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Indiana University School of Medicine

In research, Indiana University School of Medicine stands highest in Medicine (#258 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#387 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#617 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nephrology, Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry and Mental health — Nephrology is 6.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,331
of 28,054 · #961 all time
Rank in ??
#8
of 692
Research works
22k
▲ 49% vs 2013–17
Citations
643k
29.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Indiana University School of Medicine 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 #258 of 10,443 15.9%1,943 #238
Health SciencesDomain #387 of 11,982 15.8%2,123 #284
Life SciencesDomain #617 of 7,800 18.1%672 #399
SurgerySubfield #268 of 1,816 15.7%272 #179
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #738 of 3,579 18.0%414 #375
Molecular BiologySubfield #634 of 2,175 17.1%236 #375
EpidemiologySubfield #308 of 976 15.2%153 #249
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #384 of 1,144 13.0%168 #239
NeuroscienceField #422 of 1,168 17.2%136 #387
Social SciencesDomain #4,214 of 10,521 19.4%233 #2282

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Indiana University School of Medicine 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#238 #258
  2. Health Sciences#284 #387
  3. Life Sciences#399 #617
  4. Surgery#179 #268
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#375 #738
  6. Molecular Biology#375 #634
  7. Epidemiology#249 #308
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#239 #384
  9. Neuroscience#387 #422
  10. Social Sciences#2,282 #4,214
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Indiana University School of Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nephrology takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NephrologySubfield · 45.1 works6.6×
  2. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 38.7 works5.0×
  3. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 77.8 works4.9×
  4. HepatologySubfield · 29.4 works4.8×
  5. Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 21.8 works4.6×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.44× its world share, 414 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.71× its world share, 86 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.64× its world share, 136 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.53× its world share, 17 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 16 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 54 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.76× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.68× its world share, 140 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.19× its world share, 1,944 worksMedicineNursing: 1.51× its world share, 24 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.86× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.04× its world share, 101 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 90 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine?

Ranked on the composite score, Roscoe E. Miller, Darron R. Brown and Mary de Groot lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Indiana University School of Medicine.

  1. 1 Roscoe E. Miller ?? · #107,976 worldwide 97 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Darron R. Brown ?? · #116,192 worldwide 191 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Mary de Groot ?? · #156,637 worldwide 192 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Kenneth R. Olson ?? · #210,689 worldwide 318 citations · 78 works
  5. 5 Michael J. Detke ?? · #217,250 worldwide 208 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Michael J. Econs ?? · #219,694 worldwide 135 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Alan Breier ?? · #255,179 worldwide 312 citations · 68 works
  8. 8 Joel A. Vilensky ?? · #267,051 worldwide 118 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Yang Wang ?? · #330,141 worldwide 91 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 J. Dennis Fortenberry ?? · #338,195 worldwide 223 citations · 91 works
All ranked researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine

Which keywords describe research at Indiana University School of Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Biomarkers, Neurodegeneration, Neuroinflammation, Treatment and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology344▲ 2.7×131 topics
  2. Inflammation197▲ 3.0×82 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress161▲ 3.1×59 topics
  4. Treatment109▲ 2.8×49 topics
  5. Quality of Life105▲ 2.3×50 topics
  6. Risk Factors105▲ 3.0×36 topics
  7. Cancer103▲ 2.4×52 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease102▲ 2.9×38 topics
  9. Biomarkers92▲ 4.2×17 topics
  10. Diagnosis88▲ 3.0×40 topics
  11. Immunotherapy86▲ 3.8×18 topics
  12. Chemotherapy84▲ 3.8×24 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome78▲ 3.0×22 topics
  14. Neurodegeneration70▲ 7.3×11 topics
  15. Aging68▲ 4.0×18 topics
  16. Neuroinflammation68▲ 7.6×6 topics
  17. Management64▲ 2.6×31 topics
  18. Mortality64▲ 3.5×13 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders63▲ 3.5×20 topics
  20. Genetics59▲ 2.7×25 topics
  21. Complications59▲ 3.7×17 topics
  22. Guidelines59▲ 4.0×13 topics
  23. Neuroimaging56▲ 6.6×11 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines56▲ 3.2×14 topics
  25. Alzheimer's Disease55▲ 6.1×9 topics
  26. Chronic Kidney Disease54▲ 7.0×9 topics
  27. Genetic Mutations50▲ 3.7×23 topics
  28. Insulin Resistance49▲ 3.4×10 topics
  29. Prognostic Factors48▲ 3.5×14 topics
  30. Prognosis45▲ 4.3×9 topics
  31. Therapeutic Strategies39▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Cognitive Decline39▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Brain Development38▲ 6.8×6 topics
  34. Caregiver Burden36▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Cognitive Training36▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Dementia35▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Mild Cognitive Impairment35▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Vascular Risk Factors35▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Amyloid Hypothesis35▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Tau Pathology35▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Indiana University School of Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Innovations in Medical Education.

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 35 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 35 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …21Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 21 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…20Innovations in Medical Education: 20 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 14 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 14 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…14Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 14 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 14 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 14 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disea…13Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 13 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthPhysiologyEpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 35 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 35 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 21 works
  4. 4 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 20 works
  5. 5 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 14 works
  6. 6 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 14 works
  7. 7 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 14 works
  8. 8 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 14 works
  9. 9 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  10. 10 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 13 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 available43.0%not open57.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.0%domestic only86.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Indiana University School of Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% 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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