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Madigan Army Medical Center

In research, Madigan Army Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,748 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,150 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,690
of 28,054 · #10,291 all time
Rank in United States
#2,378
of 4,192
Research works
3.4k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
70k
20.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Madigan Army Medical Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #6,748 of 11,982 6.2%240 #2722
MedicineField #6,150 of 10,443 6.2%223 #2687

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Madigan Army Medical Center 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 Madigan Army Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 46.4 works6.7×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.15× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.84× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.35× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.81× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.89× its world share, 223 worksMedicineNursing: 1.54× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Madigan Army Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Matthew J. Eckert, Eric K. Johnson and Matthew J. Martin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Madigan Army Medical Center.

  1. 1 Matthew J. Eckert United States · #192,065 worldwide 584 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Eric K. Johnson United States · #293,448 worldwide 72 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Matthew J. Martin United States · #338,746 worldwide 145 citations · 70 works
  4. 4 John A. Read United States · #487,203 worldwide 86 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Gary D. Davis United States · #520,260 worldwide 61 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Marlin Wayne Causey United States · #838,836 worldwide 15 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Joseph W. Galvin United States · #854,081 worldwide 19 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Rhonda E Colombo United States · #878,563 worldwide 27 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Paul B. Jennings United States · #907,770 worldwide 25 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Edward D. Arrington United States · #920,028 worldwide 18 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Madigan Army Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Madigan Army Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Treatment, Mortality, Surgical Management, Management, Diagnosis and Risk Factors.

▲ 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 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▲ 4.1×90 topics
  2. Treatment16▲ 4.5×38 topics
  3. Complications13▲ 8.6×17 topics
  4. Quality of Life12▲ 2.7×31 topics
  5. Risk Factors12▲ 3.5×26 topics
  6. Diagnosis11▲ 4.0×29 topics
  7. Inflammation11▲ 1.81×35 topics
  8. Management11▲ 4.7×22 topics
  9. Mortality11▲ 6.2×12 topics
  10. Public Health10▲ 2.4×21 topics
  11. Surgical Management10▲ 7.9×16 topics
  12. Health Outcomes8▲ 9.7×4 topics
  13. Pathogenesis8▲ 5.2×17 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 3.1×16 topics
  15. Guidelines7▲ 5.0×11 topics
  16. Hemorrhage7▲ 34×3 topics
  17. Resuscitation7▲ 17×4 topics
  18. Clinical Guidelines7▲ 7.7×9 topics
  19. Trauma7▲ 11×6 topics
  20. Quality Improvement6▲ 11×6 topics
  21. Pathophysiology6▲ 7.1×8 topics
  22. Rehabilitation6▲ 5.4×10 topics
  23. Neuroprotection6▲ 5.7×8 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations6▲ 4.5×16 topics
  25. Global Burden6▲ 3.6×8 topics
  26. Sepsis6▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Chronic Pain5▲ 8.1×5 topics
  28. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 5.5×8 topics
  29. Coagulopathy5▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Pain Management5▲ 7.5×7 topics
  31. Critical Care5▲ 6.9×8 topics
  32. Injury Severity5▲ 20×1 topic
  33. Trauma Center5▲ 39×1 topic
  34. Albumin4▲ 61×1 topic
  35. Glycocalyx4▲ 61×1 topic
  36. Maternal Mortality4▲ 6.8×5 topics
  37. Medical Education4▲ 5.9×9 topics
  38. Shoulder Function4▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Infection Prevention4▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Surgical Treatment4▲ 6.8×6 topics

Which research topics does Madigan Army Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation, Shoulder Injury and Treatment and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances.

Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 5 fractional worksTrauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 4 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…3Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 3 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury a…2Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 2 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksOccupational Health and Performance: 2 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Ou…2Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksSurgical site infection …2Surgical site infection prevention: 2 fractional works
Emergency MedicineCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSurgeryNeurology2 others

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

  1. 1 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 2 works
  5. 5 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 2 works
  6. 6 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 2 works
  7. 7 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Surgical site infection prevention Surgery 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 available24.0%not open76.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.6%domestic only96.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Madigan Army Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher 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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