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Maimonides Medical Center

In research, Maimonides Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#3,423 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,505 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#832 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Surgery — Obstetrics and Gynecology is 12.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,190
of 28,054 · #7,987 all time
Rank in United States
#1,655
of 4,192
Research works
4.4k
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
65k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Maimonides 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
MedicineField #3,423 of 10,443 7.7%588 #1474
Health SciencesDomain #4,505 of 11,982 7.7%625 #1911
SurgerySubfield #832 of 1,816 10.1%129 #1111

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#1,474 #3,423
  2. Health Sciences#1,911 #4,505
  3. Surgery#1,111 #832
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Maimonides Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Obstetrics and Gynecology takes 12.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 27.0 works13×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 129.1 works7.4×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.18× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.25× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.52× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.09× its world share, 588 worksMedicineNursing: 0.91× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.68× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Maimonides Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Shyam Shankar, Joseph N. Cunningham and Ridwan Shabsigh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Maimonides Medical Center.

  1. 1 Shyam Shankar United States · #57,881 worldwide 345 citations · 60 works
  2. 2 Joseph N. Cunningham United States · #60,309 worldwide 264 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Ridwan Shabsigh United States · #71,944 worldwide 315 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Edgar Lichstein United States · #118,687 worldwide 177 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Enrico Ascher United States · #122,331 worldwide 277 citations · 93 works
  6. 6 Howard Minkoff United States · #127,466 worldwide 185 citations · 59 works
  7. 7 Gilbert J. Wise United States · #203,038 worldwide 130 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Anil Hingorani United States · #212,302 worldwide 203 citations · 91 works
  9. 9 Sol Haberman United States · #223,914 worldwide 50 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Svetlana Ten United States · #249,781 worldwide 143 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Maimonides Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Maimonides Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Diagnosis, Treatment, Surgical Management, Guidelines, Management 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. Epidemiology107▲ 3.6×102 topics
  2. Diagnosis41▲ 5.9×32 topics
  3. Treatment39▲ 4.3×40 topics
  4. Complications37▲ 10.0×16 topics
  5. Risk Factors31▲ 3.8×27 topics
  6. Management30▲ 5.0×26 topics
  7. Surgical Management27▲ 8.8×20 topics
  8. Guidelines27▲ 7.7×12 topics
  9. Quality of Life26▲ 2.4×29 topics
  10. Mortality23▲ 5.3×12 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines22▲ 5.3×13 topics
  12. Surgical Treatment20▲ 14×6 topics
  13. Echocardiography18▲ 8.8×7 topics
  14. Rehabilitation18▲ 6.0×11 topics
  15. Surgery17▲ 6.7×10 topics
  16. Health-related Quality of Life17▲ 9.9×4 topics
  17. Revision Surgery16▲ 17×2 topics
  18. Total Hip Replacement16▲ 17×2 topics
  19. Patient Satisfaction16▲ 6.7×9 topics
  20. Clinical Guidelines15▲ 7.0×9 topics
  21. Heart Failure15▲ 4.5×9 topics
  22. Degenerative Disc Disease14▲ 19×2 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations13▲ 4.1×22 topics
  24. Medical Education13▲ 6.8×9 topics
  25. Biomechanics13▲ 5.8×8 topics
  26. Clinical Outcomes12▲ 7.8×6 topics
  27. Arthroplasty12▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Diagnostic Imaging12▲ 15×4 topics
  29. Pain Management12▲ 7.1×7 topics
  30. Critical Care12▲ 6.7×8 topics
  31. Maternal Mortality12▲ 7.0×5 topics
  32. Prophylaxis11▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Children11▲ 6.5×7 topics
  34. Infertility11▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Outcomes11▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Total Knee Replacement11▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Low Back Pain10▲ 8.2×3 topics
  38. Prenatal Diagnosis10▲ 9.6×7 topics
  39. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention10▲ 9.8×4 topics
  40. Spinal Surgery10▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Maimonides Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Diversity and Career in Medicine.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …11Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 11 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…8Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 8 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 8 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 6 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 6 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 6 fractional worksGenetic Syndromes and Imprinting: 6 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …6Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 6 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 6 fractional worksEndometriosis Research and Treatment: 6 fractional works
SurgeryPathology and Forensic MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineGender Studies3 others

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 11 works
  2. 2 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  4. 4 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 6 works
  5. 5 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 6 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  7. 7 Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting Genetics 6 works
  8. 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 6 works
  9. 9 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 6 works
  10. 10 Endometriosis Research and Treatment Reproductive Medicine 6 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 available29.3%not open70.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Maimonides Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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