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Lehigh Valley Hospital

In research, Lehigh Valley Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,912 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#10,094 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#30,080
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,448
of 8,685
Research works
619
▼ 90% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.3k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
9%
world 28%

What is Lehigh Valley Hospital 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 #10,912 of 20,462 7.4%488
MedicineField #10,094 of 17,978 7.7%397

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lehigh Valley Hospital 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).

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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.93× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.31× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.59× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.75× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 3.81× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Lehigh Valley Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Miller MEd, James K. Wu and Nea-Bc lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lehigh Valley Hospital.

  1. 1 Miller MEd United States · #1,083,892 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 James K. Wu United States · #1,380,649 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Nea-Bc United States · #1,502,269 worldwide 0 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Lehigh Valley Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Lehigh Valley Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Management, Heart Failure, Prognosis, Neuroinflammation, Diagnosis, Intensive Care Unit and Pathophysiology.

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

All 11 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3▲ 2.9×19 topics
  2. Diagnosis1▲ 6.0×8 topics
  3. Management1▲ 7.4×3 topics
  4. Heart Failure1▲ 13×7 topics
  5. Prognosis1▲ 16×4 topics
  6. Guidelines1▲ 10×5 topics
  7. Intensive Care Unit1▲ 41×2 topics
  8. Neuroinflammation1▲ 18×2 topics
  9. Pathophysiology1▲ 17×2 topics
  10. Sedation1▲ 55×2 topics
  11. Neuroprotection1▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Lehigh Valley Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances, Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders, Diversity and Career in Medicine and Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism.

Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 1 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 1 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 0 fractional worksCancer, Lipids, and Metabolism: 0 fractional worksPectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional worksAdvances in Oncology and Radiotherapy: 0 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …0Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 0 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 0 fractional worksHealth and Medical Research Impacts: 0 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…0Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 0 fractional works
NeurologyCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineGender StudiesCancer Research5 others

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

  1. 1 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 1 works
  2. 2 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 0 works
  4. 4 Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism Cancer Research 0 works
  5. 5 Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  9. 9 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular 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 available9.1%not open90.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.2%domestic only96.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lehigh Valley Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 90% lower 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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