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MedStar Health

In research, MedStar Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,874 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,798 of 8,541 worldwide) and Surgery (#849 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 10.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,426
of 22,385 · #3,367 all time
Rank in United States
#736
of 3,332
Research works
2.8k
▲ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
63k
22.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
MedStar Health

What is MedStar Health 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 #1,874 of 9,902 8.8%534 #1487
MedicineField #1,798 of 8,541 8.5%475 #1429
SurgerySubfield #849 of 1,532 7.4%79 #961
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #420 of 736 12.1%76 #521

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where MedStar Health 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#1,487 #1,874
  2. Medicine#1,429 #1,798
  3. Surgery#961 #849
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#521 #420
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 MedStar Health work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at MedStar Health is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (71%), Health Professions (8%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 612 fractional works · 79.4% of its workMedicine: 547 fractional works · 71.0% of its workSurgery: 92 fractional works · 11.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 87 fractional works · 11.3% of its workEpidemiology: 43 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 39 fractional works · 5.1% of its workOncology: 26 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 24 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 23 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 15 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 15 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRehabilitation: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHepatology: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInternal Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransplantation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 58 fractional works · 7.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 27 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 60 fractional works · 7.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 32 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 60 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPsychology: 23 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 38 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEngineering: 19 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMedStar Health771fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences79%Social Sciences8%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine54771.0%
    2. Health Professions587.5%
    3. Nursing70.9%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology324.2%
    2. Neuroscience131.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology81.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.4%
    1. Psychology233.0%
    2. Social Sciences212.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance70.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities50.6%
    5. Decision Sciences30.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting20.3%
    1. Engineering192.5%
    2. Environmental Science70.9%
    3. Computer Science60.8%
    4. Mathematics20.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    7. Materials Science10.1%
    8. Chemistry10.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    10. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does MedStar Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 87.4 works11×
← 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, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.09× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.08× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.14× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.86× its world share, 58 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.69× its world share, 547 worksMedicineNursing: 1.75× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 21 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.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.69×547 works
  2. Health Professions2.86×58 works
  3. Nursing1.75×7 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.14×3 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.09×8 works
  6. Neuroscience1.08×14 works
  7. Psychology0.97×23 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×32 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.41×7 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.39×3 works
  11. Veterinary0.25×0 works
  12. Mathematics0.22×2 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.21×5 works
  14. Social Sciences0.21×21 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.19×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.18×7 works
  17. Engineering0.17×19 works
  18. Computer Science0.10×6 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×3 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×2 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.08×1 works
  22. Chemistry0.05×1 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.02×1 works
  25. Energy0.01×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at MedStar Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Helaine E. Resnick, Federico M. Asch and Barbara V. Howard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is MedStar Health.

  1. 1 Helaine E. Resnick United States · #32,619 worldwide 25k citations · 145 works
  2. 2 Federico M. Asch United States · #33,669 worldwide 14k citations · 365 works
  3. 3 Barbara V. Howard United States · #63,276 worldwide 73k citations · 796 works
  4. 4 Robert E. Ratner United States · #76,364 worldwide 25k citations · 225 works
  5. 5 Barbara V. Howard United States · #193,624 worldwide 12k citations · 142 works
  6. 6 D. Max Smith United States · #281,658 worldwide 2.2k citations · 55 works
  7. 7 Hannah E. Arem United States · #292,334 worldwide 6.2k citations · 155 works
  8. 8 Joan K. Bardsley United States · #403,237 worldwide 3.7k citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Jason G. Umans United States · #459,590 worldwide 14k citations · 516 works
  10. 10 Mihriye Mete United States · #475,502 worldwide 3k citations · 103 works
All ranked researchers at MedStar Health

What are the most cited papers from MedStar Health?

The most cited paper from MedStar Health is "Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement with a Balloon-Expandable Valve in Low-Risk Patients" (Michael J. Mack et al., 2019), with 4,895 citations. Next come "Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids" (3,706) and "Recommendations for Noninvasive Evaluation of Native Valvular Regurgitation" (3,570).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement with a Balloon-Expandable Valve in Low-Risk Patients Michael J. Mack et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 16 Mar 2019 4,895
2 Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids Tanya M. Teslovich et al. · Nature Open access209 authors Aug 2010 3,706
3 Recommendations for Noninvasive Evaluation of Native Valvular Regurgitation William A. Zoghbi, David H Adams, Robert O. Bonow et al. · Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 14 Mar 2017 3,570
4 Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels Cristen J. Willer et al. · Nature Genetics Open access259 authors 6 Oct 2013 3,319
5 Effects of Torcetrapib in Patients at High Risk for Coronary Events Philip J. Barter, Mark J. Caulfield, Mats A. L. Eriksson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 5 Nov 2007 3,168
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at MedStar Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Heart Failure, Risk Factors, Diagnosis, Treatment, Guidelines, Myocardial Infarction and Echocardiography.

▲ 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. Epidemiology101▲ 3.3×108 topics
  2. Inflammation41▲ 2.5×64 topics
  3. Risk Factors41▲ 4.8×29 topics
  4. Treatment40▲ 4.3×40 topics
  5. Diagnosis38▲ 5.3×37 topics
  6. Heart Failure34▲ 10×12 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease30▲ 3.4×32 topics
  8. Guidelines28▲ 7.8×12 topics
  9. Myocardial Infarction28▲ 15×7 topics
  10. Quality of Life27▲ 2.5×38 topics
  11. Echocardiography27▲ 13×8 topics
  12. Management25▲ 4.0×27 topics
  13. Public Health24▲ 2.1×37 topics
  14. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention22▲ 21×4 topics
  15. Obesity22▲ 3.6×20 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines21▲ 5.0×14 topics
  17. Atherosclerosis20▲ 9.2×8 topics
  18. Rehabilitation19▲ 6.3×12 topics
  19. Coronary Artery Disease18▲ 21×3 topics
  20. Diabetes18▲ 4.7×13 topics
  21. Magnetic Resonance Imaging18▲ 9.1×6 topics
  22. Mortality18▲ 4.0×12 topics
  23. Cardiac Imaging17▲ 18×3 topics
  24. Clinical Trials16▲ 3.2×17 topics
  25. Complications16▲ 4.2×15 topics
  26. Thrombosis15▲ 7.0×7 topics
  27. Pathophysiology15▲ 6.5×11 topics
  28. Resuscitation14▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Wound Healing14▲ 6.6×9 topics
  30. Primary Care13▲ 4.7×13 topics
  31. Radiation Exposure13▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Surgical Management13▲ 4.2×18 topics
  33. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment13▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Computed Tomography Angiography13▲ 25×1 topic
  35. Myocardial Perfusion13▲ 25×1 topic
  36. Catheter Ablation12▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Medication Errors12▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Prophylaxis11▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Sepsis11▲ 7.7×5 topics
  40. Stroke Prevention11▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does MedStar Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices.

Cardiac Imaging and Diag…13Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 13 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …9Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 9 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…9Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 9 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…9Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 9 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 7 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anoma…6Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 6 fractional worksBurn Injury Management and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 6 fractional worksElectronic Health Record…6Electronic Health Records Systems: 6 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineBiomedical EngineeringSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 13 works
  2. 2 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  4. 4 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 9 works
  5. 5 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 7 works
  6. 6 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 6 works
  8. 8 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 6 works
  9. 9 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 6 works
  10. 10 Electronic Health Records Systems Health Information Management 6 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 available33.6%not open66.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has MedStar Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 MedStar Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0032% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%MedStar Health0.0030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of MedStar Health 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025MedStar Health9.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.6% in 2002.

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