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Lahey Hospital and Medical Center

In research, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#3,893 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,301 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 8.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,788
of 28,054 · #5,833 all time
Rank in United States
#2,232
of 4,192
Research works
3.3k
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
101k
30.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
18%
world 28%

What is Lahey Hospital and Medical Center 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 #3,893 of 10,443 13.1%200 #1100
Health SciencesDomain #5,301 of 11,982 13.0%210 #1322

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lahey Hospital and Medical Center 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 Lahey Hospital and Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 22.9 works8.8×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 41.1 works7.1×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.33× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.22× its world share, 200 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard W. Nesto, John Murray and David J. Schoetz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lahey Hospital and Medical Center.

  1. 1 Richard W. Nesto United States · #37,845 worldwide 483 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 John Murray United States · #48,968 worldwide 182 citations · 61 works
  3. 3 David J. Schoetz United States · #53,677 worldwide 172 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Richard B. Cattell United States · #55,418 worldwide 134 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 John A. Coller United States · #65,121 worldwide 185 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Lewis M. Hurxthal United States · #65,770 worldwide 171 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 David P. Boyd United States · #66,081 worldwide 152 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 James L. Poppen United States · #69,227 worldwide 151 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 William Healy United States · #78,366 worldwide 170 citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Malcolm C. Veidenheimer United States · #78,651 worldwide 159 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Genetic Mutations, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Echocardiography, Management and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology29▲ 3.0×79 topics
  2. Diagnosis12▲ 5.4×27 topics
  3. Treatment12▲ 4.0×33 topics
  4. Genetic Mutations11▲ 10×18 topics
  5. Chemotherapy10▲ 5.9×16 topics
  6. Management10▲ 5.2×22 topics
  7. Risk Factors9▲ 3.2×23 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 6.3×12 topics
  9. Echocardiography8▲ 13×8 topics
  10. Complications8▲ 6.8×15 topics
  11. Guidelines8▲ 6.7×11 topics
  12. Heart Failure8▲ 7.2×10 topics
  13. Quality of Life8▲ 2.2×25 topics
  14. Radiotherapy7▲ 7.7×11 topics
  15. Surgical Treatment7▲ 14×6 topics
  16. Cardiac Imaging7▲ 23×3 topics
  17. Medical Education7▲ 11×8 topics
  18. Mortality7▲ 4.7×11 topics
  19. Surgical Management6▲ 6.0×16 topics
  20. Clinical Trials6▲ 3.5×10 topics
  21. Immunotherapy6▲ 3.3×14 topics
  22. Laparoscopic Surgery6▲ 19×3 topics
  23. Robotic Surgery6▲ 16×4 topics
  24. Dilated Cardiomyopathy5▲ 32×2 topics
  25. Clinical Outcomes5▲ 10×5 topics
  26. Cardiovascular Risk5▲ 6.7×7 topics
  27. Prognostic Factors5▲ 4.6×13 topics
  28. Surgery5▲ 5.8×11 topics
  29. Adjuvant Therapy5▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Spinal Fusion5▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Degenerative Disc Disease5▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Low Back Pain4▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Cardiomyopathies4▲ 63×1 topic
  34. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 6.2×7 topics
  35. Myosin4▲ 63×1 topic
  36. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 7.7×5 topics
  37. Tumor Staging4▲ 15×2 topics
  38. CT Screening4▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Lung Cancer4▲ 9.5×1 topic
  40. Spinal Surgery4▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Lahey Hospital and Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology and Surgical Simulation and Training.

Cardiomyopathy and Myosi…4Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies: 4 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…4Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…4Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 4 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and …3Surgical Simulation and Training: 3 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgic…2Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 2 fractional worksHair Growth and Disorders: 2 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…2Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePathology and Forensic MedicineSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 3 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Hair Growth and Disorders Urology 2 works
  9. 9 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 2 works
  10. 10 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 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 available18.5%not open81.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.7%domestic only93.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lahey Hospital and Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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