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Howard University Hospital

In research, Howard University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,592 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,224 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,846
of 28,054 · #23,387 all time
Rank in United States
#3,407
of 4,192
Research works
1.5k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
10.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Howard University 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 #8,592 of 10,443 3.5%192 #7159
Health SciencesDomain #10,224 of 11,982 3.6%205 #9207

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

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: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.67× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.09× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.99× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.91× its world share, 192 worksMedicineNursing: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.94× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 8 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.

Who are the top researchers at Howard University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Alem Mehari, Roland B. Scott and Roscoe C. Young lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Howard University Hospital.

  1. 1 Alem Mehari United States · #44,746 worldwide 350 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Roland B. Scott United States · #317,275 worldwide 56 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Roscoe C. Young United States · #480,688 worldwide 53 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Farhan Khan United States · #505,401 worldwide 35 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Samuel A. Giday United States · #1,235,049 worldwide 6 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Monika Karki United States · #1,620,859 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Howard University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Howard University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Management, Guidelines, Risk Factors, Prevention and Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology44▲ 4.3×92 topics
  2. Treatment21▲ 6.8×30 topics
  3. Diagnosis20▲ 8.3×30 topics
  4. Risk Factors13▲ 4.6×24 topics
  5. Management13▲ 6.3×20 topics
  6. Guidelines11▲ 9.2×11 topics
  7. Inflammation8▲ 1.60×38 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress8▲ 1.98×28 topics
  9. Quality of Life8▲ 2.2×22 topics
  10. Chemotherapy8▲ 4.4×15 topics
  11. Mortality8▲ 5.1×12 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 5.2×10 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.5×20 topics
  14. Prevention7▲ 6.4×10 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations7▲ 6.1×14 topics
  16. Complications6▲ 5.1×10 topics
  17. Heart Failure6▲ 5.9×12 topics
  18. Genetics6▲ 3.5×15 topics
  19. Surgical Management6▲ 5.9×19 topics
  20. Immunotherapy6▲ 3.3×12 topics
  21. Clinical Trials6▲ 3.5×14 topics
  22. Biomarkers6▲ 3.3×12 topics
  23. Pathogenesis6▲ 4.3×15 topics
  24. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 9.2×6 topics
  25. Surgery6▲ 6.2×12 topics
  26. Immune Response5▲ 3.6×11 topics
  27. Chronic Kidney Disease5▲ 8.2×8 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors5▲ 4.6×11 topics
  29. Academic Medicine5▲ 23×3 topics
  30. Echocardiography5▲ 6.8×7 topics
  31. Pathophysiology4▲ 5.5×6 topics
  32. Children4▲ 6.9×5 topics
  33. Gender Bias4▲ 18×1 topic
  34. Science4▲ 6.2×1 topic
  35. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Catheter Ablation4▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Anticoagulant Therapy4▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Molecular Characterization4▲ 8.0×4 topics
  39. Infertility4▲ 9.5×4 topics
  40. Prophylaxis4▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Howard University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Diversity and Career in Medicine, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair.

Diversity and Career in …4Diversity and Career in Medicine: 4 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…3Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…3Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 3 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anoma…2Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 2 fractional worksData-Driven Disease Surveillance: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 2 fractional worksPotassium and Related Di…2Potassium and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksCardiac tumors and thrombi: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transp…2Liver Disease and Transplantation: 2 fractional works
Gender StudiesCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOncologySurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 4 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 3 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Data-Driven Disease Surveillance Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  7. 7 Potassium and Related Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac tumors and thrombi Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 2 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 available35.5%not open64.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.7%domestic only95.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Howard University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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