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Memorial Hospital

In research, Memorial Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,278 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,503 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 5.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,948
of 22,385 · #7,795 all time
Rank in United States
#2,127
of 3,332
Research works
4.2k
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
89k
21.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Memorial Hospital

What is Memorial Hospital 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
MedicineField #4,278 of 8,541 7.2%160 #2975
Health SciencesDomain #5,503 of 9,902 7.4%171 #3433

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Memorial Hospital 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 fields of science does Memorial Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Memorial Hospital is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (75%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Psychology (4%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 180 fractional works · 80.2% of its workMedicine: 169 fractional works · 75.1% of its workSurgery: 29 fractional works · 13.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 4.7% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 9.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 4.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMemorial Hospital225fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences7%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine16975.1%
    2. Health Professions94.0%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry10.4%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology135.7%
    2. Neuroscience31.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology31.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    1. Psychology104.3%
    2. Social Sciences41.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Engineering41.8%
    2. Physics and Astronomy20.7%
    3. Materials Science10.3%
    4. Environmental Science00.2%
    5. Computer Science00.2%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Memorial Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 29.1 works5.5×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.35× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.52× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.91× its world share, 169 worksMedicineNursing: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.39× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.91×169 works
  2. Health Professions1.52×9 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.39×1 works
  4. Psychology1.39×10 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.35×3 works
  6. Nursing1.14×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.08×13 works
  8. Veterinary1.01×0 works
  9. Dentistry0.89×1 works
  10. Neuroscience0.87×3 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.31×2 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.14×4 works
  14. Chemistry0.13×0 works
  15. Engineering0.12×4 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×1 works
  17. Materials Science0.10×1 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  20. Environmental Science0.04×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.03×0 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.03×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Memorial Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Hayes E. Martin, John Charles Steele and Frank E. Adair lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Memorial Hospital.

  1. 1 Hayes E. Martin United States · #1,316,568 worldwide 4.1k citations · 99 works
  2. 2 John Charles Steele United States · #1,403,052 worldwide 5.9k citations · 106 works
  3. 3 Frank E. Adair United States · #1,468,573 worldwide 3.6k citations · 53 works
  4. 4 Roy H. Ashikari United States · #1,775,916 worldwide 1.9k citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Bradley L. Coley United States · #2,026,091 worldwide 3.6k citations · 65 works
  6. 6 J. Murray Steele United States · #2,035,963 worldwide 2.5k citations · 90 works
  7. 7 Mildred S. Seelig United States · #2,066,408 worldwide 3k citations · 100 works
  8. 8 William R. Perl United States · #2,207,465 worldwide 2.1k citations · 56 works
  9. 9 William L. Watson United States · #2,299,720 worldwide 1.5k citations · 55 works
  10. 10 F McGlynn United States · #2,620,099 worldwide 1.2k citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Memorial Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Memorial Hospital?

The most cited paper from Memorial Hospital is "A Prospective Natural-History Study of Coronary Atherosclerosis" (Gregg W. Stone, Akiko Maehara, Alexandra J. Lansky et al., 2011), with 3,303 citations. Next come "A Polymer-Based, Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease" (2,753) and "Pertuzumab, Trastuzumab, and Docetaxel in HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer" (2,183).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Prospective Natural-History Study of Coronary Atherosclerosis Gregg W. Stone, Akiko Maehara, Alexandra J. Lansky et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 19 Jan 2011 3,303
2 A Polymer-Based, Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Gregg W. Stone, Stephen G. Ellis, David Alan Cox et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 14 Jan 2004 2,753
3 Pertuzumab, Trastuzumab, and Docetaxel in HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer Sandra M. Swain, José Baselga, Sung‐Bae Kim et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 18 Feb 2015 2,183
4 2012 Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infectionsa Benjamin Alan Lipsky, Anthony Robert Berendt, Paul B. Cornia et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access 22 May 2012 1,778
5 The American Society of Health System Pharmacists Edward L. Beard · JONA s Healthcare Law Ethics and Regulation Sep 2001 1,685
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Memorial Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Risk Factors, Complications, Mortality, Surgery and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 3.8×89 topics
  2. Treatment13▲ 4.6×38 topics
  3. Diagnosis12▲ 5.7×31 topics
  4. Risk Factors10▲ 4.2×26 topics
  5. Inflammation8▲ 1.69×50 topics
  6. Complications8▲ 6.9×15 topics
  7. Mortality8▲ 5.9×9 topics
  8. Chemotherapy7▲ 4.6×20 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 5.0×13 topics
  10. Surgical Management6▲ 6.8×17 topics
  11. Management6▲ 3.4×21 topics
  12. Quality of Life6▲ 1.87×33 topics
  13. Surgery6▲ 7.7×10 topics
  14. Clinical Trials6▲ 3.9×13 topics
  15. Cancer6▲ 1.93×26 topics
  16. Pandemic6▲ 2.6×6 topics
  17. Guidelines6▲ 5.3×13 topics
  18. Immune Response5▲ 4.1×14 topics
  19. Global Burden5▲ 4.0×12 topics
  20. Radiotherapy5▲ 5.3×10 topics
  21. Pathogenesis4▲ 3.7×13 topics
  22. Heart Failure4▲ 4.2×9 topics
  23. Meta-Analysis4▲ 3.2×9 topics
  24. Rehabilitation4▲ 4.7×8 topics
  25. Thrombosis4▲ 6.8×5 topics
  26. Metastasis4▲ 5.3×8 topics
  27. Pathophysiology4▲ 5.9×7 topics
  28. Glycemic Control4▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Drug Resistance4▲ 5.8×7 topics
  30. Diagnostic Imaging4▲ 14×4 topics
  31. SARS-CoV-24▲ 5.3×5 topics
  32. Maternal Mortality4▲ 7.0×5 topics
  33. Robotic Surgery4▲ 11×5 topics
  34. Insulin Therapy3▲ 12×3 topics
  35. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 6.5×2 topics
  36. Medical Education3▲ 5.5×9 topics
  37. Type 2 Diabetes3▲ 6.3×5 topics
  38. Clinical Management3▲ 8.0×6 topics
  39. Antiretroviral Therapy3▲ 8.2×5 topics
  40. Reproductive Outcome3▲ 32×2 topics

Which research topics does Memorial Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, Uterine Myomas and Treatments and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

COVID-19 Clinical Resear…2COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…2Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 2 fractional worksUterine Myomas and Treatments: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…2Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksEctopic Pregnancy Diagno…2Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 2 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…1Diabetes Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksInfectious Diseases and Tuberculosis: 1 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesObstetrics and GynecologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  2. 2 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  3. 3 Uterine Myomas and Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  8. 8 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  9. 9 Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 1 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 available19.3%not open80.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Memorial Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% lower 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 Memorial Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00095% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Memorial Hospital0.00059% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Memorial Hospital 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Memorial Hospital9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.8% in 2001.

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