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Johns Hopkins Hospital

In research, Johns Hopkins Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#571 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#729 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#479 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Ophthalmology — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,300
of 28,054 · #1,298 all time
Rank in United States
#472
of 4,192
Research works
15k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
525k
35.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Johns Hopkins 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 #571 of 10,443 14.1%1,001 #216
Health SciencesDomain #729 of 11,982 14.1%1,082 #228
SurgerySubfield #479 of 1,816 16.1%189 #158
Life SciencesDomain #2,308 of 7,800 15.6%127 #811
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #399 of 738 16.0%98 #173
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #750 of 1,144 13.7%95 #92
Health ProfessionsField #1,455 of 1,928 14.4%68 #396
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,789 of 3,579 15.8%70 #802
Social SciencesDomain #8,245 of 10,521 16.8%80 #2100

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#216 #571
  2. Health Sciences#228 #729
  3. Surgery#158 #479
  4. Life Sciences#811 #2,308
  5. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#173 #399
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#92 #750
  7. Health Professions#396 #1,455
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#802 #2,789
  9. Social Sciences#2,100 #8,245
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Johns Hopkins Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 98.0 works7.0×
  2. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 22.1 works6.8×
  3. OphthalmologySubfield · 24.1 works6.7×
  4. SurgerySubfield · 188.8 works6.0×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 70 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.26× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.46× its world share, 32 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.03× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.91× its world share, 68 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.89× its world share, 1,001 worksMedicineNursing: 1.55× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, William W. Scott, Syed Z. Ali and Hugh H. Young lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Johns Hopkins Hospital.

  1. 1 William W. Scott United States · #21,948 worldwide 443 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Syed Z. Ali United States · #27,312 worldwide 293 citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Hugh H. Young United States · #44,652 worldwide 171 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Curt P. Richter United States · #60,015 worldwide 220 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Michael T. Mazur United States · #66,694 worldwide 305 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Charles F. Geschickter United States · #69,410 worldwide 234 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Robert D. Jeffs United States · #74,588 worldwide 240 citations · 51 works
  8. 8 Philippe Gailloud United States · #76,800 worldwide 166 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 David M. Gould United States · #77,880 worldwide 237 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Patrick C. Walsh United States · #81,498 worldwide 228 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Johns Hopkins Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Chemotherapy, Guidelines, Immunotherapy, Diagnosis, Treatment and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology139▲ 2.6×116 topics
  2. Risk Factors64▲ 4.3×30 topics
  3. Inflammation60▲ 2.2×72 topics
  4. Treatment50▲ 3.0×45 topics
  5. Chemotherapy49▲ 5.2×24 topics
  6. Diagnosis48▲ 3.9×37 topics
  7. Quality of Life46▲ 2.4×45 topics
  8. Immunotherapy46▲ 4.8×18 topics
  9. Management41▲ 3.9×29 topics
  10. Guidelines41▲ 6.5×12 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors35▲ 6.0×14 topics
  12. Heart Failure34▲ 5.9×13 topics
  13. Public Health34▲ 1.76×38 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease33▲ 2.2×32 topics
  15. Clinical Trials33▲ 3.7×16 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines33▲ 4.5×14 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders30▲ 3.9×19 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations29▲ 5.0×21 topics
  19. Complications29▲ 4.3×17 topics
  20. Mortality29▲ 3.7×13 topics
  21. Echocardiography28▲ 7.7×8 topics
  22. Radiotherapy28▲ 5.3×13 topics
  23. Surgical Management26▲ 4.8×20 topics
  24. Myocardial Infarction25▲ 8.2×7 topics
  25. Clinical Outcomes23▲ 8.1×6 topics
  26. Immunosuppressive Therapy22▲ 9.0×7 topics
  27. Surgery22▲ 4.6×12 topics
  28. Medical Education21▲ 6.2×10 topics
  29. Ethical Considerations21▲ 4.5×9 topics
  30. Neoadjuvant Therapy20▲ 6.5×5 topics
  31. Atherosclerosis20▲ 5.3×9 topics
  32. Magnetic Resonance Imaging20▲ 5.8×6 topics
  33. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention20▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Thrombosis19▲ 5.2×7 topics
  35. Pain Management18▲ 6.0×9 topics
  36. Cardiac Imaging17▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Resuscitation17▲ 9.8×4 topics
  38. Transplantation17▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Coronary Artery Disease17▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Revascularization16▲ 7.9×3 topics

Which research topics does Johns Hopkins Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics.

Transplantation: Methods…13Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 13 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…13Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 13 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 10 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 9 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 9 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 9 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 9 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…9Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 9 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 8 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 8 fractional works
SurgeryBiomedical EngineeringCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging3 others

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

  1. 1 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 13 works
  2. 2 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 13 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 9 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  6. 6 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 9 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 9 works
  8. 8 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 9 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 8 works
  10. 10 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 8 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 available23.3%not open76.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.7%domestic only91.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Johns Hopkins Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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