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Mass General Brigham

In research, Mass General Brigham stands highest in Health Sciences (#647 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#626 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,490 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology (Neurology is 5.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,007
of 22,385 · #1,153 all time
Rank in United States
#386
of 3,332
Research works
2.7k
▲ 67% vs 2018-21
Citations
119k
44.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Mass General Brigham

What is Mass General Brigham 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
Health SciencesDomain #647 of 9,902 14.5%318 #453
MedicineField #626 of 8,541 14.4%279 #440
Life SciencesDomain #1,490 of 6,403 15.4%61 #1148
Social SciencesDomain #4,895 of 9,585 10.4%64 #2967

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mass General Brigham 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#453 #647
  2. Medicine#440 #626
  3. Life Sciences#1,148 #1,490
  4. Social Sciences#2,967 #4,895
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Mass General Brigham work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Mass General Brigham is in Health Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (60%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Health Professions (6%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 437 fractional works · 66.8% of its workMedicine: 390 fractional works · 59.6% of its workSurgery: 45 fractional works · 6.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 32 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 30 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 28 fractional works · 4.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 26 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEpidemiology: 25 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOncology: 23 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNeurology: 20 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 16 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 13 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 42 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 21 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 95 fractional works · 14.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 56 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGenetics: 18 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 22 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 77 fractional works · 11.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 21 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 18 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 21 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 45 fractional works · 6.9% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMass GeneralBrigham654fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences67%Social Sciences12%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine39059.6%
    2. Health Professions426.4%
    3. Nursing30.5%
    4. Dentistry20.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology568.6%
    2. Neuroscience223.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology121.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.3%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting213.2%
    2. Psychology213.2%
    3. Social Sciences203.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance101.6%
    5. Decision Sciences30.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.3%
    1. Computer Science213.2%
    2. Engineering121.8%
    3. Environmental Science50.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy20.3%
    5. Mathematics20.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    7. Materials Science10.1%
    8. Chemistry10.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Mass General Brigham specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 5.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 20.3 works5.4×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.61× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.87× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.11× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.45× its world share, 42 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.10× its world share, 390 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 21 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.73× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.04× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.10×390 works
  2. Health Professions2.45×42 works
  3. Neuroscience2.11×22 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.87×12 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.61×56 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.09×2 works
  7. Psychology1.04×21 works
  8. Nursing0.99×3 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.99×21 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.73×10 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.51×3 works
  12. Dentistry0.49×2 works
  13. Computer Science0.42×21 works
  14. Veterinary0.29×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.24×20 works
  16. Mathematics0.23×2 works
  17. Environmental Science0.17×5 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.14×2 works
  19. Engineering0.12×12 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.12×2 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.10×1 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×2 works
  23. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.03×1 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Mass General Brigham?

Ranked on the quality score, Matthew S. Lebo, Vivian S. Gainer and Blackford Middleton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mass General Brigham.

  1. 1 Matthew S. Lebo United States · #49,145 worldwide 11k citations · 185 works
  2. 2 Vivian S. Gainer United States · #50,722 worldwide 11k citations · 171 works
  3. 3 Blackford Middleton United States · #151,513 worldwide 15k citations · 221 works
  4. 4 Birgit Funke United States · #159,515 worldwide 13k citations · 137 works
  5. 5 Andrew Cagan United States · #161,632 worldwide 3k citations · 84 works
  6. 6 Lynn A. Volk United States · #231,793 worldwide 6.5k citations · 123 works
  7. 7 Kalotina Machini United States · #258,499 worldwide 2.5k citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Hana Zouk United States · #368,405 worldwide 1.3k citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Samuel Aronson United States · #379,327 worldwide 3k citations · 104 works
  10. 10 Andrea M. Oza United States · #537,949 worldwide 2.2k citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Mass General Brigham

What are the most cited papers from Mass General Brigham?

