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Lankenau Medical Center

In research, Lankenau Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#6,342 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,094 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 13.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,919
of 28,054 · #13,885 all time
Rank in United States
#2,899
of 4,192
Research works
1.3k
▲ 67% vs 2013–17
Citations
28k
22.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Lankenau 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 #6,342 of 10,443 6.8%146 #4348
Health SciencesDomain #8,094 of 11,982 6.7%152 #5232

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 13.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 26.3 works14×
← 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: 1.10× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.28× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.96× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.18× its world share, 146 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.32× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 5 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 Lankenau Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Eric L. Michelson, Leonard S. Dreifus and Peter R. Kowey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lankenau Medical Center.

  1. 1 Eric L. Michelson United States · #60,244 worldwide 286 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Leonard S. Dreifus United States · #71,003 worldwide 239 citations · 66 works
  3. 3 Peter R. Kowey United States · #80,187 worldwide 343 citations · 75 works
  4. 4 Tilde S. Kline United States · #248,687 worldwide 83 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Walter M. Bortz United States · #252,349 worldwide 110 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Konstadinos A. Plestis United States · #308,184 worldwide 74 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 James M. Mullin United States · #420,662 worldwide 79 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Peter Le Roux United States · #546,969 worldwide 86 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Alejandro Peralta Soler United States · #739,439 worldwide 79 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Gianluca Torregrossa United States · #932,953 worldwide 28 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Lankenau Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Lankenau Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Guidelines, Risk Factors, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Echocardiography and Catheter Ablation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 3.6×61 topics
  2. Diagnosis16▲ 9.6×26 topics
  3. Treatment14▲ 6.5×28 topics
  4. Guidelines12▲ 14×11 topics
  5. Risk Factors11▲ 5.4×17 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 8.4×14 topics
  7. Echocardiography8▲ 17×7 topics
  8. Immunotherapy7▲ 5.7×13 topics
  9. Catheter Ablation6▲ 29×2 topics
  10. Chemotherapy6▲ 5.0×17 topics
  11. Quality of Life6▲ 2.4×19 topics
  12. Complications6▲ 6.5×14 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations6▲ 7.5×14 topics
  14. Management5▲ 3.6×16 topics
  15. Survival Analysis5▲ 10×6 topics
  16. Arrhythmias5▲ 29×2 topics
  17. Endovascular Repair5▲ 31×3 topics
  18. Mortality5▲ 4.5×8 topics
  19. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 35×1 topic
  20. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 35×1 topic
  21. Prophylaxis4▲ 19×4 topics
  22. Atrial Fibrillation4▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Heart Failure4▲ 5.2×7 topics
  24. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Medical Education4▲ 7.8×7 topics
  26. Stroke Prevention4▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Anticoagulant Therapy4▲ 16×1 topic
  28. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 8.3×5 topics
  29. Risk Stratification4▲ 27×1 topic
  30. Cardiomyopathy3▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Postoperative Complications3▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Radiofrequency Ablation3▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Revascularization3▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Children3▲ 7.6×5 topics
  35. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 7.5×5 topics
  36. Liver Transplantation3▲ 14×5 topics
  37. Cardiac Risk3▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Electroanatomic Mapping3▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Perioperative3▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Ventricular Tachycardia3▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Lankenau Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…5Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 5 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…4Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …3Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …3Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 3 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 3 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…2Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksCardiac tumors and thrombi: 2 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorde…2Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineInternal MedicineOncology1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac tumors and thrombi Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 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 available24.3%not open75.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lankenau Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 67% 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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