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Hospital / health system · Birmingham · United States

Kirklin Clinic

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Research works
88
▲ 98% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.6k
18.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

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

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: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 1.12× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 2.22× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.46× its world share, 13 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 2.27× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× 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, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Kirklin Clinic?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Thrombosis, Cardiogenic Shock, Left Ventricular Assist Device, Myocardial Infarction, Transplantation and Rejection.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Heart Failure10▲ 24×7 topics
  2. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation8▲ 104×2 topics
  3. Cardiogenic Shock7▲ 188×1 topic
  4. Left Ventricular Assist Device7▲ 188×1 topic
  5. Thrombosis7▲ 37×3 topics
  6. Epidemiology6▲ 1.72×29 topics
  7. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 23×5 topics
  8. Transplantation5▲ 45×3 topics
  9. Immunosuppressive Therapy4▲ 26×2 topics
  10. Rejection4▲ 106×2 topics
  11. Heart Transplant4▲ 142×1 topic
  12. Lung Transplant4▲ 142×1 topic
  13. Congenital Heart Disease4▲ 52×3 topics
  14. Cardiac Surgery4▲ 57×2 topics
  15. Mortality Risk4▲ 22×2 topics
  16. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes4▲ 22×2 topics
  17. Adult Congenital Heart Disease4▲ 77×1 topic
  18. Pulmonary Valve Replacement4▲ 77×1 topic
  19. Quality of Life4▲ 3.2×15 topics
  20. Dilated Cardiomyopathy4▲ 55×2 topics
  21. Surgical Repair4▲ 98×1 topic
  22. Ventricular Reconstruction4▲ 98×1 topic
  23. Complications3▲ 7.6×11 topics
  24. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 2.7×11 topics
  25. Guidelines3▲ 6.2×5 topics
  26. Anatomy2▲ 32×2 topics
  27. Echocardiography2▲ 9.1×6 topics
  28. Cosmetic Surgery2▲ 69×2 topics
  29. Graft Survival2▲ 23×3 topics
  30. Mortality2▲ 4.6×6 topics
  31. Healthcare Workers2▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Magnetic Resonance Imaging2▲ 5.6×5 topics
  33. Reconstruction2▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Rehabilitation2▲ 5.1×6 topics
  35. Mechanical Ventilation2▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Parathyroid Hormone2▲ 17×3 topics
  37. Resuscitation2▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Inflammatory Response1▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Postoperative Complications1▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Renal Function1▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Kirklin Clinic publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: 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 worksRenal and Vascular Pathologies: 0 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 0 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 0 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringSurgeryEpidemiologyTransplantation2 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 Renal and Vascular Pathologies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kirklin Clinic's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 98% 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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