. Public Health2▲ 2.5×11 topics
  12. Substance Use Disorders2▲ 49×2 topics
  13. Treatment2▲ 2.8×13 topics
  14. Mortality Risk2▲ 13×2 topics
  15. Shoulder Function2▲ 35×2 topics
  16. Chronic Pain Management2▲ 89×1 topic
  17. Diagnosis2▲ 3.2×13 topics
  18. Opioid Prescribing2▲ 89×1 topic
  19. Pathophysiology2▲ 10×3 topics
  20. Adolescents1▲ 6.6×2 topics
  21. Cancer Pain1▲ 88×1 topic
  22. Elderly Patients1▲ 15×2 topics
  23. Family Therapy1▲ 148×2 topics
  24. Leadership Development1▲ 70×2 topics
  25. Opioid Analgesics1▲ 88×1 topic
  26. Psychological Interventions1▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Resuscitation1▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Cardiac Arrest1▲ 41×1 topic
  29. Hypothermia1▲ 33×2 topics
  30. Out-of-Hospital1▲ 41×1 topic
  31. Thrombosis1▲ 8.7×3 topics
  32. Pain Measurement1▲ 70×1 topic
  33. Pediatric Pain1▲ 70×1 topic
  34. Rehabilitation1▲ 5.5×2 topics
  35. Rotator Cuff Tears1▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Shoulder Pathology1▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Cinemeducation1▲ 373×1 topic
  38. Film as Teaching Tool1▲ 373×1 topic
  39. HIV1▲ 24×3 topics
  40. Substance Abuse1▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does Highland Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Anesthesia and Pain Management, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Pain Management and Opioid Use and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation.

Anesthesia and Pain Mana…2Anesthesia and Pain Management: 2 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…2Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 2 fractional worksPain Management and Opio…1Pain Management and Opioid Use: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…1Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 1 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 1 fractional worksPediatric Pain Management Techniques: 1 fractional worksFilm in Education and Th…1Film in Education and Therapy: 1 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 1 fractional worksPain Management and Placebo Effect: 1 fractional worksEmpathy and Medical Education: 1 fractional works
SurgeryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthAnesthesiology and Pain MedicineEmergency Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  3. 3 Pain Management and Opioid Use Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Pediatric Pain Management Techniques Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  7. 7 Film in Education and Therapy Health Information Management 1 works
  8. 8 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Pain Management and Placebo Effect Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  10. 10 Empathy and Medical Education Psychiatry and Mental health 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 available24.4%not open75.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.5%domestic only94.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Highland Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 40% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Highland Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Highland Hospital0.00010% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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