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Lancaster General Hospital

In research, Lancaster General Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,533 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,951
of 22,385 · #13,438 all time
Rank in United States
#2,635
of 3,332
Research works
657
▲ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Lancaster General Hospital

What is Lancaster General Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #5,533 of 9,902 6.3%64 #5047

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lancaster General 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Lancaster General Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Lancaster General Hospital is in Health Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Health Professions (11%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 76 fractional works · 74.9% of its workMedicine: 62 fractional works · 61.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 10.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 16.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLancaster GeneralHospital102fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences75%Social Sciences17%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6261.3%
    2. Health Professions1110.7%
    3. Nursing11.4%
    4. Dentistry11.3%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Social Sciences66.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities43.8%
    3. Psychology33.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance33.1%
    5. Decision Sciences00.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology33.4%
    2. Neuroscience11.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering11.3%
    2. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    3. Environmental Science00.4%
    4. Computer Science00.2%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.76× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.06× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.19× its world share, 62 worksMedicineNursing: 2.83× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.31× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.43× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.02× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.06×11 works
  2. Medicine3.19×62 works
  3. Nursing2.83×1 works
  4. Dentistry2.76×1 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.43×3 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.40×0 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.31×4 works
  8. Veterinary1.21×0 works
  9. Psychology1.02×3 works
  10. Neuroscience0.64×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×3 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.51×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.49×6 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.42×0 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.26×1 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×0 works
  17. Engineering0.09×1 works
  18. Environmental Science0.09×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.06×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Lancaster General Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Randall A. Oyer, SETH JOSEPH WORLEY and Frederick Bolles Rogers lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lancaster General Hospital.

  1. 1 Randall A. Oyer United States · #554,099 worldwide 1.3k citations · 57 works
  2. 2 SETH JOSEPH WORLEY United States · #611,056 worldwide 7.4k citations · 126 works
  3. 3 Frederick Bolles Rogers United States · #892,337 worldwide 5.4k citations · 162 works
  4. 4 Matthew A. Bernabei United States · #916,957 worldwide 1.4k citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Mark H Johnston United States · #979,876 worldwide 3k citations · 65 works
  6. 6 Rolf L. Andersen United States · #1,168,707 worldwide 690 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Richard H. Mann United States · #1,425,132 worldwide 2k citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Michael Horst United States · #1,476,723 worldwide 4.8k citations · 182 works
  9. 9 Brian W. Gross United States · #1,794,770 worldwide 1.6k citations · 46 works
  10. 10 Amelia T. Rogers United States · #1,879,940 worldwide 969 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Lancaster General Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Lancaster General Hospital?

The most cited paper from Lancaster General Hospital is "Self-Efficacy and the Stages of Exercise Behavior Change" (Bess H. Marcus, Vanessa C. Selby, RAYMOND S. NIAURA et al., 1992), with 1,900 citations. Next come "Association of the Extent of Resection With Survival in Glioblastoma" (1,110) and "Celecoxib for the Prevention of Sporadic Colorectal Adenomas" (1,047).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Self-Efficacy and the Stages of Exercise Behavior Change Bess H. Marcus, Vanessa C. Selby, RAYMOND S. NIAURA et al. · Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport Open access Mar 1992 1,900
2 Association of the Extent of Resection With Survival in Glioblastoma Timothy J. Brown, Matthew Brennan, Michael Jonathan Li et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access 16 Jun 2016 1,110
3 Celecoxib for the Prevention of Sporadic Colorectal Adenomas Monica M. Bertagnolli et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 30 Aug 2006 1,047
4 A Leadless Intracardiac Transcatheter Pacing System DWIGHT W. REYNOLDS et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 9 Nov 2015 932
5 Biventricular Pacing for Atrioventricular Block and Systolic Dysfunction Anne B. Curtis, SETH JOSEPH WORLEY, Philip B. Adamson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 24 Apr 2013 860
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lancaster General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Guidelines, Heart Failure, Quality Improvement, Primary Care, Clinical Trials and Risk Factors.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology11▲ 2.6×45 topics
  2. Mortality6▲ 9.5×11 topics
  3. Guidelines5▲ 11×10 topics
  4. Heart Failure5▲ 11×7 topics
  5. Public Health5▲ 3.2×17 topics
  6. Risk Factors5▲ 4.2×15 topics
  7. Quality of Life4▲ 3.0×20 topics
  8. Clinical Trials4▲ 6.1×13 topics
  9. Quality Improvement4▲ 21×6 topics
  10. Treatment4▲ 3.1×16 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.2×16 topics
  12. Global Burden4▲ 6.7×7 topics
  13. Primary Care4▲ 9.9×11 topics
  14. Diagnosis3▲ 3.6×12 topics
  15. Chemotherapy3▲ 4.1×15 topics
  16. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 14×4 topics
  17. Echocardiography3▲ 9.1×7 topics
  18. Medical Education3▲ 9.6×6 topics
  19. Organizational Culture3▲ 6.7×4 topics
  20. Ethical Considerations2▲ 7.1×6 topics
  21. Health Outcomes2▲ 9.1×4 topics
  22. Sepsis2▲ 13×4 topics
  23. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 10×5 topics
  24. Pharmacokinetics2▲ 8.4×5 topics
  25. Race2▲ 19×6 topics
  26. Continuity of Care2▲ 46×2 topics
  27. Neuroprotection2▲ 6.3×5 topics
  28. Injury Severity2▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Health Disparities2▲ 7.7×5 topics
  30. Mortality Risk2▲ 8.2×4 topics
  31. Renal Function2▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Cesarean Section2▲ 45×1 topic
  33. Global Trends2▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Maternal Outcomes2▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Perinatal Outcomes2▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Prehospital Care2▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Substance Use Disorders2▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Trauma Center2▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Vaginal Birth2▲ 45×1 topic
  40. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide2▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does Lancaster General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions, Heart Failure Treatment and Management and Primary Care and Health Outcomes.

Trauma and Emergency Car…2Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 2 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal H…2Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 2 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment …2Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health …2Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 2 fractional worksEducational Leadership and Practices: 1 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…1Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 1 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 1 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…1Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 1 fractional works
Emergency MedicineObstetrics and GynecologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  3. 3 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Educational Leadership and Practices Education 1 works
  6. 6 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 1 works
  7. 7 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available18.2%not open81.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lancaster General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Lancaster General Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00037% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Lancaster General Hospital0.00039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Lancaster General Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Lancaster General Hospital5.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.3% in 2017.

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