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Hospital / health system · Washington D.C. · United States

MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute

In research, MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute stands highest in Medicine (#6,093 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,905 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 24.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,361
of 28,054 · #26,520 all time
Rank in United States
#2,988
of 4,192
Research works
315
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.2k
13.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute 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 #6,093 of 10,443 8.8%67 #6286
Health SciencesDomain #7,905 of 11,982 8.5%71 #8340

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute 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).

What does MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 24.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 21.2 works25×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.27× its world share, 67 worksMedicineNursing: 4.28× its world share, 2 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Ana Barac lead among researchers whose main affiliation is MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute.

  1. 1 Ana Barac United States · #438,004 worldwide 87 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute

Which keywords describe research at MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Guidelines, Treatment, Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Myocardial Infarction and Catheter Ablation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 2.8×32 topics
  2. Heart Failure9▲ 25×11 topics
  3. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention7▲ 65×4 topics
  4. Treatment7▲ 6.9×14 topics
  5. Guidelines7▲ 17×6 topics
  6. Diagnosis6▲ 8.3×13 topics
  7. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 25×7 topics
  8. Catheter Ablation5▲ 47×2 topics
  9. Graft Survival4▲ 65×3 topics
  10. Echocardiography4▲ 18×7 topics
  11. Radiofrequency Ablation4▲ 46×2 topics
  12. Risk Factors4▲ 4.4×11 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 4.1×18 topics
  14. Thrombosis4▲ 16×3 topics
  15. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation3▲ 54×1 topic
  16. Left Ventricular Assist Device3▲ 87×1 topic
  17. Management3▲ 4.9×10 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 7.0×6 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Events3▲ 30×3 topics
  20. Dilated Cardiomyopathy3▲ 52×2 topics
  21. Genetic Polymorphisms3▲ 65×2 topics
  22. Aspirin3▲ 168×1 topic
  23. Atrial Fibrillation3▲ 36×2 topics
  24. Clopidogrel3▲ 168×1 topic
  25. Liver Transplantation3▲ 29×3 topics
  26. Cardiomyopathy3▲ 36×3 topics
  27. Stroke Prevention3▲ 28×2 topics
  28. Transplantation3▲ 33×3 topics
  29. Arrhythmias3▲ 35×2 topics
  30. Anticoagulant Therapy2▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Immunosuppressive Therapy2▲ 16×4 topics
  32. Risk Stratification2▲ 42×1 topic
  33. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 41×1 topic
  34. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 41×1 topic
  35. Kidney Transplantation2▲ 45×2 topics
  36. Surgical Repair2▲ 69×1 topic
  37. Ventricular Reconstruction2▲ 69×1 topic
  38. Electroanatomic Mapping2▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury2▲ 42×2 topics
  40. Ventricular Tachycardia2▲ 55×1 topic

Which research topics does MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Mechanical Circulatory S…3Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 3 fractional worksAntiplatelet Therapy and…3Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases: 3 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…2Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anoma…2Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 2 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksClinical Nutrition and G…2Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology: 2 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 2 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 2 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryNutrition and Dietetics2 others

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

  1. 1 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  9. 9 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 2 works
  10. 10 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 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 available36.2%not open63.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.0%domestic only86.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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