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Intuitive Surgical (United States)

In research, Intuitive Surgical (United States) stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,866 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,089 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 11.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,240
of 22,385 · #13,128 all time
Rank in United States
#1,856
of 3,332
Research works
316
▲ 67% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.8k
15.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Intuitive Surgical (United States)

What is Intuitive Surgical (United States) 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 #3,866 of 9,902 13.9%74 #4813
MedicineField #4,089 of 8,541 13.9%69 #4725

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Intuitive Surgical (United States) 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 Intuitive Surgical (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Intuitive Surgical (United States) is in Health Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (62%), Engineering (13%), Computer Science (10%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 78 fractional works · 65.9% of its workMedicine: 73 fractional works · 61.8% of its workSurgery: 31 fractional works · 26.7% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 8.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 25.2% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 12.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 10.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 7.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIntuitiveSurgical (United…118fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences66%Social Sciences6%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7361.8%
    2. Health Professions32.8%
    3. Veterinary11.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Engineering1512.7%
    2. Computer Science1210.4%
    3. Environmental Science10.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    6. Materials Science00.3%
    7. Mathematics00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences32.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.9%
    3. Decision Sciences10.8%
    4. Psychology10.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    3. Neuroscience10.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Intuitive Surgical (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 11.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 31.5 works11×
← 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.34× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.85× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.22× its world share, 73 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 8.63× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary8.63×1 works
  2. Medicine3.22×73 works
  3. Computer Science1.34×12 works
  4. Health Professions1.06×3 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.91×2 works
  6. Engineering0.85×15 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.84×1 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.83×1 works
  9. Neuroscience0.36×1 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×0 works
  11. Nursing0.27×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.26×2 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.25×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.20×0 works
  16. Psychology0.17×1 works
  17. Social Sciences0.17×2 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×1 works
  19. Environmental Science0.12×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.08×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Intuitive Surgical (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Jonathan Sorger, Usha Seshadri‐Kreaden and Usha Seshadri Kreaden lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Intuitive Surgical (United States).

  1. 1 Jonathan Sorger United States · #548,250 worldwide 1.9k citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Usha Seshadri‐Kreaden United States · #966,489 worldwide 1.7k citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Usha Seshadri Kreaden United States · #976,677 worldwide 1.6k citations · 61 works
  4. 4 Minkyung Shin United States · #982,866 worldwide 177 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Max Allan United States · #1,040,931 worldwide 1.2k citations · 33 works
  6. 6 April E. Hebert United States · #1,132,853 worldwide 842 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 I‐Fan Shih United States · #1,256,596 worldwide 926 citations · 55 works
  8. 8 Anthony Jarc United States · #1,262,631 worldwide 1.9k citations · 71 works
  9. 9 Yuki Liu United States · #1,276,083 worldwide 176 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Mahdi Azizian United States · #1,375,304 worldwide 857 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Intuitive Surgical (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Intuitive Surgical (United States)?

The most cited paper from Intuitive Surgical (United States) is "Positive Surgical Margin and Perioperative Complication Rates of Primary Surgical Treatments for Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Comparing Retropubic, Laparoscopic, and Robotic Prostatectomy" (Ashutosh Kumar Tewari, Prasanna Sooriakumaran, Daniel A. Bloch et al., 2012), with 523 citations. Next come "An open-source research kit for the da Vinci® Surgical System" (510) and "Raven-II: An Open Platform for Surgical Robotics Research" (378).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Positive Surgical Margin and Perioperative Complication Rates of Primary Surgical Treatments for Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Comparing Retropubic, Laparoscopic, and Robotic Prostatectomy Ashutosh Kumar Tewari, Prasanna Sooriakumaran, Daniel A. Bloch et al. · European Urology Review 24 Feb 2012 523
2 An open-source research kit for the da Vinci® Surgical System Peter Kazanzides, Zihan Chen, Anton Deguet et al. Conference paper May 2014 510
3 Raven-II: An Open Platform for Surgical Robotics Research Blake Hannaford, Jacob Rosén, David Friedman et al. · IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 28 Nov 2012 378
4 Comparison of outcomes and cost for endometrial cancer staging via traditional laparotomy, standard laparoscopy and robotic techniques Maria C. Bell, Jenny Torgerson, Usha Seshadri‐Kreaden et al. · Gynecologic Oncology 2 Oct 2008 378
5 Semaglutide once weekly as add-on to SGLT-2 inhibitor therapy in type 2 diabetes (SUSTAIN 9): a randomised, placebo-controlled trial Bernard Zinman, Vaishali Bhosekar, Robert S. Busch et al. · The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Mar 2019 377
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Intuitive Surgical (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Laparoscopic Surgery, Robotic Surgery, Medical Education, Surgical Skills, Virtual Reality Training, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Neoadjuvant Therapy and Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy.

