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Lexington Clinic

In research, Lexington Clinic stands highest in Medicine (#6,821 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#7,908 of 20,462 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,851 of 4,227 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 4.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#23,365
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,024
of 8,685
Research works
452
▼ 51% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
39.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
17%
world 28%

What is Lexington Clinic 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
MedicineField #6,821 of 17,978 19.3%347
Health SciencesDomain #7,908 of 20,462 19.1%373
SurgerySubfield #1,851 of 4,227 23.3%139

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lexington Clinic 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 Lexington Clinic specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 29.6 works4.5×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.51× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lexington Clinic?

Ranked on the composite score, Aaron Sciascia, W. Ben Kibler and T. Jeff Chandler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lexington Clinic.

  1. 1 Aaron Sciascia · #176,747 worldwide 94 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 W. Ben Kibler · #181,918 worldwide 108 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 T. Jeff Chandler · #407,861 worldwide 81 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 E. Paul Roetert · #985,524 worldwide 8 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Lexington Clinic

Which keywords describe research at Lexington Clinic?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Shoulder Function, Rehabilitation, Rotator Cuff Tears, Shoulder Pathology, Complications, Surgical Management and Acromioclavicular Joint.

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

All 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology9▲ 6.3×19 topics
  2. Shoulder Function7▲ 245×2 topics
  3. Rehabilitation5▲ 39×4 topics
  4. Rotator Cuff Tears5▲ 225×1 topic
  5. Shoulder Pathology5▲ 225×1 topic
  6. Complications4▲ 26×6 topics
  7. Surgical Management4▲ 28×4 topics
  8. Acromioclavicular Joint3▲ 409×1 topic
  9. Clavicle Fractures3▲ 409×1 topic
  10. Quality of Life3▲ 5.9×6 topics
  11. Risk Factors3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  12. Muscle Strength2▲ 68×2 topics
  13. Brachial Plexus2▲ 300×1 topic
  14. Injury Prevention2▲ 58×3 topics
  15. Nerve Transfer2▲ 300×1 topic
  16. Prevention2▲ 16×3 topics
  17. Muscle Injuries2▲ 90×1 topic
  18. Sports Injury2▲ 90×1 topic
  19. Global Burden1▲ 7.0×4 topics
  20. Elbow Injuries1▲ 165×1 topic
  21. Low Back Pain1▲ 21×3 topics
  22. Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction1▲ 165×1 topic
  23. Biomechanics1▲ 11×4 topics
  24. Chronic Pain1▲ 15×3 topics
  25. Pain Management1▲ 14×5 topics
  26. Treatment1▲ 2.8×9 topics
  27. Diagnosis1▲ 3.2×8 topics

Which research topics does Lexington Clinic publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries, Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation and Sports injuries and prevention.

Shoulder Injury and Trea…5Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 5 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 3 fractional worksNerve Injury and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…2Sports injuries and prevention: 2 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma…1Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 1 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and…1Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 1 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 0 fractional works
SurgeryEpidemiologyOrthopedics and Sports MedicineRehabilitation3 others

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

  1. 1 Shoulder Injury and TreatmentSurgery 5 works
  2. 2 Shoulder and Clavicle InjuriesEpidemiology 3 works
  3. 3 Nerve Injury and RehabilitationSurgery 2 works
  4. 4 Sports injuries and preventionOrthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Elbow and Forearm Trauma TreatmentRehabilitation 1 works
  6. 6 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationPharmacology 1 works
  7. 7 Pleural and Pulmonary DiseasesPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationSurgery 1 works
  9. 9 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesBiomedical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniquesSurgery 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 available16.7%not open83.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.2%domestic only93.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lexington Clinic's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% 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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