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Meharry Medical College

In research, Meharry Medical College stands highest in Medicine (#3,852 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,616 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,896 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology — Oncology is 4.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,954
of 28,054 · #6,716 all time
Rank in United States
#1,199
of 4,192
Research works
2.9k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
58k
19.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Meharry Medical College 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 #3,852 of 10,443 12.9%210 #4133
Health SciencesDomain #4,616 of 11,982 14.9%252 #2801
Life SciencesDomain #4,896 of 7,800 13.5%80 #3341

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 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#4,133 #3,852
  2. Health Sciences#2,801 #4,616
  3. Life Sciences#3,341 #4,896
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 Meharry Medical College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 4.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 20.7 works4.2×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.38× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.56× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.90× its world share, 31 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.00× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.56× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.48× its world share, 210 worksMedicineNursing: 1.64× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Meharry Medical College?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert S. Levine, P. F. Hahn and Maureen Sanderson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Meharry Medical College.

  1. 1 Robert S. Levine United States · #55,992 worldwide 226 citations · 60 works
  2. 2 P. F. Hahn United States · #184,666 worldwide 78 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Maureen Sanderson United States · #207,786 worldwide 108 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Gautam Chaudhuri United States · #289,419 worldwide 90 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Uttam Ghosh United States · #295,410 worldwide 230 citations · 60 works
  6. 6 Margaret K. Hargreaves United States · #343,416 worldwide 105 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Samuel E. Adunyah United States · #436,904 worldwide 49 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 H. Goldie United States · #496,948 worldwide 42 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Anil Shanker United States · #528,871 worldwide 39 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Robbins United States · #579,650 worldwide 31 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Meharry Medical College

Which keywords describe research at Meharry Medical College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Healthcare, Inflammation, Public Health, Precision Medicine, Cancer, Risk Factors and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology45▲ 2.6×93 topics
  2. Inflammation26▲ 2.8×64 topics
  3. Healthcare23▲ 4.6×14 topics
  4. Deep Learning21▲ 1.40×44 topics
  5. Machine Learning19▲ 1.33×41 topics
  6. Public Health19▲ 2.9×28 topics
  7. Cancer18▲ 3.0×35 topics
  8. Mental Health17▲ 2.6×22 topics
  9. Risk Factors16▲ 3.4×29 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress15▲ 2.0×36 topics
  11. Quality of Life14▲ 2.3×34 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome13▲ 3.6×19 topics
  13. COVID-1913▲ 2.1×18 topics
  14. Precision Medicine12▲ 6.1×7 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 2.5×33 topics
  16. Immunotherapy12▲ 3.8×16 topics
  17. Clinical Trials12▲ 3.9×16 topics
  18. Diagnosis11▲ 2.7×24 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations10▲ 5.5×20 topics
  20. Treatment10▲ 1.97×35 topics
  21. Biomarkers10▲ 3.3×15 topics
  22. Academic Medicine9▲ 27×3 topics
  23. Internet of Things9▲ 2.4×7 topics
  24. Chemotherapy9▲ 2.9×18 topics
  25. Immune Response8▲ 3.3×15 topics
  26. Health Equity8▲ 6.6×5 topics
  27. Global Burden8▲ 3.2×12 topics
  28. Social Determinants8▲ 8.1×3 topics
  29. Primary Care8▲ 4.5×10 topics
  30. Drug Resistance7▲ 5.3×8 topics
  31. IoT Security6▲ 4.5×3 topics
  32. Antiretroviral Therapy6▲ 8.8×6 topics
  33. Health Outcomes6▲ 5.1×6 topics
  34. 5G Networks6▲ 6.7×3 topics
  35. Chronic Disease6▲ 7.8×3 topics
  36. Health Disparities6▲ 5.2×7 topics
  37. Mortality Risk6▲ 5.7×6 topics
  38. Dental Caries6▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Behavior Change5▲ 8.2×4 topics
  40. Career Development5▲ 9.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Meharry Medical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Diversity and Career in Medicine, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education.

Diversity and Career in …5Diversity and Career in Medicine: 5 fractional worksFood Security and Health…4Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 4 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 4 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …4Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 4 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing4IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 4 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 4 fractional worksHealth and Medical Research Impacts: 3 fractional worksOral microbiology and pe…3Oral microbiology and periodontitis research: 3 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 3 fractional works
Gender StudiesGeneral Health ProfessionsInformation SystemsHealth Informatics6 others

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

  1. 1 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 5 works
  2. 2 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 4 works
  3. 3 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 4 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 4 works
  5. 5 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 4 works
  6. 6 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 4 works
  7. 7 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  8. 8 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 3 works
  9. 9 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 3 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Meharry Medical College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% lower 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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