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Maricopa Medical Center

In research, Maricopa Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#5,148 of 14,558 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,925 of 16,688 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,592 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#14,501
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,996
of 7,310
Research works
738
▼ 69% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
22.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Maricopa Medical Center

What is Maricopa Medical Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #5,148 of 14,558 9.0%475
Health SciencesDomain #5,925 of 16,688 9.0%520
Life SciencesDomain #5,592 of 11,023 9.7%126

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Maricopa 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Maricopa Medical Center work in?

In all years, 71% of research at Maricopa Medical Center is in Health Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (64%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 520 fractional works · 70.5% of its workMedicine: 475 fractional works · 64.3% of its workSurgery: 92 fractional works · 12.4% of its workEpidemiology: 47 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 40 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 36 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 28 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 20 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOphthalmology: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRehabilitation: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 40 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 17 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacy: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 126 fractional works · 17.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 66 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPlant Science: 33 fractional works · 4.5% of its workInsect Science: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSoil Science: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 43 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 14 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 53 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 23 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 39 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMaricopa MedicalCenter738fractional works, all years
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine47564.3%
    2. Health Professions405.4%
    3. Nursing30.5%
    4. Veterinary20.3%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences669.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology435.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology101.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.4%
    5. Neuroscience30.4%
    1. Environmental Science233.2%
    2. Engineering182.5%
    3. Computer Science40.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy20.3%
    5. Chemistry20.3%
    6. Materials Science10.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    8. Mathematics10.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Energy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences162.1%
    2. Psychology111.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance60.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities40.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
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: 4.66× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.22× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.84× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.17× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 2.43× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.95× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.66×4 works
  2. Environmental Science2.84×3 works
  3. Nursing2.43×0 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.22×2 works
  5. Veterinary2.20×0 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.95×1 works
  7. Health Professions1.49×1 works
  8. Medicine1.17×4 works
  9. Psychology0.77×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.47×1 works
  11. Engineering0.45×1 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.32×0 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.30×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.18×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.17×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Maricopa Medical Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Patrick J. O’Neill, Mary Mulrow and Ian K. Komenaka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Maricopa Medical Center.

  1. 1 Patrick J. O’Neill United States · #663,781 worldwide 7.9k citations · 108 works
  2. 2 Mary Mulrow United States · #874,615 worldwide 895 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Ian K. Komenaka United States · #1,472,715 worldwide 2.7k citations · 129 works
  4. 4 Pedro Andrade-Sánchez United States · #1,597,099 worldwide 2.3k citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Frank LoVecchio United States · #1,643,587 worldwide 5.8k citations · 204 works
  6. 6 Brian R. Tiffany United States · #1,950,570 worldwide 1.3k citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Marcia E. Bouton United States · #2,019,335 worldwide 677 citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Daniel M. Caruso United States · #2,061,682 worldwide 3.2k citations · 113 works
  9. 9 T.J. Bunt United States · #2,223,977 worldwide 1.7k citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Charles H. Johnson United States · #2,252,353 worldwide 410 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Maricopa Medical Center

What are the most cited papers from Maricopa Medical Center?

