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Meharry Medical College

In research, Meharry Medical College stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,128 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#2,083 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,397 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology (Oncology is 4.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,691
of 22,385 · #8,663 all time
Rank in United States
#765
of 3,332
Research works
2.9k
▲ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
58k
19.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Meharry Medical College

What is Meharry Medical College 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 #2,128 of 9,902 9.1%252 #3108
MedicineField #2,083 of 8,541 8.4%210 #2969
Life SciencesDomain #3,397 of 6,403 8.8%80 #4703

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Meharry Medical College 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#3,108 #2,128
  2. Medicine#2,969 #2,083
  3. Life Sciences#4,703 #3,397
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 Meharry Medical College work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Meharry Medical College is in Health Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (49%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Computer Science (7%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 308 fractional works · 58.0% of its workMedicine: 260 fractional works · 48.9% of its workEpidemiology: 28 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 28 fractional works · 5.2% of its workOncology: 25 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSurgery: 21 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 21 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysiology: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Informatics: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 33 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 22 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPeriodontics: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 94 fractional works · 17.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 66 fractional works · 12.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 38 fractional works · 7.2% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCancer Research: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 14 fractional works · 2.6% of its workImmunology: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 69 fractional works · 12.9% of its workComputer Science: 35 fractional works · 6.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 60 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 6.0% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMeharry MedicalCollege531fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences58%Social Sciences11%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine26048.9%
    2. Health Professions336.3%
    3. Dentistry101.9%
    4. Nursing50.9%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6612.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology142.6%
    3. Neuroscience112.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    1. Computer Science356.6%
    2. Engineering183.3%
    3. Environmental Science101.8%
    4. Mathematics20.4%
    5. Materials Science10.3%
    6. Chemistry10.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    1. Social Sciences326.0%
    2. Psychology183.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance50.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.5%
    5. Decision Sciences20.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Meharry Medical College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 4.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 24.6 works4.1×
← 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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.32× its world share, 66 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.61× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 35 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.84× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.38× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.54× its world share, 260 worksMedicineNursing: 1.92× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.12× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry3.84×10 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.61×14 works
  3. Medicine2.54×260 works
  4. Health Professions2.38×33 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.32×66 works
  6. Nursing1.92×5 works
  7. Neuroscience1.26×11 works
  8. Psychology1.12×18 works
  9. Computer Science0.85×35 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.82×2 works
  11. Social Sciences0.47×32 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.46×2 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.41×5 works
  14. Environmental Science0.36×10 works
  15. Veterinary0.35×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.34×2 works
  17. Engineering0.22×18 works
  18. Chemistry0.14×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×2 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×2 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.08×2 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.08×1 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Meharry Medical College?

Ranked on the quality score, James D Russell, Uttam Ghosh and Maureen Sanderson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Meharry Medical College.

  1. 1 James D Russell United States · #158,694 worldwide 10k citations · 207 works
  2. 2 Uttam Ghosh United States · #212,377 worldwide 5.5k citations · 246 works
  3. 3 Maureen Sanderson United States · #381,178 worldwide 10k citations · 261 works
  4. 4 Pushpita Chatterjee United States · #385,541 worldwide 2.1k citations · 104 works
  5. 5 Thanigaivelan Kanagasabai United States · #439,236 worldwide 12k citations · 67 works
  6. 6 Richard D. Fremont United States · #500,795 worldwide 2k citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Philip Edward Lammers United States · #585,151 worldwide 3.9k citations · 98 works
  8. 8 Abbas Rattani United States · #651,352 worldwide 7.3k citations · 68 works
  9. 9 Eun-Sook Lee United States · #744,505 worldwide 5.9k citations · 209 works
  10. 10 Margaret K. Hargreaves United States · #746,375 worldwide 5k citations · 159 works
All ranked researchers at Meharry Medical College

What are the most cited papers from Meharry Medical College?

