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Lehigh Valley Health Network

In research, Lehigh Valley Health Network stands highest in Medicine (#6,885 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,242 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Neurology is 8.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,213
of 22,385 · #20,512 all time
Rank in United States
#2,349
of 3,332
Research works
1.2k
▲ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.67×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Lehigh Valley Health Network

What is Lehigh Valley Health Network 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
MedicineField #6,885 of 8,541 4.7%271 #6842
Health SciencesDomain #8,242 of 9,902 4.5%296 #7865

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Lehigh Valley Health Network work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Lehigh Valley Health Network is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (74%), Health Professions (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 321 fractional works · 80.4% of its workMedicine: 294 fractional works · 73.7% of its workSurgery: 47 fractional works · 11.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 35 fractional works · 8.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 26 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEpidemiology: 23 fractional works · 5.8% of its workNeurology: 20 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 37 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSensory Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLehigh ValleyHealth Network399fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences7%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine29473.7%
    2. Health Professions235.7%
    3. Nursing30.7%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology174.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology82.0%
    3. Neuroscience81.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.4%
    1. Psychology123.0%
    2. Social Sciences82.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting30.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.5%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
    1. Engineering61.5%
    2. Environmental Science20.5%
    3. Computer Science20.5%
    4. Materials Science10.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    6. Chemistry10.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Lehigh Valley Health Network specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 20.4 works8.9×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 35.3 works8.4×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.96× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.16× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.17× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.83× its world share, 294 worksMedicineNursing: 1.42× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.00× 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.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.83×294 works
  2. Health Professions2.17×23 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.96×8 works
  4. Nursing1.42×3 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.20×2 works
  6. Neuroscience1.16×8 works
  7. Psychology1.00×12 works
  8. Veterinary0.87×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.82×18 works
  10. Dentistry0.41×1 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.25×3 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.24×2 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.20×2 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.16×1 works
  15. Social Sciences0.16×8 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×2 works
  17. Engineering0.10×6 works
  18. Environmental Science0.10×2 works
  19. Chemistry0.09×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.09×1 works
  21. Mathematics0.09×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.08×1 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  24. Computer Science0.06×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Lehigh Valley Health Network?

Ranked on the quality score, Rahul Kumar Gupta, Elaine A Donoghue and Richard J. Mazzaccaro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lehigh Valley Health Network.

  1. 1 Rahul Kumar Gupta United States · #1,348,823 worldwide 7.4k citations · 77 works
  2. 2 Elaine A Donoghue United States · #1,597,928 worldwide 1.4k citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Richard J. Mazzaccaro United States · #1,767,468 worldwide 2.5k citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Jeff Etchason United States · #1,869,286 worldwide 1.2k citations · 26 works
  5. 5 David A. Prager United States · #2,439,136 worldwide 2.2k citations · 52 works
  6. 6 Carolyn L Davidson United States · #2,467,136 worldwide 525 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Rachel D. Appelbaum United States · #2,797,186 worldwide 383 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Ashwini Kamath Mulki United States · #2,949,150 worldwide 148 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Lauren M. Crowley United States · #3,286,919 worldwide 376 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Christopher Melinosky United States · #3,404,798 worldwide 520 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Lehigh Valley Health Network

What are the most cited papers from Lehigh Valley Health Network?

The most cited paper from Lehigh Valley Health Network is "Features, Evaluation and Treatment Coronavirus (COVID-19)" (Marco Cascella, Michael Rajnik, Arturo Cuomo et al., 2020), with 3,274 citations. Next come "First-Line Nivolumab in Stage IV or Recurrent Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer" (2,602) and "Sensitive and specific multi-cancer detection and localization using methylation signatures in cell-free DNA" (1,567).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Features, Evaluation and Treatment Coronavirus (COVID-19) Marco Cascella, Michael Rajnik, Arturo Cuomo et al. · StatPearls 20 Mar 2020 3,274
2 First-Line Nivolumab in Stage IV or Recurrent Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer David Paul Carbone et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 21 Jun 2017 2,602
3 Sensitive and specific multi-cancer detection and localization using methylation signatures in cell-free DNA M.C. Liu et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access159 authors 30 Mar 2020 1,567
4 Platelet reactivity and clinical outcomes after coronary artery implantation of drug-eluting stents (ADAPT-DES): a prospective multicentre registry study Gregg W. Stone, Bernhard Witzenbichler, Giora Weisz et al. · The Lancet 25 Jul 2013 863
5 Trial of Endovascular Treatment of Acute Basilar-Artery Occlusion Chunrong Tao et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 12 Oct 2022 681
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lehigh Valley Health Network?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology52▲ 3.3×102 topics
  2. Diagnosis26▲ 7.0×36 topics
  3. Treatment22▲ 4.6×37 topics
  4. Management17▲ 5.2×26 topics
  5. Quality of Life16▲ 2.7×30 topics
  6. Inflammation15▲ 1.82×41 topics
  7. Risk Factors15▲ 3.3×26 topics
  8. Heart Failure14▲ 7.8×11 topics
  9. Surgical Management12▲ 7.4×19 topics
  10. Complications12▲ 5.9×16 topics
  11. Guidelines12▲ 6.1×12 topics
  12. Genetic Mutations11▲ 6.4×19 topics
  13. Immunotherapy11▲ 3.8×16 topics
  14. Echocardiography10▲ 9.2×7 topics
  15. Chemotherapy10▲ 3.5×22 topics
  16. Primary Care9▲ 6.0×11 topics
  17. Radiotherapy9▲ 5.6×13 topics
  18. Pathogenesis9▲ 4.2×19 topics
  19. Prognosis8▲ 6.4×9 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders8▲ 3.6×15 topics
  21. Neuroprotection8▲ 5.7×11 topics
  22. Diabetes8▲ 4.0×10 topics
  23. Critical Care8▲ 8.1×8 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 3.6×14 topics
  25. Pathophysiology8▲ 6.7×10 topics
  26. Imaging7▲ 7.6×4 topics
  27. Quality Improvement7▲ 9.2×8 topics
  28. Stroke7▲ 9.9×7 topics
  29. Medical Education7▲ 6.4×11 topics
  30. Rehabilitation7▲ 4.2×10 topics
  31. Surgery6▲ 4.7×9 topics
  32. Neuroimaging6▲ 5.8×9 topics
  33. Cognitive Impairment6▲ 6.1×9 topics
  34. Survival Analysis6▲ 5.5×6 topics
  35. Catheter Ablation6▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Clinical Outcomes6▲ 6.7×5 topics
  37. Anticoagulant Therapy5▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Atrial Fibrillation5▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention5▲ 10.0×4 topics
  40. Resuscitation5▲ 9.9×4 topics

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

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

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…4Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…3Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 3 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksSarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research: 3 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 3 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …3Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 3 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 3 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 3 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEpidemiologyPhysiologyBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 3 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research Physiology 3 works
  5. 5 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 3 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  10. 10 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Lehigh Valley Health Network as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0017% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Lehigh Valley Health Network0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Lehigh Valley Health Network 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 2025Lehigh Valley Health Network3.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.1% in 2010.

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