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Medtronic (United States)

In research, Medtronic (United States) stands highest in Medicine (#3,556 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,158 of 11,982 worldwide) and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (#462 of 738 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 25.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,093
of 28,054 · #7,721 all time
Rank in United States
#1,810
of 4,192
Research works
1.8k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
46k
25.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Medtronic (United States) 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 #3,556 of 10,443 17.6%190 #1825
Health SciencesDomain #4,158 of 11,982 17.4%200 #2021
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #462 of 738 16.8%75 #315

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Medtronic (United States) 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#1,825 #3,556
  2. Health Sciences#2,021 #4,158
  3. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#315 #462
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 Medtronic (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 25.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 75.4 works26×
← 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.26× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.57× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.21× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.57× its world share, 190 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.88× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.41× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Medtronic (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Rahul Mehra, Paul Ziegler and Michael Hill lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Medtronic (United States).

  1. 1 Rahul Mehra United States · #56,197 worldwide 306 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Paul Ziegler United States · #174,501 worldwide 93 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Michael Hill United States · #218,007 worldwide 137 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 John Rogers United States · #252,806 worldwide 140 citations · 63 works
  5. 5 Douglas A. Hettrick United States · #318,518 worldwide 110 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Jodi Koehler United States · #433,117 worldwide 107 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Benyamin Grosman United States · #442,819 worldwide 50 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Shantanu Sarkar United States · #491,035 worldwide 67 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 John Shin United States · #668,071 worldwide 49 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Anirban Roy United States · #681,468 worldwide 29 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Medtronic (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Medtronic (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Sudden Cardiac Death, Echocardiography, Catheter Ablation, Remote Monitoring, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator.

▲ 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. Heart Failure28▲ 23×9 topics
  2. Sudden Cardiac Death24▲ 103×2 topics
  3. Echocardiography23▲ 31×6 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease20▲ 6.4×16 topics
  5. Catheter Ablation20▲ 59×2 topics
  6. Remote Monitoring19▲ 64×2 topics
  7. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy18▲ 162×1 topic
  8. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator18▲ 162×1 topic
  9. Epidemiology16▲ 1.51×36 topics
  10. Arrhythmias16▲ 63×2 topics
  11. Guidelines16▲ 12×8 topics
  12. Glycemic Control13▲ 30×4 topics
  13. Complications13▲ 9.2×11 topics
  14. Insulin Therapy12▲ 36×3 topics
  15. Diabetes12▲ 8.6×7 topics
  16. Risk Factors11▲ 3.6×15 topics
  17. Radiofrequency Ablation11▲ 37×2 topics
  18. Type 1 Diabetes11▲ 45×2 topics
  19. Electroanatomic Mapping11▲ 77×1 topic
  20. Ventricular Tachycardia11▲ 77×1 topic
  21. Diabetes Mellitus10▲ 18×4 topics
  22. Stroke Prevention10▲ 30×2 topics
  23. Neurological Disorders10▲ 6.2×12 topics
  24. Atrial Fibrillation10▲ 35×2 topics
  25. Anticoagulant Therapy9▲ 27×3 topics
  26. Risk Stratification9▲ 47×1 topic
  27. Thromboembolism9▲ 47×1 topic
  28. Parkinson's Disease9▲ 13×5 topics
  29. Physiological Monitoring9▲ 57×2 topics
  30. Global Burden8▲ 5.5×5 topics
  31. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 40×1 topic
  32. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 40×1 topic
  33. Neuropathic Pain8▲ 42×2 topics
  34. Continuous Glucose Monitoring7▲ 57×1 topic
  35. Hypoglycemia7▲ 57×1 topic
  36. Clinical Guidelines7▲ 8.8×6 topics
  37. Neural Plasticity7▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Epilepsy6▲ 22×3 topics
  39. Neuromodulation6▲ 36×2 topics
  40. Telemedicine6▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Medtronic (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Cardiac pacing and defib…18Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 18 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 11 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…9Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 9 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…8Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 8 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Research: 7 fractional worksPain Management and Treatment: 6 fractional worksNeurological disorders a…6Neurological disorders and treatments: 6 fractional worksECG Monitoring and Analysis: 6 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 6 fractional worksTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies: 5 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismAnesthesiology and Pain MedicineNeurology

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

  1. 1 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 18 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  5. 5 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 7 works
  6. 6 Pain Management and Treatment Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 6 works
  7. 7 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 6 works
  8. 8 ECG Monitoring and Analysis Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  10. 10 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Neurology 5 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 available29.6%not open70.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.3%domestic only68.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Medtronic (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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