The most cited paper from Meharry Medical College is "Estimating the global incidence of traumatic brain injury" (Michael Christopher Dewan, Abbas Rattani, Saksham Gupta et al., 2018), with 3,356 citations. Next come "Race, socioeconomic status, and health: Complexities, ongoing challenges, and research opportunities" (1,484) and "Periodontal Infection as a Possible Risk Factor for Preterm Low Birth Weight" (1,340).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Estimating the global incidence of traumatic brain injury Michael Christopher Dewan, Abbas Rattani, Saksham Gupta et al. · Journal of neurosurgery 27 Apr 2018 3,356
2 Race, socioeconomic status, and health: Complexities, ongoing challenges, and research opportunities David R. Williams, Selina A. Mohammed, Jacinta P. Leavell et al. · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Open access Feb 2010 1,484
3 Periodontal Infection as a Possible Risk Factor for Preterm Low Birth Weight Steven Offenbacher, Vern L. Katz, Gregory Fertik et al. · Journal of Periodontology Oct 1996 1,340
4 Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults Honor Bixby et al. · Nature Open access1,155 authors 8 May 2019 758
5 Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Hypertensive Chronic Kidney Disease Lawrence J. Appel et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access Sep 2010 721
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Meharry Medical College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Healthcare, Precision Medicine, Public Health, Cancer, Risk Factors and Academic Medicine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology57▲ 2.7×102 topics
  2. Inflammation33▲ 3.0×67 topics
  3. Healthcare27▲ 4.4×14 topics
  4. Deep Learning25▲ 1.37×47 topics
  5. Machine Learning25▲ 1.42×44 topics
  6. Public Health22▲ 2.8×33 topics
  7. Cancer20▲ 2.8×37 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress19▲ 2.2×38 topics
  9. Mental Health18▲ 2.4×22 topics
  10. Risk Factors18▲ 3.1×30 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 2.7×34 topics
  12. Treatment16▲ 2.5×41 topics
  13. Quality of Life16▲ 2.1×35 topics
  14. Precision Medicine15▲ 5.8×7 topics
  15. Diagnosis15▲ 3.0×30 topics
  16. Immunotherapy14▲ 3.7×16 topics
  17. COVID-1914▲ 1.95×18 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome14▲ 3.1×19 topics
  19. Clinical Trials13▲ 3.6×16 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations12▲ 5.3×20 topics
  21. Chemotherapy12▲ 3.0×18 topics
  22. Academic Medicine11▲ 27×3 topics
  23. Biomarkers11▲ 3.0×15 topics
  24. Big Data11▲ 2.1×12 topics
  25. Drug Resistance10▲ 6.8×8 topics
  26. Health Equity10▲ 6.2×5 topics
  27. Immune Response10▲ 3.1×17 topics
  28. Medical Imaging9▲ 3.1×6 topics
  29. Primary Care8▲ 4.2×10 topics
  30. Social Determinants8▲ 7.4×3 topics
  31. Hypertension8▲ 4.9×12 topics
  32. Innate Immunity7▲ 4.2×8 topics
  33. Ethical Challenges6▲ 5.6×2 topics
  34. Antiretroviral Therapy6▲ 7.4×6 topics
  35. Dental Caries6▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Chronic Disease6▲ 7.0×3 topics
  37. Career Development6▲ 9.4×3 topics
  38. Clinical Decision Support6▲ 7.1×1 topic
  39. Radiology6▲ 7.8×1 topic
  40. Gender Bias6▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does Meharry Medical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, Diversity and Career in Medicine, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security and Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations.

Artificial Intelligence …6Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 6 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …6Diversity and Career in Medicine: 6 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 4 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 4 fractional worksHealth and Medical Research Impacts: 4 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 4 fractional worksTrypanosoma species research and implications: 4 fractional worksOral microbiology and pe…4Oral microbiology and periodontitis research: 4 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 4 fractional worksMachine Learning in Healthcare: 4 fractional works
Health InformaticsGender StudiesInformation SystemsGeneral Health Professions6 others

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

  1. 1 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 6 works
  2. 2 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 6 works
  3. 3 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 4 works
  4. 4 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 4 works
  5. 5 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  6. 6 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 4 works
  7. 7 Trypanosoma species research and implications Epidemiology 4 works
  8. 8 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 4 works
  9. 9 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 4 works
  10. 10 Machine Learning in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence 4 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 available39.4%not open60.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.8%domestic only91.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Meharry Medical College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% 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 Meharry Medical College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0020% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Meharry Medical College0.0021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Meharry Medical College 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 counting5%10%15%Meharry Medical College10.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.0% in 2023.

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