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Island Hospital

In research, Island Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,886 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,081 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,098
of 28,054 · #13,085 all time
Rank in United States
#2,280
of 4,192
Research works
1.5k
▲ 237% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Island Hospital 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 #5,886 of 11,982 6.1%236 #4122
MedicineField #6,081 of 10,443 5.3%219 #3297

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

What does Island Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 57.5 works8.0×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.83× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.56× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.69× its world share, 219 worksMedicineNursing: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Island Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Morrell M. Avram, Samuel A. Wolfe and Robert Giusti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Island Hospital.

  1. 1 Morrell M. Avram United States · #618,997 worldwide 58 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Samuel A. Wolfe United States · #642,785 worldwide 26 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Robert Giusti United States · #1,033,424 worldwide 23 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Bernard A. Silverman United States · #1,135,414 worldwide 36 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Shan Wang United States · #1,583,687 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Island Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Island Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications, Surgical Management, Degenerative Disc Disease, Mortality and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology36▲ 3.0×90 topics
  2. Treatment18▲ 4.9×28 topics
  3. Diagnosis17▲ 6.0×26 topics
  4. Risk Factors13▲ 3.9×22 topics
  5. Complications13▲ 8.2×16 topics
  6. Surgical Management12▲ 9.2×20 topics
  7. Inflammation12▲ 1.81×42 topics
  8. Quality of Life11▲ 2.4×35 topics
  9. Mortality11▲ 6.1×11 topics
  10. Degenerative Disc Disease10▲ 34×2 topics
  11. Management9▲ 3.7×20 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 5.1×13 topics
  13. Guidelines8▲ 5.5×11 topics
  14. Surgical Treatment7▲ 12×5 topics
  15. Surgery7▲ 6.6×8 topics
  16. Heart Failure7▲ 5.1×9 topics
  17. Clinical Outcomes6▲ 9.9×4 topics
  18. Postoperative Complications6▲ 16×4 topics
  19. Chemotherapy6▲ 2.9×17 topics
  20. Immunotherapy6▲ 2.8×16 topics
  21. Low Back Pain6▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Spinal Surgery6▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Intervertebral Disc5▲ 26×1 topic
  24. Lumbar Disc Degeneration5▲ 26×1 topic
  25. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 7.4×5 topics
  26. Spinal Fusion5▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Pathophysiology5▲ 5.6×6 topics
  28. Echocardiography5▲ 5.7×7 topics
  29. Dysphagia5▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Anterior Cervical Discectomy5▲ 54×1 topic
  31. Cervical Spine Surgery5▲ 54×1 topic
  32. Chronic Pain5▲ 6.7×4 topics
  33. Diagnostic Imaging5▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Prenatal Diagnosis5▲ 10×5 topics
  35. Children4▲ 5.8×7 topics
  36. Laparoscopic Surgery4▲ 11×5 topics
  37. Maternal Mortality4▲ 5.8×5 topics
  38. Radiation Exposure4▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Revision Surgery4▲ 9.0×2 topics
  40. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 9.0×2 topics

Which research topics does Island Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Electrolyte and hormonal disorders.

Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 5 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 5 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksElectrolyte and hormonal disorders: 3 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 3 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksHernia repair and manage…2Hernia repair and management: 2 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…2Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksSpinal Hematomas and Com…2Spinal Hematomas and Complications: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…2Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineSurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 5 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 Electrolyte and hormonal disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Hernia repair and management Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Spinal Hematomas and Complications Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Island Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 237% 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.

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.