Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Nonprofit · Boston · United States

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

In research, Institute for Healthcare Improvement stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,832 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Health Professions — General Health Professions is 19.4× its share of world research.

ihi.orgROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022–2025
#14,062
of 28,054 · #6,493 all time
Rank in United States
#1,960
of 4,192
Research works
504
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
32k
63.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Institute for Healthcare Improvement 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,832 of 11,982 27.0%63 #1230

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Healthcare Improvement 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).

What does Institute for Healthcare Improvement specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 19.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 22.8 works19×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 30.9 works14×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.15× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 13.79× its world share, 31 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.84× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 3.47× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.94× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.93× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.46× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 13.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Healthcare Improvement?

Ranked on the composite score, Donald M. Berwick, Frank Davidoff and Gareth Parry lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

  1. 1 Donald M. Berwick United States · #12,759 worldwide 343 citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Frank Davidoff United States · #149,425 worldwide 407 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Gareth Parry United States · #389,029 worldwide 57 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Paul Howard United States · #544,334 worldwide 19 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Healthcare Improvement?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Quality Improvement, Chronic Disease Management, Patient Satisfaction, Qualitative Research, Mortality Risk, Behavior Change and Public Health.

▲ 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. Primary Care7▲ 23×11 topics
  2. Quality Improvement6▲ 39×6 topics
  3. Epidemiology6▲ 1.64×30 topics
  4. Public Health5▲ 4.0×17 topics
  5. Qualitative Research4▲ 6.0×4 topics
  6. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 27×5 topics
  7. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 16×6 topics
  8. Mortality Risk4▲ 19×5 topics
  9. Behavior Change4▲ 29×2 topics
  10. Health Equity4▲ 15×5 topics
  11. Evidence-Based Practice4▲ 32×4 topics
  12. Mental Health4▲ 2.8×10 topics
  13. Depression3▲ 4.5×8 topics
  14. Job Satisfaction3▲ 9.2×4 topics
  15. Healthcare3▲ 3.5×9 topics
  16. Healthcare Interventions3▲ 109×1 topic
  17. Healthcare Quality3▲ 37×4 topics
  18. Implementation Science3▲ 109×1 topic
  19. Anxiety3▲ 7.5×7 topics
  20. Health Outcomes3▲ 12×5 topics
  21. Reflective Practice3▲ 18×2 topics
  22. Health System Reform3▲ 44×2 topics
  23. Elderly Patients3▲ 18×4 topics
  24. Chronic Disease2▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Continuity of Care2▲ 63×2 topics
  26. Patient Care2▲ 24×3 topics
  27. Patient-Centered Care2▲ 39×3 topics
  28. Patient-Centered Medical Home2▲ 83×1 topic
  29. Pay for Performance2▲ 83×1 topic
  30. Ethical Considerations2▲ 8.3×6 topics
  31. Social Determinants2▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Well-being2▲ 7.4×4 topics
  33. Safety Climate2▲ 31×2 topics
  34. Complexity Theory2▲ 53×2 topics
  35. Health Care Costs2▲ 31×2 topics
  36. Health Care Utilization2▲ 23×3 topics
  37. Healthcare Outcomes2▲ 48×2 topics
  38. Interventions2▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Patient Safety2▲ 18×6 topics
  40. Clinical Reasoning2▲ 74×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute for Healthcare Improvement publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health Policy Implementation Science, Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Evaluation and Performance Assessment and Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout.

Health Policy Implementa…3Health Policy Implementation Science: 3 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health …2Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 2 fractional worksEvaluation and Performance Assessment: 2 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 2 fractional worksClinical Reasoning and D…2Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills: 2 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 2 fractional worksPatient-Provider Communication in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursi…2Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 2 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsManagement Science and Operations ResearchFamily PracticeEconomics and Econometrics1 others

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

  1. 1 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 3 works
  2. 2 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 2 works
  3. 3 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  4. 4 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills Family Practice 2 works
  6. 6 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 2 works
  7. 7 Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  10. 10 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational 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 available39.9%not open60.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.4%domestic only75.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Healthcare Improvement's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Other research institutions in Boston

All research institutions in Boston

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.