▲ 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. Laparoscopic Surgery20▲ 139×3 topics
  2. Robotic Surgery19▲ 109×5 topics
  3. Medical Education14▲ 45×4 topics
  4. Surgical Skills13▲ 273×1 topic
  5. Virtual Reality Training13▲ 273×1 topic
  6. Deep Learning12▲ 2.8×23 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 13×4 topics
  8. Neoadjuvant Therapy8▲ 29×5 topics
  9. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy7▲ 75×2 topics
  10. Machine Learning7▲ 1.71×10 topics
  11. Tumor Markers6▲ 67×2 topics
  12. Medical Imaging6▲ 10×5 topics
  13. Adjuvant Chemotherapy6▲ 78×1 topic
  14. Rectal Cancer6▲ 140×1 topic
  15. Mortality5▲ 8.1×8 topics
  16. Chemotherapy5▲ 6.4×7 topics
  17. Complications5▲ 8.4×9 topics
  18. Single-Incision Laparoscopy5▲ 217×1 topic
  19. Transgastric Surgery5▲ 217×1 topic
  20. Guidelines4▲ 8.2×6 topics
  21. Radiotherapy4▲ 9.1×7 topics
  22. Healthcare4▲ 3.1×10 topics
  23. Precision Medicine4▲ 6.8×4 topics
  24. Texture Analysis4▲ 15×3 topics
  25. Adjuvant Therapy4▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Medical Applications4▲ 41×2 topics
  27. Minimally Invasive Surgery4▲ 50×2 topics
  28. Tumor Staging3▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Robotic Manipulators3▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Soft Robotics3▲ 35×2 topics
  31. Bioinspired Robotics3▲ 72×1 topic
  32. CT Screening3▲ 38×1 topic
  33. Continuum Robots3▲ 72×1 topic
  34. Lung Cancer3▲ 16×1 topic
  35. Quantitative Analysis3▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Screening3▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 8.1×6 topics
  38. Predictive Modeling3▲ 8.5×2 topics
  39. Surgery3▲ 6.9×5 topics
  40. Radiomics3▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Intuitive Surgical (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Surgical Simulation and Training, Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments, Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Surgical Simulation and …13Surgical Simulation and Training: 13 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgic…6Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 6 fractional worksMinimally Invasive Surgi…5Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques: 5 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…3Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksSoft Robotics and Applic…3Soft Robotics and Applications: 3 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…3Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 3 fractional worksAnatomy and Medical Technology: 2 fractional worksRobotics and Sensor-Based Localization: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional works
SurgeryOncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 13 works
  2. 2 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 6 works
  3. 3 Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques Surgery 5 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Soft Robotics and Applications Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  7. 7 Anatomy and Medical Technology Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available32.4%not open67.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.5%domestic only74.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Intuitive Surgical (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 67% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Intuitive Surgical (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00053% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Intuitive Surgical (United States)0.00046% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Intuitive Surgical (United States) 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%Intuitive Surgical (United States)10.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.4% in 2023.

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