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Maine Medical Center

In research, Maine Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,549 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,812 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,587
of 28,054 · #8,517 all time
Rank in United States
#1,887
of 4,192
Research works
1.3k
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
42k
32.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Maine 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 #3,549 of 11,982 13.8%134 #2040
MedicineField #4,812 of 10,443 12.5%118 #1863

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

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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.46× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.96× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.39× its world share, 118 worksMedicineNursing: 2.43× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.15× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Maine Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul K. J. Han and David E. Wennberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Maine Medical Center.

  1. 1 Paul K. J. Han United States · #82,127 worldwide 208 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 David E. Wennberg United States · #132,765 worldwide 288 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Maine Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Maine Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Medical Education, Resuscitation, Critical Care, Patient Satisfaction, Treatment and Public Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 3.4×68 topics
  2. Complications8▲ 9.1×16 topics
  3. Public Health8▲ 3.1×22 topics
  4. Treatment8▲ 3.5×22 topics
  5. Risk Factors7▲ 3.5×19 topics
  6. Diagnosis7▲ 4.0×20 topics
  7. Medical Education7▲ 15×10 topics
  8. Mental Health7▲ 2.5×20 topics
  9. Management6▲ 4.3×16 topics
  10. Resuscitation6▲ 24×4 topics
  11. Critical Care6▲ 13×8 topics
  12. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 9.4×8 topics
  13. Hypothermia5▲ 37×2 topics
  14. Guidelines5▲ 5.8×12 topics
  15. Survival Rates5▲ 27×2 topics
  16. Mortality5▲ 4.4×10 topics
  17. Primary Care5▲ 6.7×10 topics
  18. Depression4▲ 2.9×13 topics
  19. Cardiac Arrest4▲ 42×1 topic
  20. Out-of-Hospital4▲ 42×1 topic
  21. Ethical Considerations4▲ 6.5×9 topics
  22. Rehabilitation4▲ 5.6×9 topics
  23. Revision Surgery4▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Surgery4▲ 6.0×11 topics
  25. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 17×2 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 3.5×12 topics
  27. Elderly Patients4▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Intensive Care Unit4▲ 16×4 topics
  29. Mortality Risk4▲ 8.2×3 topics
  30. Echocardiography3▲ 6.9×7 topics
  31. Patient Safety3▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Adolescents3▲ 4.8×7 topics
  33. Quality Improvement3▲ 9.0×7 topics
  34. Pain Management3▲ 6.8×7 topics
  35. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 6.5×4 topics
  36. Health Care Costs2▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  38. Reflective Practice2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  39. Sepsis2▲ 8.2×5 topics
  40. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation2▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Maine Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment.

Cardiac Arrest and Resus…4Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 4 fractional worksSimulation-Based Educati…2Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 2 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…2Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, …2LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 2 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional works
Emergency MedicinePhysiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 2 works
  3. 3 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available28.5%not open71.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.6%domestic only92.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Maine Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% 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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