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MedStar Washington Hospital Center

In research, MedStar Washington Hospital Center stands highest in Medicine (#2,088 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,795 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,210 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 15.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,364
of 28,054 · #4,375 all time
Rank in United States
#1,247
of 4,192
Research works
5.3k
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
140k
26.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is MedStar Washington Hospital Center 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 #2,088 of 10,443 8.0%541 #618
Health SciencesDomain #2,795 of 11,982 8.1%565 #771
SurgerySubfield #1,210 of 1,816 8.1%97 #200
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #527 of 738 8.7%103 #235

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where MedStar Washington Hospital 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 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#618 #2,088
  2. Health Sciences#771 #2,795
  3. Surgery#200 #1,210
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#235 #527
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.

What does MedStar Washington Hospital Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 15.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 102.8 works15×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 97.1 works6.4×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.10× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.32× its world share, 541 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at MedStar Washington Hospital Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Leonard Wartofsky, Kenneth M. Kent and Paul H. Sugarbaker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is MedStar Washington Hospital Center.

  1. 1 Leonard Wartofsky United States · #1,700 worldwide 2.7k citations · 80 works
  2. 2 Kenneth M. Kent United States · #11,492 worldwide 1.2k citations · 137 works
  3. 3 Paul H. Sugarbaker United States · #36,537 worldwide 522 citations · 139 works
  4. 4 Augusto D. Pichard United States · #38,270 worldwide 1.1k citations · 200 works
  5. 5 Mun K. Hong United States · #84,092 worldwide 299 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Kenneth D. Burman United States · #91,729 worldwide 393 citations · 80 works
  7. 7 Steven W. Boyce United States · #92,485 worldwide 251 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Samer S. Najjar United States · #117,319 worldwide 256 citations · 61 works
  9. 9 Joseph Lindsay United States · #135,232 worldwide 142 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Andrew F. Shorr United States · #136,021 worldwide 264 citations · 119 works
All ranked researchers at MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Which keywords describe research at MedStar Washington Hospital Center?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology90▲ 3.5×99 topics
  2. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention47▲ 54×4 topics
  3. Diagnosis42▲ 7.0×32 topics
  4. Myocardial Infarction41▲ 27×7 topics
  5. Heart Failure38▲ 14×11 topics
  6. Risk Factors38▲ 5.3×27 topics
  7. Guidelines36▲ 12×11 topics
  8. Atherosclerosis34▲ 18×8 topics
  9. Management32▲ 6.2×23 topics
  10. Treatment31▲ 4.0×36 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease29▲ 4.0×29 topics
  12. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement29▲ 61×1 topic
  13. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement29▲ 61×1 topic
  14. Magnetic Resonance Imaging27▲ 16×5 topics
  15. Cardiac Imaging26▲ 33×3 topics
  16. Echocardiography26▲ 14×7 topics
  17. Inflammation24▲ 1.81×51 topics
  18. Coronary Artery Disease24▲ 32×2 topics
  19. Coronary Stents24▲ 86×1 topic
  20. Myocardial Revascularization24▲ 86×1 topic
  21. Quality of Life24▲ 2.5×35 topics
  22. Radiation Exposure21▲ 33×2 topics
  23. Computed Tomography Angiography21▲ 49×1 topic
  24. Myocardial Perfusion21▲ 49×1 topic
  25. Complications18▲ 5.6×17 topics
  26. Thrombosis18▲ 10×7 topics
  27. Pathophysiology17▲ 8.8×8 topics
  28. Resuscitation17▲ 20×4 topics
  29. Clinical Practice Guidelines16▲ 4.5×13 topics
  30. Mortality16▲ 4.1×11 topics
  31. Diabetes15▲ 4.6×11 topics
  32. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation15▲ 30×2 topics
  33. Cardiogenic Shock14▲ 47×1 topic
  34. Left Ventricular Assist Device14▲ 47×1 topic
  35. Surgery14▲ 6.2×11 topics
  36. Rehabilitation14▲ 5.5×11 topics
  37. Sepsis14▲ 12×5 topics
  38. Prophylaxis13▲ 15×4 topics
  39. Postoperative Complications11▲ 13×4 topics
  40. Surgical Treatment10▲ 8.1×6 topics

Which research topics does MedStar Washington Hospital Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…29Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 29 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 24 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 21 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 14 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 10 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…8Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 8 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 8 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 8 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 7 fractional worksBurn Injury Management and Outcomes: 6 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingBiomedical Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 29 works
  2. 2 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 24 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 21 works
  4. 4 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 14 works
  5. 5 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 8 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 8 works
  9. 9 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 7 works
  10. 10 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 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 available21.8%not open78.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.6%domestic only92.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has MedStar Washington Hospital Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% 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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