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MaineHealth

In research, MaineHealth stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,125 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,826 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,793
of 28,054 · #25,120 all time
Rank in United States
#1,925
of 4,192
Research works
400
▲ 90% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.1k
7.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is MaineHealth 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 #6,125 of 11,982 15.5%158 #9943
MedicineField #5,826 of 10,443 15.8%132 #10102

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where MaineHealth 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: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.64× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.09× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.21× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.92× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.88× its world share, 132 worksMedicineNursing: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.20× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.85× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Which keywords describe research at MaineHealth?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Primary Care, Inflammation, Depression, Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance and Obesity.

▲ 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▲ 3.6×74 topics
  2. Public Health17▲ 4.9×26 topics
  3. Inflammation13▲ 2.7×42 topics
  4. Primary Care10▲ 11×11 topics
  5. Depression9▲ 4.2×16 topics
  6. Mental Health8▲ 2.4×20 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 4.3×16 topics
  8. Quality of Life8▲ 2.3×25 topics
  9. Treatment8▲ 2.6×22 topics
  10. Risk Factors8▲ 2.9×21 topics
  11. Obesity7▲ 4.0×14 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.6×21 topics
  13. Insulin Resistance7▲ 6.3×5 topics
  14. Adolescents5▲ 5.9×7 topics
  15. Diagnosis5▲ 2.3×20 topics
  16. Health Outcomes5▲ 7.9×7 topics
  17. Pathogenesis5▲ 4.2×10 topics
  18. Resuscitation5▲ 16×4 topics
  19. Guidelines5▲ 4.3×10 topics
  20. Metabolic Regulation5▲ 12×3 topics
  21. Anxiety4▲ 4.0×9 topics
  22. Mitochondrial Dysfunction4▲ 6.4×3 topics
  23. Medical Education4▲ 7.2×10 topics
  24. Exercise4▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Critical Care4▲ 7.4×8 topics
  26. Quality Improvement4▲ 8.9×7 topics
  27. Brown Adipose Tissue4▲ 32×1 topic
  28. Thermogenesis4▲ 32×1 topic
  29. Social Determinants4▲ 7.4×2 topics
  30. Type 2 Diabetes4▲ 6.8×4 topics
  31. Hypothermia4▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Macrophages3▲ 7.9×3 topics
  33. Survival Rates3▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  35. Chronic Disease3▲ 7.5×4 topics
  36. Community Health3▲ 8.1×3 topics
  37. Host-Pathogen Interactions3▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Pathogen Transmission3▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Cardiac Arrest3▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Out-of-Hospital3▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does MaineHealth publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Vector-borne infectious diseases and Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases.

Adipose Tissue and Metab…4Adipose Tissue and Metabolism: 4 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…3Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 3 fractional worksVector-borne infectious …3Vector-borne infectious diseases: 3 fractional worksAdipokines, Inflammation…2Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases: 2 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 2 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 2 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Hea…2Child and Adolescent Health: 2 fractional worksChild Development and Digital Technology: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional worksFood Security and Health…2Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 2 fractional works
PhysiologyEmergency MedicineParasitologyEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 4 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 3 works
  4. 4 Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Child Development and Digital Technology Education 2 works
  9. 9 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 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 available55.7%not open44.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has MaineHealth's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 90% 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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