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Hypertension Institute

In research, Hypertension Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,608 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,546 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nephrology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Nephrology is 53.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,185
of 22,385 · #3,214 all time
Rank in United States
#1,715
of 3,332
Research works
1.7k
▲ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
60k
34.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Hypertension Institute

What is Hypertension Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #2,608 of 9,902 13.0%147 #1078
MedicineField #2,546 of 8,541 13.2%137 #1102

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hypertension Institute 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 Hypertension Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Hypertension Institute is in Health Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (76%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Nursing (3%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 192 fractional works · 81.2% of its workMedicine: 179 fractional works · 75.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 29 fractional works · 12.4% of its workNephrology: 27 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 19 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 16 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPhysiology: 14 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workTransplantation: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 32 fractional works · 13.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 9.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKHypertensionInstitute237fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences81%Social Sciences2%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine17975.7%
    2. Nursing83.3%
    3. Health Professions41.9%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology229.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology41.8%
    3. Neuroscience41.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Engineering31.3%
    2. Environmental Science20.7%
    3. Computer Science20.7%
    4. Chemistry10.4%
    5. Materials Science00.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
    1. Psychology10.6%
    2. Decision Sciences10.6%
    3. Social Sciences00.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hypertension Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nephrology takes 53.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NephrologySubfield · 27.3 works53×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 29.3 works12×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.76× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.75× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.94× its world share, 179 worksMedicineNursing: 6.73× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing6.73×8 works
  2. Medicine3.94×179 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.76×22 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.75×4 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.98×1 works
  6. Neuroscience0.94×4 works
  7. Health Professions0.72×4 works
  8. Veterinary0.69×0 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.59×1 works
  10. Dentistry0.32×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.28×1 works
  12. Psychology0.21×2 works
  13. Environmental Science0.15×2 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×1 works
  15. Engineering0.09×3 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.08×2 works
  18. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.06×0 works
  21. Energy0.05×0 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works
  24. Social Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hypertension Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Mohamed A. Sekkarie, Romero Jc and Ralph G. Hawkins lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hypertension Institute.

  1. 1 Mohamed A. Sekkarie United States · #1,346,328 worldwide 776 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Romero Jc United States · #2,582,456 worldwide 355 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Ralph G. Hawkins United States · #2,725,888 worldwide 437 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Patricio Andrés Freile Pazmiño United States · #2,823,429 worldwide 292 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Hypertension Institute

What are the most cited papers from Hypertension Institute?

The most cited paper from Hypertension Institute is "Treatment of Hypertension in Patients 80 Years of Age or Older" (Nigel S Beckett, Ruth K Peters, ASTRID E. FLETCHER et al., 2008), with 3,112 citations. Next come "Resistant Hypertension: Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment" (1,417) and "Effects of Estrogen Replacement on the Progression of Coronary-Artery Atherosclerosis" (1,257).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Treatment of Hypertension in Patients 80 Years of Age or Older Nigel S Beckett, Ruth K Peters, ASTRID E. FLETCHER et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 31 Mar 2008 3,112
2 Resistant Hypertension: Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment David A. Calhoun, Daniel J Jones, Stephen C. Textor et al. · Hypertension 7 Apr 2008 1,417
3 Effects of Estrogen Replacement on the Progression of Coronary-Artery Atherosclerosis David M. Herrington, David M. Reboussin, K. Bridget Brosnihan et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 24 Aug 2000 1,257
4 Essential Hypertension Oscar A. Carretero, Suzanne Oparil · Circulation 25 Jan 2000 1,093
5 Overweight, Ethnicity, and the Prevalence of Hypertension in School-Aged Children Jonathan M. Sorof, Dejian Lai, Jennifer Turner et al. · PEDIATRICS Mar 2004 1,076
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hypertension Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension, Inflammation, Chronic Kidney Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Global Burden, Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Events.

▲ 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. Cardiovascular Disease51▲ 19×32 topics
  2. Inflammation33▲ 6.6×51 topics
  3. Hypertension31▲ 46×14 topics
  4. Chronic Kidney Disease25▲ 42×9 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome20▲ 10×18 topics
  6. Epidemiology20▲ 2.1×41 topics
  7. Global Burden18▲ 14×5 topics
  8. Risk Factors18▲ 6.8×13 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Events16▲ 58×4 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress15▲ 3.7×32 topics
  11. Fibrosis14▲ 29×7 topics
  12. Heart Failure13▲ 13×13 topics
  13. Mortality13▲ 9.8×12 topics
  14. Blood Pressure12▲ 86×2 topics
  15. Obesity12▲ 6.8×16 topics
  16. Treatment12▲ 4.3×23 topics
  17. Clinical Guidelines12▲ 17×5 topics
  18. Diabetes Mellitus11▲ 22×6 topics
  19. Hemodialysis10▲ 52×2 topics
  20. Diabetes10▲ 8.5×14 topics
  21. Insulin Resistance10▲ 9.1×9 topics
  22. Nutrition9▲ 8.5×4 topics
  23. Antihypertensive Drugs9▲ 81×1 topic
  24. Renal Denervation9▲ 81×1 topic
  25. TGF-ß9▲ 23×3 topics
  26. Diabetic Nephropathy8▲ 54×1 topic
  27. Glomerular Filtration Rate8▲ 82×1 topic
  28. Biomarkers8▲ 4.8×12 topics
  29. Atherosclerosis8▲ 12×9 topics
  30. Renal Injury7▲ 73×2 topics
  31. Aldosterone7▲ 115×1 topic
  32. Primary Aldosteronism7▲ 115×1 topic
  33. Prognosis7▲ 8.5×5 topics
  34. Renal Function7▲ 28×5 topics
  35. Endothelial Dysfunction6▲ 12×8 topics
  36. Dialysis6▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Peritoneal Dialysis6▲ 54×1 topic
  38. Kidney Transplantation6▲ 42×2 topics
  39. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 8.0×9 topics
  40. Sepsis6▲ 14×4 topics

Which research topics does Hypertension Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes, Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension and Dialysis and Renal Disease Management.

Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 9 fractional worksChronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 8 fractional worksHormonal Regulation and …7Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension: 7 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disea…6Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 6 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 4 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 4 fractional worksAcute Kidney Injury Rese…4Acute Kidney Injury Research: 4 fractional worksSodium Intake and Health4Sodium Intake and Health: 4 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 4 fractional worksParathyroid Disorders and Treatments: 4 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineNephrologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPhysiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  2. 2 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 8 works
  3. 3 Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 7 works
  4. 4 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 6 works
  5. 5 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 4 works
  6. 6 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 4 works
  7. 7 Acute Kidney Injury Research Nephrology 4 works
  8. 8 Sodium Intake and Health Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  9. 9 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 4 works
  10. 10 Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments Nephrology 4 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 available41.3%not open58.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.6%domestic only67.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hypertension Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Hypertension Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00070% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Hypertension Institute0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hypertension Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Hypertension Institute10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.2% in 2006.

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