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Indiana Spine Group

In research, Indiana Spine Group stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,240 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,635 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine and Health Sciences (Medicine is 4.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#32,113
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,760
of 7,310
Research works
153
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.5k
29.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Indiana Spine Group

What is Indiana Spine Group 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 #7,240 of 16,688 19.0%136
MedicineField #7,635 of 14,558 19.1%131

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Indiana Spine Group 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 Indiana Spine Group work in?

In 2022-now, 92% of research at Indiana Spine Group is in Health Sciences, 4% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (87%), Engineering (4%), Health Professions (3%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 28 fractional works · 91.9% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 87.3% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 37.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 20.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKIndiana SpineGroup30fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences92%Social Sciences1%

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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2687.3%
    2. Health Professions13.5%
    3. Nursing01.1%
    1. Engineering13.6%
    2. Mathematics00.2%
    3. Computer Science00.1%
    4. Environmental Science00.1%
    1. Neuroscience11.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Psychology00.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    3. Social Sciences00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Indiana Spine Group specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 26.4 works4.5×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 27.8 works4.0×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.54× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 2.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 0 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: Medicine, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.54×26 works
  2. Nursing2.25×0 works
  3. Health Professions1.32×1 works
  4. Neuroscience1.11×0 works
  5. Engineering0.24×1 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×0 works
  7. Mathematics0.21×0 works
  8. Psychology0.20×0 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.17×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.01×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.01×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Indiana Spine Group?

Ranked on the quality score, Rick C. Sasso, Natalie M. Best and Kevin E. Macadaeg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Indiana Spine Group.

  1. 1 Rick C. Sasso United States · #337,763 worldwide 8.6k citations · 214 works
  2. 2 Natalie M. Best United States · #1,218,102 worldwide 1k citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Kevin E. Macadaeg United States · #1,324,001 worldwide 416 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Rick Sasso United States · #1,775,906 worldwide 1.6k citations · 104 works
  5. 5 Kenneth L. Renkens United States · #2,448,704 worldwide 567 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Thomas J. Puschak United States · #3,533,527 worldwide 145 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Paul E. Kraemer United States · #3,930,688 worldwide 155 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Barrett S. Boody United States · #3,936,586 worldwide 1.2k citations · 71 works
All ranked researchers at Indiana Spine Group

What are the most cited papers from Indiana Spine Group?

The most cited paper from Indiana Spine Group is "Percutaneous Mitral Repair With the MitraClip System" (Ted E Feldman, Saibal Kar, Michael Rinaldi et al., 2009), with 933 citations. Next come "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline on the Diagnosis and Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Among Children" (555) and "Efficacy and Safety of Surgical Decompression in Patients with Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy" (513).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Percutaneous Mitral Repair With the MitraClip System Ted E Feldman, Saibal Kar, Michael Rinaldi et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access Aug 2009 933
2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline on the Diagnosis and Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Among Children Angela Lumba‐Brown et al. · Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Open access 7 Sep 2018 555
3 Efficacy and Safety of Surgical Decompression in Patients with Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Michael George Fehlings, Jefferson R. Wilson, Branko Kopjar et al. · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 18 Sep 2013 513
4 Radiographic Standing Cervical Segmental Alignment in Adult Volunteers Without Neck Symptoms James W. Hardacker, Robert F. Shuford, Peter N. Capicotto et al. · Spine Jul 1997 373
5 Iliac Crest Bone Graft Donor Site Pain After Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Rick C. Sasso, Jean Charles LeHuec, Christopher I. Shaffrey · Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques Feb 2005 371
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Indiana Spine Group?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Degenerative Disc Disease, Spinal Fusion, Low Back Pain, Clinical Outcomes, Surgical Treatment, Intervertebral Disc, Lumbar Disc Degeneration and Dysphagia.

▲ 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 30 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 30 words, with their numbers
  1. Degenerative Disc Disease10▲ 340×2 topics
  2. Spinal Fusion8▲ 275×2 topics
  3. Low Back Pain8▲ 146×3 topics
  4. Clinical Outcomes6▲ 97×2 topics
  5. Surgical Treatment6▲ 102×3 topics
  6. Intervertebral Disc6▲ 294×1 topic
  7. Lumbar Disc Degeneration6▲ 294×1 topic
  8. Dysphagia4▲ 224×2 topics
  9. Anterior Cervical Discectomy4▲ 443×1 topic
  10. Cervical Spine Surgery4▲ 443×1 topic
  11. Biomechanics3▲ 31×3 topics
  12. Pedicle Screw Fixation3▲ 231×1 topic
  13. Vertebroplasty3▲ 231×1 topic
  14. Epidemiology3▲ 2.2×14 topics
  15. Chronic Pain2▲ 31×3 topics
  16. Scoliosis2▲ 234×1 topic
  17. Spinal Deformity2▲ 234×1 topic
  18. Global Burden2▲ 12×2 topics
  19. Clinical Trials2▲ 8.6×3 topics
  20. Psychological Factors2▲ 27×2 topics
  21. Disability2▲ 48×1 topic
  22. Measurement Properties2▲ 70×1 topic
  23. Pain Management1▲ 19×5 topics
  24. Neurological Disorders1▲ 6.9×4 topics
  25. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 2.6×2 topics
  26. Quality of Life1▲ 2.5×10 topics
  27. Deep Learning1◆ 0.98×2 topics
  28. Spine Segmentation1▲ 99×1 topic
  29. Surgical Management1▲ 8.2×5 topics
  30. Vertebrae Detection1▲ 99×1 topic

Which research topics does Indiana Spine Group publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy, Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques and Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment.

Spine and Intervertebral…6Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 6 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic My…4Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 4 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fix…3Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 3 fractional worksScoliosis diagnosis and …2Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment: 2 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksMedical Imaging and Analysis: 1 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 0 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 0 fractional worksCerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus: 0 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 0 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineSurgeryPharmacologyBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 2 works
  6. 6 Medical Imaging and Analysis Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  8. 8 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 0 works
  10. 10 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 0 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 available24.0%not open76.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.6%domestic only88.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Indiana Spine Group's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher 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 Indiana Spine Group as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000067% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Indiana Spine Group0.000099% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Indiana Spine Group over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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