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Lee Memorial Hospital

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Research works
50
▼ 59% vs 2018-21
Citations
363
7.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
12%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Lee Memorial Hospital

Not ranked overall: Lee Memorial Hospital is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Lee Memorial Hospital work in?

In all years, 72% of research at Lee Memorial Hospital is in Health Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (57%), Health Professions (14%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (4%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 36 fractional works · 72.2% of its workMedicine: 29 fractional works · 57.2% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 10.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 14.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 13.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 10.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLee MemorialHospital50fractional works, all years
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences72%Social Sciences13%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2957.2%
    2. Health Professions714.4%
    3. Nursing00.7%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance23.6%
    2. Social Sciences12.9%
    3. Psychology12.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting12.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.7%
    6. Decision Sciences00.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.8%
    2. Neuroscience12.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics12.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.3%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.7%
    1. Environmental Science11.7%
    2. Engineering11.3%
    3. Chemistry00.7%
    4. Computer Science00.7%
    5. Energy00.2%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.93× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.18× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEnergy: 2.81× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMedicine: 2.58× its world share, 2 worksMedicinePsychology: 3.77× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology5.13×0 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.93×1 works
  3. Psychology3.77×0 works
  4. Neuroscience3.18×0 works
  5. Energy2.81×0 works
  6. Medicine2.58×2 works
  7. Engineering0.34×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Lee Memorial Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, G. Curt Meyer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lee Memorial Hospital.

  1. 1 G. Curt Meyer United States · #4,381,485 worldwide 60 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Lee Memorial Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Lee Memorial Hospital?

The most cited paper from Lee Memorial Hospital is "The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD)" (Salvatore Lacagnina, 2019), with 235 citations. Next come "False‐negative and False‐positive Errors in Abdominal Pain Evaluation Failure to Diagnose Acute Appendicitis and Unnecessary Surgery" (142) and "The benefits of a gynecologic oncologist: a pattern of care study for endometrial cancer treatment" (91).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) Salvatore Lacagnina · American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine Open access 11 Oct 2019 235
2 False‐negative and False‐positive Errors in Abdominal Pain Evaluation Failure to Diagnose Acute Appendicitis and Unnecessary Surgery Louis Graff, JOHN C. RUSSELL, John H. Seashore et al. · Academic Emergency Medicine Open access Nov 2000 142
3 The benefits of a gynecologic oncologist: a pattern of care study for endometrial cancer treatment P. Roland, FJ Kelly, C.Y Kulwicki et al. · Gynecologic Oncology 24 Feb 2004 91
4 Variability in interhospital trauma data coding and scoring Sandra Strack Arabian, Michael W. Marcus, Kevin A. Captain et al. · The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 26 Aug 2015 36
5 Description of an academic teaching rotation for postgraduate year 1 pharmacy residents Kristen Kirdahy, Suzanne Dawn Turner, Jennifer S. Williams · American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 18 Jan 2012 20
All 66 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lee Memorial Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, Global Health, Management, Guidelines, Health Workforce, Rural Health and Primary Care.

▲ 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. Epidemiology5▲ 2.4×14 topics
  2. Public Health3▲ 5.0×7 topics
  3. Inflammation3▲ 2.5×7 topics
  4. Global Health3▲ 41×2 topics
  5. Management3▲ 6.9×7 topics
  6. Guidelines2▲ 9.9×6 topics
  7. Diagnosis2▲ 4.5×5 topics
  8. Health Workforce2▲ 100×1 topic
  9. Rural Health2▲ 162×1 topic
  10. Treatment2▲ 3.5×5 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.9×5 topics
  12. Primary Care2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  13. Clinical Trials2▲ 5.3×2 topics
  14. Critical Care2▲ 15×4 topics
  15. Depression2▲ 4.6×3 topics
  16. Reconstruction2▲ 17×3 topics
  17. Anxiety2▲ 8.9×2 topics
  18. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Cardiac Rehabilitation2▲ 88×1 topic
  20. Coronary Heart Disease2▲ 88×1 topic
  21. Ethical Considerations2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  22. Healthcare2▲ 4.2×2 topics
  23. Meta-Analysis2▲ 5.6×2 topics
  24. Mortality2▲ 6.2×4 topics
  25. Neuroprotection2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  26. Physical Activity2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  27. Degenerative Disc Disease1▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Clinical Practice1▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Medical Education1▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Method Validation1▲ 35×2 topics
  31. Professional Practice1▲ 78×2 topics
  32. Stroke1▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Elderly1▲ 9.4×2 topics
  34. Health Care Spending1▲ 36×1 topic
  35. Hypothermia1▲ 30×2 topics
  36. Insurance Markets1▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Intensive Care Unit1▲ 23×3 topics
  38. Cervical Cancer1▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Neurobiological Mechanisms1▲ 46×2 topics
  40. Thermoregulation1▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Lee Memorial Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: High Altitude and Hypoxia, Sport Psychology and Performance, Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment and Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies.

High Altitude and Hypoxia0High Altitude and Hypoxia: 0 fractional worksSport Psychology and Per…0Sport Psychology and Performance: 0 fractional worksSyphilis Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional worksBody Image and Dysmorphia Studies: 0 fractional worksCardiovascular Effects of Exercise: 0 fractional worksPharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects: 0 fractional worksReproductive tract infections research: 0 fractional worksAnesthesia and Sedative …0Anesthesia and Sedative Agents: 0 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 0 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 0 fractional works
GeneticsDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyPhysiologyClinical Psychology6 others

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

  1. 1 High Altitude and Hypoxia Genetics 0 works
  2. 2 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 works
  3. 3 Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment Physiology 0 works
  4. 4 Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies Clinical Psychology 0 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects Molecular Biology 0 works
  7. 7 Reproductive tract infections research Microbiology 0 works
  8. 8 Anesthesia and Sedative Agents Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available12.4%not open87.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.4%domestic only95.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lee Memorial Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 59% lower 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 Lee Memorial Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000031% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Lee Memorial Hospital0.000011% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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