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Lifespan

In research, Lifespan stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,125 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,009 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Oncology is 7.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,416
of 22,385 · #2,548 all time
Rank in United States
#522
of 3,332
Research works
1.4k
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
22k
15.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.12×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Lifespan

What is Lifespan 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,125 of 9,902 15.2%184 #1437
MedicineField #1,009 of 8,541 15.7%170 #1373

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lifespan 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 Lifespan work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Lifespan is in Health Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (59%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Psychology (8%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 193 fractional works · 64.1% of its workMedicine: 179 fractional works · 59.4% of its workOncology: 25 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 23 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSurgery: 19 fractional works · 6.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 14 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 14 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 54 fractional works · 17.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 17 fractional works · 5.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 41 fractional works · 13.6% of its workPsychology: 23 fractional works · 7.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLifespan301fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences64%Social Sciences14%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine17959.4%
    2. Health Professions134.3%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology289.2%
    2. Neuroscience175.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology72.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Psychology237.6%
    2. Social Sciences123.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.4%
    4. Decision Sciences10.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Engineering41.5%
    2. Environmental Science41.2%
    3. Computer Science30.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    5. Mathematics10.4%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Lifespan specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 24.6 works7.2×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 22.9 works5.0×
← 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: 1.72× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.18× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.55× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.62× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.09× its world share, 179 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.48× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience3.55×17 works
  2. Medicine3.09×179 works
  3. Psychology2.48×23 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.18×7 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.72×28 works
  6. Health Professions1.62×13 works
  7. Nursing0.70×1 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.63×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.63×4 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.37×1 works
  11. Mathematics0.35×1 works
  12. Social Sciences0.31×12 works
  13. Environmental Science0.24×4 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.20×1 works
  15. Dentistry0.16×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×2 works
  17. Computer Science0.11×3 works
  18. Engineering0.10×4 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  21. Veterinary0.04×0 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Lifespan?

Ranked on the quality score, Mary H. Hohenhaus, Leen Bastiaansen and Kathleen Coppens lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lifespan.

  1. 1 Mary H. Hohenhaus United States · #2,483,365 worldwide 30 citations · 109 works
  2. 2 Leen Bastiaansen United States · #2,861,346 worldwide 286 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Kathleen Coppens United States · #3,706,154 worldwide 104 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Tim Stroobants United States · #3,850,089 worldwide 105 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 C.-L. Sun United States · #4,165,881 worldwide 201 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Pieter Depessemier United States · #4,256,623 worldwide 52 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Mercedes De Weerdt United States · #4,398,461 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Jan Martin Winter United States · #4,618,749 worldwide 279 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Willem Van Den Broeck United States · #5,566,993 worldwide 158 citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at Lifespan

What are the most cited papers from Lifespan?

The most cited paper from Lifespan is "International standards for newborn weight, length, and head circumference by gestational age and sex: the Newborn Cross-Sectional Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project" (José Villar, Leila Cheikh Ismail, Cesar Gomes Victora et al., 2014), with 2,352 citations. Next come "Brain charts for the human lifespan" (1,896) and "Rhythm Control versus Rate Control for Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure" (1,592).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 International standards for newborn weight, length, and head circumference by gestational age and sex: the Newborn Cross-Sectional Study of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project José Villar, Leila Cheikh Ismail, Cesar Gomes Victora et al. · The Lancet Sep 2014 2,352
2 Brain charts for the human lifespan Richard A. I. Bethlehem et al. · Nature Open access223 authors 6 Apr 2022 1,896
3 Rhythm Control versus Rate Control for Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure Denis Roy et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 18 Jun 2008 1,592
4 Overview of Changes to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, M100, 31st Edition Romney Humphries, April M. Bobenchik, Janet A. Hindler et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology Open access 22 Sep 2021 1,517
5 Analysis of Missed Cases of Abusive Head Trauma Carole Jenny · JAMA 17 Feb 1999 1,143
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lifespan?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Guidelines, Depression, Clinical Trials, Risk Factors and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology30▲ 2.5×79 topics
  2. Chemotherapy14▲ 6.6×22 topics
  3. Immunotherapy14▲ 6.3×15 topics
  4. Risk Factors12▲ 3.5×25 topics
  5. Treatment12▲ 3.2×29 topics
  6. Depression12▲ 4.3×16 topics
  7. Inflammation11▲ 1.77×57 topics
  8. Quality of Life11▲ 2.6×30 topics
  9. Guidelines10▲ 7.3×13 topics
  10. Clinical Trials10▲ 5.1×14 topics
  11. Biomarkers9▲ 4.4×16 topics
  12. Mental Health9▲ 2.1×27 topics
  13. Cancer9▲ 2.2×37 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 2.5×26 topics
  15. Tumor Microenvironment8▲ 6.1×8 topics
  16. Anxiety8▲ 5.6×9 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders8▲ 4.6×15 topics
  18. Diagnosis8▲ 2.7×25 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations7▲ 5.3×13 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 4.1×13 topics
  21. Management7▲ 2.8×20 topics
  22. Breast Cancer6▲ 7.9×9 topics
  23. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 8.4×5 topics
  24. Functional Connectivity6▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Radiotherapy6▲ 4.8×9 topics
  26. Neuroimaging6▲ 6.8×9 topics
  27. Adolescents6▲ 5.0×7 topics
  28. Emotion Regulation6▲ 5.8×7 topics
  29. Prognostic Factors6▲ 4.2×10 topics
  30. Targeted Therapy5▲ 7.9×4 topics
  31. Molecular Characterization5▲ 9.7×5 topics
  32. Default Mode Network5▲ 23×1 topic
  33. Echocardiography5▲ 6.1×8 topics
  34. Resting-State fMRI5▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 6.9×6 topics
  36. Health-related Quality of Life5▲ 6.5×4 topics
  37. Psychopathology5▲ 8.6×3 topics
  38. Immune Checkpoint Blockade4▲ 13×1 topic
  39. PD-1 and PD-L14▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Pulmonary Hypertension4▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does Lifespan publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Cancer survivorship and care and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications.

Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 5 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 4 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications: 3 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksMental Health Research Topics: 2 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial C…2Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Breast Cancer T…2Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies: 2 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceOncologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCancer Research5 others

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

  1. 1 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 4 works
  3. 3 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 3 works
  4. 4 Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  5. 5 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  6. 6 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available29.5%not open70.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.3%domestic only81.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lifespan's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% 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 Lifespan as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Lifespan0.00056% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Lifespan 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%Lifespan16.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.1% in 2023.

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