Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Hospital / health system · Anacortes · United States

Island Hospital

In research, Island Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,367 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,279 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 7.8× its share of world research).

islandhospital.orgROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#12,473
of 22,385 · #14,157 all time
Rank in United States
#1,758
of 3,332
Research works
1.5k
▲ 239% vs 2018-21
Citations
22k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.77×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Island Hospital

What is Island Hospital 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
MedicineField #5,367 of 8,541 5.0%219 #5898
Health SciencesDomain #6,279 of 9,902 5.1%236 #7100

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Island Hospital 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 Island Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research at Island Hospital is in Health Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (68%), Social Sciences (5%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 259 fractional works · 73.3% of its workMedicine: 242 fractional works · 68.3% of its workSurgery: 64 fractional works · 18.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 23 fractional works · 6.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 14 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 37 fractional works · 10.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% 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 · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 31 fractional works · 8.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 7.5% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKIsland Hospital354fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences73%Social Sciences11%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine24268.3%
    2. Health Professions133.7%
    3. Nursing30.8%
    4. Dentistry10.4%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Social Sciences185.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities61.6%
    3. Psychology61.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting30.8%
    6. Decision Sciences20.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology174.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology61.8%
    3. Neuroscience41.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.4%
    1. Computer Science82.2%
    2. Environmental Science61.8%
    3. Engineering61.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    5. Materials Science20.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    7. Mathematics10.3%
    8. Chemistry10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Island Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 64.3 works7.8×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.76× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.42× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.55× its world share, 242 worksMedicineNursing: 1.54× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.55×242 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.76×6 works
  3. Nursing1.54×3 works
  4. Health Professions1.42×13 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.24×2 works
  6. Veterinary1.14×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.88×17 works
  8. Dentistry0.77×1 works
  9. Neuroscience0.66×4 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.56×6 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.53×2 works
  12. Psychology0.51×6 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.42×3 works
  14. Social Sciences0.40×18 works
  15. Environmental Science0.37×6 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.31×2 works
  17. Computer Science0.29×8 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×3 works
  19. Mathematics0.25×1 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.18×1 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×2 works
  22. Materials Science0.13×2 works
  23. Engineering0.11×6 works
  24. Chemistry0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Island Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Neal Mittman, Paul A. Fein and Rajanna Sreedhara lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Island Hospital.

  1. 1 Neal Mittman United States · #1,824,189 worldwide 2.7k citations · 64 works
  2. 2 Paul A. Fein United States · #2,354,907 worldwide 2.1k citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Rajanna Sreedhara United States · #2,551,854 worldwide 1.5k citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Patricia Rekawek United States · #2,564,520 worldwide 612 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Morrell M. Avram United States · #2,655,046 worldwide 4.5k citations · 122 works
  6. 6 Algernon T. Bristow United States · #3,079,998 worldwide 160 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Robert J. Giusti United States · #3,249,749 worldwide 692 citations · 58 works
  8. 8 Burton L. Zohman United States · #3,267,373 worldwide 1.3k citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Murray B. Gordon United States · #3,304,221 worldwide 83 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Jennifer C. Wolfe United States · #3,480,689 worldwide 202 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Island Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Island Hospital?

The most cited paper from Island Hospital is "Chiari I Malformation Redefined: Clinical and Radiographic Findings for 364 Symptomatic Patients" (Thomas H. Milhorat, Mike W. Chou, Elizabeth M. Trinidad et al., 1999), with 1,324 citations. Next come "Cinacalcet for Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis" (1,141) and "Catheter Technique for Recording His Bundle Activity in Man" (1,043).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Chiari I Malformation Redefined: Clinical and Radiographic Findings for 364 Symptomatic Patients Thomas H. Milhorat, Mike W. Chou, Elizabeth M. Trinidad et al. · Neurosurgery May 1999 1,324
2 Cinacalcet for Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis Geoffrey A. Block et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 7 Apr 2004 1,141
3 Catheter Technique for Recording His Bundle Activity in Man Benjamin J. Scherlag, Sun H. Lau, Richard H. Helfant et al. · Circulation Open access 1969 1,043
4 Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma: a comprehensive analysis of 725 cases Ramesh M. Gowda, Ijaz A. Khan, Chandra K. Nair et al. · American Heart Journal Sep 2003 757
5 Homologous and Heterologous Covid-19 Booster Vaccinations Robert L. Atmar et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 26 Jan 2022 619
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Island Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications, Surgical Management, Degenerative Disc Disease, Risk Factors and Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology38▲ 2.7×92 topics
  2. Treatment20▲ 4.6×31 topics
  3. Diagnosis19▲ 5.6×28 topics
  4. Risk Factors14▲ 3.6×22 topics
  5. Inflammation14▲ 1.84×44 topics
  6. Complications14▲ 7.7×16 topics
  7. Surgical Management12▲ 8.3×20 topics
  8. Quality of Life12▲ 2.3×36 topics
  9. Mortality11▲ 5.5×11 topics
  10. Degenerative Disc Disease11▲ 32×2 topics
  11. Management11▲ 3.8×24 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence10▲ 2.1×15 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 4.7×13 topics
  14. Guidelines9▲ 5.3×11 topics
  15. Surgical Treatment8▲ 12×5 topics
  16. Surgery8▲ 6.2×9 topics
  17. Heart Failure7▲ 4.6×9 topics
  18. Chemotherapy7▲ 2.8×18 topics
  19. Clinical Outcomes7▲ 9.3×4 topics
  20. Postoperative Complications7▲ 15×4 topics
  21. Immunotherapy7▲ 2.6×16 topics
  22. Low Back Pain7▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Chronic Pain6▲ 8.2×5 topics
  24. Spinal Fusion6▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Intervertebral Disc6▲ 25×1 topic
  26. Lumbar Disc Degeneration6▲ 25×1 topic
  27. Spinal Surgery6▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Echocardiography6▲ 5.8×7 topics
  29. Pathophysiology6▲ 5.4×6 topics
  30. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 6.5×5 topics
  31. Prenatal Diagnosis5▲ 10×6 topics
  32. Rehabilitation5▲ 3.8×9 topics
  33. Anterior Cervical Discectomy5▲ 47×1 topic
  34. Cervical Spine Surgery5▲ 47×1 topic
  35. Diagnostic Imaging5▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Dysphagia5▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Perioperative Care5▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Laparoscopic Surgery4▲ 10×5 topics
  39. Robotic Surgery4▲ 7.8×5 topics
  40. Radiation Exposure4▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Island Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Ethics and Social Impacts of AI.

Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 6 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 5 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 3 fractional worksElectrolyte and hormonal disorders: 3 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 3 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorde…3Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 3 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 3 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 2 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…2Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineSurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSafety Research2 others

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

  1. 1 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 5 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 3 works
  5. 5 Electrolyte and hormonal disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Hernia repair and management Surgery 3 works
  7. 7 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal 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 available26.9%not open73.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Island Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 239% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Island Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Island Hospital0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Island Hospital 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Island Hospital6.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.1% in 2003.

Share Island Hospital's ranking

Island Hospital on Science Explorer

A card with Island Hospital's standing and the fields it leads in, for a post or a slide. A link to this page previews as the same card.

Download the card

1200 × 630 PNG, sized for social posts, drawn from the latest snapshot.

Badges for a website1Each links back here and updates with every snapshot

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Island Hospital. Keep it to the research: no personal attacks, advertising or links. Any reader can report a post, which collapses it for everyone until it is opened.