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Maine Medical Center

In research, Maine Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,716 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,719 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 6.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,756
of 28,054 · #7,763 all time
Rank in United States
#1,303
of 4,192
Research works
2.2k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
52k
23.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
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 #2,716 of 11,982 11.9%222 #2002
MedicineField #3,719 of 10,443 11.3%205 #1867

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).

What does Maine Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 20.8 works6.9×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 37.8 works5.6×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.29× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.79× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.99× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.72× its world share, 205 worksMedicineNursing: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× 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, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Maine Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert S. Kramer, Jens Eldrup‐Jorgensen and Douglas A. Howell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Maine Medical Center.

  1. 1 Robert S. Kramer United States · #146,943 worldwide 128 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Jens Eldrup‐Jorgensen United States · #156,487 worldwide 120 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Douglas A. Howell United States · #215,825 worldwide 55 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Richard R. Riker United States · #217,212 worldwide 117 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 David E. Clark United States · #290,345 worldwide 103 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Gilles L. Fraser United States · #313,638 worldwide 104 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Tania D. Strout United States · #315,304 worldwide 72 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 David B. Seder United States · #451,047 worldwide 83 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Joseph R. Wax United States · #500,780 worldwide 34 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Michael G. Pinette United States · #711,897 worldwide 27 citations · 18 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, Guidelines, Risk Factors, Clinical Guidelines, Treatment, Complications, Patient Outcomes and Guideline Development.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 3.0×80 topics
  2. Risk Factors15▲ 4.9×21 topics
  3. Guidelines13▲ 9.9×12 topics
  4. Treatment13▲ 3.7×30 topics
  5. Clinical Guidelines12▲ 14×8 topics
  6. Public Health10▲ 2.5×24 topics
  7. Diagnosis10▲ 3.6×26 topics
  8. Complications9▲ 6.5×14 topics
  9. Mortality9▲ 5.4×10 topics
  10. Patient Outcomes8▲ 48×3 topics
  11. Guideline Development8▲ 131×1 topic
  12. Primary Care8▲ 7.1×11 topics
  13. Quality Assessment8▲ 15×1 topic
  14. Heart Failure8▲ 6.0×10 topics
  15. Resuscitation7▲ 19×4 topics
  16. Management7▲ 3.1×19 topics
  17. Echocardiography7▲ 8.9×8 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 4.3×12 topics
  19. Surgical Management7▲ 5.7×15 topics
  20. Chemotherapy6▲ 3.1×19 topics
  21. Rehabilitation6▲ 5.3×8 topics
  22. Diabetes6▲ 4.2×13 topics
  23. Surgery6▲ 5.7×10 topics
  24. Atherosclerosis6▲ 6.8×7 topics
  25. Hypothermia5▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Medical Education5▲ 7.3×10 topics
  27. Survival Rates5▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Revascularization5▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Critical Care5▲ 7.6×7 topics
  30. Elderly Patients5▲ 10×4 topics
  31. Endovascular Repair5▲ 21×3 topics
  32. Pain Management5▲ 7.7×8 topics
  33. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention4▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Cardiac Arrest4▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Mortality Risk4▲ 6.5×5 topics
  36. Out-of-Hospital4▲ 27×1 topic
  37. Quality Improvement4▲ 7.5×6 topics
  38. Sedation4▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Substance Use Disorders4▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Deep Vein Thrombosis4▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Maine Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Clinical practice guidelines implementation, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Delphi Technique in Research and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Clinical practice guidel…8Clinical practice guidelines implementation: 8 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 4 fractional worksDelphi Technique in Research: 3 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 3 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…3Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 3 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…2Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair t…2Aortic aneurysm repair treatments: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…2Innovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEmergency MedicineSociology and Political ScienceCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Delphi Technique in Research Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 3 works
  7. 7 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  8. 8 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory 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 available27.7%not open72.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Maine Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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