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Lehigh Valley Health Network

In research, Lehigh Valley Health Network stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,301 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,555 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 7.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,969
of 28,054 · #20,644 all time
Rank in United States
#2,420
of 4,192
Research works
1.2k
▲ 64% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Lehigh Valley Health Network 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,301 of 11,982 3.7%296 #6726
MedicineField #6,555 of 10,443 3.5%271 #7082

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lehigh Valley Health Network 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 Lehigh Valley Health Network specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 30.2 works7.8×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.06× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.20× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.23× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.81× its world share, 271 worksMedicineNursing: 1.44× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lehigh Valley Health Network?

Ranked on the composite score, Rahul Gupta, Patrick Hickey and Guy L. Kratzer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lehigh Valley Health Network.

  1. 1 Rahul Gupta United States · #13,578 worldwide 1.4k citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Patrick Hickey United States · #356,399 worldwide 83 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Guy L. Kratzer United States · #820,798 worldwide 22 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Robert D. Barraco United States · #1,065,654 worldwide 26 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Kevin Weaver United States · #1,262,917 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Gretchen Perilli United States · #1,405,591 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Hiral Shah United States · #1,512,584 worldwide 1 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Shashin Shah United States · #1,572,024 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Lehigh Valley Health Network

Which keywords describe research at Lehigh Valley Health Network?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Management, Heart Failure, Surgical Management, Complications and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology50▲ 3.4×102 topics
  2. Diagnosis25▲ 7.2×36 topics
  3. Treatment21▲ 4.7×36 topics
  4. Management15▲ 5.3×25 topics
  5. Quality of Life15▲ 2.8×28 topics
  6. Inflammation14▲ 1.87×39 topics
  7. Risk Factors14▲ 3.4×25 topics
  8. Complications12▲ 6.3×16 topics
  9. Heart Failure11▲ 7.2×11 topics
  10. Surgical Management11▲ 7.4×19 topics
  11. Guidelines11▲ 6.4×11 topics
  12. Genetic Mutations10▲ 6.6×18 topics
  13. Immunotherapy10▲ 3.9×16 topics
  14. Chemotherapy9▲ 3.6×21 topics
  15. Primary Care9▲ 6.3×11 topics
  16. Radiotherapy8▲ 5.8×12 topics
  17. Pathogenesis8▲ 4.2×18 topics
  18. Diabetes8▲ 4.3×10 topics
  19. Echocardiography8▲ 7.7×7 topics
  20. Pathophysiology8▲ 6.9×10 topics
  21. Prognosis8▲ 6.3×9 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 3.7×13 topics
  23. Neuroprotection7▲ 5.7×10 topics
  24. Critical Care7▲ 8.5×8 topics
  25. Neurological Disorders7▲ 3.4×14 topics
  26. Quality Improvement7▲ 9.7×8 topics
  27. Rehabilitation7▲ 4.5×10 topics
  28. Imaging6▲ 6.9×4 topics
  29. Medical Education6▲ 6.6×11 topics
  30. Neuroimaging6▲ 6.3×9 topics
  31. Surgery6▲ 4.8×9 topics
  32. Survival Analysis6▲ 5.9×6 topics
  33. Stroke6▲ 8.8×7 topics
  34. Catheter Ablation6▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Clinical Outcomes6▲ 6.9×5 topics
  36. Children5▲ 6.2×7 topics
  37. Anticoagulant Therapy5▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Atrial Fibrillation5▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Resuscitation5▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention5▲ 10.0×4 topics

Which research topics does Lehigh Valley Health Network publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research, Acute Ischemic Stroke Management and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…3Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksSarcoidosis and Berylliu…3Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research: 3 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 3 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 3 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …3Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 3 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePhysiologyEpidemiologySurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research Physiology 3 works
  3. 3 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 3 works
  4. 4 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 3 works
  7. 7 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 3 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available30.5%not open69.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.5%domestic only94.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lehigh Valley Health Network's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 64% 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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