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Kirklin Clinic

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Research works
88
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
18.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Kirklin Clinic

Not ranked overall: Kirklin Clinic is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Kirklin Clinic work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Kirklin Clinic is in Health Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (66%), Engineering (17%), Health Professions (5%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 15 fractional works · 71.1% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 65.6% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 25.9% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 9.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 18.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 17.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 17.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKirklin Clinic21fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1465.6%
    2. Health Professions15.5%
    1. Engineering417.2%
    2. Computer Science00.8%
    3. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Social Sciences12.7%
    2. Decision Sciences02.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities01.5%
    4. Psychology00.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.5%
    2. Neuroscience00.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.15× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 2.08× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.41× its world share, 14 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.41×14 works
  2. Health Professions2.08×1 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.02×0 works
  4. Engineering1.15×4 works
  5. Arts and Humanities0.54×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.48×0 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×0 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.29×0 works
  9. Psychology0.27×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.24×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.21×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.15×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.10×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kirklin Clinic?

Ranked on the quality score, Devin A. Koehl and Ryan Cantor lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kirklin Clinic.

  1. 1 Devin A. Koehl United States · #309,702 worldwide 3.1k citations · 106 works
  2. 2 Ryan Cantor United States · #2,020,122 worldwide 76 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Kirklin Clinic

What are the most cited papers from Kirklin Clinic?

The most cited paper from Kirklin Clinic is "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs 2020 Annual Report" (Ezequiel Molina, Palak Mayur Shah, Michael S. Kiernan et al., 2021), with 594 citations. Next come "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs 2019 Annual Report: The Changing Landscape of Devices and Indications" (416) and "Indications for Heart Transplantation in Pediatric Heart Disease" (302).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs 2020 Annual Report Ezequiel Molina, Palak Mayur Shah, Michael S. Kiernan et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 16 Jan 2021 594
2 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs 2019 Annual Report: The Changing Landscape of Devices and Indications Jeffrey J. Teuteberg, Joseph C. Cleveland, Jennifer Ann Cowger et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Open access 27 Feb 2020 416
3 Indications for Heart Transplantation in Pediatric Heart Disease Charles E. Canter, Robert E. Shaddy, Daniel J. Bernstein et al. · Circulation 2 Feb 2007 302
4 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs 2022 Annual Report: Focus on the 2018 Heart Transplant Allocation System melana yuzefpolskaya, Sarah E. Schroeder, Brian Allan Houston et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Dec 2022 272
5 Usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography in assessment of aortic dissection. Raj S. Ballal, Navin C. Nanda, Robert P. Gatewood et al. · Circulation Open access Nov 1991 218
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kirklin Clinic?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Cardiogenic Shock, Left Ventricular Assist Device, Transplantation, Rejection, Immunosuppressive Therapy and Heart Transplant.

▲ 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-now 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 18 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Heart Failure4▲ 41×5 topics
  2. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation4▲ 222×2 topics
  3. Cardiogenic Shock3▲ 317×1 topic
  4. Left Ventricular Assist Device3▲ 317×1 topic
  5. Rejection2▲ 265×2 topics
  6. Transplantation2▲ 112×3 topics
  7. Heart Transplant2▲ 325×1 topic
  8. Immunosuppressive Therapy2▲ 58×2 topics
  9. Lung Transplant2▲ 325×1 topic
  10. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes2▲ 45×2 topics
  11. Cardiac Surgery2▲ 114×1 topic
  12. Congenital Heart Disease2▲ 104×2 topics
  13. Pulmonary Valve Replacement2▲ 155×1 topic
  14. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 33×3 topics
  15. Surgical Repair1▲ 151×1 topic
  16. Ventricular Reconstruction1▲ 151×1 topic
  17. Graft Survival1▲ 64×2 topics
  18. Inflammatory Response1▲ 70×2 topics

Which research topics does Kirklin Clinic publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Congenital Heart Disease Studies and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair.

Mechanical Circulatory S…3Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 3 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 2 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 1 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 1 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Ou…1Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 0 fractional worksRenal and Vascular Pathologies: 0 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil: 0 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringSurgeryEpidemiologyTransplantation3 others

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

  1. 1 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Renal and Vascular Pathologies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 0 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 available27.9%not open72.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.2%domestic only83.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kirklin Clinic's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kirklin Clinic as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000093% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Kirklin Clinic0.000088% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kirklin Clinic over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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