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Mass General Brigham

In research, Mass General Brigham stands highest in Medicine (#1,349 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,583 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,428 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,349
of 28,054 · #2,224 all time
Rank in United States
#608
of 4,192
Research works
2.7k
▼ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
119k
44.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Mass General Brigham 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
MedicineField #1,349 of 10,443 19.6%279 #712
Health SciencesDomain #1,583 of 11,982 20.0%318 #411
Life SciencesDomain #3,428 of 7,800 23.8%61 #1830
Social SciencesDomain #8,055 of 10,521 18.2%64 #4614

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#712 #1,349
  2. Health Sciences#411 #1,583
  3. Life Sciences#1,830 #3,428
  4. Social Sciences#4,614 #8,055
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.53× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.26× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.64× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.17× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.86× its world share, 36 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.06× its world share, 279 worksMedicineNursing: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.33× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.08× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 15 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.

Who are the top researchers at Mass General Brigham?

Ranked on the composite score, Blackford Middleton, John Glaser and Eric G. Poon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mass General Brigham.

  1. 1 Blackford Middleton United States · #42,716 worldwide 229 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 John Glaser United States · #183,178 worldwide 75 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Eric G. Poon United States · #188,856 worldwide 147 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Lynn A. Volk United States · #206,757 worldwide 82 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Birgit Funke United States · #209,566 worldwide 157 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 P. Pearl O’Rourke United States · #280,069 worldwide 99 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Diane L. Seger United States · #297,688 worldwide 76 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Vipul Kashyap United States · #358,280 worldwide 121 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Matthew S. Lebo United States · #471,504 worldwide 107 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Vivian S. Gainer United States · #496,110 worldwide 69 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Mass General Brigham

Which keywords describe research at Mass General Brigham?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Disaster Response, Precision Medicine, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology40▲ 2.2×101 topics
  2. Risk Factors35▲ 6.7×29 topics
  3. Machine Learning24▲ 1.55×23 topics
  4. Disaster Response20▲ 58×2 topics
  5. Precision Medicine20▲ 9.2×7 topics
  6. Blood Transfusion20▲ 97×2 topics
  7. Supply Chain Management18▲ 4.2×3 topics
  8. Blood Donation18▲ 234×1 topic
  9. Donor Behavior18▲ 234×1 topic
  10. Quality of Life17▲ 2.5×39 topics
  11. Medical Imaging16▲ 6.6×6 topics
  12. Treatment16▲ 2.8×37 topics
  13. Inflammation16▲ 1.58×55 topics
  14. Healthcare16▲ 2.9×16 topics
  15. Public Health15▲ 2.1×31 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 2.5×30 topics
  17. Clinical Trials11▲ 3.6×16 topics
  18. Diagnosis11▲ 2.5×28 topics
  19. Chemotherapy11▲ 3.2×21 topics
  20. Guidelines10▲ 4.8×12 topics
  21. Immunotherapy10▲ 3.0×17 topics
  22. Mortality10▲ 3.7×13 topics
  23. Radiotherapy9▲ 5.1×13 topics
  24. Biomarkers9▲ 2.9×14 topics
  25. Health Equity9▲ 7.2×4 topics
  26. Quality Improvement9▲ 9.7×8 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction9▲ 5.9×9 topics
  28. Predictive Modeling9▲ 6.7×3 topics
  29. Ethical Considerations8▲ 5.1×9 topics
  30. Chronic Disease Management8▲ 8.7×5 topics
  31. Clinical Decision Support8▲ 12×1 topic
  32. Ethical Challenges8▲ 8.1×2 topics
  33. Radiology8▲ 13×1 topic
  34. Medical Education7▲ 5.9×10 topics
  35. Electronic Health Records7▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Mortality Risk7▲ 5.8×6 topics
  37. Critical Care6▲ 6.0×8 topics
  38. Radiomics6▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Tumor Heterogeneity6▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Medication Errors6▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does Mass General Brigham publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: 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 …8Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 8 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…6Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 6 fractional worksElectronic Health Records Systems: 4 fractional worksRadiology practices and education: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 3 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 3 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 3 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationHealth InformaticsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingHealth Information Management5 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 8 works
  3. 3 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 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 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  7. 7 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  8. 8 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 3 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mass General Brigham's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% lower 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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