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Intuitive Surgical (United States)

In research, Intuitive Surgical (United States) stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,103 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,296 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 11.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,149
of 28,054 · #22,973 all time
Rank in United States
#2,288
of 4,192
Research works
316
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.8k
15.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Intuitive Surgical (United States) 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 #8,103 of 11,982 22.6%74 #13952
MedicineField #7,296 of 10,443 22.7%69 #11672

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Intuitive Surgical (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 11.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 29.1 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: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.17× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.87× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.07× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.23× its world share, 69 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 9.17× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× 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, 9.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Usha Kreaden, Anthony Jarc and Liomar A. A. Neves lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Intuitive Surgical (United States).

  1. 1 Usha Kreaden United States · #618,067 worldwide 37 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Anthony Jarc United States · #1,213,612 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Liomar A. A. Neves United States · #1,570,737 worldwide 17 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Michael Gralinski United States · #1,584,817 worldwide 7 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Intuitive Surgical (United States)

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Laparoscopic Surgery18▲ 141×3 topics
  2. Robotic Surgery18▲ 111×5 topics
  3. Medical Education13▲ 45×4 topics
  4. Surgical Skills12▲ 278×1 topic
  5. Virtual Reality Training12▲ 278×1 topic
  6. Deep Learning10▲ 2.6×22 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 13×4 topics
  8. Neoadjuvant Therapy8▲ 31×5 topics
  9. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy7▲ 79×2 topics
  10. Machine Learning6▲ 1.75×10 topics
  11. Medical Imaging6▲ 11×5 topics
  12. Tumor Markers6▲ 72×2 topics
  13. Adjuvant Chemotherapy6▲ 81×1 topic
  14. Rectal Cancer6▲ 146×1 topic
  15. Chemotherapy5▲ 6.7×7 topics
  16. Mortality5▲ 7.8×6 topics
  17. Complications5▲ 8.5×8 topics
  18. Guidelines4▲ 8.3×6 topics
  19. Single-Incision Laparoscopy4▲ 236×1 topic
  20. Transgastric Surgery4▲ 236×1 topic
  21. Radiotherapy4▲ 9.7×7 topics
  22. Texture Analysis4▲ 16×3 topics
  23. Healthcare4▲ 3.0×10 topics
  24. Precision Medicine4▲ 7.4×4 topics
  25. Adjuvant Therapy4▲ 27×2 topics
  26. Minimally Invasive Surgery3▲ 54×2 topics
  27. Medical Applications3▲ 38×2 topics
  28. Tumor Staging3▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Quantitative Analysis3▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Screening3▲ 30×2 topics
  31. CT Screening3▲ 40×1 topic
  32. Lung Cancer3▲ 15×1 topic
  33. Robotic Manipulators3▲ 28×2 topics
  34. Soft Robotics3▲ 37×2 topics
  35. Bioinspired Robotics3▲ 75×1 topic
  36. Continuum Robots3▲ 75×1 topic
  37. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 8.0×5 topics
  38. Predictive Modeling3▲ 8.7×2 topics
  39. Radiomics3▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Tumor Heterogeneity3▲ 20×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Surgical Simulation and Training, Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments, Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Surgical Simulation and …12Surgical Simulation and Training: 12 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgic…6Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 6 fractional worksMinimally Invasive Surgi…4Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques: 4 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksSoft 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 worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 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 12 works
  2. 2 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 6 works
  3. 3 Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques Surgery 4 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 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Hernia repair and management Surgery 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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