The most cited paper from Mass General Brigham is "Integrated genomic analyses of ovarian carcinoma" (Debra Bell et al., 2011), with 8,268 citations. Next come "Comprehensive genomic characterization defines human glioblastoma genes and core pathways" (7,893) and "Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase Inhibition in Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer" (4,517).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Integrated genomic analyses of ovarian carcinoma Debra Bell et al. · Nature Open access255 authors 28 Jun 2011 8,268
2 Comprehensive genomic characterization defines human glioblastoma genes and core pathways Roger E. McLendon et al. · Nature Open access231 authors 4 Sep 2008 7,893
3 Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase Inhibition in Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Eunice Lee Kwak et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 27 Oct 2010 4,517
4 Chemokines — Chemotactic Cytokines That Mediate Inflammation Andrew D. Luster · New England Journal of Medicine 12 Feb 1998 3,664
5 Crizotinib versus Chemotherapy in Advanced ALK -Positive Lung Cancer Alice Tsang Shaw et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access Jun 2013 3,429
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Mass General Brigham?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Precision Medicine, Disaster Response, Blood Transfusion, Blood Donation, Donor Behavior and Medical Imaging.

▲ 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. Epidemiology62▲ 2.4×111 topics
  2. Risk Factors39▲ 5.4×30 topics
  3. Machine Learning30▲ 1.38×25 topics
  4. Precision Medicine24▲ 7.5×7 topics
  5. Inflammation24▲ 1.71×64 topics
  6. Quality of Life22▲ 2.3×42 topics
  7. Treatment21▲ 2.6×40 topics
  8. Disaster Response21▲ 42×2 topics
  9. Blood Transfusion20▲ 71×3 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease20▲ 2.7×33 topics
  11. Medical Imaging20▲ 5.7×6 topics
  12. Immunotherapy20▲ 4.1×17 topics
  13. Public Health19▲ 2.0×38 topics
  14. Healthcare19▲ 2.6×17 topics
  15. Supply Chain Management19▲ 3.2×3 topics
  16. Blood Donation18▲ 172×1 topic
  17. Donor Behavior18▲ 172×1 topic
  18. Chemotherapy16▲ 3.5×23 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders16▲ 4.2×19 topics
  20. Clinical Trials16▲ 3.6×16 topics
  21. Diagnosis14▲ 2.4×30 topics
  22. Biomarkers14▲ 3.1×14 topics
  23. Depression14▲ 2.5×18 topics
  24. Guidelines13▲ 4.3×12 topics
  25. Radiotherapy13▲ 5.1×13 topics
  26. Global Burden12▲ 3.3×12 topics
  27. Medical Education11▲ 6.4×10 topics
  28. Health Equity11▲ 5.8×4 topics
  29. Genetic Mutations11▲ 3.8×20 topics
  30. Heart Failure11▲ 3.7×13 topics
  31. Patient Satisfaction10▲ 5.0×9 topics
  32. Prognosis10▲ 4.7×9 topics
  33. Predictive Modeling10▲ 5.4×3 topics
  34. Quality Improvement10▲ 7.7×8 topics
  35. Clinical Decision Support9▲ 8.9×1 topic
  36. Ethical Challenges9▲ 6.5×2 topics
  37. Neuroimaging9▲ 5.1×11 topics
  38. Radiology9▲ 9.8×1 topic
  39. Chronic Disease Management9▲ 7.0×5 topics
  40. Electronic Health Records8▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Mass General Brigham publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Blood donation and transfusion practices, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging and Electronic Health Records Systems.

Blood donation and trans…18Blood donation and transfusion practices: 18 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …9Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 9 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…7Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 7 fractional worksElectronic Health Records Systems: 4 fractional worksRadiology practices and education: 4 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 4 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 4 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 4 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 4 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationHealth InformaticsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingHealth Information Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Blood donation and transfusion practices Management of Technology and Innovation 18 works
  2. 2 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 9 works
  3. 3 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 7 works
  4. 4 Electronic Health Records Systems Health Information Management 4 works
  5. 5 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  6. 6 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 4 works
  7. 7 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  8. 8 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  9. 9 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 4 works
  10. 10 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 4 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 available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.1%domestic only86.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mass General Brigham's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 67% higher 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 Mass General Brigham as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Mass General Brigham0.0032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mass General Brigham 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.

still counting10%20%30%Mass General Brigham13.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.1% in 2001.

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