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Iowa Methodist Medical Center

In research, Iowa Methodist Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,390 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#10,176 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#28,874
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,076
of 7,310
Research works
316
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.4k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.79×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Iowa Methodist Medical Center

What is Iowa Methodist Medical Center 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 #11,390 of 16,688 6.4%254
MedicineField #10,176 of 14,558 7.1%215

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Iowa Methodist Medical Center 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 Iowa Methodist Medical Center work in?

In all years, 80% of research at Iowa Methodist Medical Center is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (68%), Health Professions (11%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 254 fractional works · 80.3% of its workMedicine: 215 fractional works · 68.2% of its workSurgery: 48 fractional works · 15.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 24 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEpidemiology: 16 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 14 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 33 fractional works · 10.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 28 fractional works · 8.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIowa MethodistMedical Center316fractional works, all years
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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. Medicine21568.2%
    2. Health Professions3310.5%
    3. Nursing41.3%
    4. Veterinary10.3%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology165.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology31.1%
    3. Neuroscience31.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics31.0%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.6%
    1. Social Sciences92.8%
    2. Psychology51.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.5%
    1. Engineering72.2%
    2. Environmental Science30.9%
    3. Chemistry20.5%
    4. Computer Science20.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.51× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 1.49× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.84× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.68× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience4.51×1 works
  2. Health Professions3.84×2 works
  3. Medicine3.68×11 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.05×0 works
  5. Dentistry1.49×0 works
  6. Nursing0.89×0 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.67×0 works
  8. Psychology0.67×0 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.36×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.21×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.21×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Iowa Methodist Medical Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Arnold S. Feldman, Richard A. Sidwell and Hooshang Soltanzadeh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Iowa Methodist Medical Center.

  1. 1 Arnold S. Feldman United States · #1,195,130 worldwide 797 citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Richard A. Sidwell United States · #1,978,142 worldwide 1k citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Hooshang Soltanzadeh United States · #2,553,425 worldwide 597 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 F Raymond United States · #3,169,877 worldwide 352 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Norman F. Paradise United States · #3,367,582 worldwide 467 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Ronald K. Grooters United States · #3,983,137 worldwide 300 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Kent C. Thieman United States · #4,046,059 worldwide 269 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 David H. Stubbs United States · #4,222,105 worldwide 230 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Robert Fournier Schneider United States · #4,622,989 worldwide 637 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 James W. Hopkins United States · #4,684,275 worldwide 296 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Iowa Methodist Medical Center

What are the most cited papers from Iowa Methodist Medical Center?

The most cited paper from Iowa Methodist Medical Center is "Efficacy and safety of the monoclonal anti-tumor necrosis factor antibody F(ab′)2 fragment afelimomab in patients with severe sepsis and elevated interleukin-6 levels*" (Edward A. Panacek, John C. Marshall, Timothy E. Albertson et al., 2004), with 388 citations. Next come "Charnley Total Hip Arthroplasty with Cement" (300) and "Gene therapy for cancer" (243).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Efficacy and safety of the monoclonal anti-tumor necrosis factor antibody F(ab′)2 fragment afelimomab in patients with severe sepsis and elevated interleukin-6 levels* Edward A. Panacek, John C. Marshall, Timothy E. Albertson et al. · Critical Care Medicine Nov 2004 388
2 Charnley Total Hip Arthroplasty with Cement John J. Callaghan, Jay C. Albright, Devon D. Goetz et al. · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Apr 2000 300
3 Gene therapy for cancer Kenneth W. Culver, R. Michael Blaese · Trends in Genetics Review May 1994 243
4 Safe laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Adoption of universal culture of safety in cholecystectomy Vishal Gupta, Gaurav Jain · World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery Open access 26 Feb 2019 240
5 Total hip arthroplasty with cement in patients who are less than fifty years old. A sixteen to twenty-two-year follow-up study. Patrick M. Sullivan, James R. Mackenzie, John J. Callaghan et al. · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Jun 1994 214
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Which keywords describe research at Iowa Methodist Medical Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Complications, Primary Care, Quality Improvement, Resuscitation, Patient Satisfaction and Treatment.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology30▲ 2.4×62 topics
  2. Mortality13▲ 8.0×9 topics
  3. Complications12▲ 7.3×14 topics
  4. Treatment12▲ 2.9×24 topics
  5. Quality of Life11▲ 2.6×23 topics
  6. Inflammation11▲ 1.46×32 topics
  7. Risk Factors11▲ 3.3×18 topics
  8. Public Health10▲ 2.4×16 topics
  9. Primary Care10▲ 7.6×12 topics
  10. Quality Improvement9▲ 14×6 topics
  11. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 9.9×8 topics
  12. Resuscitation8▲ 19×4 topics
  13. Management8▲ 3.1×20 topics
  14. Surgical Management7▲ 5.1×15 topics
  15. Diagnosis7▲ 2.3×19 topics
  16. Guidelines7▲ 4.7×11 topics
  17. Rehabilitation7▲ 5.8×8 topics
  18. Health Outcomes6▲ 8.3×3 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 3.3×11 topics
  20. Injury Severity6▲ 26×2 topics
  21. Pain Management6▲ 8.2×8 topics
  22. Critical Care6▲ 8.2×8 topics
  23. Revision Surgery6▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Stroke6▲ 11×6 topics
  25. Total Hip Replacement6▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Mechanical Ventilation5▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Biomechanics5▲ 5.2×6 topics
  28. Nutritional Support5▲ 18×3 topics
  29. Prehospital Care5▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Trauma Center5▲ 40×1 topic
  31. Hypothermia5▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Hemorrhage5▲ 20×3 topics
  33. Infectious Diseases5▲ 6.1×3 topics
  34. Pathophysiology5▲ 5.4×8 topics
  35. Sepsis4▲ 8.9×5 topics
  36. Survival Rates4▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Postoperative Complications4▲ 9.9×4 topics
  38. Cardiac Arrest4▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Healthcare-Associated Infections4▲ 10×5 topics
  40. Out-of-Hospital4▲ 21×1 topic

Which research topics does Iowa Methodist Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies.

EEG and Brain-Computer I…0EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 0 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …0Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 0 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 0 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 0 fractional worksAI in cancer detection0AI in cancer detection: 0 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 0 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 0 fractional worksAttention Deficit Hypera…0Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: 0 fractional worksTesticular diseases and treatments: 0 fractional worksAntibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy: 0 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceHealth InformaticsCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineArtificial Intelligence5 others

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

  1. 1 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  2. 2 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 0 works
  3. 3 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  4. 4 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  5. 5 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  6. 6 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  9. 9 Testicular diseases and treatments Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy Pharmacology 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 available16.0%not open84.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.1%domestic only95.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Iowa Methodist Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% lower 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 Iowa Methodist Medical Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000095% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Iowa Methodist Medical Center0.000031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Iowa Methodist Medical Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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