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Las Vegas Institute

In research, Las Vegas Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,914 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,803 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,818
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,911
of 7,310
Research works
305
▼ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.6k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Las Vegas Institute

What is Las Vegas Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #9,914 of 16,688 5.8%171
MedicineField #8,803 of 14,558 6.1%139

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Las Vegas Institute 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 Las Vegas Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Las Vegas Institute is in Health Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (41%), Business, Management and Accounting (10%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 17 fractional works · 49.3% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 40.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 6.7% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 21.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 9.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 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 workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 14.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 14.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKLas VegasInstitute34fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences49%Social Sciences22%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1440.9%
    2. Health Professions14.3%
    3. Dentistry13.8%
    4. Veterinary00.4%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting39.8%
    2. Social Sciences26.0%
    3. Psychology14.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities01.5%
    5. Decision Sciences00.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Environmental Science14.3%
    2. Engineering13.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.4%
    4. Computer Science12.4%
    5. Mathematics01.3%
    6. Materials Science00.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology25.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences25.3%
    3. Neuroscience11.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology01.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
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: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 7.78× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.63× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.12× its world share, 14 worksMedicineVeterinary: 3.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.04× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry7.78×1 works
  2. Veterinary3.05×0 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting3.04×3 works
  4. Medicine2.12×14 works
  5. Health Professions1.63×1 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.56×1 works
  7. Psychology1.30×1 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.16×0 works
  9. Mathematics1.13×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.12×2 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.11×2 works
  12. Neuroscience0.97×0 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.94×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.86×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.52×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.48×2 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.34×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.30×1 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.22×0 works
  20. Engineering0.20×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.15×0 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.15×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Las Vegas Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Gregory P. Hetter, Karl Leonhard Reinhold and April Ursula Fox lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Las Vegas Institute.

  1. 1 Gregory P. Hetter United States · #1,805,586 worldwide 867 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Karl Leonhard Reinhold United States · #2,477,529 worldwide 245 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 April Ursula Fox United States · #3,153,395 worldwide 8 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Charles Bell Taylor United States · #3,491,926 worldwide 21 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Mike Milne United States · #4,510,884 worldwide 29 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Alan L. Chan United States · #4,628,336 worldwide 78 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 John A. Krasowski United States · #4,672,294 worldwide 48 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Juliana da Silva Pedroso United States · #5,330,933 worldwide 35 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 K. Warren Volker United States · #5,511,470 worldwide 62 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 E.L. Stockwell United States · #5,522,517 worldwide 37 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Las Vegas Institute

What are the most cited papers from Las Vegas Institute?

The most cited paper from Las Vegas Institute is "Stenting versus Endarterectomy for Treatment of Carotid-Artery Stenosis" (Thomas G. Brott et al., 2010), with 3,008 citations. Next come "A comparison of sentinel lymph node biopsy to lymphadenectomy for endometrial cancer staging (FIRES trial): a multicentre, prospective, cohort study" (940) and "Sall4 modulates embryonic stem cell pluripotency and early embryonic development by the transcriptional regulation of Pou5f1" (582).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Stenting versus Endarterectomy for Treatment of Carotid-Artery Stenosis Thomas G. Brott et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 26 May 2010 3,008
2 A comparison of sentinel lymph node biopsy to lymphadenectomy for endometrial cancer staging (FIRES trial): a multicentre, prospective, cohort study Emma Caroline Rossi, Lynn D. Kowalski, Jennifer Michelle Scalici et al. · The Lancet Oncology Feb 2017 940
3 Sall4 modulates embryonic stem cell pluripotency and early embryonic development by the transcriptional regulation of Pou5f1 Jinqiu Zhang, Wai Leong Tam, Guo Qing Tong et al. · Nature Cell Biology 17 Sep 2006 582
4 Algae-mediated biosynthesis of inorganic nanomaterials as a promising route in nanobiotechnology – a review Si Amar Dahoumane, Mourad Mechouet, Kushlani N. Wijesekera et al. · Green Chemistry 3 Nov 2016 261
5 Phenotypic correction of murine hemophilia A using an iPS cell-based therapy Dan Xu, Zaida Alipio, Louis M. Fink et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 12 Jan 2009 258
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Which keywords describe research at Las Vegas Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Big Data, Analytics, Business Intelligence, Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity Conservation, Epidemiology and Medical History.

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

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability3▲ 3.9×8 topics
  2. Epidemiology2▲ 1.76×11 topics
  3. Big Data2▲ 7.3×3 topics
  4. Analytics2▲ 68×1 topic
  5. Business Intelligence2▲ 68×1 topic
  6. Ecosystem Services2▲ 13×5 topics
  7. Biodiversity Conservation1▲ 11×5 topics
  8. Deep Learning1▲ 1.25×6 topics
  9. Quality of Life1▲ 3.0×8 topics
  10. Clinical Trials1▲ 4.8×5 topics
  11. Immunotherapy1▲ 4.4×5 topics
  12. Medical History1▲ 79×1 topic
  13. Neurosurgery1▲ 369×1 topic

Which research topics does Las Vegas Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Big Data and Business Intelligence, History of Medical Practice, Dermatologic Treatments and Research and Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management.

Big Data and Business In…2Big Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional worksHistory of Medical Pract…1History of Medical Practice: 1 fractional worksDermatologic Treatments …1Dermatologic Treatments and Research: 1 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 1 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 0 fractional worksSex and Gender in Health…0Sex and Gender in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksBreast Implant and Reconstruction: 0 fractional worksThermoregulation and physiological responses: 0 fractional worksGambling Behavior and Treatments: 0 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 0 fractional works
Management Information SystemsNeurologyDermatologyOncology5 others

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

  1. 1 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 2 works
  2. 2 History of Medical Practice Neurology 1 works
  3. 3 Dermatologic Treatments and Research Dermatology 1 works
  4. 4 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 1 works
  5. 5 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Sex and Gender in Healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  7. 7 Breast Implant and Reconstruction Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Thermoregulation and physiological responses Physiology 0 works
  9. 9 Gambling Behavior and Treatments Clinical Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques 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 available24.4%not open75.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.9%domestic only87.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Las Vegas Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% lower 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 Las Vegas Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Las Vegas Institute0.000053% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Las Vegas Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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