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Jamaica Hospital

In research, Jamaica Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#9,647 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,116 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 10.5× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#26,467
of 28,054 · #29,236 all time
Rank in United States
#3,985
of 4,192
Research works
627
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.6k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Jamaica 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
MedicineField #9,647 of 10,443 2.8%134 #11893
Health SciencesDomain #11,116 of 11,982 3.1%142 #13718

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Jamaica 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 Jamaica Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 10.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 39.5 works11×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.84× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.56× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.34× its world share, 134 worksMedicineNursing: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Jamaica Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, M. Abitbol, Benjamin J. Becker and Viral Patel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Jamaica Hospital.

  1. 1 M. Abitbol United States · #364,152 worldwide 61 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Benjamin J. Becker United States · #408,506 worldwide 75 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Viral Patel United States · #1,046,667 worldwide 25 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Abhay Vakil United States · #1,490,126 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Kelly Cervellione United States · #1,510,477 worldwide 4 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Avani Patel United States · #1,620,002 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Jamaica Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Jamaica Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Complications, Epidemiology, Mortality, Rehabilitation, Biomechanics, Internal Fixation, Surgery and Infection Prevention.

▲ 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. Epidemiology25▲ 4.0×60 topics
  2. Complications20▲ 25×13 topics
  3. Mortality18▲ 19×9 topics
  4. Rehabilitation13▲ 20×7 topics
  5. Biomechanics12▲ 24×4 topics
  6. Internal Fixation11▲ 105×2 topics
  7. Surgery11▲ 19×5 topics
  8. Diagnosis10▲ 6.6×22 topics
  9. Treatment10▲ 5.0×27 topics
  10. Infection Prevention10▲ 68×2 topics
  11. Bone Healing9▲ 133×1 topic
  12. Fracture Epidemiology9▲ 133×1 topic
  13. Elderly Patients9▲ 34×3 topics
  14. Functional Recovery8▲ 34×2 topics
  15. Hip Fracture8▲ 133×1 topic
  16. Orthogeriatric Care8▲ 133×1 topic
  17. Risk Factors6▲ 3.7×18 topics
  18. Management6▲ 4.4×14 topics
  19. Guidelines5▲ 7.2×11 topics
  20. Arthroplasty5▲ 34×2 topics
  21. Surgical Management5▲ 7.6×13 topics
  22. Revision Surgery4▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 4.9×10 topics
  25. Quality Improvement4▲ 13×6 topics
  26. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 8.2×4 topics
  27. Health Outcomes4▲ 8.8×4 topics
  28. Surgical Treatment4▲ 12×5 topics
  29. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 9.8×2 topics
  30. Pathophysiology4▲ 7.3×8 topics
  31. Outcomes3▲ 27×1 topic
  32. Total Knee Replacement3▲ 32×1 topic
  33. Transportation3▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 8.1×6 topics
  35. Coronary Artery Disease3▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Injury Severity3▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Trauma Center3▲ 46×1 topic
  38. Fibrosis3▲ 9.2×2 topics
  39. Interstitial Lung Disease3▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Shoulder Function3▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Jamaica Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Bone fractures and treatments, Hip and Femur Fractures, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies.

  1. 1 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 9 works
  2. 2 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 8 works
  3. 3 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques 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 available32.7%not open67.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.0%domestic only87.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Jamaica Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% 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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