The most cited paper from Maricopa Medical Center is "Diagnosis and Management of Complicated Intra-abdominal Infection in Adults and Children: Guidelines by the Surgical Infection Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America" (Joseph S. Solomkin, John E. Mazuski, John S. Bradley et al., 2009), with 1,577 citations. Next come "The future of evapotranspiration: Global requirements for ecosystem functioning, carbon and climate feedbacks, agricultural management, and water resources" (1,016) and "Field-based phenomics for plant genetics research" (588).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Diagnosis and Management of Complicated Intra-abdominal Infection in Adults and Children: Guidelines by the Surgical Infection Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America Joseph S. Solomkin, John E. Mazuski, John S. Bradley et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases 24 Dec 2009 1,577
2 The future of evapotranspiration: Global requirements for ecosystem functioning, carbon and climate feedbacks, agricultural management, and water resources Joshua B. Fisher et al. · Water Resources Research Open access 11 Mar 2017 1,016
3 Field-based phenomics for plant genetics research Jeffrey W. White, Pedro Andrade-Sánchez, Michael A. Gore et al. · Field Crops Research 2 May 2012 588
4 Toward Sequencing Cotton ( Gossypium ) Genomes: Figure 1. Z. Jeffrey Chen et al. · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY Open access Dec 2007 485
5 ECOSTRESS: NASA's Next Generation Mission to Measure Evapotranspiration From the International Space Station Joshua B. Fisher et al. · Seoul National University Open Repository (Seoul National University) Apr 2020 482
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Maricopa Medical Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Pathophysiology, Resuscitation, Complications, Diagnosis, Management and Rehabilitation.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology101▲ 3.4×96 topics
  2. Risk Factors37▲ 4.8×25 topics
  3. Diagnosis32▲ 4.2×32 topics
  4. Inflammation31▲ 1.80×36 topics
  5. Management29▲ 5.1×23 topics
  6. Complications27▲ 7.1×16 topics
  7. Pathophysiology27▲ 13×11 topics
  8. Treatment26▲ 2.7×35 topics
  9. Resuscitation26▲ 27×4 topics
  10. Mortality22▲ 5.9×12 topics
  11. Rehabilitation21▲ 7.8×9 topics
  12. Antibiotic Resistance21▲ 7.1×8 topics
  13. Quality of Life20▲ 2.0×30 topics
  14. Sepsis20▲ 17×5 topics
  15. Guidelines20▲ 5.6×10 topics
  16. Gene Expression19▲ 4.2×9 topics
  17. Diabetes17▲ 4.5×10 topics
  18. Psychological Impact17▲ 11×7 topics
  19. Surgical Management16▲ 4.6×20 topics
  20. Clinical Guidelines15▲ 6.7×9 topics
  21. Burn Injury15▲ 118×1 topic
  22. Burn Wound Infections15▲ 118×1 topic
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 3.3×12 topics
  24. Genetic Mapping13▲ 18×6 topics
  25. Cotton Genomics12▲ 143×1 topic
  26. Fiber Development12▲ 143×1 topic
  27. Pain Management12▲ 7.1×7 topics
  28. Critical Care12▲ 7.1×8 topics
  29. Quality Improvement12▲ 7.5×7 topics
  30. Medical Education11▲ 6.6×11 topics
  31. Virulence Factors11▲ 7.9×6 topics
  32. Biological Control11▲ 8.3×7 topics
  33. Soil Moisture11▲ 14×2 topics
  34. CT Imaging11▲ 29×2 topics
  35. Water Scarcity11▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Antifungal Therapy10▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Horticultural Crops10▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Water Use Efficiency10▲ 39×2 topics
  39. Deficit Irrigation10▲ 59×1 topic
  40. Mulching10▲ 59×1 topic

Which research topics does Maricopa Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Artistic and Creative Research, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control and Insect Resistance and Genetics.

Artistic and Creative Research: 1 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 1 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interaction…1Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 1 fractional worksInsect Resistance and Ge…1Insect Resistance and Genetics: 1 fractional worksFecal contamination and …0Fecal contamination and water quality: 0 fractional worksResearch in Cotton Culti…0Research in Cotton Cultivation: 0 fractional worksHeat Transfer and Optimi…0Heat Transfer and Optimization: 0 fractional worksMusic Therapy and Health: 0 fractional worksDermatological and Skeletal Disorders: 0 fractional worksChemotherapy-related skin toxicity: 0 fractional works
Visual Arts and Performing ArtsGlobal and Planetary ChangeInsect ScienceMolecular Biology6 others

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

  1. 1 Artistic and Creative Research Visual Arts and Performing Arts 1 works
  2. 2 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  3. 3 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 1 works
  4. 4 Insect Resistance and Genetics Molecular Biology 1 works
  5. 5 Fecal contamination and water quality Water Science and Technology 0 works
  6. 6 Research in Cotton Cultivation Plant Science 0 works
  7. 7 Heat Transfer and Optimization Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Music Therapy and Health Social Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders Genetics 0 works
  10. 10 Chemotherapy-related skin toxicity Dermatology 0 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 available18.7%not open81.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.4%domestic only93.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Maricopa Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 69% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Maricopa Medical Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000052% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Maricopa Medical Center0.000052% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Maricopa Medical Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2019Maricopa Medical Center9.1% in 201920002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.8% in 2008.

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