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John Sealy Hospital

In research, John Sealy Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,168 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,668 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,494
of 28,054 · #19,460 all time
Rank in United States
#2,507
of 4,192
Research works
405
▼ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
25.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is John Sealy 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 #5,168 of 10,443 10.9%102 #8444
Health SciencesDomain #6,668 of 11,982 10.5%114 #10291

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where John Sealy 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).

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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.33× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.38× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.66× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.51× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.49× its world share, 102 worksMedicineNursing: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 8 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.

Who are the top researchers at John Sealy Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Meyer Bodansky and Arthur Ruskin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is John Sealy Hospital.

  1. 1 Meyer Bodansky United States · #608,807 worldwide 60 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Arthur Ruskin United States · #1,126,933 worldwide 21 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at John Sealy Hospital

Which keywords describe research at John Sealy Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Rehabilitation, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Antibiotic Resistance and Diabetes.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 4.4×72 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 3.3×34 topics
  3. Treatment9▲ 4.7×29 topics
  4. Quality of Life8▲ 3.7×27 topics
  5. Risk Factors8▲ 4.7×22 topics
  6. Diagnosis6▲ 4.4×20 topics
  7. Rehabilitation6▲ 10×9 topics
  8. Public Health6▲ 2.6×18 topics
  9. Diabetes5▲ 7.2×10 topics
  10. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 9.1×7 topics
  11. Management5▲ 4.1×17 topics
  12. Pathophysiology5▲ 10×7 topics
  13. Psychological Impact4▲ 8.5×5 topics
  14. Complications4▲ 5.4×10 topics
  15. Pathogenesis4▲ 5.2×12 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 3.2×17 topics
  17. Chemotherapy4▲ 3.7×14 topics
  18. Angiogenesis4▲ 7.7×6 topics
  19. Resuscitation4▲ 19×4 topics
  20. Regeneration4▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Wound Healing4▲ 9.4×7 topics
  22. Immunotherapy4▲ 3.3×13 topics
  23. Sepsis4▲ 14×4 topics
  24. Primary Care4▲ 6.2×9 topics
  25. Burn Injury3▲ 131×1 topic
  26. Burn Wound Infections3▲ 131×1 topic
  27. Medical Education3▲ 8.2×9 topics
  28. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 11×5 topics
  29. Macrophages3▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Academic Medicine3▲ 24×3 topics
  31. Growth Factors3▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Immunosuppressive Therapy3▲ 9.7×7 topics
  33. Gender Bias3▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Chronic Wounds3▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Fibroblasts3▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Health Care Disparities3▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Pain Management3▲ 7.6×6 topics
  38. Science3▲ 6.8×1 topic
  39. Behavior Change2▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Elderly Patients2▲ 8.7×4 topics

Which research topics does John Sealy Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Burn Injury Management and Outcomes, Wound Healing and Treatments, Diversity and Career in Medicine and Social Media in Health Education.

Burn Injury Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 3 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …3Diversity and Career in Medicine: 3 fractional worksSocial Media in Health E…2Social Media in Health Education: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 1 fractional worksMedicine and Dermatology…1Medicine and Dermatology Studies History: 1 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Diseases: 1 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 1 fractional worksVector-borne infectious diseases: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologyRehabilitationGender StudiesHealth5 others

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

  1. 1 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 3 works
  2. 2 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 3 works
  3. 3 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 3 works
  4. 4 Social Media in Health Education Health 2 works
  5. 5 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 1 works
  7. 7 Medicine and Dermatology Studies History Dermatology 1 works
  8. 8 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 1 works
  9. 9 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 1 works
  10. 10 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 1 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 available50.3%not open49.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.1%domestic only87.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has John Sealy Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% lower 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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