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Jefferson Hospital

In research, Jefferson Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,851 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,835 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 12.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,868
of 28,054 · #11,993 all time
Rank in United States
#2,090
of 4,192
Research works
1.3k
▲ 134% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
17.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Jefferson 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 #3,851 of 10,443 4.9%266 #2341
Health SciencesDomain #4,835 of 11,982 4.8%278 #3037

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 12.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 41.9 works12×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.19× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.10× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.73× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.27× its world share, 266 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.89× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Jefferson Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Karl John Karnaky, Lowell A. Erf and Jack Edeiken lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Jefferson Hospital.

  1. 1 Karl John Karnaky United States · #288,100 worldwide 88 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Lowell A. Erf United States · #429,395 worldwide 51 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Jack Edeiken United States · #615,057 worldwide 49 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 George J. Haupt United States · #642,363 worldwide 22 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Herbert L. Flack United States · #759,526 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Jon Young United States · #1,059,501 worldwide 4 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Muhammad Sabri United States · #1,602,599 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Jefferson Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Jefferson Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Diagnosis, Treatment, Epidemiology, Heart Failure, Risk Factors, Echocardiography, Guidelines and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ 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▲ 2.8×80 topics
  2. Diagnosis26▲ 8.5×30 topics
  3. Treatment25▲ 6.3×32 topics
  4. Heart Failure20▲ 14×12 topics
  5. Risk Factors19▲ 5.2×19 topics
  6. Inflammation15▲ 2.2×45 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 3.7×25 topics
  8. Echocardiography13▲ 15×7 topics
  9. Guidelines13▲ 8.6×11 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 6.8×12 topics
  11. Chemotherapy11▲ 4.8×22 topics
  12. Management11▲ 4.2×23 topics
  13. Obesity10▲ 4.3×14 topics
  14. Complications10▲ 6.4×14 topics
  15. Clinical Trials9▲ 4.3×17 topics
  16. Prophylaxis9▲ 22×4 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Risk9▲ 8.7×8 topics
  18. Clinical Guidelines8▲ 9.1×9 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations8▲ 6.0×13 topics
  20. Immunotherapy8▲ 3.6×14 topics
  21. Mortality8▲ 4.5×9 topics
  22. Prognosis8▲ 7.9×8 topics
  23. Global Burden8▲ 4.7×9 topics
  24. Diabetes8▲ 5.0×12 topics
  25. Catheter Ablation7▲ 17×2 topics
  26. Anticoagulant Therapy7▲ 17×4 topics
  27. Hypertension7▲ 7.2×12 topics
  28. Myocardial Infarction7▲ 8.8×6 topics
  29. Chronic Kidney Disease6▲ 8.0×7 topics
  30. Deep Vein Thrombosis6▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Surgery6▲ 5.4×7 topics
  32. Cardiac Imaging6▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Stroke Prevention6▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Glycemic Control6▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Insulin Therapy6▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Atrial Fibrillation6▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Clinical Outcomes6▲ 7.9×5 topics
  38. Type 2 Diabetes5▲ 7.4×2 topics
  39. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Jefferson Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Diabetes Treatment and Management.

Venous Thromboembolism D…5Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 5 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…5Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 5 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 4 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 4 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksAmyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes: 3 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…3Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 3 fractional worksCardiac tumors and thrombi: 3 fractional works
Internal MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSurgery2 others

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

  1. 1 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 4 works
  6. 6 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 4 works
  7. 7 Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes Molecular Biology 3 works
  8. 8 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Cardiac tumors and thrombi Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 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 available25.3%not open74.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.4%domestic only93.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Jefferson Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 134% 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.