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Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono

In research, Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono stands highest in Medicine (#4,606 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,439 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 8.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,387
of 22,385 · #12,080 all time
Rank in United States
#1,885
of 3,332
Research works
1.9k
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
27k
14.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.77×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono

What is Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono 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 #4,606 of 8,541 5.9%236 #3736
Health SciencesDomain #5,439 of 9,902 5.8%258 #4046

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono 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 Hospital-Pocono work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (72%), Health Professions (5%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 294 fractional works · 78.6% of its workMedicine: 269 fractional works · 71.8% of its workSurgery: 46 fractional works · 12.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 32 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 26 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEpidemiology: 22 fractional works · 5.8% of its workNeurology: 17 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 14 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 20 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 32 fractional works · 8.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 8.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLehigh ValleyHospital-Pocono375fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences79%Social Sciences9%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine26971.8%
    2. Health Professions205.4%
    3. Nursing30.8%
    4. Veterinary10.3%
    5. Dentistry10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology174.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology71.7%
    3. Neuroscience51.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.5%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.4%
    1. Social Sciences123.2%
    2. Psychology92.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting51.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities30.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.5%
    6. Decision Sciences20.4%
    1. Engineering92.3%
    2. Computer Science30.7%
    3. Physics and Astronomy20.4%
    4. Environmental Science10.3%
    5. Materials Science10.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Energy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 8.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 32.4 works8.2×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.83× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.73× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.06× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.73× its world share, 269 worksMedicineNursing: 1.64× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.39× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.73×269 works
  2. Veterinary2.39×1 works
  3. Health Professions2.06×20 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.73×6 works
  5. Nursing1.64×3 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.56×2 works
  7. Neuroscience0.85×5 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.83×17 works
  9. Psychology0.82×9 works
  10. Dentistry0.52×1 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.45×2 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.38×5 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.25×3 works
  14. Social Sciences0.25×12 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×2 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.19×2 works
  17. Engineering0.15×8 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×1 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×2 works
  20. Computer Science0.09×3 works
  21. Mathematics0.09×0 works
  22. Environmental Science0.07×1 works
  23. Energy0.06×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.06×1 works
  25. Chemistry0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono?

Ranked on the quality score, Suresh Gangadharan Nair, Muhammad A. Rizvi and Daniel E. Ray lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono.

  1. 1 Suresh Gangadharan Nair United States · #308,728 worldwide 11k citations · 275 works
  2. 2 Muhammad A. Rizvi United States · #352,400 worldwide 1.7k citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Daniel E. Ray United States · #516,748 worldwide 2.1k citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Mark D. Cipolle United States · #619,770 worldwide 5.6k citations · 111 works
  5. 5 Nelson P. Kopyt United States · #624,063 worldwide 2.3k citations · 56 works
  6. 6 Michael D. Pasquale United States · #634,457 worldwide 6.6k citations · 162 works
  7. 7 Martin A Martino United States · #1,180,074 worldwide 1.5k citations · 112 works
  8. 8 Bradley Walter Lash United States · #1,240,210 worldwide 793 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Orion Albert Rust United States · #1,392,205 worldwide 3.7k citations · 95 works
  10. 10 Michael Rhodes United States · #1,516,276 worldwide 3.4k citations · 131 works
All ranked researchers at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono

What are the most cited papers from Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono?

The most cited paper from Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono is "Features, Evaluation and Treatment Coronavirus (COVID-19)" (Marco Cascella, Michael Rajnik, Arturo Cuomo et al., 2020), with 3,274 citations. Next come "Sensitive and specific multi-cancer detection and localization using methylation signatures in cell-free DNA" (1,567) and "Daptomycin versus Standard Therapy for Bacteremia and Endocarditis Caused by Staphylococcus aureus" (1,472).

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 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
3 Daptomycin versus Standard Therapy for Bacteremia and Endocarditis Caused by Staphylococcus aureus Vance G. Fowler et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 16 Aug 2006 1,472
4 Activity and safety of nivolumab, an anti-PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor, for patients with advanced, refractory squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (CheckMate 063): a phase 2, single-arm trial Naiyer A. Rizvi et al. · The Lancet Oncology Open access 19 Feb 2015 1,436
5 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
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology49▲ 3.3×106 topics
  2. Diagnosis25▲ 7.0×37 topics
  3. Treatment21▲ 4.6×38 topics
  4. Management16▲ 5.4×26 topics
  5. Heart Failure14▲ 8.2×12 topics
  6. Quality of Life13▲ 2.5×31 topics
  7. Complications13▲ 6.8×17 topics
  8. Risk Factors12▲ 3.0×28 topics
  9. Surgical Management12▲ 7.9×19 topics
  10. Inflammation12▲ 1.46×45 topics
  11. Genetic Mutations10▲ 6.4×18 topics
  12. Guidelines10▲ 5.8×11 topics
  13. Immunotherapy10▲ 3.7×18 topics
  14. Chemotherapy10▲ 3.7×22 topics
  15. Echocardiography10▲ 9.2×8 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 4.3×14 topics
  17. Primary Care9▲ 6.3×12 topics
  18. Mortality8▲ 3.5×12 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors8▲ 4.6×14 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders7▲ 3.2×15 topics
  21. Quality Improvement7▲ 9.5×8 topics
  22. Patient Satisfaction7▲ 5.6×9 topics
  23. Radiotherapy7▲ 4.4×12 topics
  24. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 7.3×7 topics
  25. Medical Education6▲ 6.3×11 topics
  26. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention6▲ 13×4 topics
  27. Pathophysiology6▲ 5.7×10 topics
  28. Prognosis6▲ 5.0×9 topics
  29. Surgery6▲ 4.8×9 topics
  30. Catheter Ablation6▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Critical Care6▲ 6.3×8 topics
  32. Anticoagulant Therapy6▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Survival Analysis6▲ 5.4×6 topics
  34. Children5▲ 6.2×7 topics
  35. Resuscitation5▲ 10×4 topics
  36. Atrial Fibrillation5▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Sepsis5▲ 7.3×6 topics
  38. Arrhythmias5▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Prophylaxis5▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Stroke Prevention5▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair.

Mechanical Circulatory S…4Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…4Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anoma…3Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…3Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 3 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 2 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health …2Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 2 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 2 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannoma management: 2 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryEmergency Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 2 works
  8. 8 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 2 works
  10. 10 Meningioma and schwannoma management Epidemiology 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 available24.4%not open75.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.9%domestic only94.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher 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 Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono5.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.1% in 2001.

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