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Main Line Health

In research, Main Line Health stands highest in Medicine (#5,047 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,901 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,765
of 22,385 · #20,327 all time
Rank in United States
#2,927
of 3,332
Research works
337
▲ 68% vs 2018-21
Citations
6k
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Main Line Health

What is Main Line Health 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
MedicineField #5,047 of 8,541 11.4%75 #5806
Health SciencesDomain #5,901 of 9,902 11.5%78 #6444

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

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Main Line Health is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (79%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Health Professions (2%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 89 fractional works · 81.8% of its workMedicine: 86 fractional works · 79.1% of its workSurgery: 17 fractional works · 15.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 17 fractional works · 15.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 14 fractional works · 12.8% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 6.9% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 8.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMain Line Health109fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences5%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine8679.1%
    2. Health Professions32.3%
    3. Veterinary00.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology54.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology21.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.5%
    4. Neuroscience10.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Social Sciences21.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities11.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.9%
    4. Psychology10.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering21.7%
    2. Computer Science21.7%
    3. Environmental Science00.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.78× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.11× its world share, 86 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 2 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.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.11×86 works
  2. Veterinary2.03×0 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.78×2 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.90×0 works
  5. Health Professions0.89×3 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.81×5 works
  7. Neuroscience0.55×1 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.44×1 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×2 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.32×1 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×1 works
  12. Psychology0.23×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.21×2 works
  14. Dentistry0.16×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.14×2 works
  16. Engineering0.12×2 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.12×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.06×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  20. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Main Line Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Chinmay Patel, Ramarao S. Lankipalli and Tengxian Liu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Main Line Health.

  1. 1 Chinmay Patel United States · #1,603,367 worldwide 1.2k citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Ramarao S. Lankipalli United States · #2,635,577 worldwide 833 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Tengxian Liu United States · #2,689,333 worldwide 1.1k citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Ajay K. Joshi United States · #2,737,217 worldwide 424 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Warren D. Cooper United States · #3,252,907 worldwide 399 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Daniel J. Cushing United States · #3,386,366 worldwide 654 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Javier Piraino United States · #3,985,033 worldwide 77 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Donglin Guo United States · #4,083,180 worldwide 1.8k citations · 87 works
  9. 9 Zachariah D. Taylor United States · #4,777,119 worldwide 31 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Ryan Howe United States · #5,007,654 worldwide 165 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Main Line Health

What are the most cited papers from Main Line Health?

The most cited paper from Main Line Health is "Capturing and profiling adult hair follicle stem cells" (Rebecca Morris, Yaping Liu, Lee Marles et al., 2004), with 1,296 citations. Next come "Workarounds to Barcode Medication Administration Systems: Their Occurrences, Causes, and Threats to Patient Safety" (698) and "Randomized Trial of Stent versus Surgery for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis" (630).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Capturing and profiling adult hair follicle stem cells Rebecca Morris, Yaping Liu, Lee Marles et al. · Nature Biotechnology 14 Mar 2004 1,296
2 Workarounds to Barcode Medication Administration Systems: Their Occurrences, Causes, and Threats to Patient Safety Ross Koppel, Tosha B. Wetterneck, Joel Leon Telles et al. · Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Open access 30 Jun 2008 698
3 Randomized Trial of Stent versus Surgery for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Kenneth Rosenfield, Jon S. Matsumura, Seemant Chaturvedi et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 17 Feb 2016 630
4 Tp-e/QT ratio as an index of arrhythmogenesis Prasad Gupta, Chinmay Patel, Harsh D. Patel et al. · Journal of Electrocardiology 16 Sep 2008 614
5 J wave syndromes Charles Antzelevitch, Gan‐Xin Yan · Heart Rhythm Open access 12 Dec 2009 570
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Main Line Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Echocardiography, Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement, Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Risk Factors and Endovascular Repair.

▲ 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. Epidemiology11▲ 2.6×51 topics
  2. Risk Factors7▲ 5.6×16 topics
  3. Echocardiography6▲ 22×6 topics
  4. Diagnosis6▲ 6.3×20 topics
  5. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement6▲ 79×1 topic
  6. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement6▲ 79×1 topic
  7. Treatment6▲ 4.5×22 topics
  8. Endovascular Repair6▲ 61×3 topics
  9. Guidelines6▲ 11×8 topics
  10. Complications5▲ 8.9×12 topics
  11. Quality of Life4▲ 2.9×17 topics
  12. Aortic Aneurysm4▲ 56×2 topics
  13. Surgery4▲ 10×7 topics
  14. Minimally Invasive Surgery4▲ 57×2 topics
  15. Aortic Dissection4▲ 79×1 topic
  16. Bicuspid Aortic Valve4▲ 79×1 topic
  17. Chemotherapy4▲ 4.7×11 topics
  18. Cardiopulmonary Bypass4▲ 138×1 topic
  19. Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery4▲ 138×1 topic
  20. Atherosclerosis3▲ 11×5 topics
  21. Heart Failure3▲ 6.9×6 topics
  22. Prophylaxis3▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Catheter Ablation3▲ 25×2 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 5.5×9 topics
  25. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 9.5×6 topics
  26. Mortality3▲ 4.7×7 topics
  27. Obesity3▲ 3.5×10 topics
  28. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 19×4 topics
  29. Biomechanics3▲ 7.8×6 topics
  30. Arrhythmias2▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Diabetes2▲ 4.5×7 topics
  32. Stroke Prevention2▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Bacteremia2▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Infective Endocarditis2▲ 57×1 topic
  35. Infection2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  36. Prostate Cancer2▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Revascularization2▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Atrial Fibrillation2▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Radiation Therapy2▲ 13×4 topics
  40. Screening2▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Main Line Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches, Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques and Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…6Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 6 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 4 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 4 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 2 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryEpidemiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 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 available33.2%not open66.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.3%domestic only83.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Main Line Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 68% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Main Line Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00035% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Main Line Health0.00047% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Main Line Health over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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